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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| F841.2.5 | Bronze sail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F841.2.6 | Tin sail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F841.2.7 | Marvelous paddle sends canoe enormous distance with each stroke. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 447. |
| F841.3 | Extraordinary ship—miscellaneous. |
| F841.3.1 | Winged ship. Hindu: Keith 31. |
| F841.3.2 | Ship on wheels. (Cf. D1553.1.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F841.3.3 | Enormous canoe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 420; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 62, 85. |
| F842 | Extraordinary bridge. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F842.1 | Extraordinary material of bridge. |
| F842.1.1 | Crystal (glass) bridge. Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30; Chauvin V 41 No. 388. |
| F842.1.2 | Ice bridge. Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30. |
| F842.1.3 | Bridge of apples. Scotch: Campbell Tales I 297. |
| F842.1.4 | Golden bridge. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 587, MacCulloch Eddic 130, *Boberg. |
| F842.1.5 | Bridge of straw. German: Grimm No. 18. |
| F842.2 | Extraordinary bridge miscellaneous. |
| F842.2.1 | Perilous trap bridge. High in center. One end rises when one steps on it and throws him backwards. Type 516; Rosch FFC LXXVII 125; *Brown Iwain 75; *Ogle MLN XXXV 129ff.; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 143, *Cross. |
| F842.2.1.1 | Perilous trap-gate. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F842.2.2 | Bridge which falls when mounted. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F842.2.3 | Extraordinary span of bridge. |
| F842.2.3.1 | Bridge of boats across sea. Saxo (ed. Elton) 145; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Aeschylus Prometheus Bound line 720. |
| F842.2.3.2 | Under-water bridge. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F842.2.4 | Under-water causeway (to otherworld). (Cf. F93.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F843 | Extraordinary rope. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F843.1 | Rope made of person's hair. Köhler-Bolte I 542f.; English: Child V 482 s.v. "hair". |
| F844 | Extraordinary nail. (Cf. F841.1.7.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F846 | Extraordinary bed. |
| F846.1 | Perilous bed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F846.2 | Golden bed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F847 | Extraordinary web (of guts). Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F848 | Extraordinary ladder (stair). |
| F848.1 | Girl's long hair as ladder into tower. Rapunzel. *Type 310; BP I 99; Fb "hеr" IV 241b; Jacobs's list s.v. "Ladder of hair"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II Nos. 1, 7. |
| F848.2 | Ladder of fingers (toes). *Köhler-Bolte I 170f. |
| F848.3 | Ladder of bones. (Usually bones are stuck in side of steep and slippery mountain.) *Köhler-Bolte I 171.—N. A. Indian (Plains Cree): Thompson Tales 141. |
| F848.4 | Ladder of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F848.5 | Staircase of glass. *Roberts 178. |
| F851 | Extraordinary food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F852 | Extraordinary coffin. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F852.1 | Glass coffin. Type 709; BP I 450ff., III 261; *Böklen Sneewittchenstudien 113. |
| F852.1.1 | Series of glass coffins. (Cf. F852.4.) Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 8. |
| F852.2 | Golden coffin. Type 709; *Böklen Sneewittchenstudien 115.—English: Child I 506, II 358f., 362, 366, IV 471, V 224 (gold and silver). |
| F852.3 | Silver coffin. Type 709; *Böklen Sneewittchenstudien 115. |
| F852.4 | Series of enclosed coffins. Coffins of gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, and wood, each inside the other. (Cf. F852.1.1.) German: Zaunert Westfälische Sagen (Jena, 1927) 12, 15, 141, Lachmann überlinger Sagen (Konstanz, 1909) 48 No. 16. |
| F855 | Extraordinary image. |
| F855.1 | Image with pointing finger. Inscription says, "Dig here." Treasure etc. found when directions are followed. Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 107; Herbert III 191. |
| F855.2 | Statues animated by water or wind. *Chauvin VI 53 No. 218. |
| F855.3 | Gold (silver) statue of animal. Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F855.3.1 | Peacocks of gold. Penzer III 57. |
| F855.3.2 | Dogs of gold and silver. Penzer IX 9 n. 1. |
| F855.3.3 | Golden dove. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F855.4 | Image takes thousand men to carry it. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F856 | Extraordinary loom. |
| F856.1 | Loom made of woman's breasts with vagina as shuttle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F857 | Extraordinary broom (besom). |
| F857.1 | Golden besom (broom). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F858 | Golden plow. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1931) 317. |
| F861 | Extraordinary wagon (cart, carriage, etc.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F861.1 | Golden wagon (chariot). Greek: Grote I 147. |
| F861.1.1 | Golden wagon drawn by moles. Fb "guldvogn" I 515b; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 461ff., (1931) 317ff. |
| F861.1.2 | Golden wagon drawn by four golden elephants. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 5. |
| F861.2 | Winged chariot. Type 575; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 157 n. 3. |
| F861.2.1 | Flying carts. Have winged framework. Chinese: Werner 391. |
| F861.2.2 | Scythed chariot. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F861.3 | Wagon of jewels. Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 4; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F861.3.1 | Cart of lapis lazuli and gold with golden wheels. Babylonian: Gilgamesch-Epos VI 10. |
| F861.4 | Carriage from extraordinary material. |
| F861.4.1 | Carriage made from turnip. German: Grimm No. 63. |
| F861.4.2 | Wagon made from nutshell, drawn by duck. German: Grimm No. 10. |
| F861.4.3 | Carriage from pumpkin. Type 510 (Perrault's version). |
| F861.4.4 | Chariots of fire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F862 | Extraordinary horseshoe. |
| F862.1 | Golden horseshoe. *Fb "guldsko" I 515a, "guldsmed" I 515a, "hestesko" IV 213b; Icelandic: Boberg; English: Child V 483 s.v. "horse" (silver before and gold behind). |
| F863 | Extraordinary chain. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F863.1 | Unbreakable chain. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chaоne". |
| F863.2 | Chains of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F864 | Extraordinary fetter. |
| F864.1 | Fetter for Fenris wolf. Made of sound caused by the footfall of cats, beards of women, roots of mountains, sinews of bears, breath of fish, and spittle of birds. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F864.2 | Fetter for Loki. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F865 | Extraordinary pavement. |
| F865.1 | Pavement of pearl. Fb "perle" II 807b. |
| F866 | Extraordinary cup. |
| F866.1 | Cup of three hundred colors. Hartland Science 155. |
| F866.2 | Gigantic cup. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F866.2.1 | Gigantic drinking horn. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F866.3 | Golden cup. Icelandic: *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1931) 316ff. |
| F866.3.1 | Golden drinking horn. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1931) 317. |
| F866.4 | Cup made of skulls. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F866.5 | Cup of Gam's egg shell. (Cf. B31.2.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F866.6 | Extraordinarily costly drinking horn. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F866.7 | Extraordinary container used for fluids. |
| F866.7.1 | Hood holds wine as drinking horn. *Loomis White Magic 129. |
| F866.7.2 | Saint able to carry fluid (water, wine, or oil) in broken container, bottomless jar, etc. *Loomis White Magic 48. |
| F866.7.2.1 | Boy Jesus carries water in his cloak when water bottle is broken. *Loomis White Magic 41. |
| F867 | Extraordinary reel. |
| F867.1 | Golden reel. *Fb "guldhaspe" I 513. |
| F868 | Extraordinary saddle. |
| F868.1 | Golden saddle. Fb "guldsadel" I 514b; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F871 | Sampo. One side flour mill; one, salt mill; one, mill for coining money. Finnish: Kalevala rune 10. |
| F872 | Extraordinary bath. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F872.1 | Bath of milk. Type 507A; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bain". |
| F872.2 | Bath of boiling oil. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bain"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F872.3 | Bath of blood. (Cf. F955.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F872.3.1 | Bath of blood of dragons, lions, adders, etc. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F872.4 | Bath of marrow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F872.5 | Bath of molten lead (iron). Irish myth: Cross. |
| F872.5.1 | Bath of fire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F872.6 | Bath which makes one insensible for three days. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F872.7 | Bath of balsam. (Cf. F162.2.5.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F873 | Extraordinary army. |
| F873.0.1 | Battle rage. Makes army unconquerable. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F873.1 | Troops of black, white, and red soldiers. One-third of an army of each. Wesselski Märchen 199. |
| F873.2 | Enormous army camp. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F874 | Horse's head for extraordinary use. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F874.1 | Horse's head nailed over gate (door). *Fb "hestehoved" I 602. |
| F874.2 | Horse's forehead as golden chair. Fb "hestepande" I 603. |
| F874.2.1 | Horse's skull used as pillow. German: Grimm No. 71. |
| F875 | Iron bands around heart to keep it from breaking. When master is disenchanted, bands around heart of faithful servant snap one by one. *Type 440; *BP I 1ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F876 | Golden spinning-wheel. Hdwb. d. Märch. II 136 nn. 77—119. |
| F877 | Extraordinary threads. |
| F877.1 | Gold (silver, copper) thread. Hdwb. d. Märch. II 147 nn. 359—367. |
| F878 | Egg used as shinny ball. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 74. |
| F881 | Extraordinary vessel. |
| F881.1 | Extraordinarily large vessel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F881.1.1 | Gigantic cauldron. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F881.1.2 | Gigantic ladle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F881.2 | Vessel of human bones. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F882 | Extraordinary fire. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F882.1 | Extraordinary funeral pyre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F882.2 | Multicolored fires. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F883 | Extraordinary writings (book, letter). Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F883.1 | Extraordinary book. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F883.1.1 | Book of glass. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F883.1.2 | Book written with black fire on white fire (in God's lap). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F883.1.3 | Words of Decalogue legible on both sides. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F883.1.4 | Books unscathed by water and fire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F883.1.5 | Book made of sapphires. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F883.1.6 | Heavenly books. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F883.2 | Extraordinary letter (written on human skin). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F883.2.1 | Letter shot into sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F885 | Extraordinary field. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F886 | Extraordinary key. |
| F886.1 | Golden key. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 461, (1931) 318. |
| F887 | Extraordinary implements. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F887.1 | Extraordinary plow (made of snakes and drawn by tigers). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F891 | Extraordinary still (with the beads of crocodiles, owls, and parrots as pots). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F891.1 | Woman's body used as still. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F893 | Extraordinary hearth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F894 | Extraordinary seat, covered with skins of lice. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F895 | Golden swing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F896 | Extraordinary threshing-floor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F899 | Other extraordinary objects. |
| F899.1 | Extraordinary standard. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F899.2 | Extraordinary game-board. |
| F899.2.1 | Golden game-board. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F899.3 | Enormous cage. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F900 | Extraordinary occurrences. |
| F900.1 | Miracles at certain times. |
| F900.1.1 | Wonders occur on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F900.1.2 | Miracles on first night of Passover. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F900.2 | All miracles created by God at creation. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F900.3 | Miracles cease. |
| F900.3.1 | Miracles in the desert come to an end with death of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F901 | Repeated death. (Cf. M341.2.4.2.) |
| F901.1 | Extraordinary threefold death: falling from rock and tree, drowning. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F901.1.1 | Extraordinary threefold death: wounding, burning, drowning. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F901.2 | Extraordinary twofold death: burning, drowning. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F910 | Extraordinary swallowings. *Plenzat Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Fressmärchen"; Irish: Plummer I clxxvi; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 428; West Indies: Flowers 436. |
| F911 | Person (animal) swallowed without killing. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F911.1 | Men swallow men. |
| F911.1.1 | God swallows his wife and incorporates her into his own being. (Cf. F1034.2.) Greek: Fox 156, 170, Grote I 9f. |
| F911.2 | Animals swallow animals. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 371, (Mpongwe): Nassau 34 No. 4. |
| F911.2.1 | Raven dwells inside a whale. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 465. |
| F911.3 | Animal swallows man (not fatally). *Types 123, 333, 700; Fb "kat" II 108b; Saintyves Perrault 227ff.; Persian: Carnoy 302; Hindu: Penzer IX 49. |
| F911.3.1 | Thumbling swallowed by animals. (Cf. F914.2.) *Type 700; BP I 389. |
| F911.3.2 | Winged serpent as boat: passengers within. Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447. |
| F911.3.3 | Animal with men in its belly playing cards, etc. Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447 n. 81. |
| F911.3.4 | Frog eats a rat, a baker, a man, and a horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F911.4 | Jonah. Fish (or water monster) swallows a man. *Frazer Old Testament III 82; *H. Schmidt Jona 127f.; *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Clouston Tales I 403ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8, Rotunda; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas IV 27, 275, *Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 87; India: *Thompson-Balys, *Penzer II 193, VI 154 n. 3, Keith 173; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 261; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia): Dixon 69, De Vries's list No. 211; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 443; Marquesas: Handy 137; S. A. Indian (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 313. |
| F911.4.1 | Fish swallows ship. Hindu: Tawney II 599. |
| F911.4.1.1 | Party in canoe swallowed by great clam. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 260. |
| F911.4.1.2 | Serpent swallows canoe and occupant. Am. Indian (Ladino, Honduras and Nicaragua): Conzemius BBAE CVI 169. |
| F911.5 | Giant swallows man. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17. |
| F911.5.1 | Man builds boat and sails about in giant's belly. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17. |
| F911.6 | All-swallowing monster. Has whole towns of people and buildings, etc. inside. Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8 (fish); Africa: Werner African 198, (Zulu): Callaway 55, 78ff., 85ff., 192, 325, 332, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 139f., 176, (Mpongwe): Nassau 34, 46 Nos. 4, 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 70 No. 11, 76 No. 12, 122 No. 17, 214 No. 31, (Ibo Nigeria): Thomas 115, 203 No. 1. |
| F911.6.1 | Toad (as man) swallows all women's earthenware. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| F911.7 | Serpent swallows man. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686. |
| F912 | Victim kills swallower from within. Herbert III 196; Oesterley No. 251; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 86; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 291; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 159; Africa: Werner African 199. |
| F912.1 | Victim kills swallower from within by burning. *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Hartland Perseus III 15; Finnish: Kalevala rune 17; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia): Dixon 69; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 332ff. |
| F912.2 | Victim kills swallower from within by cutting. Irish myth: *Cross; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 55; New Hebrides: Codrington 365; Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 503; Marquesas: ibid. 502; S. A. Indian (Eastern Brazil): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 434; Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 60, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 176, (Basuto): Jacottet 122. |
| F912.3 | Swallowed person eats on swallower's liver (heart) until disgorged. (Cf. F914, F915.1.) India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 140. |
| F912.3.1 | Swallowed person tickles serpent's throat and is disgorged. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F913 | Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) *Types 123, 333, 450, 700; *BP I 37, 40, 389; *Penzer VI 154 n. 3; Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Saintyves Perrault 227ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 165, 372; Persian: Carnoy 302; Hindu: Keith 173; India: *Thompson-Balys; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia, Australia): Dixon 69, 296; Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 175; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 159a; S. A. Indian (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 313, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686; Africa: Werner African 221, (Zulu): Callaway 55, 78ff., 85ff., 325, 332, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 142, 176, (Basuto): Jacottet 72, 76, 214 Nos. 11, 12, 31; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270 No. 82. |
| F913.1 | Smith swallowed by water-monster and rescued by saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F913.2 | Deity lights a great fire, and all the children ogress has devoured come out of it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F914 | Person swallowed and disgorged. *Frazer Old Testament III 82; *H. Schmidt Jona 127f.; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; Babylonian: Spence 87; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 211; West Indies: Flowers 436. |
| F914.1 | Princess stands in middle of dried-up tank so serpent will release the water, which he had swallowed up completely. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F914.2 | Buffalo sucks hero with water it is drinking and throws him up again in game of hide-and-seek. (Cf. F911.3.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F914.3 | Tigress swallows abandoned baby again and again, but it comes out from behind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F915 | Victim speaks from swallower's body. *Type 700; BP I 389; Alphabet No. 335; Irish: Plummer cxliii; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 58; West Indies: Flowers 436ff. |
| F915.1 | Victim pecks on swallower's stomach. (Cf. F912.3.) Bird eaten by king pecks on his stomach. King vomits and bird escapes. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 37 No. 244; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F916 | One animal jumps through body of another. |
| F916.1 | Monkey jumps through body of tiger. Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 46. |
| F916.2 | Whelp leaps through body of hound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F917 | Monster swallows people through anus. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F921 | Swallowed person becomes bald. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 132, 437; Tuamotu: ibid. 503; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 159b. |
| F921.1 | Swallowed person becomes boneless. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686. |
| F922 | Swallowed person bereft of clothing. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F923 | Tent-house folded and swallowed as means of carrying it. Africa (Benga): Nassau 208ff. No. 33. |
| F929 | Extraordinary swallowings—miscellaneous. |
| F929.1 | Elephant allows jackal to quench his thirst by entering through his mouth to his stomach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F929.2 | Man swallows reptiles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F929.2.1 | Person unwittingly swallows snake, which kills him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F930 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. |
| F930.1 | Book dropped in water by saint not wet. *Loomis White Magic 39f.—Irish: Plummer cxxxviii, *Cross. |
| F930.1.0.1 | Dashing sea does not touch saint's cowl. (Cf. D1067.3.1, F931.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F930.1.0.2 | Robe sent to saint on stream not wet. (Cf. D1052.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F930.2 | Waters rise to drown wrongdoer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F930.3 | Water sinks to bottom, mud rises to surface to keep prophet from drowning. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F930.4 | Waters transformed to blood for Egyptians but not for Hebrews. (Cf. D474.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F930.5 | Water stops flowing when no longer needed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F930.6 | Water chants song. (Cf. D1614.4, F931.12.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F930.7 | Waters dissolve mill-stones. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F930.8 | Chewed nut spread on waters clarifies them. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 436. |
| F931 | Extraordinary occurrence connected with sea. |
| F931.1 | Sea rises and changes place. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 89. |
| F931.1.1 | Sea rises at saint's command. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.2 | Fish disappear from sea. Punishment for woman's having washed a child with a fish. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 90; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 90. |
| F931.3 | Sea does not encroach on burial place of saint. (Cf. F930.1.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.3.1 | Sea behaves like solid earth when man is buried in it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.4 | Extraordinary behavior of waves. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.4.1 | Waves reverberate at preparation for battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.4.2 | Waves moan (shriek) during battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.5 | Extraordinary shipwreck in calm weather. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F931.6 | Fishing under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.7 | Sea changes color. German: Grimm No. 19; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.8 | Sea fettered. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F931.9 | Passing through sea unscathed. (Cf. D1551.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.9.1 | Waters of sea arch over people like a vault. (Cf. F932.2.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.9.2 | Sea yields people whatever they desire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.9.2.1 | Sea flows sweet water. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F931.9.2.2 | Sea bears fruits. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F931.9.3 | Paths open up in sea for each tribe (one for each of Israel's tribes). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.10 | Sea piles up to height of sixteen hundred miles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F931.11 | Speaking sea. (Cf. D1610, F932.12.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.12 | Seas sing hymns of praise. (Cf. F930.6.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F932 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers. |
| F932.1 | River pursues fugitive. Fb "е" III 1187a; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 209 n. 8; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 63. |
| F932.2 | River arches over saint's body like a vault. (Cf. F931.9.1, V220.) *Ward Catalogue II 640 No. 17; Crane Miraculis 104 No. 40. |
| F932.3 | Stream becomes hot in which saint performs his ascetic devotions. Irish: Plummer cxxxviii. |
| F932.4 | Well of oil runs into river. Miracle. Alphabet No. 550. |
| F932.5 | River acts as messenger. |
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