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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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A
Mythological Motifs
B
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
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| F932.5.1 | River carries object to saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.6 | River ceases to flow. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F932.6.1 | River dries up for a day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.6.2 | River dries up its waters out of sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F932.6.3 | In dead of night waters of stream cease flowing and stand perfectly still. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F932.7 | River boils. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.7.1 | River boils when ashes of hearts are cast into it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F932.8 | River rises and overflows. |
| F932.8.1 | River rises to prevent body's being carried over it against dying man's wish. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.8.2 | River rises to prevent advance of army. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F932.8.2.1 | River rises to prevent meeting of hostile armies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F932.8.3 | River rises to prevent escape of thieves. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.8.4 | Treacherous river overflows and drowns victims. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.8.5 | Shallow river rushes up to drown man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F932.8.6 | River piles up to a height of three hundred miles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F932.9 | Ford across impassable river created by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.10 | River divides into two parts after rape in its bed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F932.11 | Firelike waters of river used by strange beings to cook flesh. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 171. |
| F932.12 | Speaking river (brook). (Cf. D1614.4, F930.6, F931.11.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F933 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs. |
| F933.1 | Miraculous spring bursts forth for holy person. Dh II 26; *Toldo VI 310ff.; Saintyves Le Miracle de l'apparition des eaux dans ses relations avec les liturgies paпennes et chrétiennes (Revue de l'Université de Bruxelles, 1912, 265—94); Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F933.1.1 | Spring bursts forth where saint spills water from his bell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.1.2 | Magic spring flows from roots of tree at command of Jesus. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F933.1.3 | Well rises so holy person does not have to draw from it. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F933.1.3.1 | Well rises so maiden can draw without exerting herself. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F933.1.3.2 | Well rises for pious man's sheep. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F933.2 | Dry spring restored by removal of certain stone. Christiansen FFC XXIV 87. |
| F933.3 | At certain time sheep thrown into well become crimson. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F933.4 | Severed head of impious man in well causes water to become bitter during part of each day. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.5 | Rushes uprooted reveal spring. Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F933.6 | Spring miraculously breaks forth against wrongdoer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.6.1 | Desecrated well overflows. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.7 | Well floods when gazed upon until mass is said over it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F933.8 | Bones of bird constantly thrown up from well. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with lakes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.1 | Gravel rises from bottom as hero enters lake. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F934.2 | Lake rises from bramble bush. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.3 | Lake petrifies wood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.4 | Lake disappears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.5 | When dead man's body is thrown into lake, water turns pitch black and all living creatures therein die. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F935 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank). |
| F935.1 | Huge tank has no water in spite of plentiful rains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F935.2 | Ice forms while fish leaps from pool. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 74. |
| F940 | Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance. *Fb "synke"; Icelandic: örvar-Odds saga 136; Юorsteinssaga Vikingssona 417, 421, 432; ásmundarsaga Kappabana (Zwei Fornaldarsogur ed. F. Detter, Halle a. S. 1891) 82; Göngu Hrуlfssaga 330, 339; Sörla saga sterka (FAS III) 440, 444, 446; Hjálmthèrssaga ok ölvis 471; Chinese: Graham. |
| F941 | Building sinks into earth. Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 79; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F941.1 | Castle sinks into earth. Wesselski Märchen 200; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F941.2 | Church sinks underground. |
| F941.2.1 | Church sinks: song heard from underground. *Fb "kirke" IV 258b; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 87; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 134 No. 87. |
| F941.2.2 | Church and congregation sink to bottom of sea. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 86**; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 134 No. 86. |
| F941.2.3 | Temple swallowed by earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F941.3 | Tower sinks into earth. |
| F941.3.1 | Unfinished Tower of Babel sinks into earth. (Cf. F772.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F942 | Man sinks into earth. U.S.: Baughman; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 372, Rasmussen III 185, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 182; West Indies: Flowers 438. |
| F942.1 | Ground opens and swallows up person. Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 327; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 63 (Althaimenes), 227 (Persephone), Frazer Apollodorus II 241 n. 5; Jewish: *Neuman; Africa: Werner African 200. |
| F942.1.1 | Ground opens to hide fugitive. U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 28. |
| F942.2 | Ground cut from under adversary. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F942.2.1 | Adversary pushed into ground. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F942.3 | Earth opens at man's command. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F942.3.1 | Earth opens at woman's bidding to enclose her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F943 | Sinking into mud in duel. Icelandic: Boberg; Czech: Tille FFC XXXIV 96; Lithuanian: Leskien-Brugmann 385 No. 10, 557 No. 14; Greek: Hahn Griechische und albanesische Märchen II 273; Egyptian: Maspero Contes populaire de l'Egypte ancienne (Paris, 1882) 191; Africa: Meinhof Afrikanische 78, Frobenius Atlantis X 212. |
| F943.1 | Man sinks into stone. Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 98. |
| F944 | City sinks in the sea. Schmersel Die Sage von der versunkenen Stadt; Schütte Danske Studier (1925) 117; Le Braz Légende de la Mort (Paris, 1902); **Smyser Harward Studies and Notes Phil. and Lit. XV (1933) 49ff.; England: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3610. |
| F944.1 | City sinks in sea or lake as punishment. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F944.2 | Ancient homeland sinks beneath the waves. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 75. |
| F944.3 | Island sinks into sea. Tonga: Gifford 185. |
| F944.4 | Earth splits and plain sinks to become bottom of lake when tabu is broken. Africa (Congo): Johnson Grenfell 817. |
| F945 | Person gradually submerged by sea. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F947 | Ground opens and swallows forest. Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman. |
| F948 | Object sinks into earth. |
| F948.1 | Ground opens and swallows heathen idols. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F948.1.1 | Earth swallows up Temple vessels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F948.2 | Ground opens and swallows other object. Irish myth: Cross; Chinese: Graham. |
| F948.3 | Magic object sinks into earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F948.4 | Extraordinary sword sinks into earth after use. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F948.5 | City is buried under sand. England: *Baughman. |
| F949 | Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance—miscellaneous. |
| F949.1 | Animal sinks into earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F949.1.1 | Ground opens and swallows demoniac wasps. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F949.2 | Man falls underground through hole. Chinese: Graham. |
| F950 | Marvelous cures. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F950.1 | Sickness cured by napkin of Veronica. English: Wells 156 (Temporale). |
| F950.2 | Extreme anger as cure for sickness. (Cf. F955.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 358; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F950.2.1 | Wife cures self of catarrh by calling to husband fondling maid at bedside. Heptameron No. 71. |
| F950.3 | Measuring sick as means of cure. Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 151; England, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F950.4 | Sickness (madness) cured by coition. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 55, 90; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F950.5 | Extreme fear as cure for sickness. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F950.6 | Sucking through tubes heals wounds. (Cf. F959.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F950.7 | Marvelous cure without seeing person. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F950.8 | Princess cured by seeing her lost lover dance. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/10). |
| F950.9 | Healing by sprinkling water and replacing flesh. Chinese: Graham. |
| F952 | Blindness miraculously cured. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aveugle"; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 25. |
| F952.0.1 | Sight miraculously restored while poet writes hymn (poem). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F952.0.2 | Blinded prince forces goddess to give him back his sight. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F952.1 | Blindness cured by tears. *Type 310; BP I 97, 99. |
| F952.2 | Blindness healed by sun's rays. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 32. |
| F952.3 | Blindness cured by rubbing sand on eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F952.3.1 | Blindness cured by striking eyes. (Cf. F953.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/931). |
| F952.3.1.1 | Blindness cured by striking eyes with shell. Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24. |
| F952.3.2 | Blindness cured by rubbing eyes with flower. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F952.4 | Blindness cured by striking head violently on tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F952.5 | Blindness cured by application of chicken dung. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24. |
| F952.6 | Blindness cured by drop of water from side of crucified Saviour. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F952.7 | Eyes restored by bathing in lake (spring). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F953 | Cripple marvelously cured. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F953.1 | Hunchback cured by having hump severely beaten. India: *Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 233; Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24. |
| F954 | Dumb person brought to speak. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 438. |
| F954.1 | Thread under dumb man's tongue cut. This permits him to speak. Dickson 217. |
| F954.2 | Dumbness cured by question. |
| F954.2.1 | Dumb princess is brought to speech by tale ending with a question to be solved. *Type 945; BP III 53ff.; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 534. |
| F954.2.2 | Dumbness cured by saint's question. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F954.3 | Fainting brings recovery of speech. English: Wells 137 (Sir Gowther). |
| F954.4 | Chilli plant so hot it causes dumb man to speak: thus discovered for eating. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F954.4.1 | Flea (magic) enters princess' throat and helps hero make her speak. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F954.5 | Person made to speak by warning of danger. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F955 | Miraculous cure for leprosy. Rage at hearing for first time of Christ's passion causes cure. (Cf. F950.3.) Irish: Beal XXI 306; English: Wells 155 (Temporale). |
| F955.1 | Blood-bath as cure for leprosy. (Cf. F872.3.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F956 | Extraordinary diagnosis. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F956.1 | Detailed diagnosis by feeling pulse. *Chauvin V 136 No. 64. |
| F956.2 | Illegitimacy of child discovered by urinalysis. *Campbell Sages lxxxiv (Medicus). |
| F956.3 | Diagnosis based on smoke rising from house of sick. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F956.4 | Physician, by examining wound can tell whether it was inflicted by a man or a woman and describe him or her in detail. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F957 | Cure by physician's imitating sick man's actions. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 360. |
| F958 | Mountebank undertakes to bring the city's incurables back to health. Effects marvelous cures. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F959 | Marvelous cures—miscellaneous. |
| F959.1 | Madness miraculously cured. |
| F959.1.1 | Senses regained when person speaks his name. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.2 | Cross-eyes straighted when hero sets head of slain opponent upon his own. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.2.1 | Deformity cured by waves of sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3 | Miraculous cure of wound. |
| F959.3.1 | Dreadful wound healed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F959.3.2 | Gaping wound closed with slab of wood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3.3 | Wounds healed by bath of marrow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3.4 | Weapon (missile) miraculously removed. |
| F959.3.4.1 | Saint's palm over wound causes spearhead to come forth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3.5 | Fat of crow as remedy for king's wounds. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F959.4 | Paunch opened and fat taken out to cure stomach. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F959.5 | Cure for deadly snake bite. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 679. |
| F959.6 | Marvelous cure for poison. |
| F959.6.1 | Enemy cured by poisoned cake he has sent to holy man in order to destroy him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F959.6.2 | Immunity to poison by eating poisons. (Mithridates.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 284. |
| F960 | Extraordinary nature phenomena—elements and weather. |
| F960.1 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of holy person (hero). *Dh II 11; Toldo I 327, 335; Irish: Plummer cxxxvii, *Cross; Jewish: Gaster Exempla 216 No. 141 (142); Alphabet Nos. 549, 552; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 682, 788, 969, II 325, 1014, 1245, 1339; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 71, 390. |
| F960.1.1 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of royalty. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.1.1 | Thunder report at birth of king. (Cf. F968.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.1.1.2 | Shower of gold and silver rains upon king's ship at birth of his children. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.1.3 | Storm signs betray newly born child's chiefly rank. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 428. |
| F960.1.2 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of hero. (Cf. T583, V222.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F960.1.2.1 | Extraordinary precipitation at birth of hero. (Cf. F962.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.2.1.1 | Shower of lotuses at birth of hero. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 131. |
| F960.1.3 | Exhibition of lights at saint's birth. Loomis White Magic 21. |
| F960.1.4 | Bells ring without human hands when a saint is born. Loomis White Magic 23. |
| F960.1.5 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at rebirth: nine worlds tremble. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.6 | When girl (princess) is born, earth is filled with light. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.2 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at death of holy person (hero). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F960.2.1 | Nature fruitless after death of hero. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.2.2 | Rainbow stretches from monastery to heaven at saint's death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.2.3 | Rock bursts into flames at hero's death. (Cf. F964.3.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.2.4 | Great light appears on night of holy man's death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F960.2.5 | Earthquake at death of important person. |
| F960.2.5.1 | Earthquake when good man is murdered. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F960.2.5.2 | Earthquake at witch's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F960.2.5.3 | Earthquake at dragon's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F960.2.6 | Winter's day changes to summer's day at saint's funeral. *Loomis White Magic 96. |
| F960.2.6.1 | Sun shines but two hours the day of hero's funeral. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F960.3 | Extraordinary nature phenomena during furious battle. (Cf. F1084.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F960.3.1 | Nature's lament at the Temple's destruction. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F960.4 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at anger of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.5 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at prisoner's miraculous release. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.6 | Extraordinary nature phenomena on night of fratricide. (Cf. S73.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.7 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at cruel treatment of innocent person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.8 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at moving of saint's remains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.9 | Earthquake announces victorious return of hero after long absence. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.10 | Extraordinary natural phenomena at giving of Tora at Mount Sinai. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961 | Extraordinary behavior of heavenly bodies. |
| F961.0.1 | Several suns or moons appearing in sky simultaneously. Hatt Asiatic Influences 73—78. |
| F961.0.2 | Eclipse of sun and moon in God's proximity. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.0.3 | Heavenly bodies lament. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.0.3.1 | Sun, moon, and stars do not shine seven days, mourning Adam's death. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.0.4 | God's praise chanted by the heavenly bodies. (Cf. A659.1, A767.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.0.5 | Heavenly bodies bear witness for and against man. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.0.6 | Heavens bleed. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1 | Extraordinary behavior of sun. (Cf. F965.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F961.1.1 | Sun refuses to shine when murder is done. *BP II 531 n. 1.—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F961.1.2 | Sun travels from west to east. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 164 n. 1; Jewish: Gaster Exempla 185 No. 2b, 201 No. 78, *Neuman. |
| F961.1.2.1 | Sun returns to sunrise to help sick man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.1.3 | Several suns in sky. |
| F961.1.3.1 | Two suns shine in sky. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F961.1.3.2 | Three suns shine in sky. Alphabet No. 552. |
| F961.1.4 | Sun warns man of approaching assassin. Africa (Fang): Trilles 94. |
| F961.1.5 | Sun shines during night. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1.5.1 | Sun shines for twelve days and nights after death of holy person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.1.5.2 | Sun reappears after being set. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1.5.3 | Sun does not set. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.1.5.3.1 | Sunset delayed many hours. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1.6 | Sun does not shine on island of druidry. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.1.7 | Sun turned from one hour to another through the prayer of saint (Moses). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.1.8 | Sun appears color of blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.1.9 | Eclipse of sun at important historical events. (Cf. A737.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.1.10 | Sun sets early to hide fugitive. (Cf. R310.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2 | Extraordinary behavior of stars. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.2.1 | Bright star indicates birth of holy person. *Toldo I 327; Matthew 2: 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Babylonian: Spence 53. |
| F961.2.2 | Hairy star. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.2.3 | Star shines in day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.2.4 | Stars and planets speak. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2.5 | Speaking star. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/191). |
| F961.2.5.1 | Constellations bewail man's death. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2.6 | Fighting stars melt iron chariots. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.2.7 | Star swallows four other stars. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.2.8 | Star moves from west to east. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2.9 | Stars drop on grave during conjuration. (Cf. F962.3.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 276. |
| F961.3 | Extraordinary behavior of moon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.3.1 | Moon turns to blood. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.3.2 | Many moons at the same time. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F961.3.3 | Moon warns sleeping man of approaching assassin. Africa (Fang): Tessman 93. |
| F962 | Extraordinary precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 18, 110, Beal XXI 306, 334. |
| F962.0.1 | Gifts are obtained or fall from heaven: flowers (roses), crown of gold, blossoms or thorns, bells, gems, books, sword, etc. *Loomis White Magic 88. |
| F962.0.2 | Storm overturns idol. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.1 | Electric storm breaks island into three parts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.2 | Fire from heaven. *Saintyves Essais de folklore biblique 1ff.; Irish: Plummer cxxxvii, cxxxviii, *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Moreno Esdras, *Neuman. |
| F962.2.1 | Sacrifice consumed by heavenly fire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.2.2 | Pillar of fire reaches from heaven to earth. (Cf. F774.2.1.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.2.3 | Fire from heaven cannot be quenched by water. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.2.4 | Fire from heaven burns and freezes. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.2.5 | Extraordinary hot rain. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.3 | Star drops from heaven: is money. BP III 233. |
| F962.4 | Shower of blood. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Marquesas: Handy 65. |
| F962.4.1 | Shower of blood for three days and three nights. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.4.2 | Dew of blood from fingers of repentant woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.5 | Extraordinary hailstones. |
| F962.5.1 | Storm of gigantic hailstones. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.5.1.1 | Hailstones, each as large as a crabapple. Irish myth: Cross (F194.1.) |
| F962.5.2 | Rain of fiery hailstones. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.5.3 | Triangular hailstones. Irish myth: Cross (F794.2). |
| F962.6 | Shower of food. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.6.1 | Shower of wheat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.6.2 | Shower of manna. *Loomis White Magic 87; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.6.3 | Shower of honey. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.6.4 | Shower of oil. *Loomis White Magic 87. |
| F962.7 | Extraordinary dew. |
| F962.7.1 | Sweet dew. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F962.8 | Other extraordinary showers. |
| F962.8.1 | Shower of silver (money). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.8.2 | Rain of jewels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.9 | Icicles gathered by saint as firewood burn. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.10 | Extraordinary mist (darkness). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.10.1 | Mist settles over lake after fight with serpent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.11 | Extraordinary snow. |
| F962.11.1 | Snow has taste of wine. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.12 | Holy object falls from heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.12.1 | Crozier falls from heaven for saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
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