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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
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
E
The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| G269.13 | Witch causes person to fall from height. Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G269.14 | Witch causes person to be burned. England: Baughman. |
| G269.15 | Witch scratches person. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G269.16 | Witch causes gun to explode, injuring person. England: Baughman. |
| G269.17 | Invisible witch sticks victim with pins. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G269.18 | Witch pushes man around on floor (witch is invisible). U.S.: Baughman. |
| G269.19 | Witches as ducks pinch victim. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G269.20 | Witch prevents woman from putting one foot on floor. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G269.21 | Witch torments person by making him act in ridiculous manner. |
| G269.21.1 | Witch causes person to break wind in presence of others. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G269.21.2 | Witch causes person to mew like cat and neigh like horse. England: Baughman. |
| G269.21.3 | Witch causes man to strip naked and imitate a jockey riding himself. England: Baughman. |
| G269.22 | Witch makes girl believe her lover has ass's head. England: Baughman. |
| G269.23 | Witch causes lovers on stile to think they are surrounded by water. England: Baughman. |
| G269.24 | Witch makes man believe a dead bull is alive and chasing him. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G269.25 | Witch causes person to spin around on bedpost. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G269.26 | Witch stands person on her head. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G270 | Witch overcome or escaped. |
| G271 | Witch exorcised. |
| G271.1 | Witch exorcised by burning stick. Fb "kjæp" II 151a. |
| G271.2 | Witch exorcised by use of religious ceremony, object, or charm. (Cf. D2176.3.2.) |
| G271.2.1 | Sign of the cross marked on bewitched object breaks witch spell. (Cf. G273.1.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G271.2.1.1 | Cross marked on horn and forehead of cow causes bewitched cow to give normal amount of milk. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.2.2 | Witch exorcised by holy water. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G271.2.3 | Name of deity breaks witch's spell. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.2.4 | Priestly exorcism for witch. England: Baughman. |
| G271.2.5 | Bible used in exorcism of witch. England: *Baughman. |
| G271.2.6 | Dust from communion table breaks spell. England: Baughman. |
| G271.3 | Use of salt in exorcism of witch. (Cf. G254.2, G272.16.) England: *Baughman. |
| G271.4 | Exorcism by use of sympathetic magic. (Cf. D1782, D2063.1.1.) |
| G271.4.1 | Exorcism by burning object for sympathetic magic. (Cf. G257.1) Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.2 | Exorcism by injuring image of witch. Canada. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.3 | Breaking spell by destroying image of victim used by the witch in torturing the victim. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.4 | Breaking spell on animal by bleeding or maiming animal. Witch suffers same loss or injury. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.5 | Breaking spell by beating the person or object bewitched. This injures the witch. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.6 | Breaking spell by sticking sharp object into tracks of witch. This pains or paralyzes her. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.7 | Breaking spell by burying bottle of water, preventing witch from urinating until the bottle is emptied. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.8 | Breaking spell by shooting bewitched object. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G271.4.9 | Breaking spell on animal by pulling three hairs from tail. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G271.4.10 | Breaking spell by burying animal alive. England: Baughman. |
| G271.4.11 | Breaking spell on cream by holding churn handle hard against bottom of churn. This paralyzes the witch. (Cf. D2084.2.) England: Baughman. |
| G271.5 | Exorcism by violent treatment of the witch in person. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G271.6 | Exorcism of witch by countercharm. England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.7 | Exorcism of witch by special burial practice. England: *Baughman. |
| G271.8 | Exorcism by means of ghoulish charm. (Cf. D1278.) See Kittredge Witchcraft 141—51; England: Baughman. |
| G271.9 | Sick child from witchcraft is put on anvil; smith strikes violently but brings hammer down gently, three times. England: Baughman. |
| G271.10 | Person removes string with thirteen knots from child's mouth. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G272 | Protection against witches. |
| G272.1 | Steel powerful against witches. Fb "stеl" III 647a; England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G272.2 | Magic herb protects from witch. *Penzer VIII 56 n. 2; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 667; West Indies: Flowers 446. |
| G272.2.1 | Rowan wood (quicken, etc.) protects against witches. Canada, England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G272.2.2 | Witchhazel used for protection against witches. England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G272.2.3 | Hawthorn used as protection against witches. England: Baughman. |
| G272.2.4 | Bay leaves used as protection against witches. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G272.3 | Knife in bed as protection against witches. *Fb "heks" I 581a; England: Baughman. |
| G272.4 | Fires burnt in streets to ward off witches. Fb. "heks" I 581a. |
| G272.5 | Protection from witch by spitting. Fb "heks" I 581b; England, Ireland: Baughman. |
| G272.6 | Sieve as protection against witches. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650. |
| G272.7 | Object across door protects from witch. England, U.S.: *Baughman (G256.) |
| G272.7.1 | Beam across door protects from witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 645. |
| G272.7.2 | Broom across door protects from witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 653. |
| G272.8 | Pouring water on fire from new cup protects from witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 653. |
| G272.9 | Reversing the poker protects from witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 653. |
| G272.10 | Stopped bottle as protection against witches. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 647. |
| G272.11 | Horseshoe hung up as protection against witches. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650. |
| G272.12 | Straws as protection against witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650. |
| G272.13 | Stone with a hole through it protects against witches. (Hagstone) England: *Baughman. |
| G272.14 | Witch kept under control by means of a magic iron nail driven in her head. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 651. |
| G272.15 | Witch controlled by means of magic spells. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G272.16 | Salt protects against witches. (Cf. G271.3, G254.2.) |
| G272.16.1 | Salt put into churn before churning to protect cream from witch. (Cf. D2084.2.) England: *Baughman. |
| G272.17 | Burning thatch from home of witch protects against witch. England: *Baughman. |
| G272.18 | Grass from new grave protects against witches. England: Baughman. |
| G273 | Witch rendered powerless. |
| G273.1 | Witch powerless when one makes sign of cross. (Cf. G271.2.1.) Fb "heks" I 581b; England, Ireland, Wales: Baughman; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 33; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 116; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 82, 87. |
| G273.1.1 | Witch powerless from lightbeam sent by saint. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G273.2 | Witch powerless when person speaks before she does. Fb "heks" I 581a. |
| G273.3 | Witch powerless at cockcrow. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 261, 307; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 83 No. 686. |
| G273.4 | Witch powerless to cross stream. *Fb "vand" III 1001a; England: Baughman. |
| G273.4.1 | If witch grabs horse's tail on bridge, man is safe from her. Fb "bro" IV 62b. Cf. Burns's "Tam O'Shanter." |
| G273.5 | Witches powerless at crossroads. Fb "korsvej" II 277. |
| G273.5.1 | Witch burned by furrows drawn round her home. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G273.6 | Witch rendered powerless by drawing blood from her. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G273.7 | Objects driven into tracks of witch immobilize her. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G273.7.1 | Straw driven into witch's track immobilizes her. England: Baughman. |
| G273.7.2 | Steel driven into witch's track immobilizes her. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G274 | Witch snared. |
| G274.1 | Witch snared by setting out milk. Witches attracted by milk. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 267 No. 74. |
| G275 | Witch defeated. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 68. |
| G275.1 | Witch carried off by devil. *Kittredge Witchcraft 43, *397f. nn. 164—167; England, Wales: Baughman. |
| G275.1.1 | Witch carried off by devil's crew. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G275.2 | Witch overcome by helpful dogs of hero. Type 303; Irish myth: Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 231, 237, 239. |
| G275.3 | Witch burned. *Fb "ild" II 12b, "brænde" IV 69a; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3664; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 161; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G275.3.0.1 | Witch can be destroyed only by burning her to death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G275.3.1 | Witch burned by burning bewitched animal. *Kittredge Witchcraft 95ff., 426ff. nn. 155—172. |
| G275.3.2 | Witch's heart (lungs, stomach) impossible to burn. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| G275.4 | Seven-headed witch defeated by throwing egg at each head. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 268 Nos. 79, 80. |
| G275.4.1 | Witch killed, as egg with her soul is crushed against her forehead. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G275.5 | Witch forced to divulge her secret powers. Africa (Bondei): Woodward FL XXXVI 367ff. No. 12. |
| G275.5.1 | Witch bribed to divulge her secret powers. Africa (Kordofan): Frobenius Atlantis IV 101ff. No. 11. |
| G275.6 | Witch surrendered by sons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G275.7 | Witch bound and beaten. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G275.7.1 | Witch beheaded. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G275.8 | Hero kills witch. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G275.8.1 | Witch killed by placing salt or pepper inside skin while it is laid aside. (Cf. G229.1.1.) South Carolina Negro: Parsons MAFLS XVI 63. |
| G275.8.2 | Witch overcome by help of fairy. (Cf. N815.) French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G275.9 | Fighting and wrestling with witch. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G275.10 | Witch as participater in battle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G275.11 | Witches punished in hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G275.12 | Witch in the form of an animal is injured or killed as a result of the injury to the animal. (Cf. G252, G275.14.) Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G275.13 | Rough treatment of object causes injury or death to witch. Canada, England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G275.14 | Witch out of body while traveling at night is injured; witch's body is injured at home. (Cf. G275.12.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G275.15 | Witch overcome by threats. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G275.15.1 | Witch overcome by threatening with sword. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G276 | Escape from witch. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G276.1 | Hen put in witch's hair to scratch while maid escapes. Fb "höne" I 750b, "klø" II 202b, "kylling" II 347. |
| G277 | Testing of witches. **Hertz Aus Dichtung und Saga 198ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3664. |
| G278 | Death of witch. |
| G278.1 | Marvelous manifestations at death of witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection 386. |
| G279 | Witch overcome or escaped—miscellaneous. |
| G279.1 | Overpowered witch-maid commits suicide. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G279.2 | Theft from witch. |
| G279.2.1 | Gold stolen from witch. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G280 | Witches—miscellaneous motifs. |
| G281 | Consecrated wafer kept in mouth in order to be a witch. Kittredge Witchcraft 149, 469 n. 105; England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G281.1 | Witch gives away consecrated wafer after service. (Cf. H1292.4.1.) England: *Baughman. |
| G282 | Witches punish lazy spinning women. *Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 120 n. 6. |
| G283 | Witches have control over weather. *Kittredge Witchcraft 152ff., 472ff. nn. 1ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 14, 307 No. 28. |
| G283.1 | Witch raises winds. |
| G283.1.1 | Methods witch uses to raise wind. (Cf. D2142.0.1.2, D2142.1.5.) |
| G283.1.2 | Reason why witch raises wind. |
| G283.1.2.1 | Witch raises contrary wind to keep ship in port. Ireland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.2 | Witch raises wind to aid becalmed boat. Scotland: Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.3 | Witch raises wind to sink ships of people who have injured her. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.4 | Witch raises wind to winnow grain. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.5 | Witch raises wind to blow man's fleeces away. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.6 | Witch raises wind to break up enemy's lumber pound. England: Baughman. |
| G283.1.3 | Witch sells power to control winds. (Cf. D2142.0.1.1, D1541.1.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G283.2 | Witch keeps winds from blowing. (Cf. D2142.1.) |
| G283.2.1 | Witch keeps wind from blowing by putting cat under barrel. (Cf. D2142.1.5.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.3 | Witch produces rain or snow. (Cf. D2143.) |
| G283.4 | Witch produces clear weather. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G284 | Witch as helper. Fb "heks" I 582; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 76, 136, 140, 141, 178; Hindu: Tawney II 608; West Indies: Flowers 447. |
| G285 | Witches avoid religious ceremonies. Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 165. |
| G285.1 | At communion witches spit out wine over shoulder. Fb "heks" I 580. |
| G286 | Initiation into witchcraft. Icelandic: *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn IV (1901) 144ff., (1936) 230ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G286.1 | Women learn witchcraft by masking as men. Hence women are witches. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G287 | Witches married to fairies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G288 | Witch escapes from locked room. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G291 | Witch executed for engaging in witchcraft. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G292 | Witch makes man engage in dangerous contests. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): *Benedict 345. |
| G299 | Other witch motifs. |
| G299.1 | Witch calls up spirits of dead, causes them to walk on water. (Cf. E380.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G299.2 | Witch is heard struggling with devil. (Cf. G303.6.2.2.) England: Baughman. |
| G300 | Other ogres. |
| G301 | Monsters. Usually not clearly defined. See this entire chapter on ogres. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302 | Demons. Malevolent creatures (not usually further defined). Irish: Plummer cliii, *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 36; Jewish: *Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 276f.; Hindu: Penzer I 205, Tawney II 232 n.; Chinese: Graham, Werner 432b s.v. "Demons"; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 82; S. A. Indian (Chaco): Alexander Lat. Am. 323. |
| G302.1 | Origin of demons and their companions. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.1.1 | Demons: soul of the giants who perished in the flood. (Cf. A1010.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.1.2 | Evil spirits born of echo in chaos. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.2 | Varieties of demons. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.2.1 | Kingdom of demons. (Cf. G303.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.2.2 | Devil King. Chinese: Graham. |
| G302.3 | Form of demon. |
| G302.3.0.1 | Demon's size changed at will. (Cf. D631.7.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.3.1 | Demon as fiery pillar. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.3.2 | Demon in animal form. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.3.3 | Demon in form of old woman. (Cf. C745, D651, G1263.0.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G302.4 | Physical characteristics of demons. |
| G302.4.1 | Six characteristics of demons: three like angels, three like men. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.4.2 | Invisibility of demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.4.3 | Demons have only souls but no bodies. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.4.4 | Demons cast no shadow. (Cf. F1038, G369.3.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.4.5 | Feet of demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.4.5.1 | Demons have cock-feet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.5 | Haunts of demons. |
| G302.5.1 | Desert the abode of demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.5.2 | Egypt as abode of demons. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.5.3 | Demons present at discussion in academies. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.6 | Circumstances of demons' appearance. |
| G302.6.1 | Demons appear only at stated times. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.7 | Mortal experiences of demons. |
| G302.7.1 | Sexual relation between man and demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.7.2 | Demons marry among themselves. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.8 | Demon's helpers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9 | Deeds of demons. |
| G302.9.1 | Demons attack men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.2 | Demons abduct men and torment them. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.3 | Demons tempt men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.4 | Demons injure and strangle little children. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.5 | Demons help Satan. (Cf. G303.10.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.6 | Demons fool men in their dreams. (Cf. G303.11.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.7 | Enormous quantities of food eaten by demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.8 | Demons teach men idolatry. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.9 | Demons goad man to treachery. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303 | Devil. (The Devil, Satan, The Bad Man, Old Nick, etc.)1 Not clearly differentiated, especially in German tradition, from the stupid ogre. (See also F531 (Giant), G100—199 and G500—699.)—**Wünsche Teufel; **A Graf The Story of the Devil (tr. E. N. Stone) (London, 1931); **M. J. Rudwin The Devil in Legend and Literature (Chicago 1931); P. Carus History of the Devil (Chicago, 1900); **Toldo II 329ff.; **O. A. Erich Die Darstellung des Teufels in der christlichen Kunst (Berlin, 1931); *De Vooys Middelnederlandse Legenden en Exempelen 159ff.; S. Freud Die Teufelsneurose im 17. Jahrhundert (Wien, 1928).—Irish myth: Cross; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 687; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: **P. Danielsson Djävulgestalten i Finlands svenska Folktro (Bidrag till kännedom af Finlands natur och folk LXXXIV pt. 2, [Helsingfors, 1932] 157); Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 135—152; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.1 | The origin of the devil and his companions. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.1.1 | The devil originates from God. Dh I 12; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.1.1.1 | God creates the devil (Satan) from his own shadow. Dh I 44. |
| G303.1.1.2 | Devil originates from God's spittle. Dh I 61ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3001, Legends Nos. 1, 3, 8. |
| G303.1.1.2.1 | The devil originates from the spittle of an evil man. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| G303.1.1.3 | God changes an angel into the devil, because he tried to imitate God in creating the world. Dh I 139. |
| G303.1.1.4 | God creates the devil by striking a stone with his whip. Dh I 33. |
| G303.1.2 | God discovers the devil. |
| G303.1.2.1 | God finds the devil sitting under a tree which was made by his throwing his staff into the water. Dh I 35. |
| G303.1.2.2 | God finds the devil under a stone. Dh I 31. |
| G303.1.2.3 | God discovers the devil in a piece of solid foam. Dh I 43. |
| G303.1.3 | The devil is created without the special aid of God. |
| G303.1.3.1 | The devil is developed from man. Dh I 4f.; West Indies: Flowers 447. |
| G303.1.3.2 | The devil is created out of a bubble. Dh I 19, 66f. |
| G303.1.3.3 | The devil is created out of sea-foam. Dh I 19. |
| G303.1.3.4 | Pagan gods became devils. *Loomis White Magic 75. |
| G303.1.3.5 | Satan created out of hell fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.1.4 | The devil creates other devils. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3001. |
| G303.1.4.1 | The devil creates devils by casting water behind himself. |
| G303.1.4.2 | Devils are created from sparks produced by Satan's striking two stones together. Dh I 60ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3001, Legends Nos. 1, 3. |
| G303.1.5 | Five devils created by Adam create other devils in the same manner. Adam has created five devils by wetting five fingers with dew and shaking them behind him; God had commanded him to wet one finger. (Cf. G303.1.4.1.) Dh I 49. |
| G303.1.6 | Devils are created from sinful priests. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| G303.1.7 | Tuatha De Danann as demons (fallen angels). Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.1.8 | Two devils (male and female) extracted from corpse's belly. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.2 | Names applied to the devil. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.2.1 | Devil calls himself "Puss". Fb I 266b. |
| G303.2.2 | Devil is called "the black one". Fb I 267b; Wünsche Teufel 51f. |
| G303.2.3 | Devil says his name is "Millearces" (thousand ways to lead men to sin). Scala Celi 165b No. 932. |
| G303.2.4 | Gaelic titles given to the devil: the worthless one; the one whom I will not mention; yon one; the one big one; the one from the abyss; the mean mischievous one; the big sorrow; the son of cursing; the big grizzled one; the bad one; the bad spirit; Black Donald. J. G. Campbell Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Glasgow, 1900) 291. |
| G303.3 | Forms in which the devil appears. *Toldo II 330ff. |
| G303.3.0.1 | Devil in hideous form. (Cf. G303.3.1.4.) Irish myth: *Cross India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.1 | The devil in human form. *Loomis White Magic 74; Danielsson Vol. II; Scala Celi 42b, 45a Nos. 243, 255; Irish: *Cross; Beal XXI 307, 313, 315, 330; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos 70, 83, 91—93, 155, 200, 218; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 617. |
| G303.3.1.0.1 | Devils in guise of human beings require remarkable quantity of food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.1.1 | The devil as a large, strong man. Henne-Am Rhyn Deutsche Volkssage (1874) 278. |
| G303.3.1.2 | The devil as a well-dressed gentleman. Wünsche Teufel 37f., 54, 59f.; Irish myth: Cross; Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 293; U.S.: Baughman; Georgia Negro: Harris Remus 32; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 8 No. 66; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 347ff., 353, 357, 361, 363f., 367ff., 402, 413, 415, 425ff., 430f., 433ff., 437ff., 441—47, 449ff., 454, 456ff., 461, 464, 466, 655ff., 684f., 737, 764, 766, 772, 776, 786f., 803, 805, 808, 844; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.3 | The devil as a distinguished-looking knight. Wünsche Teufel 61f. |
| G303.3.1.3.1 | Devil as a ribald traveler. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.4 | Devil appears in the form of a man who is repugnantly ugly. (Cf. G303.3.0.1.) Wessman 8 No. 66, Wünsche Teufel 103f.; Irish: Cross, O'Suilleabhain 35, Beal XXI 312; England: Baughman. |
| G303.3.1.5 | The devil as a little, gray old man. Wessman 12 No. 99; Wünsche Teufel 52f.; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 440, 448, 458. |
| G303.3.1.6 | The devil as a black man. Wünsche Teufel 30f., 106f., Fb I 266b; Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 35f., Beal XXI 313. |
| G303.3.1.7 | Devil as a huntsman. Wünsche Teufel 33f., 49f.; Hunt Popular Romances of West of England (London, 1903) 222; Nouvelles de Sens No. 5. |
| G303.3.1.8 | Devil in form of priest. Scala Celi 45a, 45b Nos. 254, 257; Crane Vitry 246 No. 263; *Loomis White Magic 74; England: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3330, Legends Nos. 419—422, 424. |
| G303.3.1.8.1 | Devil as a hermit. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.1.8.2 | Devil as ascetic. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 617. |
| G303.3.1.9 | Devil in form of pilgrim. Scala Celi 153a No. 844; Alphabet No. 620. |
| G303.3.1.10 | Devil as a peasant. England: Hunt Popular Romances 232; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 543. |
| G303.3.1.11 | Devil as three gentlemen. They come for a dying man. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 295. |
| G303.3.1.12 | Devil in form of woman. Lures man. *Loomis White Magic 75; Irish myth: *Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 554ff., 762, 801, 834ff.; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.1.12.1 | Devil in form of woman lures and punishes women. Introduces men disguised as women to seduce impious nuns. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| G303.3.1.12.2 | Devil as a beautiful young woman seduces man. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.1.12.3 | Devil appears as a beautiful black wench. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.12.4 | Devil appears as old woman to seduce monk from cloister. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.12.5 | Devil (in queen's form) insatiable, although she copulates with all men and horses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.1.13 | Devil as cook. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
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