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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
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
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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 |
|---|---|
| Q558.7 | Slave-driver mysteriously stricken dead. (Cf. Q285.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.8 | Mysterious death as punishment for wrongful satire. (Cf. Q265.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q558.9 | Mysterious death as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q558.9.1 | Mysterious death of son as punishment for murder. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.10 | Mysterious death as punishment for feigning sleep. (Cf. Q260.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.11 | Animals which eat of saint's body stricken dead. (Cf. B275.3, Q220.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.12 | Mysterious death as punishment for worshiping idols on All-Saints-Day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.13 | Mysterious death as punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q227, Q574.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q558.13.1 | Mysterious death of son as punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q411.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q558.13.2 | Mysterious death as punishment for disbelief in druidism. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.14 | Mysterious death as punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.). (Cf. Q222.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q558.14.1 | Animals stricken dead for desecration of holy places. (Cf. D2089.3.) *Loomis White Magic 102; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q558.15 | Mysterious death as punishment for lying (perjury). (Cf. Q263.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.15.1 | Mysterious death of son as punishment for lying (perjury). Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.16 | Mysterious death as punishment for false judging. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q558.17 | Death by ulcer for destroying churches. (Cf. Q222.) Irish myth: |
| Q558.18 | Saints bring about miraculous death because of desecration of sanctuaries. (Cf. C51.1, Q222, V220.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q559 | Other miraculous punishments. |
| Q559.1 | Devils instead of angels visit woman who has forgotten God in her prosperity. U.S., England: Baughman; Russian: Andrejev No. 796*. |
| Q559.2 | Punishment: man stricken blind. (Cf. Q451.7.0.2.) Irish: Beal XXI 336; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 18 No. 172; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q559.3 | Body of murdered man cannot be moved nor can water be drawn from a well to wash it. Leads to exposure of murderer. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q559.4 | Peasants punished for working on feast day. They cannot leave the field for several days. (Cf. Q223.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q559.5 | Girl punished for jeering at saint. Is stricken dumb and distaff sticks to her hand. (Cf. Q227.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q559.5.1 | Birth of child prevented until girl confesses slander. She has accused a bishop of fathering the child. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q559.5.2 | Girl's hand withers as punishment for broken oath to God. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q559.6 | Poets lose ability to compose verse as punishment for immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q559.7 | Punishment: body will not decay after death because man broke saint's covenant. (Cf. Q227.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q559.8 | Half of house in which false judgment is given slips down hill. (Cf. Q265.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q559.9 | Saints miraculously cause child to fall over cliff as punishment for mother's washing clothes in holy well. (Cf. Q222, Q411.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q559.10 | Magic boat keeps thief at sea until he promises to throw ill-gotten gains into sea. (Cf. D1654.6, Q212.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q559.11 | Man miraculously made to excrete his entrails for heresy. (Cf. Q225.1, Q469.7.) Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q560 | Punishments in hell. (Cf. Q174.) Fb "helvede" IV 209a; Wienert FFC LVI 41; Krappe "Notes on Dante's Inferno" Archivum Romanicum VI 376—385, XI 592—603; Festskrift til Feilberg 202. — Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 319—23, O'Suilleabhain 51, 53, 58; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 391, 467f., 470f., 585; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 202, 204, Keller; Greek: Grote I 129; Egyptian: Müller 179f.; Jewish: *Neuman, Moreno Esdras; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 598. |
| Q560.1 | Punishments in land of dead (detailed). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q560.1.1 | Punishments in other world: people reincarnated as buffaloes and killed. Chinese: Graham. |
| Q560.2 | Respite from hell. |
| Q560.2.1 | Souls in hell not punished on Sabbath. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q560.2.1.1 | Three hours of respite on Sunday for tormented in hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q560.2.2 | Certain number of souls released from hell every Saturday through virtue of saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q560.2.3 | Soul (of Judas) tormented on rock in sea on certain days as respite from pains of hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q560.3 | Sinners endure hell tortures for one year. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q561 | Punishments being prepared in hell. |
| Q561.1 | Bed heating in hell for certain person. *Type 756B; **Andrejev FFC LXIX 106ff.; *Fb "seng" III 187a; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 391. |
| Q561.2 | Kettle heating in hell for certain person. *Type 756B; *Andrejev FFC LXIX 106ff. |
| Q561.3 | Seat (room) heating in hell for certain person. *Type 756B; *Andrejev FFC LXIX 106ff.; Irish: Beal XXI 311, O'Suilleabhain 33. |
| Q561.4 | Palace in other world of the dead where are rooms full of tongues, hands, etc. of men committing sins in this world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q562 | Pain of souls tormented in hell alternately ebbs and flows. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q562.1 | Girdles of sinners in hell alternately scorch with heat and cold. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q562.2 | Souls in hell alternately drowned and burned. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q562.3 | Souls tormented in hell alternately borne up to firmament and cast down to depths. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q563 | Punishments in hell fitted to crimes. (Cf. Q580.) Zs. f. celtische Phil. IX 413ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q563.1 | Punishment in hell fitted to the grade of wickedness. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q564 | Letter sent to the relatives from man punished in hell. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 467f. |
| Q565 | Man admitted to neither heaven nor hell. He has tricked the devil. *Type 330; *BP II 149ff., 163ff.; Fb "helvede" I 589a, "himmerige" I 611a; Irish: Beal XXI 329, O'Suilleabhain 90; U.S.: *Baughman; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 8, 210, 213; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Remus 156 No. 32. |
| Q565.1 | Person to be received by neither earth nor heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q566 | Punishments by heat in hell. (Cf. A671.2.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 885. |
| Q567 | Punishments by cold in hell. *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 18; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q567.1 | Sharp icy hoods (cowls) worn by sinners in hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q569 | Other punishments in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q569.1 | Sinners in hell forced to sit in dark puddles up to their middles. (Cf. A689.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q569.2 | Sinners in hell swallowed by dragons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q569.3 | Sinners in hell fall into mouth of devil. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q569.4 | Sinners in hell painfully suspended. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q569.5 | Smokers in otherworld are locked in smoky rooms. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| Q570 | Punishment and remission. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q570.1 | Magic foul disease as punishment for persecution of Christians remitted. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q571 | Magic blindness as punishment remitted. (Cf. Q451.7.0.2.) Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q571.1 | Magic blindness as punishment for opposition to holy person remitted. (Cf. Q227.) O'Grady Silva Gadelica II 7; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q571.2 | Magic blindness as punishment for uncharitableness remitted. (Cf. Q286.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q572 | Magic sickness as punishment remitted. (Cf. Q551.6.) |
| Q572.1 | Magic sickness as punishment for theft remitted. (Cf. Q212.) O'Grady Silva Gadelica II 37; Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q572.2 | Magic sickness as punishment for uncharitableness remitted. (Cf. Q286.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q572.3 | Magic sickness as punishment for opposition to holy person remitted. (Cf. Q227.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q572.4 | Magic sickness as punishment for immoderate request remitted. (Cf. Q338.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q572.5 | Saint deprives enemy king of speech. King repents, speech restored. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q573 | Magic paralysis as punishment remitted. (Cf. Q551.7.) |
| Q573.1 | Magic paralysis as punishment for opposition to holy person remitted. Cf. O'Grady Silva Gadelica II 28; Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q573.2 | Magic paralysis as punishment for scorning of bishop remitted. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Q574 | Mysterious death as punishment remitted. (Cf. Q558.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q574.1 | Mysterious death as punishment for opposition to holy person remitted. (Cf. Q558.13.) O'Grady Silva Gadelica II 71; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q574.2 | Mysterious death of animals as punishment for uncharitableness remitted. (Cf. D2089.3, Q286.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q575 | Magic putrefaction of food as punishment for opposition to holy person remitted. (Cf. Q227.) O'Grady Silva Gadelica II 26; Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q576 | Curse as punishment remitted. (Cf. Q556.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q576.1 | Curse of loss of victory for opposition to holy person remitted. (Cf. Q227.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q577 | Sentence to hang remitted. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q578 | Spirit in hell remitted from humiliating punishment of bathing people. (Cf. Q501.9.) Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q580 | Punishment fitted to crime. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; West Indies: Flowers 570. |
| Q581 | Villain nemesis. Person condemned to punishment he has suggested for others. *Cox 503 and passim (under head "villain nemesis"); *Fb "dom" IV 101b; *Wesselski Theorie 139; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 64 to Gonzenbach No. 13; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 116; Wienert FFC LVI 49 (ET 83), 51 (ET 109, 110), 59 (ET 199), 132 (ST 382), 135 (ST 406, 447); Halm Aesop Nos. 18, 326. — Irish myth: *Cross; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 2, III No. 10, V Nos. 8, 9; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q581.0.1 | Loss of life as result of one's own treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q581.1 | Unusual murder avenged in like manner. Scottish: Campbell-Mckay No. 17; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q581.2 | Villain in hiding killed by blow aimed at his victim. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q581.3 | Those planning to drown others drowned. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q581.3.1 | Drowning as punishment for drowning. Eskimo. (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 165. |
| Q582 | Fitting death as punishment. (Cf. Q411, D2060.) Irish: O'Suilleabhain 125, Beal XXI 336; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 374, II 851, 1353; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 61, (Wakweli): Bender 106f. |
| Q582.1 | Sisters throw unique jewel into lake; killed and thrown after it. Revue Celtique XVI 76; Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q582.2 | Man who brings fire to his house at devil's instigation burns to death. (Cf. Q233.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q582.3 | Murderer killed by his own spear. (Cf. Q211.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q582.3.1 | Man killed by piece of stone flying from rock his victim dies upon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q582.4 | Man dies from drop of blood of pet hound he has killed. (Cf. Q211.6.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q582.5 | Man boasts he fears saint no more than hornless sheep; killed by hornless sheep. (Cf. Q333.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q582.6 | Woman killed by horse got through immoderate request. (Cf. Q338, Q557.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q582.7 | Boy who threw stones at clerics killed by thrown stone. (Cf. Q227.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q582.8 | Person drinks poison he prepared for another. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q582.9 | Man falls dead when he sees his sons whom he has reared in sin all killed. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q583 | Fitting bodily injury as punishment. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 16. |
| Q583.1 | Man who laughs at blind made blind. (Cf. Q288, Q451.7.0.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q583.2 | Man stricken dumb for surly speech. (Cf. Q327, Q451.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q583.3 | Man seeking to flee saint paralyzed. (Cf. Q551.7.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q583.4 | Lying woman's tongue swells. (Cf. Q551.6.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q584 | Transformation as fitting punishment. (Cf. D661, Q551.3.) |
| Q584.1 | Transformer transformed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q584.2 | Transformation of a man to animal as fitting punishment. (Cf. D661.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 773*; S. A. Indian (Tupinamba): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 133, 172. |
| Q584.3 | Reincarnation in form fitted to crime. (Cf. Q551.5.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 50, 829, 1020, II 706, 1050, 1357. |
| Q585 | Fitting destruction (disappearance) of property as punishment. (Cf. Q552.18, Q595.) India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 885, II 416, 1264. |
| Q585.1 | Man refuses to give to charity: his property disappears. (Cf. Q286, Q595.3.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q585.2 | Destruction (disappearance) of property got through immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q585.3 | During rainy spring, farmer wishes that Lord would sleep till harvest time. Farmer himself sleeps until all neighbors have finished harvesting. When he wakes, he finds his crops ruined. (Cf. Q235.) England: *Baughman. |
| Q585.4 | Food disappears because of wastefulness. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q586 | Son on gallows bites his mother's (father's) nose off: punishment for neglect in youth. *Types 756B, 838; *Andrejev FFC LXIX 88; Wienert FFC LVI 83 (ET 493), 128 (ST 365, 499); Halm Aesop No. 351; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 19; Crane Vitry 259 No. 287; *Chauvin VIII 113 No. 95 n. 1; Alphabet No. 217. — Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q587 | Jealous husband kills bird which wife falsely says she has been listening to. She has really been conversing with her lover. (Laüstic.) *Warncke Lais der Marie de France cxxvi. |
| Q588 | Ungrateful son punished by having a son equally ungrateful. (Cf. Q281.1.) BP I 135. |
| Q589 | Punishment fitted to crime—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q589.1 | Horses fail when owner refuses load to saint. (Cf. Q286.1, Q557.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q589.1.0.1 | Man cannot drive cow by himself which he refused to share. (Cf. Q272.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q589.2 | Man goes forth naked: cursed with nakedness throughout life. (Cf. Q556.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q589.3 | Punishment for stinginess: amends made by being generous and liberal. (Cf. Q276.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q590 | Miscellaneous punishments. |
| Q591 | Punishment: lie becomes truth. (Cf. Q263.) *Loomis White Magic 100; Irish: Beal XXI 327, O'Suilleabhain 74; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| Q591.1 | Punishment: death pretended becomes real. Revue Celtique xxvii 297; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q591.1.1 | King tests saint by having man feign death; saint perceives trick and causes man to be dead. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q591.2 | Punishment: man says salt he carries is stones; it immediately becomes so. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q591.2.1 | Punishment: man says sugar he carries is earth; it becomes so. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q591.3 | Man dies from pretended illness. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q593 | Dead mother appears and makes disobedient child eat fatal serpent. (Cf. Q325.) Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 263 No. 66. |
| Q594 | Punishment: taking snakes as foster children. *Type 751B. |
| Q595 | Loss or destruction of property as punishment. (Cf. Q552.1.0.1, Q552.13.2, Q552.14.1, Q585, Q552.18.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Africa (Fang): Tessman 195. |
| Q595.1 | Fortress ravaged when saint is refused admittance. (Cf. Q227.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q595.2 | Cattle killed, crops burned as punishment for abduction. (Cf. Q213.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q595.3 | Uncharitable king loses wealth. (Cf. Q286, Q585.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q595.4 | Loss of money as punishment. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (Q585.1). |
| Q595.4.1 | Tribute as punishment for trickery. Irish myth: Cross (Q261.2). |
| Q596 | Punishment in effigy. |
| Q596.1 | Quartering in effigy for uxoricide. (Cf. Q211.3.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q597 | Animals avenge injury. (Cf. Q557.) |
| Q597.1 | Snake carries into fire man who has banned snakes. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 79; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 132 No. 79. |
| Q597.2 | Birds take back their feathers from ungrateful wolf to whom they have lent them. (Cf. Q281.) Cape Verde Islands: *Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 310 n. 1; West Indies: Flowers 570. |
| Q597.3 | Bees sting honey-thieves. (Cf. Q212.) Wienert FFC LVI *67 (ET 312), 98 (ST 122); Halm Aesop No. 288. |
| Q598 | Punishment: fighting all who pass through forest. Dickson 69 n. 16. |
| Q599 | Other punishments. |
| Q599.1 | Punishment: marrying shrewish wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R0 | Captivity. |
| R1 | Wild man captured and tamed. *Dickson 116 n. 44, 122; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 319 n. 152. |
| R2 | God holds the devil captive for three years. Dh. I 184. |
| R3 | King imprisons another king's embassy. Thien Motive 10. |
| R4 | Surprise capture. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R4.1 | Enemy surprised while bathing: taken. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R5 | Capture on field of battle. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| R5.1 | Enemy host imprisoned by earthen walls thrown up by hero's chariot wheels. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R5.2 | Hero captured by being pressed between shields from all sides. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| R6 | Messenger of Death imprisoned. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R7 | Men held captive in the Land of Women. (Cf. F112.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R8 | Gods captured. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R9 | Captivity—miscellaneous. |
| R9.1 | Sun captured. |
| R9.1.1 | Sun captured during visit to earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R9.1.2 | Sun and Moon captured by creditor, thus causing eclipse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R9.1.3 | Sun and Moon imprison each other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R9.2 | Grain and pulse in human form imprisoned by wicked king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R9.3 | Ogress captured and reformed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R9.4 | Fire-maiden imprisoned in iron house. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R9.5 | Cow imprisoned until it promises not to eat men. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R9.6 | King imprisons all living creatures. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R10 | Abduction. **Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København, 1910), Nissens Historie; **Hdwb. d. Märchens I 541ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 86, (Zuсi): Benedict II 334. |
| R10.1 | Princess (maiden) abducted. (Cf. R11.1, R12.1, R13.1, R16.1, R17.1, R25.1, R31.) *Types 301, 302, 311, 312; *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 553b nn. 296—315; Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København 1910).—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "princesse"; Spanish: Espinosa II No. 133—135; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Grote I 156; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 220. |
| R10.1.1 | Maiden abducted by soldiers. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| R10.1.2 | Lover abducts maiden from cruel father and brother. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| R10.2 | Pretended abduction. Adulterous wife plots own abduction by paramour. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R10.3 | Children abducted. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| R10.4 | Hero abducted by witch who loves him. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| R10.4.1 | Abduction of bridegroom and killing of his bride planned as giantess's revenge. Icelandic: Lagerholm 56—58, Boberg. |
| R11 | Abduction by monster (ogre). (Cf. G440.) **Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København, 1910); Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 133—135, III Nos. 141f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 129, 1060; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 39. |
| R11.1 | Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) *Types 301, 302, 311, 312; *BP I 398, 404, II 301, 317, III 434; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 544b, 547a nn. 60—79, 140—174; *Fb "brud" IV 64b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korean: Zong in-Sob 221 No. 98; Japanese: Dixon 215 n. 17; Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 167; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 341f. nn. 228, 228a, 231, 235. |
| R11.1.1 | Abduction of girl by half bestial man (hair on body, nails of dog). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R11.2 | Abduction by devil. |
| R11.2.1 | Devil carries off wicked people. Scala Celi 6b, 43a, 54b, 77b Nos. 39, 246, 306, 441; Fb "fanden" I 267a; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 55, Beal XXI 322; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 13 Nos. 116, 118; Spanish Exempla: Keller; West Indies: Flowers 571. |
| R11.2.1.1 | Devil carries off emperor because of his many murders. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| R11.2.2 | Abduction by demon. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 507, 1053; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1386). |
| R11.2.2.1 | Abduction by Echo. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R11.3 | Abduction by giant. (Cf. F531, G100.) English romance: Malory V 5; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 166 No. 72; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict II 334. |
| R12 | Abduction by pirates. |
| R12.1 | Maiden abducted by pirates (robbers). (Cf. R10.1.) *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 465; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 981. |
| R12.2 | Man abducted by pirates. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| R12.2.1 | Child abducted by robbers and brought up in their ways. Later becomes wealthy and law-abiding. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R12.3 | Lovers abducted by pirates. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| R12.4 | Girl enticed into boat and abducted. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R13 | Abduction by animal. Chinese: Graham. |
| R13.0.1 | Children carried off by animals. *Hibbard 270 n. 10, 276; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R13.1 | Abduction by wild beast. |
| R13.1.1 | Baboons abduct boy. Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 42. |
| R13.1.2 | Lion carries off child. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| R13.1.3 | Rhinoceros carries off man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.1.4 | Abduction by tiger. |
| R13.1.4.1 | Tiger abducts man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.1.4.2 | Abduction of woman by tiger. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 142. |
| R13.1.4.2.1 | Tigers abduct princess to be wife of their human ward. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.1.5 | Wolf abducts person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R13.1.6 | Girl abducted by bear and made his wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.1.7 | Abduction by monkey. |
| R13.1.7.1 | Girl carried off by monkeys. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.1.8 | Abduction by rabbit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.1.9 | Abduction by leopard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.1.10 | Abduction by elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.1.11 | Abduction by fox. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.2 | Abduction by domestic beast. |
| R13.2.1 | Girl carried off by ram. (Cf. R10.1.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bélier". |
| R13.2.2 | Bull carries off devil after he has tried to deceive God. (Cf. A60.) Dh I 35. |
| R13.2.3 | Abduction by cat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R13.2.3.1 | Abduction by goddess's cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R13.3 | Person carried off by bird. German: Grimm No. 51; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 183, 201; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 79; Africa (Yoruba): Frobenius Atlantis X 222ff. No. 14. |
| R13.3.1 | Abduction by ravens. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R13.3.2 | Eagle carries off youth. Greek: Fox 240 (Ganymede); Japanese: Ikeda. |
| R13.4 | Abduction by reptile. |
| R13.4.1 | Abduction by snake. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R14 | Deity (demigod) abducts person. Greek: Grote I 35, 83, 261; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 183. |
| R16 | Abduction by transformed person. |
| R16.1 | Maiden abducted by transformed hero. (Cf. D658, D2121.7, R10.1.) *Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 112; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 57 No. 425. |
| R16.2 | Child carried off by werwolf. (Cf. D113.1.1.) Hibbard 216. |
| R16.3 | Woman abducted by (transformed) fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R16.4 | Abduction by tiger-man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R16.5 | Abduction by elephant-man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R17 | Abduction by whirlwind. (Cf. D1520.28.) Hartland Science 175; Icelandic: Boberg; Japanese: Ikeda; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 160 No. 23. |
| R17.1 | Whirlwind carries princess away. (Cf. R10.1.) *Fb "hvirvelvind" I 708. |
| R18 | Abduction by rejected suitor. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| R22 | Abduction by giving soporific. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R22.1 | Abduction by giving soporific and rolling up in a cloak. *Chauvin V 23 No. 13 n. 2. |
| R22.2 | Abduction by means of sleep-giving music. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R23 | Abduction with aid of magic mask which renders invisible. (Cf. D1361.32.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| R24 | Abductor in disguise. (Cf. K1310.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R24.1 | Prince disguised as holy man abducts princess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R24.2 | Princely suitor in minstrel disguise carries princess away. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R25 | Abduction through underground passage. |
| R25.1 | Princess abducted through underground passage. (Cf. R10.1.) *Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 102; BP I 46ff.; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| R31 | Light extinguished and woman stolen. (Cf. R10.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 343 n. 237. |
| R32 | Abduction by stealing clothes of bathers. Africa (Cameroon): Lederbogen Märchen II 122f. No. 9. |
| R33 | Fairy physician abducted to heal wounded mortals. (Cf. F344.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| R35 | Abducted princess gives birth to child. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| R39 | Abduction—miscellaneous. |
| R39.1 | Abduction by magician. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R39.2 | Abduction by old woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R40 | Places of captivity. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| R41 | Captivity in tower (castle, prison). |
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