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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
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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
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Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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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 |
|---|---|
| F531.1.3.4 | Giant's step leaves deep furrows. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.1.3.5 | Giant fleet of foot despite size. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.1.3.6 | Giant with feet so large they cannot be moved. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.1.4 | Lips of giant. |
| F531.1.4.1 | Giant with upper lip reaching heaven; lower earth. Olrik Ragnarök 94f.; Cosquin études 537; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.1.4.1.1 | Giant with lower lip reaching earth. Gaster Thespis 190. |
| F531.1.4.2 | Giant (giantess) with lips hanging down on the breast. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.5 | Breasts of giantess. |
| F531.1.5.1 | Giantess throws her breasts over her shoulders. Her two sons can run after her and suck. Fb "givkone" I 438; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V 4. |
| F531.1.6 | Other bodily characteristics of giant. |
| F531.1.6.1 | Giant with nails like claws. Icelandic: *Boberg; Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F531.1.6.1.1 | Giantess with iron nails. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.1.2 | Giant with crooked nails. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.2 | Giant with teeth like those of saw. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F531.1.6.2.1 | Giants (giantesses) with long teeth. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.2.2 | Giant with very broad teeth. Chinese: Graham. |
| F531.1.6.3 | Giants with shaggy hair on their bodies. Broderius § 37; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 150, Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 153, Boberg; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 180, 186, 190; Babylonian: Gilgamesch-epos I 86ff., cf. 95ff. |
| F531.1.6.3.1 | Giant (giantess) with particularly long hair. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.3.2 | Giant without hair. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.4 | Giant with long beard. Broderius § 37.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Swedish: Runa IV (1843) 41 No. 71; Finnish-Swedish: Landtmann Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII 537; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) No. 193. |
| F531.1.6.5 | Giant with golden hair on forehead. *Fb "guldhеr". |
| F531.1.6.6 | Giant with peculiar nose. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.6.1 | Giant with crook on end of his nose. Icelandic: *Boberg; Herrmann Saxo II 599. |
| F531.1.6.7 | One-armed giant. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1.6.7.1 | Three-armed giant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.6.7.2 | Giant with six or eight arms. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 422, MacCulloch Eddic 277, *Boberg; Polynesia: Beckwith Myth 210 (eight). |
| F531.1.6.7.3 | Giantess with burned arms. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.8 | Giant's peculiar cheeks. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.9 | Giant rooted to ground because his nails and hair have grown into the earth on account of his great age. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.1.6.10 | Giant with unusual heart. |
| F531.1.6.10.1 | Giant with stone heart. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279. |
| F531.1.6.11 | Giant (giantess) with hump. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.12 | Giant with one hand and one foot. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1.6.13 | Giant's strength in hair. (Cf. D1831, G221.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.6.14 | Giantess with a tail (many tails). Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.1.7 | Color of giant. |
| F531.1.7.1 | Green giant. *Kittredge Gawayne 195ff. |
| F531.1.7.2 | Black giant. BP II 253; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 588, 593, 599, MacCulloch Eddic 276, *Boberg. |
| F531.1.8 | Giant in animal form. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279. |
| F531.1.8.1 | Giant as wolf. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279f., Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.2 | Giant as serpent. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279f., Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.3 | Giant as eagle. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 179, 276, 279, Herrmann Saxo II 599, Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.4 | Giantess in crow's shape. Icelandic: Völsungasaga ch. 1, Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.5 | Giantess transforms self to fly in order to tear woman's stomach. Icelandic: Egils saga ok Asm. ch. XII 9f., Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.6 | Giant in a gam's shape. Icelandic: Hjálmtèrs saga ok ölvers 506, Egils saga Einhenda ch. I 4, II 6, XIV 4, Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.7 | Giant as eagle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.8 | Giant (giantess) as sea-mammal. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.9 | Frost-giants. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 580, MacCulloch Eddic 278f., 324, Boberg. |
| F531.1.10 | Fire giants. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 592. |
| F531.1.11 | Giants and giantesses dressed as human beings. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.1.12 | Giant bride's equipment. Icelandic: Thrymskvida, MacCulloch Eddic 79, *Boberg. |
| F531.2 | Size of giant. *Broderius § 37.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 120 ff.; MacCulloch Eddic 277, *Boberg; Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag XIII 26; Finnish-Swedish: Landtmann Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII 537; Swiss: Henne-Am Rhyn No. 454. |
| F531.2.1 | Extremely tall giant. (Cf. F533.) Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 736; Fiji: Beckwith Myth 210. |
| F531.2.1.1 | Giant fifteen feet tall with three feet between the eyes. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.2.1.2 | Giants fifty feet tall with footprints six feet long. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F531.2.1.3 | Waters of Deluge reach to giant's ankles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.2.1.4 | Giant extends across whole island. Head against stone in west and feet against another in east. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 150, *Cross. |
| F531.2.1.5 | Giant reaches to the sky. Must lean over to keep from touching. N. A. Indian: *Boas BBAE LIX 289 n. 2, (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 445 No. 6. |
| F531.2.1.6 | Giantess is twice as tall as tall man. Icelandic: övar-Odds saga 121. |
| F531.2.2 | Giant with three spans between brows and three yards between shoulders. English: Child I 332, II 394. |
| F531.2.2.1 | Giant girl's face is an elbow length wide. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.2.2.2 | Giant's ears six hundred feet long. Korean: Zong in-Sob 15. |
| F531.2.3 | Giant's skull holds a man seated. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.2.3.1 | Giant's skull so large fowl can pass through eye-hole. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.2.3.2 | Giant's skull holds three hounds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.2.4 | Giant's large footprints. (Cf. F531.2.1.2.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.2.5 | Extremely fat giant. (Cf. F532.) German: Grimm No. 134. |
| F531.2.5.1 | Giantess is more broad than tall. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.2.6 | Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowed. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17. |
| F531.2.7 | Giant so large he cannot be carried by a horse. Dickson 173 n. 33. |
| F531.2.8 | Giant can find only one horse able to carry him. Dickson 173 n. 33; Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 380f., Boberg. |
| F531.2.9 | Giant occupies space of thrice nine men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.2.10 | Giant must rest on elbow while speaking to be audible to mortal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.2.11 | Demon looks like a mountain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.2.12 | Man with eyes the size of brass pots, teeth like axeheads, ears like elephant's ears. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.2.13 | Giantess so heavy that boat almost sinks. Icelandic: Sturlaugs saga St. 620, Boberg. |
| F531.2.14 | Baby giants four months old "two feet broad in the chest and twelve feet high." Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.2.15 | Sack of earth in giant's hand looks no bigger than a pea in hand of a man. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F531.3 | Gargantuan feats. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.3.1 | Giant wades the ocean. *Krappe études 79ff.; Broderius § 21.—England: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag I 65 No. 47, IX 99; German: Grimm Deutsche Sagen (Berlin, 1905) No. 319; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 31 n. 4; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 737. |
| F531.3.1.1 | Water enters into giant's boots from above. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 66 No. 571; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 62; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 128 No. 62. |
| F531.3.1.2 | Giant's leg stops ship at sea. Hindu: Penzer II 72. |
| F531.3.1.2.1 | Giant holds back water of river with his foot. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.1.3 | Thor carries giant in basket across icy stream. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Skaldsk XVII, Boberg. |
| F531.3.1.4 | Giant blows to prevent approach of ship. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.3.2 | Giant throws a great rock. Broderius § 8; **Höttges FFC CXXII 21ff., 196f.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 590, *Boberg; Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag VI 142; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 61; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 47 No. 67; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 127 No. 61; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 32f. |
| F531.3.2.1 | Giants throw stones after churches. *Fb "sten" 552ab; **Höttges FFC CXXII 31ff., 199ff.; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 27ff., (1931) 17ff., Schmidt DF XXXIX 70 ff.; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 70 No. 598, 71 No. 604. |
| F531.3.2.2 | Giant slings stone with his garters (hair ribbon, etc.) Broderius § 20.—Swedish: Hofberg Svenska Folksägner (Stockholm, 1882) 132; Danish: Thiele Danmarks Folkesagn (København, 1843) I 46; Holstein: Müllenhoff Sagen der Herzogthümer Schleswig-Holstein u. Lauenborg (Kiel, 1921) No. 423. |
| F531.3.2.3 | Giants throw tools back and forth. Explains rocks, etc. Broderius § 14; England: Baughman. |
| F531.3.2.4 | Giant hurls mountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.3.3 | Giant astride a church-roof. Rides it like a horse. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 61**. |
| F531.3.4 | Giant eats (drinks) prodigious amount. Broderius § 23.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 86, 89, 171, 275, *Boberg; Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag II 28, XIII 23; Swedish: Sydow Jättarna; Westphalia: Kuhn No. 129; Swiss: Henne-Am Rhyn 2 No. 596; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) No. 217; Gaster Thespis 329; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.4.1 | Giant eats a thousand cattle. Type 701*. |
| F531.3.4.2 | Giant drinks up a river (lake, sea). German: Grimm No. 134; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.4.3 | Giant eats whales as small fry. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 449, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 638, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 196, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 66. |
| F531.3.5 | Giant steps prodigious distance. Broderius § 21; *Höttges FFC CXXII 165ff., 281f.—Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman; Norwegian: Norske Folkeminnelag I 61, 65, II 30, 118, IV 101, XIII 26; Finnish-Swedish: Landtmann Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII 539, 540, 549, Wessmann 66 No. 570; Danish: Ohrt Danmarks Folkeminder XXI 22; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 474; Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 638. |
| F531.3.5.1 | Giant bestrides mountain. Chinese: Graham. |
| F531.3.5.2 | Giant's mighty stride spans earth's width. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.5.3 | Giant stands astride river. England: Baughman. |
| F531.3.6 | Giants carry church across a stream. Broderius § 22; Westphalia: Kuhn No. 387a; Hanover: Schambach u. Müller Nos. 165.1, 165.2. |
| F531.3.7 | Giant comes to bake too soon; spills dough. Giant who has common oven with another thinks he hears companion in next valley scraping the kneading trough. He bakes his dough but finds he is too early and that he has only heard himself scratching. He spills the dough: hence fruitful soil. (Cf. F451.7.2, F455.3.5.) Broderius § 15; *Höttges FFC CXXII 124. Westphalia: Grässe I 835, Zaunert Westfälische 6. |
| F531.3.8 | Giants' shouts are storms or great noise. Broderius § 16.—Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 166; Norse; Norsk Folkekultur IX 99; Swedish: Feilberg Jul II 56; Westphalia: Zaunert Westfälische 6, 11. Cf. Rip Van Winkle. |
| F531.3.8.1 | Giant's snoring as thunder or storm. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Gylf. XLVI, MacCulloch Eddic 92, *Boberg. |
| F531.3.8.2 | Giant's snoring felt as rain. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.3.8.3 | Homecoming giant heard far away. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.3.8.4 | Giantess sings so that it gives echo in all cliffs. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.3.8.5 | Earthquake as giant falls down. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 384, Boberg. |
| F531.3.8.5.1 | Earthquake by giant's wrestling. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.3.9 | Giants sit on mountains and wash feet in stream below. Broderius § 21; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 285, *Boberg; Danish: Danmarks Folkeminder No. 40 (1933) 71; Norse: Norsk Folkminnelag XIII 28; Swiss: Henne-Am Rhyn No. 611; French: Sébillot France I 232. |
| F531.3.10 | Giants carry trees. (Cf. F631.) Irish myth: Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F531.3.11 | Giant swallows men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.3.12 | Giant's hunting (fishing). |
| F531.3.12.1 | Giant threads an elephant on a fish-hook. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.12.2 | Giant fishes whales. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 233, MacCulloch Eddic 277, Snorra Edda Skalksk XLVI, Boberg; Maori: Clark 51. |
| F531.3.12.3 | Giantess kills monstrous bear. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 197. |
| F531.3.13 | Giant (giantess) carries prodigious burden. Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga Br. 577, Boberg. |
| F531.3.13.1 | Giant carries prodigious hunting-prey (whales, bear). Danish: Grundtvig DgF No. 18; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 223, *Boberg. |
| F531.3.13.2 | Giant allows others to cling to him while he swims with them safely across the rivers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.14 | Beam breaks at giant's glance. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 221. Boberg. |
| F531.3.15 | Giants' awful amusements, playing with men's lives. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4 | Gigantic possessions of giant. |
| F531.4.1 | Giant with mill-wheel as shield. Malone PMLA XLIII 401. |
| F531.4.2 | Giant with gigantic chain as belt. Elephant can go through each link. Malone PMLA XLIII 401. |
| F531.4.3 | Knights drink from a huge nine-gallon cup. English: Wells 60 (Syre Gawene and the Earle of Carelyle). |
| F531.4.4 | Giant with club as large as wheelshaft of mill. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.4.5 | Giant's enormous weapons. |
| F531.4.5.1 | Giant with iron club as weapon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4.5.2 | Giant with iron bar as weapon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4.5.3 | Giant has stone club. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 282, Snorra Edda Skaldsk. XVII, Boberg. |
| F531.4.5.4 | Giant has stone shield. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.4.5.5 | Giant has enormous spear. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.4.6 | Giant wears enormous jewel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.4.7 | Giant's clothes. |
| F531.4.7.1 | Giants dressed in skin. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 80ff., *Boberg. |
| F531.4.7.1.1 | Giants wear skins with flesh still on. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 210. |
| F531.4.7.1.2 | Giantess in obscenely shriveled skin skirt. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4.7.2 | Giants wear long coats with lamps under them. Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 634. |
| F531.4.7.3 | Giantess in red dress. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.4.8 | Giant has stone as boat. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4.9 | Giant's huge kettle. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 220, MacCulloch Eddic 86, *Boberg. |
| F531.4.10 | Giant's enormous bed. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F531.4.11 | Giant's enormous animals. |
| F531.4.11.1 | Giants have wolf and bears as dogs. Icelandic: örvar-Odds saga 122—24, Boberg. |
| F531.4.11.2 | Foxes as giant's lice. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 150. |
| F531.4.12 | Giant's net can hem in whole forest. Africa (Fang): Trilles 202. |
| F531.5 | Giants and men. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.5.1 | Giant friendly to man. Broderius § 24.—Irish myth: *Cross; U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 148, *Boberg; Norse: Feilberg Jul II 56; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 40. 172, 183, 186, 199, 200, 220. |
| F531.5.1.1 | Giant carries man in his pocket (glove, bosom). (Cf. F531.5.3.) German: Grimm No. 193; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "géant"; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 358 n. 287 I, (Ojibwa): Jones-Michelson PAES VII (2) 171ff. |
| F531.5.1.1.1 | Giant carries man in sack. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 39. |
| F531.5.1.1.2 | Giant carries man on his back. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 245. |
| F531.5.1.1.3 | Giant carries man on brim of his hat. German: Grimm No. 193. |
| F531.5.1.1.4 | Giant carries man under his belt. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.5.1.2 | Giants and men fraternize at Christmas. Liestøl Festskrift til Feilberg 195ff. |
| F531.5.2 | Man mistakes giant's glove for house. *Von Sydow Danske Studier (1910) 154; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.5.3 | Giant's toy. A young giantess picks up a man plowing. Wants him as a toy. Her mother says, "Take him back. He will drive us away." (Cf. F531.5.1.) **V. Höttges Die Sage vom Riesenspielzeug (Jena, 1931); Höttges FFC CXXII 172; Broderius § 29; Type 701*; *Fb "kjæmpe" II 149a; "plove" II 848; *Tegethoff Schweiz. Archiv f. Vksk. XXIV 139 n. 14.—Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 67 No. 575; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 47 No. 73; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3712; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 73 No. 225; Flemish: Meyer FFC XXXVII No. 701*; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F531.5.4 | Giant thinks hammer-blow on head is a nut falling. Man strikes with all his might. *Von Sydow Danske Studier (1910) 159; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 92; N. A. Indian (Seneca): CurtinHewitt RBAE XXXII 213 No. 41; Africa (Fang): Einstein 47. |
| F531.5.4.1 | Giant thinks shower of stones is snowfall. Wales: Baughman. |
| F531.5.4.2 | Giant's head gnawed by foxes: thinks soot is falling on him. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 150. |
| F531.5.5 | Giants repay loan with large interest. Cask of gold for ale, etc. Icelandic: Feilberg Jul II 56; Swedish: Runa IV (1843) 29, 30, 38, 45. |
| F531.5.6 | Giants' gifts to men. |
| F531.5.6.1 | Giants' magic gifts return to original form in hands of men. (Cf. F451.5.1.4. and cross-references.) Broderius § 33; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 148; German: Jahn Nos. 29, 217. |
| F531.5.6.2 | Giant's present: magic loaf producing inexhaustible harvest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.5.6.3 | Giant's presents cease when source is disclosed. (Cf. F348.5.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 235. |
| F531.5.7 | Giants marry human beings. (Cf. F420.6.1, F460.4, and cross references.) Broderius § 30.—Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 135, MacCulloch Eddic 278, 175, *Boberg; Norse: Norsk Folkminnelag I 63; Swedish: Runa IV (1843) 41 No. 72. |
| F531.5.7.0.1 | Giant wooes mortal woman. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.5.7.0.2 | Giant demands girl, but is killed in duel about her. (Cf. F610.3.4.2.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.5.7.0.3 | Giantesses pursue men in order to marry them. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.5.7.1 | Mortal son of giant. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.5.7.1.1 | Mortal son of man and giantess. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 23, Boberg. |
| F531.5.7.1.2 | Giantess daughter of giant and abducted maiden (therefore helps hero). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.5.8 | Giants and Christians. |
| F531.5.8.1 | Giants hostile to Christianity. Broderius § 25. |
| F531.5.8.2 | Giants exorcised by clergy. Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 138; West Indies: Flowers 435. |
| F531.5.8.3 | Giants Christianized. Broderius § 25; Irish myth: *Cross; Norwegian: Norske Sagn (Christiania, 1902) 119; German: Grimm Deutsche Sagen (1905) No. 137. |
| F531.5.9 | The giant on the ark. Noah saves a giant on the ark. Cannot enter but stays in the rigging. Noah sends him food through a hole. Dh I 283; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F531.5.10 | Giant as servant to man. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.5.10.1 | Giant driven by girl. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.5.10.2 | Giant maidens grind gold, peace, soldiers, salt, etc., on large stone mill. BP II 438ff.; Type 565; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 140ff.; MacCulloch Eddic 282—83, Boberg. |
| F531.5.11 | Giant in contest with man. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.5.11.1 | Giant wins walking contest against man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.5.11.2 | Footrace between giant and mortal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.5.12 | Giant insults hero by shaving his head and smearing it with cow dung. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.5.13 | Giants like butter more than anything else. Get trough of butter in return for help. Icelandic: Egils saga einhenda 79, Boberg. |
| F531.5.14 | Man kills giant's baby. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 83, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 539. |
| F531.5.15 | Giants cause men to sin. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6 | Other giant motifs. |
| F531.6.1 | Origin of giants. (Cf. F531.5.7.1.2.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 275. |
| F531.6.1.1 | Sons of God and Daughters of men. Before the flood angels have relations with human women: origin of giants. Dh I 294; Krappe Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni IX (1933) 157—172. |
| F531.6.1.2 | Giant is transformed man. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.1.3 | Giant son of black cat. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 529, Boberg. |
| F531.6.1.4 | Gigantic son of king and mermaid. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga I 73, Boberg. |
| F531.6.1.5 | Giants as personifications. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 580, MacCulloch Eddic 281. |
| F531.6.1.6 | Giant made of the venom from Elivagar. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 326, Boberg. |
| F531.6.1.7 | Giants as sons of Ymir or Aurgelmir. (See A642, A831.2.) |
| F531.6.1.8 | Giants as reincarnated animals. Korean: Zong in-Sob 64. |
| F531.6.1.9 | Giants as descendants of Cain. (Cf. F535.0.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.2 | Haunts of giants. |
| F531.6.2.0.1 | Giants in "Risaland" or "Jotunheimar" without nearer definition. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.2.1 | Giants live in mountains or caves. Broderius § 11.—Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg, Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) 135; Finnish-Swedish: Wessmann 67 No. 572; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.2.2 | Giants live under water. |
| F531.6.2.2.1 | Giants live under sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.2.2.2 | Giant lives under lake. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.2.2.3 | Giant's home beneath waterfall in lake. Icelandic: *Boberg. Cf. Beowulf. |
| F531.6.2.3 | Giants' live in the east. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 81, *Boberg. |
| F531.6.2.4 | Giants live in the utmost northwest. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.2.5 | Giants live at the world's end. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.2.6 | Giants in a region of darkness and cold. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 321, Herrmann Saxo II 583ff., 601. |
| F531.6.2.7 | Giants in wild forests. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 280. |
| F531.6.3 | Homes of giants. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 586ff., 595, MacCulloch Eddic 276, Boberg. |
| F531.6.3.0.1 | Men not to disclose giant's home. (Cf. C420.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 231. |
| F531.6.3.1 | Giants live in castles (raths, duns) (ruins of which may still be seen). Broderius § 11; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 59 (The Turke and Gowin); Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 319, 282; German: Grimm Deutsche Sagen (1905) Nos. 16, 20. |
| F531.6.3.2 | Giant lives in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.4 | Age of giants. |
| F531.6.4.1 | Giants have great age. Calculated by age of wood. Broderius § 35; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 276, Boberg; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 173, 187, 190; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F531.6.4.2 | Giants live to be eighteen thousand years old. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F531.6.4.3 | Giant immortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.5 | Giants as magicians. Broderius § 33; *Höttges FFC CXXII 145; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 122, 131, 148, *Boberg; German: Grimm Deutsche Sagen (1907) No. 318.4. |
| F531.6.5.1 | Giants can make selves invisible. (Cf. F531.6.12.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Norwegian: Norsk Folkminnelag XIII 23; Finnish-Swedish: Landtmann Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VIII 538. |
| F531.6.5.2 | Giants large or small at will. Broderius § 17; Icelandic: Saxo ed. Elton 26, MacCulloch Eddic 277, *Boberg; German: Henne-Am Rhyn Nos. 441, 562, 225, 365, 444. |
| F531.6.5.3 | Giant has wound-healing balm. Dickson 187 nn. 61—62; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 230, *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F531.6.5.4 | Giants as controllers of the elements. *Höttges FFC CXXII 72f., 256; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 75ff., 276, *Boberg. |
| F531.6.6 | Giants as builders of great structures. Broderius § 2; Wünsche Teufel 19; **Höttges FFC CXXII 49ff., 218ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem); Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 49, MacCulloch Eddic 276, 278, 286, Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 25ff., (1931) 15ff. (churches); Fb "kirke" II 124a; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 67 No. 580, 68 No. 582, 69f. Nos. 593—97; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3714. |
| F531.6.6.1 | Giants by night move buildings built by men in day. Broderius § 3.—Norwegian: Norsk Folkminnelag II 28; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1892) 174ff., (1931) 127ff. (churches); Fb "kirke" II 124a; Finnish-Swedish: Landtman Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII (Helsingfors 1919) 553. |
| F531.6.6.2 | Giant builds hill for his home. England: Baughman. |
| F531.6.6.3 | Giant digs trench for course of Severn River. England: Baughman. |
| F531.6.6.4 | Giant makes cleft in rock when he misses another giant with spade blow. England: Baughman. |
| F531.6.6.5 | Giant and his wife build Roman road in a trice. Giant paves; wife brings stones. England: Baughman. |
| F531.6.7 | Giant's treasure. (Cf. F531.6.8.3.1.) *Höttges FFC CXXII 143; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 583ff., MacCulloch Eddic 277 (Sutting's poetic mead, runes), Snorra Edda Gylf. IV and XV (Mimir's well), Snorra Edda Skald. XXXII (gold); Estonian: Veckenstedt Sagen der Zamaiten (Heidelberg, 1883) II 141 No. 4, 200 No. 24; Hesse-Nassau: Zaunert 61. |
| F531.6.7.1 | Giant possesses treasure. Broderius § 13.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279 (Alvaldi's gold), 84 (magic objects); Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag XIII 29; Faröe: Zs. f. Vksk. II 6 No. 6; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 92 No. 117; Styria: Henne-Am Rhyn No. 225. |
| F531.6.7.1.1 | Giants have animals (dogs, etc.) Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 591, 593, 595; MacCulloch Eddic 66, 85, 88, 111, 230, 276—77, *Boberg. |
| F531.6.7.1.2 | Giants' ship (Naglfar). Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 340. |
| F531.6.7.2 | Giant obtains treasure from man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.7.2.1 | Giant steals from man (fish, sheep, sword). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.8 | Mutual relations of giants. |
| F531.6.8.1 | Giant in love with giantess. Broderius § 30; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Norse: Norsk Folkminnelag XIII 29; Danish: Thiele Danmarks Folkesagn (København, 1843) II 47; German: Grimm Deutsche Sagen (1907) No. 319. |
| F531.6.8.2 | Giants pursue giant women. Broderius § 30; Irish myth: *Cross; Swedish: Runa IV (1843) 27 No. 10; German: Grimm Deutsche Sagen (1907) No. 318.4; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) 176—180. |
| F531.6.8.3 | Enmity (competition) between giants. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.8.3.1 | Giants and giantesses fight about treasures. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.8.3.2 | Giant steals from giant. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.6.8.3.3 | Giants wrestle with each other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.6.8.4 | Giants' festivities. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.8.4.1 | One giant invites another to a feast (wedding). Latter must be satisfied that food is plentiful. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3713. |
| F531.6.8.5 | Giants' social relations. |
| F531.6.8.5.1 | Giants have king, queen. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.8.5.2 | Giants have parliament. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.8.6 | Giants have children. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.8.7 | Giants meet successively larger giants. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 261. |
| F531.6.8.8 | Giant does not grow until another giant causes him to do so. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 8. |
| F531.6.9 | Giants as warriors (in army). Broderius § 32; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Bohemian: Jungbauer Böhmerwald Sagen (Jena, 1924). |
| F531.6.10 | Other occupations of giants. |
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