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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.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
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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 |
|---|---|
| F755.2 | Singing mountain. N. A. Indian (Creek): Alexander N. Am. 71. |
| F755.3 | Flying mountain. (Cf. F738.) Hindu: Penzer VI 3 n. 1. |
| F755.4 | Growing mountain. Grows concurrently with child reared upon it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F755.5 | Mountain has wife and children. N. A. Indian (Northern Paiute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 234 No. 13. |
| F755.6 | Moving mountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F755.7 | Mountain fights for honor. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F756 | Extraordinary valleys and plains. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F756.1 | Valley of fire. (Cf. F702, F753, F763, F771.1.11, F785.3.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77. |
| F756.2 | Plain that is earthly paradise. Malone PMLA XLIII 403; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F756.2.1 | Extraordinary valley which gives the illusion of earthly paradise. (The Old Man of the Mountain.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F756.2.2 | Fertile valleys created by deity's stamping down mountains. Tonga: Gifford 18. |
| F756.3 | Plain of wonders. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F756.4 | Glen of witchcraft. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F756.5 | Extraordinary glen: mysterious shouting heard. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F756.5.1 | Valley full of dreadful monsters. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F756.5.2 | Perilous glen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F757 | Extraordinary cave. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 197. |
| F757.1 | Golden cave. Cowell Jataka Index s.v. "Golden". |
| F757.1.1 | Cave of gold, silver and crystal. German: Grimm No. 202. |
| F757.2 | Wind continually blows from cave. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F759 | Extraordinary mountains and valleys—miscellaneous. |
| F759.1 | Mountain with marvelous objects at top. *Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Berg". |
| F759.2 | Hollow mountain. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F759.3 | Hill on which snow always melts. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F759.4 | Perfumed mountain. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 369. |
| F759.5 | Mountain of ice. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F759.6 | Mountain of thorns. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F759.7 | Rocky mountain. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F759.8 | Mountain of seven lights. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F760 | Extraordinary cities. Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIII (1931) 97ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F761 | City of precious metals and stones. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F761.1 | City of gold. (Cf. F771.1.1.) Penzer II 171—238 passim, VI 130, VII 49; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F761.1.1 | City with hundred palaces and gardens; in one everything is of gold, in another, silver, etc. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F761.2 | City of brass. Chauvin V 33 No. 16; Burton Nights IV 176, VI 83ff., 101ff., VII 49. |
| F761.3 | City of onyx. Chauvin V 27 No. 13. |
| F761.4 | City of jewels. Penzer II 175 n. 2. |
| F761.4.1 | City of emerald. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F761.5 | City paved with precious seeds. |
| F761.5.1 | City paved with seeds of gold. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F761.5.2 | City paved with seeds of silver. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F761.5.3 | City paved with seeds of brass. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F762 | City of extraordinary color. |
| F762.1 | Green city. Burton Nights II 283. |
| F763 | City of fire. (Cf. F702, F753, F756.1, F771.1.11, F785.3.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77. |
| F764 | Underground city. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F765 | City inside a tree. (Cf. F811.) Penzer VI 130; Hdwb. d. Märch. I 207a n. 12. |
| F766 | Deserted city. Inhabitants have been devoured. *M. Bloomfield in Penzer VII xxv; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 127 No. 7. |
| F767 | Inaccessible city. Chauvin V 33 No. 16; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F767.1 | Heathen city surrounded by a yellow river, furious and impassable. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F767.2 | City protected by red-hot iron floor around it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F767.3 | City inaccessible to death. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F768 | City of extraordinary people. |
| F768.1 | City of petrified people. Chauvin V 2 No. 2, 4 No. 443; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F768.2 | City of enchanted people. Apparently dead. Chauvin V 34 No. 16; Kittredge Gawain 238, 246; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F768.3 | Village of one-legged people. (Cf. F517.0.1.) Africa (Upoto): Einstein 128. |
| F769 | Other extraordinary cities. |
| F769.1 | Town where everything is sold at one price. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F769.2 | Cities of sin. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F769.3 | City of elephants. Africa: Stanley 305ff. |
| F770 | Extraordinary buildings and furnishings. Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 771, Beal XXI 322. |
| F771 | Extraordinary castle (house, palace). Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.1 | Castle of unusual material. |
| F771.1.1 | Golden castle (palace, house). *Köhler-Bolte I 412; *Fb "slot" III 376b, 377a, "guldslot" I 515a.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 329, Snorra Edda Gylf. LII, *Boberg, Hdwb. d. Märch. I 431a nn. 28—34; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "or"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Persian: Carnoy 335; India: Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Tawney II 568. |
| F771.1.1.1 | Castle paved with gold and gems. Hartland Science 174; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F771.1.1.2 | Palace of gold and silver bricks. Africa: Basset Contes populaires d'Afrique 133f. No. 52, (Nubia): Rochemonteix Quelques Contes Nubiens (Cairo, 1888) 48ff. No. 4, 55ff. No. 5, (Swahili): Steere 13ff.; Chinese: Graham. |
| F771.1.2 | Silver castle. Köhler-Bolte I 412; *Fb "slot" III 377a; Persian: Carnoy 335. |
| F771.1.3 | Copper castle. Köhler-Bolte I 412; *Fb "slot" III 377a. |
| F771.1.4 | Steel castle (house). Persian: Carnoy 335. |
| F771.1.5 | Palace of jewels. (Cf. F721.5.1.) Penzer VI 111; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 159. |
| F771.1.5.1 | Diamond castle. Breton: Sébillot s.v. "diamants". |
| F771.1.5.2 | House of sapphire. Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 127 No. 7. |
| F771.1.5.3 | House of turquoise. Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 127 No. 7. |
| F771.1.5.4 | Underwater castle with walls of gold and diamonds. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.1.6 | Crystal castle. Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château", "cristal"; Persian: Carnoy 335. |
| F771.1.6.1 | Castle with glass wall. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.1.6.2 | Glass house. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.1.7 | Palace of ice. Patch PMLA XXXIII 608 n. 23. |
| F771.1.8 | Castle of wax, shining like gold. *Fb "slot" III 377a. |
| F771.1.9 | House of skulls. Murderer's abode. Type 756B; Andrejev FFC LXIX 86. |
| F771.1.10 | Gingerbread house. House made of cake. *Type 327; BP I 115; *Fb "pandekage", "hus" IV 229b. |
| F771.1.11 | Castle of fire. (Cf. F702, F753, F756.1, F763, F785.3.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77. |
| F771.2 | Castle (house) with extraordinary support. |
| F771.2.1 | Castle in the air. Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer II 110f. |
| F771.2.1.1 | Castle suspended on four chains. *Fb "slot" III 377a, "Røde Hav"; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château", "chaine". |
| F771.2.1.2 | Castle carried through air by four eagles. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12. |
| F771.2.2 | Castle in tree-top. *Fb "slot" III 377a; Hindu: Tawney I 229. |
| F771.2.3 | Giants uphold castle. Chauvin V 72 No. 21.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château", "géant". |
| F771.2.4 | Castle built on sea. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château", "mer"; India: Thompson-Balys; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 183. |
| F771.2.4.1 | Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rose-water and honey. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F771.2.5 | Castle stands on a pillar (pillars). Fb "guldpæle" I 514b.—Icelandic: Boberg; Hindu: Meyer Hindu 98 n. |
| F771.2.6 | Revolving castle. *Brown Iwain 76 n. 2; *Fb "slot" III 377a; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.2.6.1 | Circular house rotating on cock's claw. *Halliday in Penzer VII xx; Köhler-Bolte I 405; *Solymossy Ethnographia XL (1929) 133ff. |
| F771.2.6.2 | Castle revolving at night so that entrance cannot be found. *Kittredge Gawain 245 n. 1; Schoepperle II 325f.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.2.7 | Castle on serpents. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F771.3 | Extraordinary location of castle. |
| F771.3.1 | Castle at world's end. *Fb "slot" III 376b, "Røde Hav", "tеrn". |
| F771.3.2 | Castle east of sun and west of moon. *Fb "slot" III 376b. |
| F771.3.3 | Most eastern castle in world. *Fb "slot" III 376b. |
| F771.3.4 | Castle at middle point of earth. Fb "verden" III 1039a. |
| F771.3.5 | Underground house. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F771.3.5.1 | House inside mountain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.3.6 | Castle rises from the ground. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.3.7 | Palace at bottom of water tank. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.4 | Inhabitants of extraordinary castle. |
| F771.4.1 | Castle inhabited by ogres. *Types 304, 545A; Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.4.2 | Cat castle. Castle occupied by cats (enchanted women). *Type 566; Fb "slot" III 377a; Icelandic: *Boberg; French and N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 400f. |
| F771.4.2.1 | Castle (house) infested by demon cats. (Cf. H1411.2.) |
| F771.4.3 | Abandoned castle. Has no inhabitants when hero enters. *Fb "slot" III 377a; Type 425; *Tegethoff 168; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 134 (Sir Degare); Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.4.4 | Castle in which everyone is asleep. Type 304; BP II 503; Fb "sove" III 472a. |
| F771.4.5 | Castle (house) haunted by demons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F771.4.6 | Castle in which inhabitants have been turned to stone. German: Grimm No. 62. |
| F771.4.7 | Castle inhabited by enchanted princess. German: Grimm Nos. 92. 137. |
| F771.5 | Extraordinary guard for castle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F771.5.1 | Castle guarded by beasts. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château"; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.5.2 | Castle guarded by giants (ogres). Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château". |
| F771.5.3 | Serpent-hall. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Gylf. LII. |
| F771.6 | Phantom house: disappears at dawn. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F771.7 | Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey. Chauvin V 41 No. 388; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.8 | Castle of extraordinary size. Icelandic: Boberg; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 349, 529, 915. |
| F771.9 | Road runs through house (banqueting-hall). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.10 | Castle shall stand when everything else has departed (Gimle and Brimir). Icelandic: Snorra Edda Gylf. XVII, LII, Boberg. |
| F771.11 | Seven rooms in ascetic's house: in one, human heads; in another, horses; in third, dogs; in fourth, pots; in fifth, pile of men's arms; in sixth, a kitchen; in seventh, ascetic lives. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.12 | Building at bottom of which flows stream of rubies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.13 | Castle warmed by love. No fire is required because love makes perpetual summer. Neilson Court of Love 28. |
| F772 | Extraordinary tower. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F772.1 | Tower of Babel: remarkably tall tower designed to reach sky. Arabian: Basset 1001 Contes I 179; Frazer Old Testament I 362ff., Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F772.1.1 | Year taken to mount high tower. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F772.1.2 | Tower reaches moon. Africa: Stanley 121. |
| F772.2 | Metal tower. |
| F772.2.1 | Brazen tower. Liebrecht Zur Volkskunde 89f. |
| F772.2.2 | Towers of steel, silver and gold. Jacobs's list s.v. "Towers". |
| F772.2.3 | Golden tower under sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F772.2.4 | Tower of glass; melts in sun. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F772.2.4.1 | Tower of glass in midst of sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F772.2.5 | Dolorous Tower. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F772.2.6 | Flying tower. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F773 | Remarkable church (chapel, temple). Irish: O'Suilleabhain 27, Beal XXI 308; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F773.1 | Green chapel. Cave in green mound. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight. |
| F773.2 | Golden temple. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F773.3 | Temple of jewels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F774 | Extraordinary pillars. |
| F774.1 | Pillars of precious stones. Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 87. |
| F774.1.1 | Crystal column. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F774.2 | Burning pillar reaching heaven. Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 87. |
| F774.2.1 | Pillar of fire. (Cf. F962.2.2, F964.0.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F774.3 | Musical pillar. (Cf. A661.0.2.1.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 87; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F775 | Extraordinary tent. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F776 | Extraordinary gate. |
| F776.1 | Gate as high as heavens and huge as a mountain. Malone PMLA XLIII 403. |
| F776.1.1 | Palace gate so big it can only be opened by twelve buffaloes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F776.2 | Perilous falling gate. Cuts horse in two as rider goes through it. Brown Iwain 14 and passim; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F776.3 | Palace with seven gates, one within the other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F781 | Extraordinary rooms. |
| F781.1 | Labyrinth. Series of rooms so confusing that one cannot find the way out. Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 120 n. 1; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F781.2 | Extraordinary number of rooms. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F781.2.1 | 540 rooms in Bilskilnir. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale 1 75, Boberg. |
| F782 | Extraordinary doors and windows. |
| F782.1 | Windows and doors for every day in year. 365 windows and doors in castle or church. Fb "еr" III 1195b; Scotch: Campbell II 426 No. 51. According to Baedeker's Guidebook to Great Britain, said to be true of Salisbury Cathedral. |
| F782.1.1 | One door for each world quarter. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F782.2 | Door of precious stones. Fb "port" II 863a. |
| F782.3 | Seven-fold doors to room. Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 1. |
| F782.4 | Extraordinary lock and key (made of bones). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F782.5 | Doors of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F782.6 | Revolving door of tent. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F783 | Extraordinary carpet. |
| F783.1 | Giant carpet. Sixty miles square. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas III 37. |
| F784 | Extraordinary table. |
| F784.1 | Golden table. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 217, 375, *Neuman. |
| F785 | Extraordinary throne. |
| F785.1 | Solomon's golden throne. Thirty-three steps high. Golden animals on all sides and on steps. *Gaster Exempla 209 No. 115, Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F785.2 | Nimrod's multiple throne. Seven thrones on top of one another. Stone, cedar, iron, copper, silver, gold, precious stones. Gaster Exempla 185 No. 2; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F785.3 | Throne of fire. (Cf. F702, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77, Jewish: Neuman. |
| F786 | Extraordinary chair. |
| F786.1 | Chairs of gold and silver. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 1 and Note 5. |
| F787 | Extraordinary bed. |
| F787.1 | Extraordinary bed woven with spider's webs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F787.2 | Golden bed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F787.3 | Ivory bed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F787.4 | Bed made from man's tooth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F788 | Remarkable bier. |
| F788.1 | Remarkable jeweled bier. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F789 | Extraordinary buildings and furnishings—miscellaneous. |
| F789.1 | Seven forts—river, iron, mud, cow-dung, brick, stone, wood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F789.2 | Remarkable candlestick. |
| F789.2.1 | Jeweled candlestick. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F789.3 | Remarkable curtain. |
| F789.3.1 | Jeweled curtain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F790 | Extraordinary sky and weather phenomena. |
| F791 | Rising and falling sky. Sky rises and falls at horizon, giving periodic access to the other world. Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 308; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 15a, Hatt Asiatic Influences 78ff. |
| F791.1 | Sky lowers on people. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 495. |
| F792 | Artificial heavens. Placed on pillars of iron. Seven heavens. (1) glass, sun, moon, stars, (2) iron with lake in it, (3) tin with precious stones rolling about (thunder), (4) lead, (5) copper, (6) silver, (7) gold. Gaster Exempla 186 No. 4; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F793 | Artificial heavenly bodies. |
| F793.1 | Gold moon, sun, star. Fb "guldmеne" I 514. |
| F795 | Extraordinary cloud. |
| F795.1 | Clouds take form of letters. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F796 | Dragon seen in sky. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F797 | Fire from heaven kills people. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F800 | Extraordinary rocks and stones. (Cf. D931, D1553, D1641.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F801 | Weeping rocks. RTP V 157. |
| F801.1 | Weeping hills. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F802 | Growing rocks. RTP X 28. |
| F802.1 | Big rocks grow from little rocks. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F803 | Musical rock in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F804 | Floating rock (stone). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F805 | Golden stone. Icelandic: Boberg; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 43. |
| F806 | Magnetic stone. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1055. |
| F806.1 | Lodestone draws ship to it. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aimant". |
| F807 | Rock of extraordinary color. |
| F807.1 | Crimson rock. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 47 No. 325A*. |
| F808 | Extraordinary cliff: thin as a hair, sharp as a blade, slippery as an eel's tail, high as a mast. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F809 | Other extraordinary stones. |
| F809.1 | Stones cannot be counted. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F809.2 | Hollow stone fits any person who lies in it. Wales: Baughman. |
| F809.3 | Magic crop- and rain-producing stone. England: Baughman. |
| F809.4 | Bleeding rock. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.4.1 | Men disappear at revolving bleeding rock. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 467. |
| F809.5 | Traveling stones. (Cf. D1431.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 179. |
| F809.6 | Stones of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.6.1 | Stones burn. Africa (Baholoholo): Einstein 216. |
| F809.6.2 | Mysterious characters engraved upon rock of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.7 | Transparent stone. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.8 | Stones as guardian of town. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 179. |
| F809.9 | Stones can be rolled up like a scroll. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F810 | Extraordinary trees, plants, fruit, etc. Toldo Studien zur vgl. Litgsch. VIII 48ff.; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 322, O'Suilleabhain 57; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811 | Extraordinary tree. Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1 | Trees of extraordinary material. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.1 | Golden tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Fb "guldskov" I 515a, "guldtyr" I 515b; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer IV 128. |
| F811.1.2 | Silver tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Patch PMLA XXXIII 624 n. 82; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.3 | Copper tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Fb "kobberskov" II 244. |
| F811.1.4 | Tree of fire. (Cf. F785.3. and other references there given). Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| F811.1.5 | Tree of camphor. *Chauvin VII 11 No. 373B n. 2. |
| F811.1.6 | Glass (crystal) tree in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.1.7 | Tree with silver trunk, gold branches, emerald leaves, pearls for fruits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.8 | Diamond tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.9 | Iron tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.10 | Tree of cakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.2 | Tree with extraordinary leaves. |
| F811.2.1 | Tree with metal leaves. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres". |
| F811.2.1.1 | Tree with brass leaves. Fb "messing" II 582b. |
| F811.2.1.2 | Tree with golden leaves. Fb "træ" III 867a; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 333, Boberg, Hdwb. d. Märch. I 431a n. 35; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.2.2 | Tree with leaves of jewels. Penzer IV 128; Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 242. |
| F811.2.3 | Tree with gigantic leaves. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.2.3.1 | Tree with coiling leaves three thousand miles high with golden cock on top. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83. |
| F811.3 | Tree of extraordinary color. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.3.1 | Purple tree. Patch PMLA XXXIII 624 n. 82; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.3.2 | White mango tree. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 448. |
| F811.3.3 | Crimson tree. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F811.4 | Extraordinary location of tree. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.4.1 | Tree in midocean. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 85; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.4.2 | Tree under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
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