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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
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
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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 |
|---|---|
| G11.9 | Ogre schoolmaster. Girl sees schoolmaster eat human flesh. Refuses to tell him what she saw. He persecutes her. *Cosquin Contes indiens 112ff. |
| G11.10 | Cannibalistic spirits. |
| G11.10.1 | Cannibalistic spirits in upper world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.11 | Cannibal with extraordinary features. (Cf. G88.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.11.1 | Albino twins with cannibal appetite. Tonga: Gifford 192. |
| G11.11.2 | Hairless cannibal. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 344. |
| G11.12 | Cannibal with winnowing tray and pestle. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 73. |
| G11.13 | Gambling cannibal. Icelandic: Boberg; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 69. |
| G11.14 | Jungle-man as cannibal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.15 | Cannibal demon. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Alu: Wheeler 8, 44, 48, 50, 56. |
| G11.16 | Army of cannibal monsters. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.17 | Seven-mouthed cannibal ogre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.18 | Cannibal tribe. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G11.18.1 | Cannibal people driven from land. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 341. |
| G12 | Transformation in order to eat own kind. Man transforms self to animal and eats men. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 71 No. 15. |
| G13 | Spiritual exaltation from eating human flesh. Penzer II 198 n. 1. |
| G13.1 | Ritual cannibalism: corpse of hero (demigod) eaten to acquire his strength. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G13.2 | Ogre eats beautiful girl hoping to have her beauty. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G15 | Human being devoured daily. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G15.1 | Giant eats men on New Year's Day. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G17 | Ogre seduces sleeping girl in order to devour her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G18 | Haunts of cannibals. |
| G18.1 | Cannibals live at cemetery. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G20 | Ghouls. Persons eat corpses. Type 363; Chauvin VI 198 No. 371; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 276, 281; India: *Thompson-Balys, *Penzer II 202; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 104, III 104; Africa (BaRonga): Einstein 262. |
| G20.1 | Devil as husband eats corpses. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 369. |
| G21 | Female eater of corpses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G23 | People who eat their parents when they die, saying: they carried us in their bodies when we were born; now we shall do the same for them. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G25 | Abandoned infant lives by eating corpse of murdered father. (Cf. S350.) Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 385. |
| G27 | Moon made to eat wife's corpse by mother-in-law. S. A. Indian (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 550. |
| G30 | Person becomes cannibal. MacCulloch Childhood 297.—Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 197; Maori: Clark 152; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 295, 302; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 128, 258, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 260; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 357 n. 287c. |
| G31 | Children flee from father who turns cannibal. Cosquin RTP XXX 79. |
| G33 | Child born as cannibal. *Type 406*; *Fb "menneskeæder" II 580. |
| G33.1 | Cannibal disenchanted by overcoming it. Becomes maiden. Type 406*; Russian: Andrejev No. 406. |
| G34 | Human child brought up by ogress becomes a man-eater. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 943. |
| G36 | Taste of human flesh leads to habitual cannibalism. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 573. |
| G36.1 | Husband becomes cannibal from eating wife's breast. She cuts off her breasts and cooks them to feed her family. The husband thus acquires a longing for human flesh. *Type 450. |
| G36.2 | Human blood (flesh) accidentally tasted: brings desire for human flesh. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G36.2.1 | People fear that boy who eats raw birds will eat them when he grows older. Chinese: Graham. |
| G37 | Girl seduced by brother becomes cannibal ogre. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 59. |
| G50 | Occasional cannibalism. |
| G51 | Person eats own flesh. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 597; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 45; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 232 No. 46. |
| G51.1 | Person eats self up. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 186; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 304 n. 109m, (California): Gayton and Newman 92; Africa (Togo): Einstein 12f. |
| G55 | People who eat child become supernatural. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 258, (Greenland): Rink 466. |
| G60 | Human flesh eaten unwittingly. Penzer II 113; English: Wells 151 (Richard Coer de Lyon); Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G61 | Relative's flesh eaten unwittingly. *Type 720; BP I 412ff.; *MacCulloch Childhood 283ff.; *Cosquin études 394; *Fb "menneskekjød" II 579b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Greek: Fox 70, 119, 120 (Prokne and Tereus, Tantalus, Thyestes); Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 573; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; Oceanic (Indonesia, New Zealand, Molucca): Dixon 58, 195, 229f.; Indonesian: De Vries's list Nos. 227, 228; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 106, 128, 160, 286, 447, Holm 43, 90, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 215, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 627, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 229; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 300 nn. 97, 98 and 340 n. 226; S. A. Indian (Baikairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 303; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 20, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 402 No. 2, 405 No. 4, (Kaffir): Theal 100, (Angola): Chatelain 191 No. 24, (Thonga): Junod 217, (Fjort): Dennett 82 No. 19, (Benga): Nassau 105 No. 8, (Basuto): Jacottet 260 No. 38, 276 No. 41; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 314 No. 54, Remus 165 No. 34; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 73 n. 3. |
| G61.1 | Child recognizes relative's flesh when it is served to be eaten. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 167, 173, (Kaffir): Theal 100, (Basuto): Jacottet 260 No. 38; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 314 No. 54. |
| G61.1.1 | Girl avoids eating her mother's flesh by spilling the meat and the soup in the pen. Chinese: Graham. |
| G61.2 | Mother recognizes child's flesh when it is served to be eaten. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G62 | Murderer caused to eat victim's flesh unwittingly. Sickens and dies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G63 | Unwitting cannibalism: scavenger in wedding feast finds basket of noses put there by hero and thinks it full of meat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G64 | Human flesh being cooked speaks out. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G70 | Occasional cannibalism—deliberate. |
| G70.1 | Hungry seamen eat human flesh. Fb "menneskekjød" II 579b. |
| G71 | Unnatural children eat parent. *Cox Cinderella 499; MacCulloch Childhood 295; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G71.1 | Girl attempts to eat parents but they escape. Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 179, (Greenland): Holm 53, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 81, Rasmussen III 159. |
| G72 | Unnatural parents eat children. MacCulloch Childhood 293ff.; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos 148, 216; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 8 n. 2 (Zeus and Kronos); Jewish: Gaster Exempla 198f. No. 69; India: Thompson-Balys; New Zealand: Dixon 85; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 199; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 89, Rasmussen III 121, 305; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 232 No. 46; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 31; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 99 No. 6, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 413 No. 12, (Kaffir): Theal 140, (Zulu): Callaway 47, (Fang): Tessman 108, (Pangwe): Tessman 365. |
| G72.1 | Woman plans to eat her children. *Type 450; Grimm No. 143a; BP III 151. |
| G72.2 | Starving woman abandoned in cave eats newborn child. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G72.3 | Girl child fed on infant boys' flesh to make her grow faster. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G72.4 | Voice of slain and eaten child comes from the heart of cannibal. (Cf. F911.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| G73 | Girls eat their sister. Cox Cinderella 499; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G73.1 | Brothers eat their sister. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G73.2 | Brother eats brother. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 22. |
| G74 | Man eats friend. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 121. |
| G75 | Father takes his daughter to cannibal to be eaten. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 116 No. 27. |
| G76 | Aged person eaten. Icelandic: Boberg; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 168. |
| G77 | Husband eats wife. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 886; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 157, Rink 106; S. A. Indian (More): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 406, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 161. |
| G78 | Cannibalism during plague. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G78.1 | Cannibalism in time of famine. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 92. |
| G79 | Occasional cannibalism—deliberate—miscellaneous. |
| G79.1 | Animal-wife devours her husband. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G79.2 | Woman eats daughter-in-law. S. A. Indian (More): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 406. |
| G80 | Other motifs dealing with cannibals. |
| G81 | Unwitting marriage to cannibal *Type 311; *MacCulloch Childhood 291ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Greenland): I 262; West Indies: Flowers 440. |
| G81.1 | Cannibal marries wife by force. Chinese: Graham. |
| G82 | Cannibal fattens victim. *Type 327, 314, *BP I 115ff.; Chauvin VII 19 No. 373D; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 9; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 107, Holm 11; N. A. Indian (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 448 No. 8. |
| G82.1 | Cannibal cuts captive's finger to test fatness. *Type 327; BP I 115ff.; Fb "slagte", "finger". |
| G82.1.1 | Captive sticks out bone instead of finger when cannibal tries to test his fatness. *Type 327; BP I 115ff.; *Fb "hale" I 537, "lysepile" II 487; Korean: Zong in-Sob 147 No. 65. |
| G83 | Cannibal sharpens knife to kill captive. German: Grimm No. 41; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3910; Japanese: Ikeda; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270f. Nos. 82, 83. |
| G83.1 | Ogress whets teeth to kill captive. Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 64 (to Gonzenbach No. 13); Irish myth: Cross (G153); Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8, V No. 4. |
| G84 | Fee-fi-fo-fum. Cannibal returning home smells human flesh and makes exclamation. (Cf. G11.8.1.) *Type 327; *Fb "kristenblod" II 300a.—Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 29, 312 No. 67; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Breton: Sébillot "chair"; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 230; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korean: Zong in-Sob 89, 168; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 111, 184; Maori: Clark 39, 100; Tonga: Gifford 168; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/931, z-G. 3/1276); N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 357 n. 287h; Africa: Werner African 233, (Kaffir): Theal 80, 118, 124, 138, (Zanzibar): Bateman 133, (Ekoi): Talbot 56, 63, (Basuto): Jacottet 4, 206, 218, 234, (Angola): Chatelain 117, (Zulu): Callaway 40. |
| G85 | Ungrateful cannibal. Eats offered food and then threatens hosts. *Jochelson JE VI 376. |
| G86 | Cannibals cut off parts of children's bodies. Dickson Valentine and Orson 41 n. 41; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G86.1 | Cannibal ogress gives finger of one girl to her frightened sister. Chinese: Graham. |
| G87 | Cannibal crunching human bone says noise is only eating of peas. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G88 | Cannibal has long tooth and long nail. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 210 No. 31. |
| G88.1 | Men with iron claws eat girl. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 79. |
| G88.2 | Man-eater with two great tusks on which he hangs the carcasses of the dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G91 | Cannibalism brings madness. Fb "menneskekjød" II 580a. |
| G91.1 | Man forced to eat dead father's heart goes mad. Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 108. |
| G91.1.1 | Man forced to eat dead father's heart struck dumb. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G91.2 | Cannibalism causes death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G92 | Cannibal hard to lift. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 70. |
| G93 | Cannibal breaks wind as means of attack. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 69. |
| G94 | Cannibal's gigantic meal. |
| G94.1 | Ogress takes travelers out of cave and devours them one by one. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 264. |
| G94.2 | Cannibal ogres eat daily ten men, ten women, ten children from the same tribe. Africa (Fang): Einstein 65. |
| G95 | Old man says his arm is getting thin—indicates desire for human flesh. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 86. |
| G100 | Giant ogre. Polyphemus. (For motifs concerning giants who are not malevolent but merely large, see F531.) *Types 304, 311, 312, 313, 314, 314*, 327, 327*, 328, 518, 531, 545A, 1137, 1148*, 1165*; *Hackman Die Polyphemsage; *BP III 375ff.; *Clouston Tales I 133ff.: Arill Polyphemosmotivet i bohuslänsk folkdiktning (Bohuslänska Folkminnen [Uddevalla, 1922] 54); *Chauvin VII 17 No. 373C, VIII 205, IX 93; Saintyves Perrault 281ff.; Dickson 130—135 passim.—English: Wells 17 (Guy of Warwick), 22 (Sir Beues of Hamtoun), 32 (Layamon's Brut), 80 (Sir Tristem), 88 (Roland and Vernagu), 117 (Sir Torrent of Portyngale); Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "geant"; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 47 Nos. 69—73; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 275ff.; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12, 20; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 85 No. 5. |
| G100.1 | Giant ogre (Fomorian). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G101 | Giant gambler as ogre. N. A. Indian (Navaho): Alexander N. Am. 163. |
| G105 | Valley of the one hundred giants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G110 | Possessions of giant ogres. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G111 | Giant ogres possess castle. *Types 304, 545A; *BP III 113 n. 4; English: Wells 66 (Ywain and Gawain); Irish myth: Cross. |
| G112 | Giant's fields fertile; others arid. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21. |
| G120 | Physical characteristics of giant ogres. |
| G121 | Blind giant ogre. *Type 1165*; *Hackman Polyphemsage; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 57. |
| G121.1 | Three giants with one eye. They pass it around. Type 328*. |
| G121.1.1 | One-eyed giant (ogre). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G122 | Giant's hair grows into rock. He is thus kept from falling from cliff. N. A. Indian (Navaho): Alexander N. Am. 163. |
| G123 | Giant ogress with breasts thrown over her shoulder. Van Gennep Formation des Légendes 47; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 183. |
| G124 | Skeleton giant. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 91. |
| G125 | Fire-spewing giantess. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G126 | Giant ogre in shape of animal. |
| G126.1 | Giant ogre in the shape of a cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G126.2 | Giant ogre in shape of horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G130 | Customs of giant ogres. |
| G131 | Giant ogre never crosses water. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12. |
| G150 | Giant ogres—miscellaneous. |
| G151 | Two giants with one axe. They throw it back and forth to each other. *Fb "økse" III 1171b.—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3711. |
| G152 | Giant herdsman. Hideous beastlike giant guards a herd of wild fighting animals. Herdsman can seize one of them in such a way as to make rest beg mercy. *Brown Iwain 7ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G152.1 | Giant with tree for herding-stick. German: Dümke Havensagen (Leipzig, 1924) 72 No. 56, Haas Pommersche Sagen (Berlin, 1912) 54 No. 106. |
| G154 | Giant hacked so that a staircase is made up his body. Hero climbs up and kills him. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 17. |
| G156 | King of the giants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G157 | Giant ogre's prodigious speed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G158 | Giant's shriek heard five miles away. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G161 | Giant issues out of tiny vessel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G162 | Giant lives in a castle in the air. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G171 | Giant roasts camels, elephants for food on crater of volcano. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G200 | Witch. *Types 405, 432, 442, 708, 710, 711; **Kittredge Witchcraft; *Vordemfelde Die Hexe im deutschen Volksmärchen (Mogk Festschrift 588); *Fb "heks" IV 206a; Hansen Zauberwahn, Inquisition und Hexenprozess im Mittelalter (München and Leipzig, 1900), ibid. Quellen und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte des Hexenwahns und der Hexenverfolgung in den österr. Alpenländern (1934); Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1827—1920; R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu (London, 1932); M. A. Murray The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (Oxford, 1921); M. Summers The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (London, 1926); *Arne Runeberg Witches, Demons and Fertility Magic (Helsinki, 1947); A. Mayer Erdmutter und Hexe (München, 1936); *Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117.—Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 235 ("glastig"); Icelandic: *Boberg; Lappish: Hartland Science 173; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 81ff. Nos. 673—739; Jewish: *Neuman; Arabian: Burton Nights I 28, 76, 333, II 233—238, VI 158, 242n., VIII 131, S VI 325ff., 452; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer X 362 s.v. "Witch"; Mono: Wheeler 45; Papua: Ker 21, 31, 68; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/499); S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 77, (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 328; Africa: *Werner African 333ff., (Basuto): Jacottet 236 No. 34. |
| G201 | Three witch sisters. Sometimes simply three hags. *BP I 114; *R. Drinkuth Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. XXXII 109—154, XXXIII 1—77; *Von Sydow Tvе Spinnsagor 68ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 245; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G201.1 | Three witches (hags) deformed from much spinning. *Type 501; *Von Sydow Tvе Spinnsagor. |
| G202 | Beneficent witches. Papua: Ker 52, 127. |
| G203 | Origin of witches. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G203.1 | Witch daughter of fairy and man. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G203.2 | Witches come forth at emergence of mankind. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 344. |
| G204 | Girl in service of witch. *Types 310, 428; Herrmann Saxo II 485. |
| G205 | Witch stepmother. *Types 403, 450; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *453, *481; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 266 No. 40, (Ekoi): Talbot 401; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 268 No. 80. |
| G206 | Witch has (three) giant sons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G207 | Male witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 648. |
| G210 | Form of witch. |
| G210.0.1 | Witch invisible. (Cf. A11, D1980, E421.1, G303.6.2.1, F235.1, E501.1.) England: *Baughman. |
| G211 | Witch in animal form. Kittredge Witchcraft 174 nn. 1—3. |
| G211.1 | Witch in form of domestic beast. |
| G211.1.1 | Witch in form of horse. (Cf. D131.) Köhler-Bolte I 220, 586; *Fb "Troms kirke" III 858b; Tobler 45; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 153, Boberg; Hindu: Tawney I 342. |
| G211.1.1.1 | Witch in form of headless horse. *Fb "föl" I 400. |
| G211.1.1.2 | Witch as horse shod with horseshoes. Köhler-Bolte I 220, 586; *Fb "Troms kirke" III 858b; Tobler 44; England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 322 No. 91. |
| G211.1.2 | Witch in form of mule. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.1.3 | Witch in form of cow. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G211.1.4 | Witch in form of sheep. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G211.1.5 | Witch in form of goat. (Cf. G262.3.1.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.1.6 | Witch in form of hog. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G211.1.7 | Witch in form of cat. (Cf. D142.) Fb "kat" II 107b, IV 255b; Tobler 42; Irish myth: Cross; England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 659; Icelandic: *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 325 No. 15; German: Grimm No. 69; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 167—172. |
| G211.1.8 | Witch in form of dog. (Cf. D141.) *Fb "heks" I 581a; Tobler 41; Kittredge Witchcraft 176f. nn. 22—29; England: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 438; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 173; West Indies: Flowers 441; S. A. Indian (Arawak of Surinam): Jijena Sanchez 23. |
| G211.2 | Witch in form of wild beast. |
| G211.2.1 | Witch in form of bear. (Cf. D113.2.) Fb "heks" I 581a. |
| G211.2.2 | Witch in form of wolf. (Cf. D113.1.) Fb "heks"; Icelandic: Snorra Edda Gylf. XII, *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 31, 315 No. 124. |
| G211.2.3 | Witch in form of fox. (Cf. D113.3.) Fb "heks" I 581a; U.S.: Baughman; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 25; Japanese: Anesaki 325f. |
| G211.2.4 | Witch in form of deer. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G211.2.4.1 | Witch in form of stag. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G211.2.5 | Witch in form of mouse. (Cf. D117.1.) Fb "heks" I 581a. |
| G211.2.6 | Witch in form of rat. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G211.2.7 | Witch in form of hare. (Cf. D123.) Fb "hare" I 556; Kittredge Witchcraft 179 nn. 45—49; Irish myth: Cross; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.2.7.1 | Witch as hare allows self to be coursed by dogs for pay or for sport. England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G211.2.8 | Witch as raccoon. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.2.9 | Witch as hedgehog. England: *Baughman. |
| G211.2.10 | Witch in form of bat. England: Baughman. |
| G211.3 | Witch in form of domestic bird. |
| G211.3.1 | Witch in form of hen. (Cf. D166.) *Fb "höne" I 750b; U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.3.1.1 | Witch in form of rooster. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.3.2 | Witch in form of duck. (Cf. D165.) *Fb "and" IV 12b. |
| G211.3.3 | Witch in form of goose (gosling). England: Baughman. |
| G211.4 | Witch in form of wild bird. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G211.4.1 | Witch in form of crow. (Cf. D151.4.) Fb "krage" II 285b; U.S.: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G211.4.2 | Witch in form of partridge. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.4.3 | Witch in form of heath hen. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.4.4 | Witch in form of owl. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.4.5 | Witch in the form of buzzard. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.5 | Witch in form of an insect. |
| G211.5.1 | Witch in form of fly. (Cf. D185.) Fb "flue" I 315. |
| G211.5.2 | Witch in form of bee. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G211.5.3 | Witch in form of beetle. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G211.6 | Witch in amphibian form. |
| G211.6.1 | Witch in form of toad. (Cf. D196.) Fb "tudse" III 888b; England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.6.2 | Witch in form of crocodile. Africa: Stanley 100. |
| G211.7 | Witch in form of fish. |
| G211.7.1 | Witch in form of whale.1 North Carolina: Brown Collection I 644; Icelandic: Ketils saga H. 116, 131, Hjálmters saga ok ölvers 507—08, Boberg. |
| G211.8 | Witch in form of reptile. |
| G211.8.1 | Witch in form of snake. England, U.S.: Baughman; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G211.9 | Witch in form of mythical animal. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G211.9.1 | Witch in form of dragon. (Cf. D119.2.). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G212 | Witch in form of object. (Cf. D200.) |
| G212.1 | Witch in form of blade of straw. Tobler 45; Wales: Baughman. |
| G212.2 | Witch in form of cookstove. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G212.3 | Witch in form of a scroll. England: Baughman. |
| G212.4 | Witch in form of a tree. England: Baughman. |
| G212.5 | Witch in form of ball of fire. (Cf. F491, E742.2.) England: Baughman. |
| G213 | Witch with extraordinary eyes. |
| G213.1 | One-eyed witch. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G213.2 | Witch with red eyes. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn V (1897) 233ff., (1934) 188ff.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 325 No. 11. |
| G213.3 | Witch with receding eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G213.4 | Witch with blazing eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G214 | Witch with extraordinary teeth. |
| G214.1 | Witch with long teeth. Fb "tand" III 771ab; Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 118; Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 24. |
| G214.2 | Witch with iron teeth. Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117. |
| G214.3 | Witch with nine rows of teeth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G214.4 | Witch with twisted tusks (reaching to her shoulders). Irish myth: Cross. |
| G215 | Witch extraordinary as to head. |
| G215.1 | Seven-headed witch. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 268 Nos. 79, 80. |
| G216 | Witch with extraordinary feet. |
| G216.1 | Witch with goose feet. *Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117f. |
| G217 | Witch with enormous hands. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G219 | Form of witch—miscellaneous. |
| G219.1 | Witch with iron members. *Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 118 nn. 7—9. |
| G219.2 | Witch (troll-woman) with beard. Fb "mus" II 631b. |
| G219.3 | Witch has long nails. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G219.4 | Witch with very long hair. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G219.5 | Wrinkled witch. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G219.6 | Witch is twisted, bony (has lumps on body). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G219.7 | Black witch. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G219.8 | Tailed witch. |
| G219.8.1 | Witch with fifteen tails. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 357, Boberg. |
| G219.8.2 | Witch with knife-like tail. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 183. |
| G219.9 | Witch's back covered with nails and broken glass. Type 480; Roberts 169. |
| G220 | Characteristics of witches. |
| G220.0.1 | "Black" and "white" witches. Malevolent and benevolent. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G220.0.2 | Sex of witches. Both men and women are called witches. England: *Baughman. |
| G221 | Strength of witches. |
| G221.1 | Strength of witches in hair. *Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| G221.1.1 | Witch's hair has power to bind or to transform. *BP I 554; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 231, 237, 239; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 68. |
| G221.2 | Strength of witches depends on their touching earth. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 316 No. 128. |
| G221.3 | Witch has extraordinary bodily strength. (Cf. D1830, F610.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G221.3.1 | Witch marks stone with finger marks. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G221.4 | Witch cannot be hurt if she looks attacker in the face. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 372. |
| G222 | Luminous witches. |
| G222.1 | When devil combs witches, sparks fly. Fb "kjæmme" II 148. |
| G222.2 | Luminous witch-boat. Carries fishermen to bottom of sea. S. A. Indian (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 328. |
| G223 | Head of beheaded witch mends if rubbed with salt. *Fb "hoved" I 654b. |
| G224 | Source of witch's magic. Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151—159. |
| G224.1 | Witch's charm opposite of Christian. Must be "Without God and Holy Mary" instead of "With God, etc." (Cf. G224.5.) Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 84 No. *746, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151, 153, 154; England, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; West Indies: Flowers 441. |
| G224.2 | Witch's salve. Source of magic power. *Fb "salve" III 151b; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 150—158. |
| G224.3 | Witches get their powers from books. (Cf. D1266.) England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G224.4 | Person sells soul to devil in exchange for witch powers. (Cf. G281, M211, K210ff.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G224.5 | Witch's power received by altering religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.1.) Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G224.6 | Witch power acquired by standing on manure pile, swinging red lantern, looking over shoulder. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G224.7 | Witch gets power by licking brew made from a serpent. (Cf. B217.1.1.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| G224.8 | Person gets witch power by walking twelve times around a church backward at midnight. England: Baughman. |
| G224.9 | Witch power is inherited. England: *Baughman. |
| G224.10 | Witch power is transferred from one person to another. (Cf. D1751.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G224.11 | Witch power from bone ("witch bone"). |
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