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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| A132.8 | Dog (wolf)-god. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A522.1.1 | Dog as culture hero. Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 82f. |
| A2253.1 | Dog burned in jumping contest over fire: enmity between dog and hare. Dh III 324. |
| A1831.1 | Dog created as watch-dog for Jesus. Jesus, left to watch the herd, creates the dog to drive off the wolf. *Dh II 118. |
| A2494.4.0.1 | Dog driven away from other animals because of his barking. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2546.1 | Dog granted patent of nobility. Dh IV 117ff. |
| A2545.4 | Dog granted proper food. Dh IV 112. |
| A2223.5 | Dog guards master's life and wealth: may eat before other animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2229.2 | Dog lets devil into church to steal: rewarded with dog-skin. (Cf. A2311.1.)—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 10 No. 50. |
| A2513.1.1 | Dog looks for the most powerful master. Stays for good in man's service, since man fears no one. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *205. |
| A2275.5.5 | Dog loses his patent right; seeks it: why dogs look at one another under the tail. (Cf. A2471.1.) Dh IV 129.—U.S.: Baughman. |
| A2229.1 | Dog rescues cow's teats from fire: origin of his black muzzle. (Cf. A2335.4.3.)—*Dh III 72ff., 500—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 10 No. 48, XXXIII 53 No. 48; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 143 No. 27. |
| A2233.2 | Dog will not help build house: must remain out of doors. (Cf. A2223.1, A2433.3.2.)—Dh III 203f. |
| A2433.3.2 | Dog's characteristic haunt. (See A2233.2.)—Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 214; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 213 No. 35 (by the fire), (Wute): Sieber 205. |
| A2376.2 | Dog's claws as grains under paws. In the great famine, God leaves the dog grain under his paws. From this grows new seed. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 143 No. 29. |
| A2232.8 | Dog's embassy to Zeus chased forth; dogs seek ambassador: why dogs sniff each other under leg. (Cf. A2471.1.)—*Dh IV 137ff. |
| A673.1 | Dogs in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A689.3.1 | Dogs incited to devour souls in hell. Irish myth: Cross (A679.4.1). |
| A2275.5.4 | Dolphins seek King Solomon's ring. He loses his magic ring in the sea. They are sent by God to get it. This is why they go up and down in the sea. (Cf. A2444.2.)—Dh I 331; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2232.11 | Donkeys ask immediate reward from God: eat their own excrements. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1002 | Doomsday. Catastrophes precede the Day of Judgment. *Olrik Ragnarök.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 461ff.; Jewish: Moreno Esdras (M307), *Neuman; Hindu: Keith 105; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 279.—Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 116ff.—Cf. Revelations passim. |
| A411.1 | Door-gods. Chinese: Werner 172. |
| A671.1 | Doorkeeper of hell. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "Chabert". |
| A165.5 | Doorkeeper of the gods. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 186 (Syn). |
| A661.0.1.1.1 | Doors of heaven guarded by rivers of fire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A853.1 | Doubling size of the earth. Increase of population necessitates change. —Persian: Carnoy 307. |
| A2247.4 | Dove and magpie exchange eggs—dove's seven for magpie's two: why dove has two eggs. (Cf. A2486.3.)—*Type 240. |
| A2221.7 | Dove returns to ark in obedience to Noah: receives sheen of raven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2431.3.1 | Dove's nest. (See A2271.1.)—Dh III 124, 191—201. |
| A139.3 | Dragon god. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 136. |
| A671.2.5 | Dragons in hell. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 319, 332 (Nidhogg). |
| A154 | Drink of the gods. Greek: Grote I 43; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 54, 86, 172, 313; Hindu: Penzer X 243 s.v. "nectar"; Keith 46 and passim; India: *Thompson-Balys; Persian: Carnoy 265; Chinese: Ferguson 130. |
| A611.1 | Druids as creators. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A199.7 | Drums and flutes off-shore announce approach of gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 16 n. 3. |
| A1757 | Dualism of animal creation. persian: Carnoy 291. |
| A753.3.3 | During day moon stays with his mother under the earth. S. Am. Indian (Ipurina): Métraux MAFLS XL 19. |
| A134 | Dwarf god. Japanese: Anesaki 229; Hindu: Penzer I 144 n. 2. |
| A18.3 | Dwarfish creator. Chinese: Werner 76. |
| A2432 | Dwelling of other animal than bird. |
| A565 | Dying culture hero. The culture hero teaches people how to die by dying himself.—Irish myth: Cross; California Indians: *Thompson Tales 285 n. 52a. |
| A739.3 | Each of sun brothers works for a month and plays for the other eleven; were they to work all together, the world would be burned up by the heat.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A659.4 | Each world corresponds to different color. S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366. |
| A13.2.2 | Eagle as creator of man. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 94. |
| A165.1.2 | Eagle as god's bird. Icel.: Boberg. |
| A2302.4 | Eagle's body made smaller. (See A2213.1.)—Dh III 6. |
| A2442.2.8 | Eagle's flight. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A633 | Earlier universe opposite of present. Everything in the earlier world was the reverse of the present world. Cf. A855.—California tribes (Capistrano, Luiseсo, Diegueсo, Mohave): Waterman AA n. s. XI 52. |
| A189.9 | Early period when gods and men lived together, gods ruling men, ordaining how they should live and originating various customs.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1234.1 | Earth as virgin mother of Adam. *Denk Zs. f. Vksk. XII 352. |
| A801 | Earth born of Chaos. Greek: Grote I 4ff. |
| A811.2 | Earth brought up by three gods. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 326. |
| A811 | Earth brought up from bottom of primeval water. (Cf. A812.)—India: Thompson-Balys.—New Britain, New Hebrides: Dixon 105. |
| A831.4 | Earth by murder of first brother and sister. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A831.3 | Earth by sacrifice of son and daughter of first couple. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A831.9 | Earth created from Adam's body. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A835.1 | Earth created from snow under divine throne. Jewish: Neuman |
| A812 | Earth Diver. From a raft in the primeval sea, the creator sends down animals to try to bring up earth. After a number of animals have failed, one (often the muskrat) succeeds. The earth is made from the bit brought up.—**E. W. Count The Earth Diver and the Rival Twins (Proceedings 29th International Congress of Americanists [Chicago, 1952] 55-62); Walk "Die Verbreitung des Tauchmotivs in den Urmeerschöpfungs- (und Sintflut-) Sagen" Mitteil. d. anthrop. Gesellschaft Wien LXIII (1933) 60-76.—Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 318, *322ff.; Hatt Asiatic Influences 12-36, India: *Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 279 n. 30, (Calif. Indian): Gayton and Newman 53. |
| A828.1 | Earth excreted by worm. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A849.1 | Earth founded on stone. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A831.7 | Earth from body of divine suicide. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A831 | Earth from body of person (animal). |
| A831.6 | Earth from body of slain animal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A831.1 | Earth from body of son of deity. India: Thompson-Balys; Kamchadale: Holmberg Siberian 330. |
| A833 | Earth from creator's cuticle. (Cf. A1211.5.). India: Thompson-Balys; San Carlos Apache: Goddard PaAM XXIV 7. |
| A814.10 | Earth from creator's spittle falling on primeval water.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A814.3 | Earth from decayed matter on primeval water. Mongolian, Japanese, Tungus: Holmberg Siberian 328f.; Japanese: Anesaki 223.—Hawaii: Dixon 15. |
| A814.9 | Earth from egg breaking on primeval water. (Cf. A1222).—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A812.2 | Earth from egg from bottom of sea recovered by bird.—Borneo: Dixon 165. |
| A831.2 | Earth from giant's body (Ymir). (Cf. A614.1.). *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 282.—Icel: MacCulloch Eddic 325; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A814.8 | Earth from lotus seed placed on water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A835 | Earth from nut in devil's mouth. God throws a nut over his left shoulder. The devil catches it in his mouth. The nut grows rapidly and the devil spits it out.—Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 80 No. 1. |
| A814 | Earth from object thrown on primeval water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A814.7 | Earth from primeval water mixed with seeds of tobacco. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 55. |
| A814.2 | Earth from sand strewn on primeval water. India: Thompson-Balys; Yap: Dixon 249. |
| A815.1 | Earth from serpent's head. Earth reared on head of serpent floating in primeval water.—Borneo, Sumatra: Dixon 159f. |
| A814.10.1 | Earth from spittle of primeval potter spreading on surface of water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A814.5 | Earth from steam made by fire thrown into primeval water. Tungus: Holmberg Siberian 330. |
| A814.1 | Earth from stone thrown on primeval water. Oceanic: Dixon 18 (Samoa), 158 (Borneo), 163 n. 29-32. (Philippines, Samoa, Tonga, Micronesia). |
| A831.5 | Earth from the body of murdered child. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A814.4 | Earth from tree grown in primeval water. Tungus: Holmberg Siberian 329. |
| A815 | Earth from turtle's back. Earth erected on back of a turtle floating in primeval water. (Cf. A844.1.).—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 279 n. 31. |
| A828 | Earth from worm scratched by creator's nails. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1234.4 | Earth gives birth to woman. Chinese: Graham. |
| A813.1 | Earth in form of raft supported by spirits. S. Am. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| A817 | Earth let down from sky on to primeval ocean. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 330. |
| A823 | Earth made by cups of earth placed on spider's web. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A827 | Earth made by drying up of primeval water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A825 | Earth made by first couple dancing on bit of cloth laid on water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A822 | Earth made by mud shaken from back of primeval boar. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A824 | Earth made by transformation of broken ground. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A821 | Earth made of lac. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A811.1 | Earth originates from fish brought from bottom of sea. The fish is hacked with knives; hence, mountains.—Oceanic (Maori, Hawaiian, Central Polynesian, Tonga, Samoan, New Hebrides, Union Group, Gilbert Is., New Britain): Dixon 43f. |
| A1036 | Earth recreated after world-fire. S. Am. Indian (Munderucú): Horton BBAE CXLIII (3) 282. |
| A844 | Earth rests on animal's back. *Encyc. Religion and Ethics I 491b. |
| A844.8 | Earth rests on cobra's head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A844.7 | Earth rests on elephant's back. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A849.2 | Earth rests on God's arm. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A844.11 | Earth rests on leviathan. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A844.5 | Earth rests on the horns of a bull who rests upon a fish. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A844.6 | Earth rests on tortoise, serpent, elephant. (Cf. A1145.1.).—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A844.1 | Earth rests on turtle's back. (Cf. A815.).—Siberian: *Holmberg Siberian 327; India: *Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 279 n. 31. |
| A816 | Earth rises from sea. *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 279.—Icel: *Olrik Ragnarök 23, MacCulloch Eddic 325.—Mixtec: Alexander Lat. Am. 86. |
| A814.6 | Earth scattered in a circuit in four directions on primeval water. India: Thompson-Balys; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 55. |
| A826 | Earth sets like curds. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1061 | Earth sinks into sea at end of world. *Olrik Ragnarök 479 s.v. "Erde". |
| A871 | Earth square with four quarters. Irish myth: Cross; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 308. |
| A844.2 | Earth supported by bull. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 311; Armenian: Ananikian 93. |
| A844.3 | Earth supported by fish. *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 281.—Siberian: Holmberg Siberian. |
| A844.4 | Earth supported by frog. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 311. |
| A849.3 | Earth supported by prop. S. Am. Indian (Apapocuvá-Guaraní): Métraux MAFLS XL 36. |
| A843.1 | Earth supported on cross of wood. S. Am. Indian (Guarani): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93, (Apapocuvá): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 136. |
| A844.9 | Earth supported on great boar's tusk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A843 | Earth supported on post. The post has an old woman as guardian. When she is hungry the post shakes, causing earthquakes.—Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 222.—N. A. Indian (Tlingit, Hare): Boas RBAE XXXI 732. |
| A844.10 | Earth supported on vast number of birds' legs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A653 | Earth under umbrella. Hindu: Penzer II 125 n. 3. |
| A875 | Earth wheel-shaped (flat and round). Greek: Grote I 4, 310; Hindu: Keith 16; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 308. |
| A1060 | Earth-disturbances at end of world. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A878.4 | Earth-tree furnishes health-giving and hunger-satisfying sap. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 350, 353. |
| A878 | Earth-tree. Tree of life or fate.—*Wünsche "Das Wasser des Lebens in den Märchen der Völker" Zs. f. vgl. Litteraturgeschichte XIII 166ff.; **Holmberg Baum; Dh I 6 (five eastern branches given to man, others forbidden); *Albright Am. Jour. Semitic Langs. XXXIX 161.—*Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 150ff., 200.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 331ff. (Yggdrasil); Irish Myth: Cross; Egyptian: Müller 36. |
| A1061.1 | Earthquakes at the end of the world. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (M307.12).—S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 158. |
| A1145.2 | Earthquakes from movements of sea-monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1145.1 | Earthquakes from movements of subterranean monster. (Cf. A844). —*Encyc. Religion and Ethics I 491b; *Olrik Ragnarök 278; Icel.: De la Saussaye 264.—Greek: Fox 211 (Poseidon); Jewish: Neuman; Egyptian: Müller 104; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 311f.; Armenian: Ananikian 93; India: Thompson-Balys.—S. Am. Indian (Chibcha): Kroeber BBAE CXLIII (2) 908. |
| A913.3 | Ebb-tide goes to great whirlpool. Tonga: Gifford 144. |
| A497.1 | Echo invisible. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A497 | Echo. |
| A737.9 | Eclipse as punishment by deity. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A737.1 | Eclipse caused by monster devouring sun or moon. *Fb "solulv"; *Encyc. Religion and Ethics I 492a.; Gaster Oldest Stories 234; Gaster Thespis 206.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 279; Finnish: Kalevala rune 47; Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 424; Jugo-Slav: Máchal Slavic Myth 229; Armenian: Ananikian 48.—Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 736; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Wilken Indische Gids (1885) I 240; Tahiti: Henry 227; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 123, 158, 165, (Mocoví): Métraux MAFLS XL 20, (Manao): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 712, (Guarani, Manasí, Guarayú, Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93, 393, 483, (Guayaki): Métraux-Baldus BBAE CXLIII (1) 444; (Toba, Abipуn, Mocovi, Mataco, Vilela): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Eastern Brazil): Lowie ibid. 434 (Tucuna): Nimuendajú BBAE CXLIII (3) 724. |
| A737.10 | Eclipses because sun cannot endure tragic happenings of history. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A737.6 | Eclipses caused by animal hiding sun behind his body. S. Am. Indian (Bacairi): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 348, (Lule): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366. |
| A737.7 | Eclipses from quarrels between moon and sun. S. Am. Indian (Botocudo): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 540. |
| A737.8 | Eclipses when sun smears his face on account of mourning. S. Am. Indian (Caviсa, Tumupasa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448. |
| A511.3 | Education of culture hero. |
| A2218.8 | Eel burned by torch: hence red eyes. Marquesas: Handy 80. |
| A132.12 | Eel-god. Tonga: Gifford 57; Maori: Clark 163. |
| A1127.1 | Effect of the four winds on weather. Jewish: Neuman.—Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 224; Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 372. |
| A666.1 | Eight (symbolical) steps of the ladder of heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A651.1.5 | Eight heavens. Samoa: Beckwith Myth 210. |
| A2721.2.1.4 | Elder cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2766.1.) —England: Baughman. |
| A2711.2.1 | Elder tree is never struck by lightning because it was used in making the cross. England: Baughman. |
| A161.5 | Eldest god born in front, younger at back. (Cf. A112.7.) Hivaoa (Marquesas): Handy 138. |
| A112.9.1 | Elementary spirits borne by human woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A165.2.1.1.3 | Elephant as god's messenger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2353.3 | Elephant loses its breasts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2284.4 | Elephant tricked into eating own testicles. Has them inside. (Cf. A2365.1.1.)—Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 361 No. 14. |
| A115 | Emergence of deity. |
| A115.5 | Emergence of gods from above and below. Marquesas: Handy 138. |
| A1631.1 | Emergence of tribe from lower world stopped by fat woman or pregnant woman who becomes lodged in the hole of egress.—Warrau (Carib tribe): Alexander Lat. Am. 272 (references to Kiowa, Mandan, and Pueblo). |
| A1631 | Emergence of tribe from lower world. Creek: Alexander N. Am. 62; Choctaw: ibid. 63; Mandan, Kiowa: ibid. 105; Arikara: ibid. 107; Navaho: ibid. 159; Pima: ibid. 177; Sia: ibid. 203; Hopi: ibid. 205; Warrau (Carib): Alexander Lat. Am. 273; Amazon tribes: ibid. 309. |
| A1230 | Emergence or descent of first man to earth. |
| A1085 | End of the gods. *Olrik Ragnarök 51f.; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1093 | End of world announced by trumpet. *Olrik Ragnarök 116ff. |
| A1075 | End of world heralded by coming of Antichrist, a gigantic destructive one-eyed monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1082.3.1 | End of world to come at disease and death of snake encircling the world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1058 | End of world when culture hero removes one of the world-props. S. Am. Indian (Guaraní): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93. |
| A1052.3 | End of world when four (seven) suns appear in sky. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 157, II 566. |
| A1051.2 | End of world when stars in one constellation overtake those in another. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 425. |
| A2494.9 | Enemies of fox. (Cf. A2494.4.5.) |
| A2494.16 | Enemies of reptiles and other animal forms. (Cf. A2494.11.2, A2494.12.7.) |
| A1689.11.1 | English more powerful than Hindus since latter were late at distribution of qualities. (Both defecating, but Hindu must wash, while Englishman uses paper.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13 | Enmities of birds. (Cf. A2494.12.4, A2494.16.4.) |
| A2281 | Enmity between animals from original quarrel. (Cf. A2494.1.1, A2494.1.3, A2494.2.3.)—Dh III 331.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 11 Nos 56, 57; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 143 No. 31; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 88 No. 62; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86 No. 56; Jewish: Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 36 No. 20; Benga: Nassau 99 No. 6. |
| A2494.9.1 | Enmity between baboon and fox. Dh III 332. |
| A2494.8.2 | Enmity between bear and ant. Dh III 143. |
| A2494.8.1 | Enmity between bears and goats. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.16.4 | Enmity between bird and lizard. Latter muddies water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.9 | Enmity between bird and rat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.10.6 | Enmity between birds of prey and chickens. Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 42. |
| A2494.1.2 | Enmity between cat and dog. (See A2281.1.)—Dh IV 117ff., 142ff. |
| A2494.1.3 | Enmity between cat and hare. (See A2281.)—Dh III 332. |
| A2494.1.5 | Enmity between cat and hen. Dh III 329ff. |
| A2494.1.1 | Enmity between cat and mouse. (See A2281.)—Dh IV 112ff., 144ff. |
| A2494.1.4 | Enmity between cat and rat. Dh III 328 (wildcat).—India: Thompson-Balys; Liberian: Bundy JAFL XXXII 419f. |
| A2494.1.7 | Enmity between cat and spider. Dh III 331. |
| A2494.1.6 | Enmity between cat and tiger. Dh III 333f.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: De Vries's list No. 93. |
| A2494.12.3.1 | Enmity between cattle and snails. China: Eberhard FFC CXX No. 79. |
| A2494.16.2 | Enmity between chameleon and lizard. Dh III 349. |
| A2494.12.9 | Enmity between chimpanzee and man. Nyang: Ittman 65ff. |
| A2494.1.8 | Enmity between civet cat and chicken. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 65ff., 71f. |
| A2494.16.3 | Enmity between cobra and viper. Dh III 350. |
| A2494.12.4 | Enmity between coyote and meadowlark. Pueblo: Parsons JAFL XXXI 227. |
| A2494.16.5 | Enmity between crab and spider. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.11.2 | Enmity between crocodile and elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.1 | Enmity between crow and owl. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys; Panchatantra III introduction (transl. Ryder); Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 437; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2494.13.5 | Enmity between crow and prairie-dog. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.12.7 | Enmity between deer and terrapin. North Carolina: Brown Coll. I 103. |
| A2494.4.8 | Enmity between dog and bull. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.4.6 | Enmity between dog and cat. (See A2494.1.2, A2281.1.) |
| A2494.4.10 | Enmity between dog and cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.4.2 | Enmity between dog and crocodile. Dh III 327. |
| A2494.4.5 | Enmity between dog and fox. Dh III 328. |
| A2494.2.5 | Enmity between dog and leopard. Africa: Stanley 196, (Benga): Nassau 189 No. 25. |
| A2494.4.7 | Enmity between dog and lion. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.4.3 | Enmity between dog and mouse. Dh IV 112ff. |
| A2494.4.4 | Enmity between dog and rabbit. Dh III 328; Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 349 No. 61. |
| A2494.4.11 | Enmity between dog and rooster. Duala: Lederbogen Märchen V 128. |
| A2494.4.1 | Enmity between dog and squirrel. (See A2281.2.) |
| A2494.4.9 | Enmity between dog and tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.16.6 | Enmity between earthworm and rattlesnake. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 67. |
| A2494.11.3 | Enmity between elephant and ant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.11.1 | Enmity between elephant and thousand-leg. Dh III 339. |
| A2494.13.10.4 | Enmity between falcon and hen. Dh III 348. |
| A2494.6.3 | Enmity between fisher and rabbit. Penobscot: Speck JAFL XXVIII 53. |
| A2494.13.3 | Enmity between fowl and cockroach. Antigua: Johnson JAFL XXXIV 66. |
| A2494.4.12 | Enmity between fowl and dog. Africa: Weeks Cannibals 209. |
| A2494.13.12 | Enmity between fowl and falcon. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 613. |
| A2494.9.2 | Enmity between fox and chicken. Liberian: Bundy JAFL XXXII 424. |
| A2494.16.1 | Enmity between frog and snake. Dh III 349f. |
| A2494.13.11.1 | Enmity between grasshopper and starling. Dh III 349. |
| A2494.13.10.3 | Enmity between hawk and hen. Dh III 343.—Africa (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 69f. |
| A2494.13.10.1 | Enmity between hen and all other animals. Dh III 344. |
| A2494.13.10.5 | Enmity between hen and tiger. Fang: Trilles 246. |
| A2494.13.10.2 | Enmity between hen, beetle, and duck. Dh III 347. |
| A2494.3.1 | Enmity between hyena and ass. Dh III 337. |
| A2494.3.4 | Enmity between hyena and cow. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.3.2 | Enmity between hyena and jackal. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.3.3 | Enmity between hyena and weasel. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.3.5 | Enmity between hyena and wildcat. Dh III 329. |
| A2494.5.4 | Enmity between jackal and alligator. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.5.3 | Enmity between jackal and crab. Dh III 349; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.5.2 | Enmity between jackal and kite. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.5.1 | Enmity between jackal and wild hen. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.13.2 | Enmity between kite and crow. Japanese: Ikeda; Zanzibar: Bateman 57 No. 4. |
| A2494.2.1 | Enmity between leopard and antelope. Dh III 335.—India: Thompson-Balys; Fjort: Dennett 73 No. 15. |
| A2494.2.4 | Enmity between leopard and deer. Liberia: Bundy JAFL XXXII 417. |
| A2494.2.3 | Enmity between leopard and goat. (See A2281.)—Africa (Benga): Nassau 99 No. 6, (Angola): Chatelain 195 No. 24, (Vai): Ellis 240 No. 47, (Wakweli): Bender 54. |
| A2494.2.2 | Enmity between leopard and lion. Dh III 338.—Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| A2494.2.7 | Enmity between leopard and monkey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.2.6 | Enmity between leopard and sheep. Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 72. |
| A2494.7.3 | Enmity between lion and man. Wute: Sieber 182f. |
| A2494.7.2 | Enmity between lion and wolf. Dh III 339.—Africa (Angola): Chatelain 201 No. 27. |
| A2494.6.1 | Enmity between lynx and rabbit. Penobscot: Speck JAFL XXVIII 54. |
| A2494.12.6 | Enmity between marten and squirrel. Dh III 339. |
| A2494.12.2 | Enmity between mongoose and snake. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 2, 854. |
| A2494.7.1 | Enmity between monkey and lion. Vai: Ellis 231 No. 40. |
| A2494.16.7 | Enmity between octopus and rat. Tonga: Gifford 206. |
| A2494.13.4.1 | Enmity between owl and fowl. Africa: Weeks Jungle 436ff. |
| A2494.13.4 | Enmity between owl and mouse. Dh III 343. |
| A2494.12.3 | Enmity between ox and antelope. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 58 No. 10. |
| A2494.4.13 | Enmity between palm rat and dog. Africa: Weeks Jungle 382f. |
| A2494.12.1 | Enmity between panther, antelope, and tortoise. Dh III 335. |
| A2494.13.11.3 | Enmity between parrot and starling. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.12.10 | Enmity between porcupine and snail. Wakweli: Bender 78. |
| A2494.6.2 | Enmity between rabbit and coyote. Chuh: Kunst JAFL XXVIII 356. |
| A2494.12.8 | Enmity between rat and spider. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.6 | Enmity between raven and marshsnipe. Dh III 348. |
| A2494.13.7 | Enmity between raven and mink. Dh III 351. |
| A2494.12.5 | Enmity between raven and mink. Dh. III 351. |
| A2494.14.1 | Enmity between spider and fly. Dh III 349.—Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 150 No. 67. |
| A2494.14.2 | Enmity between spider and wasp. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.11.2 | Enmity between starling and locust. India: Thompson-Balys. |
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