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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| D974 | Magic plant-sap. Dh II 154. |
| D965 | Magic plant. *BP I 128; Fb "blad" IV 44a, "vild" III 1052b; *Chauvin II 193 No. 12, V 14 No. 9; VI 73f. No. 239.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "herbe"; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 312 n. 2, Fox 263; Jewish: Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 158, 160, 178; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer; Chinese: Werner 299. |
| D1375.4.1.1 | Magic plantain causes four tails to grow. (Cf. D965.11.) —Africa (Ibo, Nigeria): Thomas 126. |
| D965.11 | Magic plantain. Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 126. |
| D1472.1.20 | Magic plate supplies food. (Cf. D1172.1.) Fb "tønde" III 934b; India: *Thompson-Balys |
| D1172.1 | Magic plate. *Fb "tønde" III 934b. |
| D1157 | Magic platform. *Chauvin V 230 No. 130. |
| D1209.3 | Magic plow. Fb "plov"; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D981.7 | Magic plum. (Cf. D1375.1.1.7.) Aarne MSFO XXV 121. |
| D1375.1.1.7 | Magic plums cause horns to grow on person. (Cf. D981.7.) *Aarne MSFO XXV 121. |
| D1064 | Magic pocket. Chauvin VI 104 No. 270 n. 2. |
| D1402.15.2 | Magic poem (satire) causes death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1402.15 | Magic poem (satire) causes king to waste away. (Cf. D1275.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1402.15.1 | Magic poem (satire) causes man to melt. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1445.4 | Magic poem (satire) kills animals. (Cf. D1275.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1563.2.3 | Magic poem (satire) makes land sterile. (Cf. D1275.4.) Irish myth: Cross (D1563.7). |
| D1403.1 | Magic poem (satire) raises blotches on face. (Cf. D1275.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1275.4 | Magic poem (satire). |
| D1403.1.1 | Magic poem causes deformity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1380.14 | Magic poems protect. (Cf. D1275.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1083.1 | Magic poignard (dagger). *Basset 1001 Contes I 143; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "poignard". |
| D981.12 | Magic pomegranate. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1500.4.3 | Magic pond causes disease. (Cf. D921.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1503.7.1 | Magic pool of milk heals wounds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1412.2 | Magic pot draws person into it. (Cf. D1171.1.) N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 157. |
| D1452.2 | Magic pot furnishes money. (Cf. D1171.1.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 151; Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 119. |
| D1472.1.9 | Magic pot supplies food and drink. (Cf. D1171.1.) *Types 565; BP II 438; *Fb "potte" II 867a.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 106; Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 40f. No. 4. |
| D1401.4 | Magic pot with demons who beat owner's enemy. (Cf. D1171.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1171.1 | Magic pot. *Types 565, 591; *Fb "potte" II 866f.; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 26ff; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 107, 272; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 220 No. 33, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 40f. No. 4. |
| D1502.4.1 | Magic potion cures leprosy. (Cf. D1242.2.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1503.13 | Magic potion heals wounds. (Cf. D1242.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1515.4.6 | Magic potion mixed with brains of deceitful person as cure for snakebite. (Cf. D1242.2.) Africa (Timne): Schlenker Collection of Timne Traditions (London, 1861) 87ff., (Hausa): Tremearne FL XXII 464ff. No. 50. |
| D1242.2 | Magic potion. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Юorsteinssaga Vikingssona (FAS II) 394, Flateyarbуk I 279, *Boberg; English: Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem), 145 (Parthenope of Blois), Child V 305b; Greek: Fox 200 (Phaon), *Grote I 219; Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 55 No. 24. |
| D1555.2 | Magic powder causes earth to open up. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1551.4 | Magic powder causes waters to divide. (Cf. D1246.) Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 214 No. 73. |
| D1323.13 | Magic powder gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1246.)—Type 726. |
| D1610.0.1 | Magic powder makes objects speak what owner wants them to. (Cf. D1246.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1246 | Magic powder. Type 726*; Chauvin VI 8 No. 273.—India: Thompson-Balys. Tawney I 378; Chinese: Werner 375; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 214 No. 73; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 142 No. 20. |
| D1721.2 | Magic power acquired by eating fish which have eaten dead magician's flesh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1736.1 | Magic power acquired by sacrificing. (Cf. D1766.2.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1719.9 | Magic power at certain time. |
| D1786 | Magic power at cross-roads. *Fb "korsvej" II 277f; *Frazer Golden Bough XII 232 s.v. "cross roads"; *Penzer III 37f.; Finnish: Kalevala rune 8. |
| D1719.9.2 | Magic power at Passover. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1791 | Magic power by circumambulation. (Cf. G224.8, D1272.) *Fb "rundt" III 96b; Frazer Golden Bough X 233ff.; *Penzer X 109 s.v. "circumambulation"; Cowell Jataka index s.v. "rightwise"; Cosquin études 356ff.; *Saintyves Essais 196ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1733.2 | Magic power by crawling through ear of magic horse. (Cf. B181.) Köhler-Bolte I 406. |
| D1733.3.1 | Magic power by fasting. (Cf. G224.16, P623.) Kittredge Witchcraft 128, 450f. nn. 26—27 passim; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman. |
| D1733.1 | Magic power by jumping into fire. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 76 No. 15. |
| D1733.6 | Magic power by magic songs. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 299. |
| D1734.1 | Magic power by rubbing talisman. *Type 561. |
| D1733.4 | Magic power by sitting in certain seat. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1718.1 | Magic power contained in stick and water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1725.1 | Magic power from Angel of Death (Cf. 1724.). Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1726.1 | Magic power from celestial maiden. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1766.4.1 | Magic power from christening a cock. Kittredge Witchcraft 148, 467 nn. 89—90. |
| D1766.4 | Magic power from christening an animal. |
| D1799.1 | Magic power from cleansing. (Cf. D1081, D1610.9, V1.8.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1724 | Magic power from Death. Death as godfather. (Cf. D1725.1.) *Type 332; *BP I 377ff.—Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1726 | Magic power from deity. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Grote I 105; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1721.1.2 | Magic power from demon. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 51. |
| D1721.1 | Magic power from devil. Kittredge Witchcraft 45, 399 n. 175; Dickson 213 n. 145.—Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 47 No. 325*A. |
| D1721.0.1 | Magic power from donning magician's clothes. (Cf. D1052.) N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 131 No. 20. |
| D1723 | Magic power from fairy. Type 403; Irish myth: Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 251; Italian: Basile Pentamerone. I No. 3, Rotunda. |
| D1736 | Magic power from great piety. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1739.2 | Magic power from heavenly voice. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1721 | Magic power from magician. *Type 325; *Chauvin II 151 No. 11; *Fb. "sorte skole" III 469a.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 49, 296; English: Wells 43 (Arthour and Merlin); Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 49 No. 87; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 383. |
| D1737.1 | Magic power from mother. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 93. |
| D1739.1 | Magic power from overheard talk of spirits. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1722.1 | Magic power from prophet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1721.1.4 | Magic power from rakshasi. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1766.2.2 | Magic power from sacrificing a cock. Kittredge Witchcraft 94, *424 nn. 132, 133. |
| D1722 | Magic power from saint. (Cf. D1713, V223.4.1.) Irish: Plummer clxxxv, Cross. |
| D1766.2.3 | Magic power from shedding blood. (Cf. D2136.8.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1726.2 | Magic power from stone idol. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1728 | Magic power from superhuman race. (Cf. D1719.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1733.5 | Magic power from swooning. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 400. |
| D1561.2.3 | Magic power in chain. Lost when chain is stolen. (Cf. D1078.) Wesselski Märchen 174 No. 64. |
| D1737 | Magic power inherited. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1727 | Magic power learned from giant (as foster-father). Icelandic: Bárdar saga Snæfellsáss ch. 2 (ed. Vigfússon 1860) 2, Boberg. |
| D1741.5 | Magic power lost by being frightened. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1741.1 | Magic power lost in sleep. Penzer VIII 25 n. 2. |
| D1741.2 | Magic power lost with loss of blood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1745.1 | Magic power not effective on men born on certain day. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1732 | Magic power obtained by meditation. Penzer VI 2. |
| D1725 | Magic power obtained from angels. Jewish: Neuman, Penzer VI 63. |
| D1721.0.2 | Magic power obtained secretly from magician's friends. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1714.1 | Magic power of chaste woman. Penzer I 166, III 171 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1717 | Magic power of children. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1715 | Magic power of dying man's words. *Type 960; BP II 531; Krappe Science 216—217.—Icelandic: Völsunga saga ch. 33 (31). |
| D1719.5 | Magic power of fairy. (Cf. A1611.10.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1922 | Magic power of hearing. Irish: Plummer clxxi, *Cross. |
| D1713 | Magic power of hermit (saint, yogi). (Cf. P426.2.) **Loomis White Magic; *Plummer passim; Dickson 121 n. 66; Penzer VI 201ff., VII 73, 113f.; *Barry JAFL XXVIII 195; **Toldo Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. I-IX passim; Günter; Irish: *Cross, Beal. XXI 328, O'Suilleabhain 85; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys (D1711.14, D1711.16.); Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 210, 286. See V220 for cross-references concerning magic powers of saints. |
| D1719.6 | Magic power of holy cross. (Cf. V86.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D996.0.2.1 | Magic power of left hand for evil. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1933 | Magic power of lighting empty lamp by breathing on it used for divination. (Cf. D1311.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1719.7 | Magic power of mermaid. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1717.1 | Magic power of monster child. *Type 708; U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1714 | Magic power of person without sin. Irish myth: *Cross (D1716). |
| D1812 | Magic power of prophecy. (Cf. D1311.) Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Child III 418—422; Greek: Grote I 216, 249, 307; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Ferguson 135.—N. A. Indian (Micmac): Parsons JAFL XXXVIII 75 No. 10. |
| D996.0.1.1 | Magic power of right hand for good. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1825.3.1 | Magic power of seeing Death at head or foot of bed and thus forecasting progress of sickness. *Type 332; *BP I 377 ff.—Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1825.4.1 | Magic power of seeing things underground. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 12 n. 3. |
| D1716.3 | Magic power of sterile woman. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1719.3 | Magic power of superhuman race. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1716.1 | Magic power of the idiot. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 111. |
| D1716 | Magic power of the infirm. |
| D1716.2 | Magic power of the lame. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 99. |
| D1719.9.1 | Magic power only at night. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1719.10 | Magic power only under certain conditions. |
| D1719.10.1 | Magic power only when magician's feet touch ground. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1731 | Magic power received in dream. Dickson 188; Jewish: Neuman; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 58; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 134. |
| D1745.2 | Magic power rendered ineffective by pious deeds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1745 | Magic power rendered ineffective. |
| D1733.3 | Magic power through ascetic practices. Penzer IV 46, V 109; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.6 | Magic power to "see" who will die during coming year. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2156.1 | Magic power to make does give milk. (Cf. B188.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1825.4 | Magic power to see concealed things. (Cf. D1817.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1825.5 | Magic power to see death circumstances of absent person. Canada, England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| D1825.2 | Magic power to see distant objects. (Cf. D1813.3, D1817.0.1, D1825.5.) *BP II 319; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 204.—Celtic: Hartland Science 197; England: Child III 412; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3507; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 91 No. 5. |
| D1825.3 | Magic power to see invisible creatures. Swiss. Jegerlehner Oberwallis 297f. Nos. 1, 7; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 183, Lang English Fairy Tales 220; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3510. |
| D1825.4.3 | Magic power to see lost things. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| D1825.3.3.2 | Magic power to see soul leaving body. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.3.3.1 | Magic power to see souls after death. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.4.2 | Magic power to see whether girl is virgin. Type 592; Norwegian Christiansen 89. |
| D1825.2.2 | Magic power to see whole country at once. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2125.1 | Magic power to walk on water. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 332; *Saintyves Essais 307ff.; *Toldo VI 310ff.; Cowell Jataka II 77.—Irish: Plummer xxxi, cxlvii, Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; U.S.: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 112; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 123, 407, Rasmussen III 192. |
| D1741.4 | Magic powers fail because of lack of faith in them. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1766.3 | Magic powers from baptizing an animal. Kittredge Witchcraft 94, *424 nn. 134—136. |
| D1734 | Magic powers from rubbing. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 219, 455. |
| D1735.1 | Magic powers from swallowing a straw. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 158. |
| D1735.3 | Magic powers from swallowing magic drink. (Cf. D1040.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 453. |
| D1735 | Magic powers from swallowing. |
| D1799.4 | Magic powers from touching. (Cf. D565, D1032.2f., D1273.0.3., D1810.3, D1833., D1854.) |
| D1741 | Magic powers lost. |
| D1700 | Magic powers. *Kittredge Witchcraft passim; Fb "kunst" II 331; Penzer VIII 36ff., 46ff., 79, 100n.; E. E. Evans-Prichard Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande (Oxford, 1937); M. Summers Witchcraft and Black Magic (London, 1946); *Arne Runeberg Witches, Demons and Fertility Magic (Helsinki, 1947); *E. M. Butler Ritual Magic (Cambridge, Eng., 1949); Loomis White Magic; *Tibbals Elements of Magic in the Romance of William of Palerne (MPh I (1903) 355ff.); *Easter A Study of Magic Elements in the Romans d'Aventure (Dissertation, Baltimore 1906).—Estonian: *Loorits Grundzüge; Japanese: Anesaki 274. |
| D2072.4 | Magic prevention of performance of task. (Cf. H970.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D998 | Magic private parts—human. Taylor MLN XXXI (1916) 249 n. 2; Gaster Thespis 327.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 296 nn. 83a, 83b. |
| D1766.5 | Magic produced by saying mass. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2178.4.1 | Magic production of rabbits. N. A. Indian (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 82. |
| D991.2 | Magic pubic hair. *Fb "kusse" II 334a; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 290 n. 65, (Tlingit): Golder JAFL XX 292. |
| D1463.2.1 | Magic pumpkin furnishes treasure. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 35, 37. |
| D1482.2 | Magic pumpkin holds streams of oil. (Cf. D981.11.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1472.2.6 | Magic pumpkin yields year's supply of rice. (Cf. D981.11.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D981.11 | Magic pumpkin. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 58, 67, 221. |
| D1192 | Magic purse. *Types 564, 566, 580*; *Aarne MSFO XXV 116; *Fb "pung", "Fortunatus".—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bourse", Hartland Science 174; Arabian: Burton Nights I 215; Hindu: Penzer I 20 n, 25ff. |
| D2096 | Magic putrefaction. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2157.2 | Magic quick growth of crops. Dh I II 61ff.; Irish: Cross, O'Suilleabhain 15, 18, Beal XXI 305f.; Icelandic: *Boberg; England, Scotland: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 200ff.; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 120. |
| D2157.2.1 | Magic quick growth of saint's crops. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1385.23 | Magic quilt protects wearer from demons and human weapons. (Cf. D1167.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1469.12 | Magic quilt: gold coins shake out of it. (Cf. D1167.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1167 | Magic quilt. |
| D1092.1 | Magic quiver. Hindu: Penzer IV 54. |
| D1353.1 | Magic rain makes people foolish. All on whom it falls act like fools. (Cf. D902.)—Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 34. |
| D902 | Magic rain. (Cf. D910.) *Basset RTP XXXIII 167f.—Irish: Cross; Plummer clxxx; Chinese: Werner 205. |
| D2031.13 | Magic rath always seems distant, never near. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1212 | Magic rattle. Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 119. |
| D1173.1 | Magic razor. Chinese: Werner 366; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45 (version B). |
| D2006 | Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.) Irish: Plummer lxxx, Cross. |
| D2025 | Magic recovery of speech. |
| D1389.9.1 | Magic red stone protects against poverty. (Cf. D1070.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1383.6 | Magic red stone protects from poison. (Cf. D1070.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1408.2 | Magic red wind devastates country. (Cf. D906.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2163.2 | Magic reinforcements. Hero's followers magically multiplied or whole new army conjured up. Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 27; Maori: Dixon 61. |
| D1880 | Magic rejuvenation. Irish: Plummer clxxxiv, *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 180; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "vieille", "rajeunissement"; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Keith 31; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 960.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 284 n. 50; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 208, 238. |
| D1818 | Magic remedy learned by magic. (Cf. D1500.) Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 137. |
| D2172.1 | Magic repetition. Person must keep on doing or saying thing until released. Type 593; Lang Eng. Fairy Tales 74; Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D2063.2 | Magic restlessness in bed. Fb "seng" III 187b. |
| D2161.3.6.1 | Magic restoration of cut-out tongue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.3.2 | Magic restoration of severed hand. Krappe Zeitschrift für Englische Philologie XLIX 361—369; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Lagerholm 66—68, Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule, Nouvelles de Sens No. 12; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1782.3 | Magic result from loosing knots. (Cf. D2142.0.2.) |
| D1788 | Magic results from bathing. (Cf. D562, D925, D2161.4.14.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1784 | Magic results from breathing. (Cf. D1557.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 428. |
| D1787 | Magic results from burning. |
| D1799.5 | Magic results from chewing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1799.2 | Magic results from clapping the hands together. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D1778 | Magic results from contact with earth. |
| D1788.1 | Magic results from contact with water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1792 | Magic results from curse. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1793 | Magic results from eating or drinking. |
| D1766.8 | Magic results from fasting. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1794 | Magic results from kissing. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1773 | Magic results from laughing. |
| D1775 | Magic results from licking. Irish myth: *Cross; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 201. |
| D1799 | Magic results from other acts. (Cf. D1469.7, F547.1.3.) |
| D1799.6 | Magic results from performing good deeds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1777 | Magic results from power of thought. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 64. |
| D1766.2.1 | Magic results from sacrifices at trees and wells. Kittredge Witchcraft 33, *393f. nn. 106—108. |
| D1766.6 | Magic results from sign of the cross. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1766.9 | Magic results from singing hymn. (Cf. D1275.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1781 | Magic results from singing. (Cf. D1275, D1275.3.) |
| D1774 | Magic results from speaking. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1799.3 | Magic results from special rituals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1776 | Magic results from spitting. Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Koryak): Jochelson JE VI 170. |
| D1766.7 | Magic results from uttering powerful name. |
| D1766.10 | Magic results from worshiping god (goddess). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1782.1 | Magic results obtained by imitating desired action. |
| D1783.1 | Magic results of reversing a spell. Formula said backward will sometimes undo the work performed by the formula. (Cf. D1273.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 167, 485 nn. 31—33; Penzer VI 149 n. 1, 150ff. |
| D1765 | Magic results produced by command. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Babylonian: Spence 76f.; Jewish: Neuman, Genesis 1:3, etc. |
| D1766.1 | Magic results produced by prayer. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys; Norse: Boberg. |
| D1766 | Magic results produced by religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.5, V70.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 145, 465f. nn. 56, 57, 74, 75, 76—87 passim; England: Baughman. |
| D1766.2 | Magic results produced by sacrifices. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 89, Beal XXI 329; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1761 | Magic results produced by wishing. **Riklin Wuncherfüllung und Symbolik in Märchen. (1908); *Fb "ønske" III 1178a.—Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm Nos. 50, 76; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Seneca: Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 122 No. 19; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 151. |
| D1766.7.1 | Magic results produced in name of deity. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1766.7.3 | Magic results produced in name of saint. (Cf. V220.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D965.8.1 | Magic rice (plant.). |
| D973.1 | Magic rice-grains. Tawney II 453; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| D1033.1 | Magic rice. Indonesian: DeVries's list No. 206; Chinese: Graham. |
| D996.0.1 | Magic right hand. |
| D1317.5.2 | Magic ring awakens person in morning. (Cf. D1076.)—*Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D1561.1.2 | Magic ring brings good luck. (Cf. D1076.) *Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D865.1 | Magic ring carried off by bird. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1372.1 | Magic ring causes continued sneezing. (Cf. D1076.)—Bédier Fabliaux 442. |
| D1368.2 | Magic ring causes illusion. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1402.0.2.3 | Magic ring causes person to be drowned. (Cf. D1076.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1405.1 | Magic ring causes person to disappear. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague". |
| D1426.2 | Magic ring causes woman to come to man. (Cf. D1076.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1612.2.1 | Magic ring compels would-be fugitive to keep calling out, "Here I am". (Cf. D1076.) BP III 372. |
| D1400.1.2 | Magic ring conquers enemy. (Cf. D1076.) *Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D1592.1 | Magic ring cools boiling water. (Cf. D1076.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1395.5 | Magic ring enables captive to escape. (Cf. D1076.) English: Wells 65 (Ywain and Gawain); Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1477.2 | Magic ring furnishes livestock. (Cf. D1076.) Africa (Bambara): Travélé 205ff. No. 66. |
| D1342.1 | Magic ring gives health. (Cf. D1076.)—Kittredge Witchcraft III, 440 n. 54. |
| D1335.5.1 | Magic ring gives remarkable sexual prowess. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D1335.5 | Magic ring gives strength. (Cf. D1076.)—*Dickson 135 n. 118; *Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 53. |
| D1317.5 | Magic ring gives warning. (Cf. D1076.)—Type 425; Tegethoff 34f.—Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Wells II (Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild). |
| D1407.1 | Magic ring helps gambler win. (Cf. D1076.) Kittredge Witchcraft 67, *410 n. 302. |
| D1402.12 | Magic ring kills. (Cf. D1076.) *Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D1376.1.2 | Magic ring makes nose grow long (restores it). (Cf. D1076.) Köhler-Bolte I 110f. |
| D1487.1 | Magic ring makes seaweeds grow. (Cf. D1076.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague". |
| D1456.2.1 | Magic ring multiplies wealth. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 66 (Draupnir); Snorra Edda Skaldsk. XXXIX (Andvari's), *Boberg. |
| D1316.4 | Magic ring permits owner to learn person's secret thoughts. (Cf. D1076.)—Chauvin VI 108 No. 272. |
| D1384.1 | Magic ring prevents discomfiture. (Cf. D1076.) Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 51. |
| D1384.7 | Magic ring prevents losing one's way. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1389.9.2 | Magic ring prevents poverty. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1382.11 | Magic ring protects against fire. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1383.3 | Magic ring protects against poison. (Cf. D1076.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 57; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Penzer I 110 n. 1. |
| D1381.7 | Magic ring protects from attack. (Cf. D1076.) English: Wells 9 (King Horn); Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1388.0.1 | Magic ring protects from drowning. (Cf. D1076.) *Dickson 189 n. 65. |
| D1385.3.1 | Magic ring protects from spirit. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 17. |
| D1380.23 | Magic ring protects. (Cf. D1076.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1456.2 | Magic ring provides money. (Cf. D1076.) *Fb "ring" III 60b; India: *Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1361.17 | Magic ring renders invisible. (Cf. D1076.)—*Fb "ring" III 60b; *Dickson 133f.; Cox Cinderella 518; *Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 50; Brown Iwain 14 and passim; Günter 64.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Gyges"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1344.1 | Magic ring renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1076.)—*Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 52; *Fb "ring" III 60b.—English: Child I 189f., Wells 9 (King Horn), II (Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild); Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1507.1 | Magic ring restores speech. (Cf. D1076.) Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D1316.4.1 | Magic ring shows the true nature of its possessor. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1421.1.13 | Magic ring summons air spirits. (Cf. D1076.) German: Grimm No. 166. |
| D1421.1.6 | Magic ring summons genie. (Cf. D1076.) *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 214; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1310.4.1 | Magic ring tells how another fares. (Cf. D1076.)—*Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 55. |
| D1317.5.1 | Magic ring warns of poison. (Cf. D1076, D1317.4, D1317.0.1.)—Kittredge Witchcraft III, 440 n. 58. |
| D1602.17.1 | Magic ring when sold returns to original owner. (Cf. D1076.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1662.1 | Magic ring works by being stroked. (Cf. D1076.) *Type 560; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
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