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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.
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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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
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| D1335.2.2 | Water as magic strengthening drink. (Cf. D1242.2.) *MacCulloch Childhood 70ff.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| D471.10 | Water becomes rocks. (Cf. D478). Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1551.0.1 | Water becomes shallow so man is able to cross the river. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1355.2.1 | Water blessed by saint as love-philtre. (Cf. D1242.1.)—Irish: Plummer clxxxviii, *Cross. |
| D478.8 | Water changed into balsam. *Loomis White Magic 78. |
| D478 | Water changed to other substance (or vice versa). |
| D475.4.8 | Water dripping off person becomes agates. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 43, 55. |
| D1472.1.35 | Water flows from axe. (Cf. D1206.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 91. |
| D1500.1.18.5 | Water from bullaun (hollowed-out stone) as remedy. (Cf. D931.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1402.24 | Water from magic fountain kills. (Cf. D925.) |
| D1415.1 | Water from magic well causes person to dance. (Cf. D926, D1353.1.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 54. |
| D1500.1.18.1.2 | Water from saint's washing as remedy. Loomis White Magic 104; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1337.1.2 | Water gives magic beauty. (Cf. D1242.1.)—Fb "livets vand" II 439b.—Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1432.1 | Water gradually envelops girl filling pitcher and drowns her. Work of malevolent rice-spirit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D478.9 | Water in river transformed to copper by magician. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1346.1.1 | Water of life destroyed to prevent immortality: too long life would become tiresome. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1338.1.2 | Water of youth. (Cf. D1242.1.)—Type 551; *BP II 394ff.; *Wünsche Die Sagen vom Lebensbaum und Lebenswasser (Leipzig, 1905); *Dh II 154; *Chauvin VI 73f. Nos. 239, 202. |
| D1567.3 | Water poured from saint's bell produces fountain. (Cf. D1242.1.) Irish: Plummer cl. |
| D1317.22 | Water rages by boat of would-be murderer. (Cf. D1242.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 317, 321, III 300, Holm 45, Rink 147. |
| D2151.5.1.1 | Water raised from tank by burying ring in it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2151.5.1 | Water raised from tank by singing. (Cf. D1781.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1647.1 | Water vanishes from water hole when man tries to drink. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 180. |
| D1500.1.18.1.1 | Water which had contact with the tombs of holy men proved curative. *Loomis White Magic. 104. |
| D928.1 | Water-hole made by magic. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 180; Southern Paiute (Maopa): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 168 No. 5a. |
| D2151.0.2 | Waters made to dry up. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1551 | Waters magically divide and close. *Frazer Old Testament II 456ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rivière"; Irish: Plummer cxlviii, Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; England: Baughman; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 276 n. 15b; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 82, 93; (Hottentot): Bleek 75 No. 36. |
| D1432 | Waters magically pursue man. (Cf. D910.) Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Iliad XXI lines 234ff.—N. A. Indian (Menomini): Skinner and Satterlee PaAM XIII 257. |
| D1812.5.1.1.4 | Wave of blood as sign of death. (Cf. D1003, E761.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1549.10 | Waves answer roar of magic shield. (Cf. D1101.1, D1610.24.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D435.1.4 | Wax prince animated by serpent becomes human being. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D479.6 | Wax turned into earth. *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| D1469.7 | Wealth from drawing cow's feet over money box. (Cf. D1029.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2086.3 | Weapons magically blown out of enemies' hands. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D2086 | Weapons magically dulled. |
| D1402.7.0.1 | Weapons magically venomous. (Cf. D1080.) Irish myth: Cross (D1402.19). |
| D1618.4 | Weapons weep as warning to master. (Cf. D1080.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 43. |
| D2140.3 | Weather changed on confession of deed. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 301. |
| D1812.5.0.15 | Weather signs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1311.13.2 | Weeds used for divination. Africa (Fang): Einstein 51. |
| D622 | Weekly transformation. See all references to C31.1.2. (Mélusine).—Jijena Sanchez 42. |
| D1563.2.2.1 | Well (river) polluted by blood shed in battle. (Cf. D926.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2136.7 | Well magically transported. (Cf. D926, D1641.1, D1641.13.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1663.3 | Well of life and death. Situated on one hand, kills; on the other, protects against disease. (Cf. E82.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D926.1 | Well produced by magic. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D926.1.1 | Well produced by saint invoking heaven. *Loomis White Magic 37. |
| D1663.5 | Well rises or sinks to indicate long or short life. (Cf. D926.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1645.9 | Well shines at night. (Cf. D926.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D113.2.1 | Wer-bear. A bear-man like the werwolf. *Fb "bjørn" IV 43a; Fox: Jones PAES I 157. |
| D194.0.1 | Wer-crocodile. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 401. |
| D112.2.1 | Wer-tiger. Like werwolf. (Cf. D113.1.)—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korea: Zong in-Sob 58, 71, 74, 79, 85, 89, 91. |
| D113.1.1 | Werwolf. A man changes periodically into the form of a wolf. He is usually malevolent when in wolf form. **R. Andree Globus XXVII (1875); *C. T. Stewart Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 30ff.; Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 227ff.; (1928) 148ff.; Lid Saga och Sed 1937, 3ff.; Odstedt Varulven i svensk folktradition (Uppsala 1944); **K. E. Smith An Historical Study of the Werwolf in Literature (PMLA IX, 1894); **E. O'Donnell Werewolves (Boston 1914); Summers The Werwolf (London, 1933); *O. Clemen Zs. f. Vksk. XXX—XXXII 141; *Kittredge Witchcraft 175 nn. 5—7; ibid. Arthur 169 n. 1; **Baring-Gould The Book of Werewolves (London, 1865); *v. Sydow Feilberg Festskrift 594ff.; **Jijena Sanchez; *Lévy-Bruhl La mentalité primitive 279ff.; *Frazer Ovid II 318ff.; *Fb "varulv".—Irish myth: *Cross; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 291; Icelandic: *Boberg, Hrolfs saga Kraka 50, Volsungasaga 15, Sveinnson FFC LXXXIII p. liv; Norwegian: Solheпm Register 16; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46; German: Wuttke Volksaberglaube 277; Dutch: Schrijnen Volkskunde I 97; English: Philippson Germanisches Heidentum bei den Angelsachsen 53, Child III 498a s.v. "werewolves", Wells 19 (William of Palerne); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 109, 325, No. 9; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "loupgarou"; Gascon: Bladé Contes pop. de Gascogne II 360 No. 4; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 131f. Nos. 74—77, Eisen Esthnische Mythologie 31ff, Loorits Grundzüge I 311—320; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 63 Nos. 160—178; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3671; Slavic: Máchal 228f.; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Okanagon): Gould MAFLS XI 98 No. 2; S. A. Indian (Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 301.—Africa: Frobenius Atlantis V 153, 165, VII 31ff, 56, XI 263, *Werner African 344; (Basuto) Jacottet 238 No. 35. |
| D1841.4.5 | Whale husband makes wife's eyes impervious to sea water. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 127. |
| D1825.8 | What religious ascetic sees as gold, ordinary people see as scorpions. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2178.7 | Whatever goldsmith proposes to make comes into existence by itself in the forge. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1385.10 | Wheel buried in doorstep to prevent deviltry. (Cf. D1207.) Fb "hjul". |
| D112.2.1.1 | When a wer-tiger is injured, similar marks appear on the human body of man who has possessed it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1336.10 | When bow is taken away from owner, he loses all strength. (Cf. D1091.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2062.2.6 | When certain thief coughs, watchmen become blind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1552.9 | When enchanted deer touches rock with her muzzle it flies asunder and reveals entrance to cave. (Cf. D1011.5.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1410.8 | When spying follower accidentally touches holy man's cloak he loses his eyesight and falls down senseless. (Cf. D1053.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1293.3 | White as magic color. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1447.3 | White ash stick held before snakes causes them to flee. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D454.3.1.1 | White chasuble suddenly turned into red. *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| D2143.1.13 | White elephant can make rain fall. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 945. |
| D2156.4 | Wild boar reprimanded about its maraudings by saint. The command is obeyed. *Loomis White Magic 62. |
| D1543.6 | Wind carried in mantle. (Cf. D1053.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2142.0.5 | Wind controlled by girl's spirit. Marquesas: Handy 29. |
| D2142.1 | Wind produced by magic. Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish: Kalevala rune 10; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 353; Marquesas: Handy 119; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T—G. 3/109, z-G. 3/1323). |
| D2142.1.6.1 | Wind raised by blowing into tobacco pipe. Kittredge Witchcraft 160, 478 n. 76. |
| D2142.1.3 | Wind raised by calling on devil. (Cf. D2141.0.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 161, 479 n. 81. |
| D2142.1.1 | Wind raised by dog's wagging tail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2142.1.2 | Wind raised by loosing certain knots. (Cf. D906, D1282.1.) *Fb "vindknude"; Taylor FFC LXX; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn VI (1901) 414—16; Scotland: Baughman. |
| D2142.1.5 | Wind raised by putting cat under bushel (barrel) (drowning cat). (Cf. G283.2.1.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 161, 479 nn. 84—87; Ireland: Baughman. |
| D2142.1.4.1 | Wind raised by throwing traitor's ashes into lake. *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV (1933) 109. |
| D2142.1.4 | Wind raised by troubling vessel of water. *Kittredge Witchcraft 160f., 479 nn. 79—80; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2142.1.6 | Wind raised by whistling. Kittredge Witchcraft 160, 478f., nn. 77—8; *Fb "fløjte" I 326 a. |
| D2142.2 | Wind stilled by magic. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/555), Beckwith Myth 289; Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 118; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D2142.2.1 | Wind stopped by revenant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2142 | Winds controlled by magic. |
| D477.0.1.1 | Wine becomes blood (Cf. D471.4.1).—*Loomis White Magic 78. |
| D477.0.1.2 | Wine becomes honey. *Loomis White Magic 78. |
| D1500.1.10.2.1 | Wine blessed by saint or received from the saint's hand cures various ills. *Loomis White Magic 104. |
| D477.0.1 | Wine miraculously changed into other object. *Loomis White Magic 78. |
| D1022.0.1 | Wings grown by magic. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ailes". |
| D2145.1 | Winter magically produced. |
| D1761.0.1 | Wishes granted without limit. *Types 555, 592, 652, 675; BP I 138, II 121ff., *124, 490. |
| D1761.1.1 | Wishing by shooting star. BP III 234 n. 1. |
| D1761.1 | Wishing by stars. |
| D1817.0.1.1 | Witch (wizard) reveals name of thief. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2161.3.3.1 | Witch burns her child's legs for wood, then covers child with sheet and child is whole. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2083.2.2 | Witch causes cow to give curdled milk. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2171.8 | Witch causes milk to stay in overturned pail. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2171.4.3 | Witch causes towel to adhere to wall. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1855.1 | Witch delays person's death. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 234. |
| D2143.1.9 | Witch draws rain or snow from clouds with wave of his hand. Scotland: Baughman. |
| D1531.5 | Witch flies with aid of magic cap or hood. Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1531.7 | Witch flies with aid of magic juice. (Cf. D981.0.1.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1531.6 | Witch flies with aid of magic stick. (Cf. D956.) England: Baughman. |
| D1531.8 | Witch flies with aid of word charm. (Cf. D1273.) England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2137.1 | Witch keeps water from boiling. England: Baughman. |
| D2078.1 | Witch made to enter boulder magically and imprisoned therein. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2072.0.5.1 | Witch prevents person from drinking. England: Baughman. |
| D2149.1.1 | Witch produces lightning. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2142.0.1.1 | Witch sells power to control winds. *Kittredge Witchcraft 159, 477f. nn. 65—74 passim. |
| D1385.4.1 | Witch shot dead with bullet of salt. (Cf. D1096.3.) Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D2142.0.1.2 | Witch sits atop mast, causes winds to blow. England: Baughman. |
| D2087.8 | Witch steals potatoes, leaving no traces. England: Baughman. |
| D2083.3.2 | Witch transfers milk from another's cows by use of hair rope. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| D2083.3.3 | Witch transfers milk from another's cows to a vessel. England: *Baughman. |
| D655.2 | Witch transforms self to animal (hare, pig) so as to suck cows. Kittredge Witchcraft 166, 484 nn. 21, 22; England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1385.2.4 | Witch will never visit a house where pipal is strewn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.9 | Witches have power to see distant sights. England: Baughman (D1912.1.). |
| D1901 | Witches induce love. *Kittredge Witchcraft 30, 382 nn. 52—54. —England: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D2083.2.1 | Witches make cows give bloody milk. *Kittredge Witchcraft 166, 484 n. 28; U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2087.7 | Witches rifle drawers of chests in house. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2157.3 | Withered and dead trees suddenly blossom at saint's command. *Loomis White Magic 94. |
| D1812.5.1.20 | Withering of tree as bad omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1791.2 | Withershins (countersunwise) circuit (for ill luck). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1817.0.1.3.1 | Wizard compels thief to deliver stolen property in person to the owner. England: *Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.3 | Wizard compels thief to return stolen property. England: *Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.6 | Wizard detects thief by trance. England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.5 | Wizard detects thieves by placing leaf from Bible under doorstep. The guilty ones stumble over doorstep. England: Baughman. |
| D2012.2 | Wizard gives man the illusion that he has been away twenty (forty) years. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D2143.1.10 | Wizard sells charm to raise rainstorm to enable eloping couple to escape pursuers. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.4 | Wizard shows form or shadow or picture of thief. (Cf. D1323.1, D1821.3.7.1.) England: *Baughman. |
| D1814.1.1 | Wizard shows man likeness of cock which will win fight. England: Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.2 | Wizard tells location of stolen property. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2156.8 | Wolf is forced by saint to be substitute for eaten calf. *Loomis White Magic 59. |
| D1654.13 | Woman can be lifted only by her lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1850.2 | Woman changes into an immortal. Chinese: Graham. |
| D1393.1.1 | Woman charms stick of wood so she can hide inside it. (Cf. D956.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 107. |
| D866.1 | Woman cooks the magic fruits. (Cf. D981.)—Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 195. |
| D1812.4.1 | Woman cries out on beholding man her unborn child is destined to slay. (Cf. T575.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D439.4.1 | Woman emerges from egg. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D431.6.1 | Woman emerges from plant. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D2141.0.10 | Woman hoists skirt to raise thunderstorm. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 113. |
| D477.1.2 | Woman loses eye when she goes to well at midnight on Old Christmas Eve when the water turns to wine. England: Baughman. |
| D1749.2 | Woman loses her magic power when she loses her simplicity and humility. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D518 | Woman transformed for nourishing an animal. Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 176, (Greenland): Rink 413, Rasmussen III 81, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 638. |
| D11.2 | Woman transforms herself into a bird and lends her female organ to a boy. He fails to return it and she becomes a man when she resumes human form. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1427.2 | Woman's arm-tassel lent to ogre compels her to follow him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.1.3 | Woman's labor pains magically eased. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 23. |
| D476.1.3 | Wood turned into grain. *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| D1554.1 | Woods opens and hides fugitive. (Cf. D941.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1355.18.1 | Word charms woven in clothing produce love. England: Baughman. |
| D2192 | Work of day magically overthrown at night. *Fb "kirke" II 125 a; Wells 42 (Arthour and Merlin); Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3602; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 465; Ellice Island: ibid. 270; Marquesas: ibid. 269; Tuamotu: ibid. 267; Tahiti: ibid. 266; Maori: ibid. 265; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Fables 59. |
| D1469.5 | Worshipped sex organ of horse provides money, etc. (Cf. D1029.4.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D2161.4.10.1 | Wound healed by same spear that caused it. Greek: Fox 125. |
| D1503.16 | Wound healed by water from place wounded man's heel dragged. (Cf. D1240.) Marquesas: Handy 117. |
| D1503.14 | Wound healed by wounding weapon. (Cf. D1080.) Greek: Grote I 268. |
| D2161.4.10.2 | Wound healed only by person who gave it. (Or by member of his family.) (Cf. D2161.2.) *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt 375ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1503.15 | Wound healed with own blood. (Cf. D1003.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 118. |
| D1503.14.1 | Wounds caused by sword can only be healed by a certain stone. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 267., *Boberg. |
| D2161.4.14.1.1 | Wounds from poisoned arrows healed by bath of milk. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1503.11 | Wounds healed by eating fruit of magic tree. (Cf. D950.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1624.2 | Wounds of crucifix bleed. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1549.3.7 | Written charm causes river to flow quietly. (Cf. D1266.1.) Korean: Zong in-Sob 57. |
| D1338.3.3.1 | Year added to life by eating fruit of magic tree. (Cf. D950.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D624.3 | Yearly transformation to person of different sex. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D624 | Yearly transformation. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2011.3 | Years are as moments to creator. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2011.1 | Years seem moments while man listens to song of bird. **Hammerich Munken og Fuglen (København, 1933); *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 562; *Herbert III 67; Longfellow "The Golden Legend"; Hartland Science 188f.—Irish: Plummer clxxxvi, *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 104; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 472A*; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV No. 471*; Russian: Andrejev Ukazatel' Skazochnik No. 471. |
| D2011 | Years thought days. (Cf. F379.5.) Years spent in the other world or asleep seem as days because of magic forgetfulness. *Type 470; *Fb "tid" III 790a; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 561, 562; *Köhler-Bolte II 224ff., 406ff.; *Hartland Science 162ff. —Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 116, 119, 181f., *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "temps"; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 101; Scottish: McKay Bealoideas III 138; English: Child V 290a; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *472; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 299, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 459; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 314 n. 143. |
| D621.6 | Young man issues from conch-shell every evening. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1897 | Youngest of the three Magi becomes the senior through power of the Savior. Irish myth: Cross. |
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