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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 |
|---|---|
| D1821.4 | Magic sight by putting ointment into eye. (Cf. D1244.) England: Lang English Fairy Tales 220. |
| D1821.5 | Magic sight by standing on certain stone. Hartland Science 197. |
| D1821.6 | Magic sight given to abandoned child. Scotland: Macdougall and Calder 183. |
| D1821.7 | Deaf and dumb man can see soul taken to happiness or punishment. Fb "sjæl" III 214b; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1821.8 | Possession by spirit of dead person gives second sight. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1821.9 | Magic sight by turning clothes inside out. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D1821.10 | Magic sight by standing alone for three days. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1821.11 | Magic sight gift of grateful animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1822 | Loss of magic sight. (Cf. D1741.) |
| D1822.1 | Magic sight overcome by incantation. (Cf. D1273.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1825 | Kinds of magic sight. |
| D1825.1 | Second sight. Power to see future happenings. (Cf. D1812.) *Chauvin V 90 No. 28 n. 2; *Fb "synsk", "spеkjælling", "spеmand", "gjenviser"; *RTP XXVII *145, 151, 284, 382.—Irish: Plummer clxx, *Cross; Scotland: Macdougall and Calder 183, 251, 255, 281; Icelandic: Snorra Edda Prol. V and Gylf. II, *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 478 No. 103, (Plains Ojibwa): Skinner JAFL XXXII 300. |
| D1825.1.2 | Magic view of future lover. *Fb "kjæreste" II 153; Type 737*.—England, U.S.: *Baughman; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D1825.2.1 | Magic sight of earthly objects from otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1825.2.2 | Magic power to see whole country at once. Jewish: Neuman. |
| 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. |
| D1825.3.1 | 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. |
| D1825.3.2 | Man sees angels over the heads of the good and black stars over the bad. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1825.3.3 | Magic sight: ability to see the soul (astral body). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.3.3.1 | Magic power to see souls after death. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.3.3.2 | Magic power to see soul leaving body. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.3.4 | Ability to see heavenly beings. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1825.3.4.1 | Ability to see angel of God. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.3.4.2 | Ability to see messengers of Pluto. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.4 | Magic power to see concealed things. (Cf. D1817.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1825.4.1 | Magic power of seeing things underground. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 12 n. 3. |
| D1825.4.2 | Magic power to see whether girl is virgin. Type 592; Norwegian Christiansen 89. |
| D1825.4.3 | Magic power to see lost things. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| D1825.4.3.1 | Prophet locates lost child. Greek: *Grote I 206. |
| D1825.5 | Magic power to see death circumstances of absent person. Canada, England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| D1825.6 | Magic power to "see" who will die during coming year. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1825.7 | Magic sight of incident before it actually happens. Scotland, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1825.7.1 | Person sees phantom funeral procession some time before the actual procession takes place. England, Ireland, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| D1825.8 | What religious ascetic sees as gold, ordinary people see as scorpions. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.9 | Witches have power to see distant sights. England: Baughman (D1912.1.). |
| D1827 | Magic hearing. |
| D1827.1 | Magic hearing of noises which portend death. (Cf. D1812.) |
| D1827.1.1 | Listening at church door on Halloween to hear the names of those to die in the coming year. (Cf. D1825.6.) Wales: Baughman. |
| D1827.1.2 | Sounds heard before death; the sounds are later repeated in connection with the death or funeral. England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1827.1.3 | Noise warns of approaching death. Scotland, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1827.1.4 | Sounds heard from distance at time of death. England, Wales, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1827.2 | Person hears call for aid from great distance. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1830 | Magic strength. (Cf. D1335.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 491. |
| D1830.1 | Man's strength made equal to that of angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1831 | Magic strength resides in hair. (Cf. D991.) *Frazer Old Testament II 482ff., Jewish: *Neuman; *Frazer Golden Bough I 102, XI 158ff.; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1258; *Wilken Verspreide Geschriften III 551ff.; *Fb "styrke" III 630a, "hеr" IV 241b; Krappe "Samson" Revue Archéologique (1933) 195—211.—Greek: Fox 69 (Nisos), 77 (Pterelaos); Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 67 No. 508A*, Keller; N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Dorsey MAFLS VIII 113 No. 31; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 466. |
| D1831.1 | Saint binds devil with one of the hairs of her head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1831.2 | Magic strength resides in beard. *Fb "styrke" III 630a.—Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1831.3 | Magic strength resides in semen. (Cf. T541.10.) Gaster Thespis 327. |
| D1832 | Magic strength by bathing. (Cf. D1242.1.) *MacCulloch Childhood 70ff.—N. A. Indian (Tsimshian, Tlingit, Haida): Boas RBAE XXXI 729. |
| D1833 | Magic strength by touching earth. Greek: Apollodorus I 222 n. 2 (Antaeus). |
| D1834 | Magic strength from helpful animal. Fb "styrke". |
| D1835 | Other means of acquiring magic strength. |
| D1835.1 | Magic strength acquired by looking at necklace. Penzer V 76 n. 1. |
| D1835.2 | Magic strength given horse by combing hair right way and wrong way. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 1 and note 2. |
| D1835.3 | Magic strength by stroking. Icelandic: Sturlaugs saga St. 605, *Boberg. |
| D1835.4 | Magic strength obtained by wearing blue ribbon. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. (Cf. D1078.1.) |
| D1835.5 | Magic strength results from songs. (Cf. D1781.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 277. |
| D1835.6 | Magic strength from demon. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 51. |
| D1836 | Magic waxing and waning of strength. It waxes till noon and wanes thereafter. English: Wells 50 (Le Morte Arthur); Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1836.1 | Ghost's strength waxes and wanes with height of fire. N. A. Indian (Teton): Dorsey Am. Anth. o.s. II (1889) 150. |
| D1836.2 | Strength wanes at particular places. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1836.3 | Magic waxing of strength at night. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1837 | Magic weakness. Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Campbell Tales II 47; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1837.1 | Magic weakness during certain period. |
| D1837.1.1 | Magic weakness for five days each year. (Cf. D1837.3.) Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 73f., *Cross. |
| D1837.2 | Magic weakness never entirely removed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1837.3 | Magic weakness as result of fairy's (goddess's) curse. (Cf. D1837.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1837.4 | Snake becomes powerless when his path is crossed by a pregnant woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1837.5 | Magic weakness from eating sender's food. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1840 | Magic invulnerability. **Otto Berthold Die Unverwundbarkeit in Sage und Aberglauben der Griechen (Giessen, 1911); cf. Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 415.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 312, *Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 150 n. 1; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 5; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 287, 597.—Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 99, 417, Rasmussen II 260, III 105, 250; Teheulche (Patagonian): Alexander Lat. Am. 336; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 93, 233. |
| D1840.1 | Magic invulnerability of saints. (Cf. Q162, V228.) *Toldo IV 84.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1840.1.1 | Magic invulnerability of saint enables him to break poisonous snakes in bare hands. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1840.1.2 | Saint invulnerable to poison. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1840.1.2.1 | Poisoned drink or food made harmless by saint's blessing. *Loomis White Magic 57. |
| D1840.1.3 | St. Cecilia withstands three blows of beheading sword and lives three days after. *Loomis White Magic 116. |
| D1840.2 | Magic invulnerability of animals. *Loomis White Magic 57; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1840.2.1 | Invulnerable cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1840.2.2 | Invulnerable stag. Chinese and Persian: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 182. |
| D1840.3 | Magic invulnerability of ogres. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1841 | Invulnerability from certain things. |
| D1841.1 | Man proof against iron, stone, and wood. Hindu: Tawney I 444; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1841.2 | Man proof against boiling water. Type 534. |
| D1841.2.1 | Saint kept in boiling water for three days shows no signs of discomfort. *Loomis White Magic 33. |
| D1841.2.2 | Bath in boiling oil, pitch, or melted lead does not hurt a saint. *Loomis White Magic 33. |
| D1841.2.2.1 | Saint placed in boiling oil but uninjured. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1841.3 | Burning magically evaded. (Cf. D1656.) Chauvin VI 189 No. 356; Crane Liber de Miraculis 88 No. 15; Günter Christliche Legende 234 s.v. "Feuer"; Cosquin Indiens 439ff.; Toldo Studien VI 298; Alphabet No. 308; *Loomis White Magic 114.—Jewish: *Neuman, Spence 51f., Gaster Rabbis 191 No. 28, 185 No. 28; Irish: *Cross, O'suilleabhain 71, Beal XXI 326; Spanish Exempla: Keller; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 311 n. 120. |
| D1841.3.1 | Magic animal proof against burning. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1841.3.2 | Fire does not injure a saint. |
| D1841.3.2.1 | Fiery furnace as a mean of torture for a saint remains ineffective. *Loomis White Magic 33; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1841.3.2.2 | Saint walks through glowing coals without harm. *Loomis White Magic 33. |
| D1841.3.2.3 | Red hot iron carried with the bare hands without harm to the saint. *Loomis White Magic 34. |
| D1841.3.2.3.1 | Saint carries fire in hand to warm guests. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1841.3.2.4 | Holy maidens carry glowing embers in their chasubles without being burned. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1841.3.3 | Sacred book or manuscript does not burn in fire. *Loomis White Magic 31f. |
| D1841.4 | Man proof against wet. (Cf. D1524.1, D1540, D1551, D2125, D2151.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1841.4.1 | Man proof against wet from rain. *Loomis White Magic 39; Irish: Plummer cxxxvii, *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 198.—Africa (Kaffir): Theal 76. |
| D1841.4.2 | Person proof against wet from snow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1841.4.3 | Walking upon water without wetting the soles or garments. *Loomis White Magic 40. |
| D1841.4.3.1 | The waters of seas, lakes, and streams turn aside and let the holy man walk through untouched by moisture. (Cf. D1551.) *Loomis White Magic 40. |
| D1841.4.3.2 | Stones cast in the ocean keep dry. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1841.4.4 | Rain or snow avoids certain places according to the desire of a saint or monk. *Loomis White Magic 39, 43. |
| D1841.4.5 | Whale husband makes wife's eyes impervious to sea water. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 127. |
| D1841.5 | Invulnerability from weapons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1841.5.1 | Man proof against weapons. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 26, Rink 335. |
| D1841.5.1.1 | Invulnerability from hurled stones. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1841.5.2 | Magic animal proof against weapons. Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 262. |
| D1841.5.3 | Axe will not cut man, however much he strikes himself. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1841.6 | Immunity from drowning. (Cf. F222.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1841.6.1 | Magic animal proof against drowning. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1841.7 | Magic animal proof against hound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1841.8 | Man proof against poison. (Cf. D1840.1.2.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1841.9 | Invulnerability from demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1845 | Invulnerability for limited time. |
| D1845.1 | Invulnerability for single day. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 109 n. 4, 110 n. 1. |
| D1845.2 | Invulnerability only when dressed in certain clothes. (Cf. D1344.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1846 | Attainment of invulnerability. (Cf. D1840.) *Fb "hеrd" I 772b; Icelandic: *Boberg; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 125, 138. |
| D1846.1 | Invulnerability by being burned and anointed with magic ointments. (Cf. D1244.) Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Achilleus" I 24, *Grote I 218. |
| D1846.2 | Invulnerability bestowed by many-headed monster. (Cf. B15.1.2.) Zulu: Callaway. |
| D1846.3 | Magic horse renders rider invulnerable. (Cf. B184.1.11.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1846.4 | Invulnerability through bathing in dragon's blood. *Von Sydow Sigurds Strid med Fеvne 27ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *650A. |
| D1846.4.1 | Attainment of invulnerability through magic bath. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1846.5 | Invulnerability bestowed by saint. (Cf. V220.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1846.5.1 | Invulnerability by invoking saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1846.5.2 | Pious man in city renders it invulnerable. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1846.6 | Man killed and restored as invulnerable. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 503. |
| D1847 | Loss of invulnerability. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1847.1 | Invulnerability lost if man forgets sweetheart. English: Child I 189f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1850 | Immortality. (Cf. D1346.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1850.1 | Immortality useless without eternal youth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1850.2 | Woman changes into an immortal. Chinese: Graham. |
| D1851 | Immortality bestowed. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 44 n. 1 (Hercules). |
| D1851.1 | Immortality by burning. Greek: Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Achilleus" I 24, Frazer Apollodorus II 69 n. 4, I 37 n. (burning and stripping off mortal flesh [Demophon]) *Carl-Martin Edsman Ignis Divinus: Le feu comme moyen de rajeunissement et d'immortalité (Publications of the New Society of Letters No. 34, Lund, 1949). |
| D1851.2 | Immortality gained from bargain with Death. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1851.3 | Immortality bestowed by saint. (Cf. V220.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1851.4 | Immortality bestowed by Christ. (Cf. V211.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1851.5 | Immortality bestowed by deity. Greek: Grote I 174, 284, 287. |
| D1853 | Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 191 n. 3. |
| D1853.1 | Immortality exchanged for death on alternate days. Greek: Grote I 158. |
| D1854 | Giant immortal so long as he touches land of his birth. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 44 n. 1. |
| D1855 | Time of death postponed. (Cf. D1345, D1857.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1855.1 | Witch delays person's death. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 234. |
| D1855.2 | Death postponed if substitute can be found. Greek: Euripides Alcestis, *Grote I 108; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1855.3 | Saint delays person's death. (Cf. V220.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1855.4 | Death can be postponed if man does not break tabu for forty days. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1855.5 | Life prolonged a thousand years by traveling six months each year. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1855.6 | Death postponed for three generations. Greek: *Grote I 202. |
| D1856 | Death evaded. Person enters on the next life without dying. Greek: Fox 53 (Amphiaraos); Hebrew: Genesis 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11; U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1856.1 | Hero (saint) taken to Paradise (Heaven) alive. |
| D1856.1.1 | "The Two Sorrows of the Kingdom of Heaven": Elijah and Enoch pass to otherworld without dying. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1856.2 | Three Nephites are granted quasi-immortal state by Jesus Christ at time of resurrection. (Cf. V294.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1857 | Magic longevity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1857.1 | Old woman has lived for ages. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1857.2 | Two hundred years of unfailing life and happiness offered to warrior by fairy woman in exchange for one day's delay of battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1860 | Magic beautification. BP I 86ff., 99ff., 165ff., 207ff. (Gr. Nos. 11, 13, 21, 24); *Loomis White Magic 80, 82; Cox Cinderella 481 n. 12 (most of references there given).—Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 335; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "beauté"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17; Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 527.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 349 n. 259, (Zuсi): Parsons JAFL XXXI 244 No. 16; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 43 No. 6, (Hottentot): Bleek 76 No. 35.—See also all references to D732 and D733. |
| D1860.0.1 | Magic beautification of fairy. (Cf. D732, F234.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1862 | Magic beauty bestowed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1862.1 | Magic beauty bestowed by supernatural wife. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 44. |
| D1862.2 | Magic beauty bestowed by saint. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1863 | Beautification by stroking (tapping). Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 207. |
| D1864 | Magic beautification through prayer by saint. (Cf. D1766.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1865 | Beautification by death and resuscitation. |
| D1865.1 | Beautification by decapitation and replacement of head. *Type 531.—Italian Novella: Rotunda; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 503. |
| D1865.2 | Beautification by boiling and resuscitation. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 156 n. 2 (Pelops); N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 349 n. 258. |
| D1865.2.1 | Girl becomes more beautiful as she is burned but her brother, who loves her incestuously, turns to charcoal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1865.3 | Face of pious girl becomes angelic at death. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 115. |
| D1866 | Other means of beautification. |
| D1866.1 | Beautification by bathing. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 70 No. 531; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Dixon 216; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 159, 161; Tonga: Gifford 186; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 388. |
| D1866.2 | Beautification by removal of skin. (Cf. D1889.6.) German: Grimm No. 179. |
| D1866.3 | Beautification by fasting. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1867 | Magic beautification of house. Irish myth: *Cross; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 40 No. 5. |
| D1867.1 | Hut becomes mansion. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1868 | Magic beautification of animal. |
| D1868.1 | Broken-down nag becomes magnificent riding horse. Type 314.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1870 | Magic hideousness. (Cf. D1337, D1860, M400.) See references to following motifs: D732, D733, D621.3.—BP I 86ff., 99ff., 165ff., 207ff. (Gr. Nos. 11, 13, 21, 24); *Loomis White Magic 82; Cox Cinderella 481 n. 12. References to BP and to Cox concern motif Q2 (Kind and Unkind) which usually involves magic hideousness. —Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.—S. A. Indian (Carajá): Métraux MAFLS XL 48, (Toba): ibid. 87; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 273. |
| D1871 | Girl magically made hideous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1872 | Man made hideous. |
| D1872.1 | Handsome man magically made ugly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1873 | Object magically made hideous. |
| D1873.1 | Picture magically made hideous. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D1881 | Magic self-rejuvenation. Persian: Carnoy 277. |
| D1882 | Rejuvenation by supernatural person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1882.1 | Rejuvenation by saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1882.2 | Rejuvenation by fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1883 | Eternal youth. (Cf. F167.9, F172.) Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 424, 447. |
| D1884 | Rejuvenation by dismemberment. (Cf. D1885.1.) *Dh II 154; BP III 198 n. 3; Gaster Thespis 266, 300. |
| D1885 | Rejuvenation by boiling. (Cf. D1865.) *Fb "ungdom" III 979ab. —Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rajeunissement"; Greek: Fox 114, Frazer Apollodorus I 121 n. 4. |
| D1885.1 | Rejuvenation by dismemberment and boiling. (Cf. D1884.) Girard de Rialle RTP I 74; *Fb "ungdom" III 979ab; Greek: Grote I 110. |
| D1886 | Rejuvenation by burning. *Type 753; *BP III 198 (Gr. No. 147); *FB "ungdom" III 979; *Dh II 154, 162ff., 288; *Bolte Herrigs Archiv CII 241—266, CIV 355; Köhler-Bolte I 298; *Carl-Martin Edsman Ignis Divinus: Le feu comme moyen de rajeunissement et d'immortalité (Publications of the New Society of Letters No. 34, Lund 1949).—Icelandic: Ritterhaus 338; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "four"; German: Hartung Zs. f. Vksk. VII 89, Piger ibid. X 84; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 121 n. 4; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1886.1 | Rejuvenation by burning and throwing bones into tub of milk. (Cf. D1338.4.) England: Child I 507b. |
| D1887 | Rejuvenation by bathing. Irish myth: *Cross; Hindu: Keith 87, 141. |
| D1889 | Miscellaneous means of rejuvenation. |
| D1889.1 | Rejuvenation by reading in book. (Cf. D1266.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1889.2 | Rejuvenation by looking into mirror. (Cf. D1163.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1889.3 | Rejuvenation by song of pelican. (Cf. D1275.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1889.4 | Rejuvenation by smelling apple. (Cf. D981.1, D1338.3.1.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1889.5 | Rejuvenation by going to other world and having digestive tract removed. Chinese: Hartland Science 178. |
| D1889.6 | Rejuvenation by changing skin. Penzer IX 48 n.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 227; Africa (Congo): Grenfell (Baluba) 814f., (Wachaga): Gutman 120. |
| D1889.7 | Rejuvenation by being reborn. Man in fish form eaten and reborn. (Cf. T511.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1889.8 | Rejuvenation by riding surf. Marquesas: Beckwith Myth 502, Handy 60. |
| D1889.9 | Rejuvenation by drinking from magic horn. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1889.10 | Rejuvenation by conjuring. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 272, 322, III 248, Rink 238. |
| D1889.11 | Rejuvenation by jumping over cliff. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 403. |
| D1890 | Magic aging. (Cf. D1857.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b; *Loomis White Magic 80; Penzer I 137.—Irish: Plummer clxxiv, *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "vieux"; Estonian: Hartland Science 201; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 284 n. 50b. |
| D1891 | Transformation to old man to escape recognition. Icelandic: FSS 27, Boberg; Maori: Dixon 60; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 80. |
| D1895 | Magic aging by bathing. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1896 | Magic aging by contact with earth after otherworld journey. Fb "jord" II 46a; Hartland Science 197ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; England, Wales: Baughman. |
| D1897 | Youngest of the three Magi becomes the senior through power of the Savior. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1900 | Love induced by magic. (Cf. D1355, D1825.1.2.) *Type 580; Kittredge Witchcraft 104ff nn. 1—22 passim; Malory Morte Darthur VIII 1; K. Reuschel "Die Sage vom Liebeszauber Karls des Grossen in dichterischen Behandlungen der Neuzeit" (Philolog. u. volkskundliche Arbeiten K. Vollmöller dargeboten, 1908, pp. 371ff.); Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 243; Crane Miraculis 389ff. No. 34.—India: Thompson-Balys; Penzer II 43; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 77; Cherokee: Mooney RBAE XIX 259 No. 12; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1900.0.1 | Love purified by magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1900.1 | Favor with royalty induced by magic. *Kittredge Witchcraft 108 nn. 32—48 passim; Heptameron No. 1; England: Baughman. |
| D1901 | Witches induce love. *Kittredge Witchcraft 30, 382 nn. 52—54. —England: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1903 | Power of inducing love given by animals. (Cf. B500.) India: Thompson-Balys; Pawnee: Dorsey CI LIX 301 No. 83. |
| D1904 | Love-compelling man sickens of bargain. A man given the power of making all women love him is smothered to death by them. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 277 n. 19a. |
| D1905 | Means of inducing love. (Cf. D1355ff.) |
| D1905.1 | Girl's heart magically removed and fed to man draws her to him. Cherokee: Mooney RBAE XIX 278 No. 30. |
| D1905.2 | Apple divided and eaten as love charm. (Cf. D1355.7.) *Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum". |
| D1905.3 | Love by curse. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1908 | Love lost by magic. |
| D1908.1 | Husband's love magically turns to hatred. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1910 | Magic memory. Penzer I 12 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1910.0.1 | Book written by man with marvelous memory. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1911 | Person remembers all he has ever learned. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1920 | Other permanent magic characteristics. |
| D1921 | Magic carrying power of voice. Irish: Plummer clxxii, *Cross; England, U.S.: Baughman; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1922 | Magic power of hearing. Irish: Plummer clxxi, *Cross. |
| D1923 | Power to hit whatever one aims at. Fb "friskytte" I 373; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 2; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1924 | Magic immunity from fatigue. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1925 | Fecundity magically induced. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1925.1 | Barrenness removed by eating or drinking. *Hartland Paternity I 30ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1925.2 | Barrenness removed by bathing. *Hartland Paternity I 77ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1925.3 | Barrenness removed by prayer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1925.4 | Barrenness removed by saint's blessing. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1926 | Craftsmanship magically bestowed by saint. (Cf. D1713, D1722.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1927 | Appetite magically diminished. (Cf. V221.10.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1931 | Hate induced by magic. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1932 | Druids can pass through trees. (Cf. F694.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1933 | Magic power of lighting empty lamp by breathing on it used for divination. (Cf. D1311.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1935 | Any work touched automatically done. |
| D1936 | Magic fleetness of foot. |
| D1936.1 | Donning skin makes woman fleet. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 156. |
| D1960 | Magic sleep. *Type 410; *BP I 440, III 261; *Fb "sove" III 472b. Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 35(a), Beal XXI 312; Icelandic: Panzer Sigfrid 113ff., Krappe Scandinavian Studies X (1928) 14—25, *Boberg; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 236; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 144; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 428, Rasmussen I 310, 367, II 168, 197. |
| D1960.1 | Seven sleepers. (Rip Van Winkle.) Magic sleep extending over many years. **Huber Die Wanderlegende von den Siebenschläfern; Type 763*; *Chauvin VII 102 No. 376; *Hartland Science 173ff.; *Frazer Pausanias II 121; Alphabet No. 283; *Loomis White Magic 115.—Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 18 No. 163; Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian: cf. Thompson Tales 314 No. 143. |
| D1960.1.1 | Mighty sleeper. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1960.2 | Kyffhäuser. King asleep in mountain (Barbarossa, King Marko, Holger Danske, etc.) will awake one day to succor his people. *BP III 460; *Feilberg Danske Studier (1920) 97ff.; **Weltig Der Sagenkreis des Kyffhäusers (Bremen, 1891); *Wehrhan Die Sage 47ff.; *Hartland Science 170ff.; *Krappe "Die Sage vom König im Berge" (Mitt. d. schles. Gesell. f. Volkskunde XXX (1935) 76—102).—Celtic: MacCulloch Celtic 15, 180; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3595; Armenian: Ananikian 34; Jewish: Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 327; India: Thompson-Balys, Keith 173. |
| D1960.2.1 | King asleep in mountain will awake when his horse's shoes are worn down. Every seven years the horse goes around the castle. He must wear his half-inch silver shoes to thinness of cat's ear before the king awakes. Howey 9. |
| D1960.3 | Sleeping Beauty. Magic sleep for definite period (e.g., a hundred years). *Type 410; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1960.4 | Deathlike sleep. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1961 | Sleepless watcher magically put to sleep. Usually has a magic watchful eye, which remains awake while his many other eyes sleep. (Argus). *Frazer Apollodorus I 109 n. 4; Köhler-Bolte I 101; *Fb "øje" III 1166. |
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