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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 |
|---|---|
| D1810.8.2 | Information received through dream. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1810.8.2.1 | Dream shows where stolen girl is hidden. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1810.8.2.2 | Person dreams of spot where drowned body lies. England: Baughman. |
| D1810.8.2.3 | Murder made known in a dream. Canada: Baughman. |
| D1810.8.2.4 | Dream tells of safety of absent person who has been in danger. Scotland: Baughman. |
| D1810.8.2.5 | Raja told in a dream the stranger he seeks to destroy is his own son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1810.8.3 | Warning in dreams. Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1810.8.3.1 | Warning in dream fulfilled. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1810.8.3.1.1 | Dream warns of illness or injury. The dream is fulfilled. England: *Baughman. |
| D1810.8.3.2 | Dream warns of danger which will happen in near future. Because of advance knowledge, the danger is averted. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1810.8.4 | Solution to problem is discovered in dream. England: Baughman. |
| D1810.9 | Magic knowledge from God. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 297—98 (Odin); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1810.10 | Magic knowledge from goddess. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 296, 299; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1810.11 | Magic knowledge from mythical ancestor. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 297 (Rig), 311. |
| D1810.12 | Magic knowledge from guardian spirits. (See E721.9.) Icelandic: Hrуlfs saga Kraka II, Boberg. |
| D1810.13 | Magic knowledge from the dead. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 46, 298, 299—300, 311, Herrmann Saxo II 98—99. |
| D1811 | Magic wisdom. (Cf. D1300.) |
| D1811.0.1 | Seventy-two kinds of wisdom mastered by Adam. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1811.1 | Magic wisdom from eating or drinking. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1811.1.1 | Thumb of knowledge. Man cooks magic animal and burns thumb. When he puts thumb in mouth he has magic knowledge. (Cf. D1810.3.) **Scott Thumb; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1811.1.1.1 | Thumb of knowledge from catching thumb in door of fairy. (Cf. F211.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1811.1.2 | Magic wisdom from drinking of well. (Cf. D1242.1, D1300.3, V134.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1811.2 | Magic wisdom received from supernatural being. Dickson 120 nn. 61—63. |
| D1811.2.1 | Divine inspiration for writing sacred books. Moreno Esdras. |
| 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. |
| D1812.0.1 | Foreknowledge of hour of death. Irish myth: *Cross; England: *Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mort"; Greek: Aeschylus Agamemnon line 1260; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.0.1.1 | Cheek bitten as warning of approaching death. (Cf. D1812.5.1.16.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.0.1.2 | Foreknowledge of means of death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.0.2 | Saints have foreknowledge of coming of guests. Irish: Plummer clxx, *Cross. |
| D1812.0.2.1 | Foreknowledge of unwished guests. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1812.0.2.2 | Hero has foreknowledge of coming of guests. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.0.2.3 | Fakir has foreknowledge of coming of guests. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.0.3 | Foreknowledge of wounding in battle (combat). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.0.4 | Foreknowledge of unhappiness of son or sons. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1812.0.5 | Magic knowledge of what is to happen to himself after death. (Cf. G283.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.1 | Power of prophecy a gift. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 313 n. 3. |
| D1812.1.1 | Power of prophecy from fairy. (Cf. D1723.) Hartland Science 203. |
| D1812.1.2 | Power of prophecy from God. (Cf. D1726.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.2 | Power of prophecy induced. |
| D1812.2.1 | Power of prophecy induced by crawling backward around grave. (Cf. D1791.) *Fb "grav" I 478. |
| D1812.2.2 | Power of prophecy induced by conjuring. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.2.3 | Power of prophecy from accidental drinking of water from magic fountain. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.2.4 | Dying man's power of prophecy. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1812.3 | Means of learning future. (Cf. D1810.8, D1976.2.) |
| D1812.3.1 | Future learned by sitting on hide. Kittredge Witchcraft 47, *399 nn. 181—186; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.2 | Fortune told by cutting sand. Africa (Vai): Ellis 214 No. 29. |
| D1812.3.3 | Future revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.5.1.2, D1813.1.) *Type 725; *BP I 324; *Fb "sove" III 472b; *Hartland FLJ IV 321; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 182, 183, 287, 328, 466, 826—830; *Gaster Exempla Nos. 215, 216, 218, 219, 242; Loomis White Magic; Alphabet Nos. 266, 305; Child V 477 s.v. "dreams"; *Encyc. Religion and Ethics s.v. "Dreams and sleep"; Loomis White Magic 17f.; Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 334, 347.—Irish myth: *Cross; Norse: Sofus Larsen Antik og Nordisk Drømmetro (Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed 1917, 37ff.), G. D. Kelchner Dreams in Old Norse Literature and Their Affinities in Folklore (Cambridge, England, 1935); Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 311—12, *Boberg; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 46 n. 1 (Hecuba); Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 276, Graham.—S. A. Indian (Cherentes): Alexander Lat. Am. 308; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 134; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 67, 249, (Fjort): Dennett 39 No. 5, (Kaffir): Theal 128, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 17, (Zulu): Callaway 146, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 124. |
| D1812.3.3.0.1 | Druid interprets prophetic dream. (Cf. D1711.4, D1812.3.3.5.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.0.2 | Poets interpret dreams. (Cf. P427.7.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.0.3 | Dream interpreter corrects dream. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1812.3.3.1 | Truest dreams at daybreak. *Penzer VIII 99f. |
| D1812.3.3.2 | Fortune-telling dream induced by sleeping in extraordinary place (position). *Fb "sove" III 472b, 473a. |
| D1812.3.3.3 | Prophetic dream induced by incantation. (Cf. D1799.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.4 | Prophetic dream loses force after a year. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.5 | Prophetic dream allegorical. (Cf. D1812.3.3.0.1., V515.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.5.1 | Allegorical dream: ripe and unripe ears, fat and lean kine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.3.3.6 | Prophetic dream induced by eating meat of bull. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.7 | Eve in vision sees Cain drink Abel's blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.8 | Dream by a (pregnant) woman about fate of her unborn child. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1812.3.3.9 | Future husband (wife) revealed in dream. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.3.3.10 | Dream interpreted by opposites. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.3.3.11 | Death of another revealed in dream. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1812.4 | Future revealed by presentiment: "knowledge within". Irish myth: Cross; England, U.S.: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 88; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 68, 227, (Zulu): Callaway 194. |
| D1812.4.1 | Woman cries out on beholding man her unborn child is destined to slay. (Cf. T575.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5 | Future learned through omens. *Fb "varsel"; *Kittredge Witchcraft 398 n. 170; Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 110, Beal XXI 334; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys, Cowell Jataka index s.v. "Omens". |
| D1812.5.0.1 | Omens from sneezing. *Kittredge Witchcraft 44, 398 n. 170; *Pease Classical Philology VI (1911) 429ff; *Tylor Primitive Culture (First Am. ed.) I 97ff.; Knowlson Popular Superstitions (1910) 175ff.; Schweizer Volkskunde (1912) 20f.; Encyc. Rel. Ethics IX 398f.; Penzer III 303ff.; Gessler Bull. bib. et péd. du Musée belge XXX (1926) 193ff.; Saintyves L'Eternuement et le Baillement (Paris, 1921) 148; *Fb "nyse" II 704; Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "niesen" VI 1076ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.0.2 | Omens from flight of birds. *Kittredge Witchcraft 44, 398 n. 170; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.0.3 | Behavior of fire as omen. *Fb "ild" II 13a.; Virgil Aeneid II 680, V 525, VII 74; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.0.4 | Rising smoke as omen. N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 224. |
| D1812.5.0.4.1 | Divination from rising smoke. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.5 | Haruspices: divination by condition of animal's liver. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1494; *Frazer Pausanias IV 5. |
| D1812.5.0.6 | Divination by throwing objects into water. If they swim the omen is bad; if not, good. *Frazer Pausanias III 388. |
| D1812.5.0.7 | Divination from first person (thing) met. *Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Erstes"; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1812.5.0.7.1 | First to partake of certain feast will be first to disobey the king (etc.). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.7.2 | Saint declares that first man to come to certain place shall be his successor. Young cleric comes and is chosen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.7.3 | Prognostications from day of week on which first day of year falls. (Cf. D1812.5.0.16.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.8 | Divination from animal fight. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.8.1 | Auguries from movement of animal. (Cf. B563.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.9 | Divination from howling of dog. (Cf. D1812.5.1.12.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.10 | Divination from clouds. (Cf. D1812.5.1.11.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.11 | Divination from sound of voice. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.12 | Divination from sound of chariot wheels. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.13 | Magic manifestation as omen. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1812.5.0.14 | Stone changes from red to green as auspicious sign. (Cf. D1293.1, D1293.2, D1317.12.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.15 | Weather signs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.15.1 | Divination from wind. Icelandic: Egils saga einhenda, ed. Lagerholm 47. |
| D1812.5.0.16 | Prognostications for year from winds blowing on January 1. (Cf. D1812.5.0.7.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.0.17 | Divination by choice of roads: which son to be born first. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.1 | Bad omens. *Penzer III 46, 86, X 251 s.v. "Omen, evil."; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.1.1 | Prodigy as evil omen. *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XX 69; *Penzer II 39 n. 2.—Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 185 n. 1, 232 n. 2. |
| D1812.5.1.1.1 | Tears of blood as evil omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.1.2 | Two drops of blood in book mean that two have been killed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1812.5.1.1.3 | Blood (in dream) as omen of killing. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1812.5.1.1.4 | Wave of blood as sign of death. (Cf. D1003, E761.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.1.5 | Drops of blood presage slaughter. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.1.6 | Washers at the ford. Appearance of female figure washing bloody armor, chariot cushions, or human limb (at ford) as sign of coming disaster in battle. (Cf. A485.1, E761.1, M301.6.1, Z129.2.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.2 | Bad dream as evil omen. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1813.1.) Dickson 74, 225.—Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 9 (King Horn), 31 (Geoffrey's life of Arthur), 33 (Layamon's Brut), 48 (Lancelot of the Laik), 89 (The Sege of Melayne), 92 (The Song of Roland), 122 (The King of Tars); Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 233, *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.1.2.1 | Vision as evil omen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.3 | Breaking mirror as evil omen. *Fb "spejl" III 481b; *Kittredge Witchcraft 93, 423 n. 124. |
| D1812.5.1.4 | Eclipse as evil omen. (Cf. F961.1, F965.2.) Penzer II 82.—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1812.5.1.5 | Moon furnishes omen. |
| D1812.5.1.5.1 | New moon with old moon in her arm a sign of storm. Child II 20ff. |
| D1812.5.1.5.2 | Red or pale moon an evil omen. Chinese: Werner 176. |
| D1812.5.1.6 | Stars furnish omens. |
| D1812.5.1.6.1 | Sirius as bad omen. Greek: Homer Iliad XXII 30. |
| D1812.5.1.7 | Meeting certain persons (animals) a bad omen. *Kittredge Witchcraft 44f., 398 nn. 169—173. |
| D1812.5.1.7.1 | Bad omen: greeting one before dawn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.1.8 | Bad omen for two bridal processions to meet. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 91. |
| D1812.5.1.9 | Sight of mermaid bad omen. Child V 488 s.v. "mermaid". |
| D1812.5.1.10 | Sight of phantom ship a bad omen. Fb "skib". |
| D1812.5.1.11 | Red (gray, etc.). clouds as evil omens. (Cf. D1812.5.0.10.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.12 | Animal behavior as bad omen. |
| D1812.5.1.12.1 | Howling of dog as bad omen. (Cf. D1812.5.0.9.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.12.2 | Bird calls as evil omen. Korean: Zong in-Sob 210. |
| D1812.5.1.12.3 | Spider dropping on person's back as ill omen. Samoa: Clark 117. |
| D1812.5.1.12.4 | Mice gnawing garments as bad omen. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 410. |
| D1812.5.1.13 | Fairy music as evil omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.14 | Holy man's fall from horse a bad omen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.15 | Hailstorm as bad omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.16 | Dry river bed as bad omen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.16.1 | Dry river bed as omen of approaching death. (Cf. D1812.0.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.17 | Spectre as evil omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.1.6.) Irish myth: *Cross; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 678f. |
| D1812.5.1.17.1 | Spirit host fighting in air as evil omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.17.2 | Clashing shields in heavens as evil omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.17.3 | Roaring of shields as evil omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.18 | Snow on house omen of approaching death. (Cf. D1812.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.19 | Plague as bad omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.20 | Withering of tree as bad omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.21 | Forgetting leashes of hounds as bad omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.22 | Bad omen: seeing unusual sight on road home. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.1.23 | Man killed by accident when ship is pushed into the sea taken as an evil omen. Icelandic: Ragnars saga ch. 10 (9), Boberg. |
| D1812.5.1.24 | Roaring of waves augurs danger to king. (Cf. D911.1, D1812.5.2.7.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.25 | Falling of shields as evil omen. (Cf. D1101.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.26 | Falling of book satchels as evil omen. (Cf. D1266, D1641.11.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.27 | Croaking of raven as bad omen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.27.1 | Hooting of owl a bad omen. Virgil Aeneid IV 464; *Fb "ugle" IV 963. |
| D1812.5.1.28 | Stirrup leather breaking as bad omen. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.1.29 | Evil omen: scavenger carrying headload of wood. India: Thompson-Balys |
| D1812.5.1.30 | Place of bad omen. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1812.5.1.31 | Stumping toe a bad omen. Samoa: Clark 116. |
| D1812.5.2 | Favorable omens. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys, *Penzer I 116, IV 122 n. 1, 171 n. 1. |
| D1812.5.2.1 | Throbbing of right eye as favorable omen. Penzer V 200 n. 3. |
| D1812.5.2.2 | Meeting certain person (animal) a good omen. *Kittredge Witchcraft 45, 398 n. 172. |
| D1812.5.2.2.1 | Good omen: meeting old woman with pot of newly drawn water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.2.3 | Hearing thunder on setting forth a good omen. *Kittredge Witchcraft 45, 398 n. 172; *Frazer Pausanias III 417 (lightning on the right). |
| D1812.5.2.4 | Bird of prey catching quarry a good omen. *Kittredge Witchcraft 45, 398 n. 173. |
| D1812.5.2.5 | Hearing bird cry a good omen. |
| D1812.5.2.5.1 | Hearing cuckoo call a good omen. Alphabet No. 727. |
| D1812.5.2.5.2 | Hearing heron's cry a good omen. Greek: Homer Iliad X 275. |
| D1812.5.2.6 | Shooting star as good omen. (Cf. D1761.1.1.) *BP III 234. |
| D1812.5.2.7 | Roaring wave augurs luck. (Cf. D911.1, D1812.5.1.24, F931.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.2.8 | Omen at laying foundation of building. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.2.9 | King who finds golden bow and arrow (spindle) knows an heir will be born to him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.2.10 | Black dog as good omen. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 121. |
| D1812.5.2.11 | Spider dropping on one's front a good omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.12.3.) Samoa: Clark 117. |
| D1812.6 | Power of prophecy lost. (Cf. D1741.) |
| D1812.6.1 | Power of prophecy lost by spitting. When possessor of power on request spits into mouth of man who has taught him, he loses the power. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 313 n. 3. |
| D1813 | Magic knowledge of events in distant place. Irish: Plummer clxx, *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1813.0.1 | Bear knows if person looks at his track. N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin 2. |
| D1813.0.2 | Fairy has knowledge of how mortals fare. (Cf. D1810.0.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1813.0.3 | Father feels that son is in danger. (Cf. D1812.0.4, D1812.5.1.1.4.) Icelandic: Hrуlfs saga Kraka ch. 14, Boberg. |
| D1813.0.3.1 | Father knows of son's death from far away. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1813.1 | Dream shows events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.) India: Thompson-Balys; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1813.1.1 | Dream warns emperor of wife's unfaithfulness. English: Wells 138 (The Earl of Toulous); Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1813.1.2 | Dream warns king of error in judgment. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1813.1.3 | Dream warns king of danger to kingdom. Africa (Temne): Schlenker 87ff. No. 7. |
| D1813.1.4 | Dream reveals death of brother. (Cf. D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1813.1.5 | Dream reveals to girl death of her lover. Heptameron No. 13. |
| D1813.1.6 | Dream shows others in danger. Icelandic: FSS 247, 258, *Boberg; Papua: Ker 127. |
| D1813.2 | Pursuit revealed by magic. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Hrolfs saga Kraka ch. 2, Boberg. |
| D1813.3 | "Knowledge tooth" reveals events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1813.4 | Fugitives' way revealed by magic. Icelandic: Hrуlfs saga Kraka ch. 1; Egils saga einhenda ch. IX 8 p. 44, *Boberg. |
| D1814 | Magic advice. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1814.1 | Advice from magician (fortune-teller, etc.). (Cf. D1711, D1810.0.2, D1817.) Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 39 (Nennius Historia Britonum); Greek: Grote I 249. |
| D1814.1.1 | Wizard shows man likeness of cock which will win fight. England: Baughman. |
| D1814.2 | Advice from dream. (Cf. D1810.8.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1814.3 | Advice from God (or gods). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1815 | Magic knowledge of strange tongues. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child III 418—422; Ward II 676 No. 68; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1815.0.1 | Gift of tongues received from ghosts. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 99. |
| D1815.1 | Knowledge of ghost language. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 99. |
| D1815.2 | Magic knowledge of language of animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1815.3 | Magic knowledge of demon language. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1815.4 | Magic knowledge of tree language. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1815.5 | Magic knowledge of vegetable language. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1815.6 | Magic knowledge of language of valleys. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1816 | Magic discovery of desired place. (Cf. D1314.) |
| D1816.1 | Location of fountain revealed in dream. (Cf. D925, D925.1, D1731.) Irish: Plummer cl, Cross. |
| D1816.2 | Lost object discovered by magic. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1816.2.1 | Lost object found by throwing spade at ghost. Where spade sticks one will find the lost object. *Fb "gjenganger" I 443b. |
| D1816.3 | Location of fort determined by reading in book. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1816.4 | Location of buried object (body) magically revealed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1816.4.1 | Location of corpse of drowned person detected by magic. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1816.5 | Druid divines whereabouts of missing person. (Cf. D1711.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1816.5.1 | Druid by magic discovers whereabouts of abducted wife. (Cf. F322.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1816.6 | Magic discovery of place for (church) building. Icelandic: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 156ff., (1931) 115ff. |
| D1817 | Magic detection of crime. (Cf. D1318.) |
| D1817.0.1 | Magic detection of theft. *Kittredge Witchcraft 190ff., 505 nn. 28, 29—53; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1817.0.1.1 | Witch (wizard) reveals name of thief. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.2 | Wizard tells location of stolen property. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.3 | Wizard compels thief to return stolen property. England: *Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.3.1 | Wizard compels thief to deliver stolen property in person to the owner. England: *Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.4 | Wizard shows form or shadow or picture of thief. (Cf. D1323.1, D1821.3.7.1.) England: *Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.5 | Wizard detects thieves by placing leaf from Bible under doorstep. The guilty ones stumble over doorstep. England: Baughman. |
| D1817.0.1.6 | Wizard detects thief by trance. England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1817.0.2 | Magic detection of poison. (Cf. D1317.0.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1817.0.3 | Magic detection of murder. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1817.0.4 | Magic detection of conspiracy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1817.0.5 | Magic detection of sin. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1817.1 | Druids magically detect crime. Irish: Plummer clx, *Cross. |
| D1817.2 | Saints magically detect crime. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1817.2.1 | Dream reveals sin to saint. (Cf. D1810.8.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1817.2.2 | Saint magically compels thief to return goods. *Loomis White Magic 85. |
| D1817.3 | Detection of crime through "knowledge tooth". (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1818 | Magic remedy learned by magic. (Cf. D1500.) Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 137. |
| D1819 | Magic knowledge—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1819.1 | Magic knowledge of another's thoughts. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1819.1.1 | Chief reads visitor's thoughts. California Indian: Gayton and Newman 101. |
| D1819.2 | Deception revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1819.3 | Magic knowledge enables man to identify headless body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1819.4 | Learning to read by magic. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1819.4.1 | Man enabled to read baptismal service by washing in holy water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1819.4.2 | Alphabet written on cake learned by eating it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1819.5 | Identity of grave revealed by magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1819.6 | Identity of singers revealed by magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1819.7 | Man is able to tell king dream which king himself does not remember. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1819.8 | Magic knowledge of unborn calf. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1820 | Magic sight and hearing. (Cf. D1331.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 185ff.; 503ff.—Irish: Plummer clxxi; England, U.S.: Baughman; Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 102. |
| D1820.1 | Magic sight of saints. (Cf. D1810.0.3, V220.) *Toldo Studien I 347.—Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 109, 128, Beal XXI 334, 337. |
| D1820.1.1 | Magic sight of blind holy man. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1820.2 | Saint gives king power of long distance sight. *Loomis White Magic 73. |
| D1820.3 | Saint blesses brothers' eyes so that they see heaven. *Loomis White Magic 73. |
| D1821 | Means of acquiring magic sight. |
| D1821.1 | Magic sight by treading on another's foot. *BP II 319, 518; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 204; Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 243; *Fb "se" III 175a.—Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 255, 283; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 297 No. 1, 298 No. 7, 302 No. 27, 309 No. 10. |
| D1821.2 | Magic sight from thumb of knowledge. Man cooks magic animal and burns thumb. When he puts thumb into mouth he has magic sight. (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) **Scott Thumb.—Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 253. |
| D1821.3 | Magic sight by looking in certain place. *Fb "se" III 174. |
| D1821.3.1 | Magic sight by looking under arm. Jakob Grimm Kleinere Schriften VII 3; *Fb "øje" III 1168b, "se" III 174.—Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Child III 411, V 299b. |
| D1821.3.2 | Magic sight by looking over right shoulder. *BP II 319, 518. |
| D1821.3.3 | Magic sight by looking under one's legs. *Fb "se" III 174; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1821.3.4 | Magic sight by looking between dog's ears. *Fb "se" III 174. |
| D1821.3.5 | Magic sight by looking through ring. (Cf. D1076.) Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child III 412. |
| D1821.3.5.1 | One becomes ghost-seer after looking through hole in coffin. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| D1821.3.6 | Magic sight by looking through keyhole. Fb "kirkedør" II 127. |
| D1821.3.7 | Magic sight by looking at shining object. |
| D1821.3.7.1 | Magic sight by looking into glass of water. Fb "vand" III 1001a; Kittredge Witchcraft 185ff., 504, 508 nn. 6, 47.—Chinese: Graham. |
| D1821.3.7.2 | Magic sight by looking at polished fingernail. *Kittredge Witchcraft 185ff., 503ff. nn. 1, 5. |
| D1821.3.7.3 | Crystal-gazing. Clairvoyance by looking into crystal. Kittredge Witchcraft 185ff., 503ff. nn. *1—3, 10—24, 35, 47.—England, U.S.: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1821.3.7.4 | Magic sight by looking at polished sword-blade. Kittredge Witchcraft 185ff., 504, 508 nn. 6, 7, 47. |
| D1821.3.8 | Magic sight by looking at shoulder-bone of sheep. *Kittredge Witchcraft 186, 504 n. 6. |
| D1821.3.9 | Magic sight by looking in the hollow of one's hand. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1821.3.10 | Magic sight by looking through feather. India: Thompson-Balys. |
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