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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
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| F401.7 | Fire-breathing spirit. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F497 | Fire-spirits. Dutch: *Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 64ff Nos. 191—220; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 111, III 64, 88, 176—178. |
| F932.11 | Firelike waters of river used by strange beings to cook flesh. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 171. |
| F1041.1.2.2.2 | First woman in Ireland to die of grief for the death of her husband. (Cf. A1335, A1611.5.4.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.2 | Fish disappear from sea. Punishment for woman's having washed a child with a fish. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 90; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 90. |
| F911.4.1 | Fish swallows ship. Hindu: Tawney II 599. |
| F811.5.3 | Fish-producing tree. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 520; S. A. Indian (Chaco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 369. |
| F1088.3.2 | Fisherman dragged through sea by seal escapes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.6 | Fishing under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F818.2 | Five demons keepers of marvelous garden and palace. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F76.1 | Five hundred years to journey from earth to heaven. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.1.2.2.3 | Five-headed giant. Irish myth: Cross; English: Child II 59. |
| F1061 | Flame as miraculous index. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1061.4 | Flame indicates place where innocent person was murdered. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1061.1 | Flame indicates presence of beautiful woman. (Cf. F1041.8.1. and cross references.) Malay, Indonesian: Dixon 222 n. 26. |
| F541.1 | Flashing eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F954.4.1 | Flea (magic) enters princess' throat and helps hero make her speak. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1021.1 | Flight on artificial wings. *Type 575; *BP II 131; Penzer IX 149; Köhler-Bolte I 120; *Chauvin V 231 No. 130; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 139 n. 2 (Daedalus); India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Ferguson 35. |
| F1021.2.2 | Flight so high that eyelids drop from cold. (Cf. B552.1.) Gaster Exempla 186 No. 5. |
| F1021.2.1 | Flight so high that sun melts glue of artificial wings. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 139 n. 2 (Icarus). |
| F804 | Floating rock (stone). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F451.4.3.5 | Floors in dwarf home are covered with pine twigs. German: Eckart 22. |
| F165.3.3 | Floors of silver in otherworld dwelling. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F979.10 | Flower from otherworld (Land of Promise) miraculously appears to persons (saints). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F814.3 | Flower only to be found at midnight. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F814.5 | Flower visible only to blind man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F447 | Flower-spirits. Japanese: Anesaki 342ff. |
| F814.6 | Flowers (lotus) of gold float on a river of milk. (Cf. F715.2.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F971.5 | Flowers bloom in winter. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 686; Alphabet No. 475; *Pease Cicero De Divinatione 217 (U. of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature); Stier in Pauly-Wissowa XV (1932) 2026; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 102, MacCulloch Eddic 320; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F979.9 | Flowers pressed yield wine. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F971.6 | Flowers spring up when saint strikes ground. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 675. |
| F162.2.9 | Flowing stream forms arc over otherworld isle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F861.2.1 | Flying carts. Have winged framework. Chinese: Werner 391. |
| F738 | Flying island. Floats in sky. (Cf. F755.3.) Hawaii: Fornander Collection IV 518, V 678, VI 253. Cf. Gulliver's Travels, third voyage. |
| F755.3 | Flying mountain. (Cf. F738.) Hindu: Penzer VI 3 n. 1. |
| F772.2.6 | Flying tower. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F660.2.1 | Follower of a saint is miraculously made a famous preacher. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1091 | Food does not spoil saint's clothing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F406.2 | Food left out for spirits at night. *Fb "offre" II 735a. |
| F811.5.1 | Food-dropping trees. *Loomis White Magic 87; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.5 | Food-producing trees. |
| F183 | Foods in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F167.7 | Footless people in otherworld. Siuts 218. |
| F531.5.11.2 | Footrace between giant and mortal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1037.1 | Footstool thrown from heaven. *Type 800; *BP I 342; *Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Schneider im Himmel". |
| F932.9 | Ford across impassable river created by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F812.3 | Forest of Dangers (Wonders). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F812.1 | Forest of straight and tall trees. Each tree straight as an arrow and higher than earthly man ever saw. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83. |
| F441.4.3 | Forest spirits brighter than moon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F979.8 | Forest springs up from twig (twigs). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F812.5 | Forest where unseen sword cuts off heads of those trying to escape. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F441.4.4 | Forest-spirits with wings and with backward-pointing fingers and toes. (Cf. F401.9, F451.2.2.1.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 14, 46. |
| F144.1 | Forked glen full of toads, lions on way to otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F420.1 | Form and appearance of water-spirits. See F420.5.2.7. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 280—81. |
| F403.2.2 | Form of familiar spirit. |
| F441.4 | Form of wood-spirit. |
| F282.2 | Formulas for fairies' travel through air. England: Baughman. |
| F163.5 | Fortress in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F163.5.1 | Fortress of metal (gold, silver, etc.) in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F716.1 | Fountain gives water on Wednesdays and Fridays. Milk on Sunday and wine on feast-days. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 66; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F716.1.1 | Fountain has taste of wine. (Cf. F718.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F716.3 | Fountain hot or cold as desired. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F716.4 | Fountain jet which remains immovable. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (F933.3). |
| F162.8.1 | Fountain of any temperature desired in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F425 | Fountain spirit. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 53 No. 443; Japanese: Anesaki 267. |
| F162.8.2 | Fountains in otherworld—one or more streams flow into each, one or more out. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F982.2 | Four cats carry coffin. Type 326; Fb "ligkiste" II 422b. |
| F165.7.1 | Four columns around fire in otherworld castle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F111.0.1 | Four earthly paradises. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F51.0.2 | Four sky-ropes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F517.1.2.1 | Four-footed man. Sikes FL XX 421.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.2.3 | Four-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F169.1.3 | Four-sided silver column on otherworld island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.22.1 | Fowls eat gold and silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.4.11.2 | Foxes as giant's lice. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 150. |
| F451.6.10 | Frau Holle lives with dwarfs. (Cf. F475.1.) German: Pröhle Harz. No. 230. |
| F451.9.1.13 | Frederick the Great drove dwarfs across Black Sea. German: Sieber 61. |
| F711.4 | Fresh water in sea. |
| F470.0.1 | Friar Rush as mischief maker. *Kittredge Witchcraft 216, 524 nn. 27—31. |
| F475 | Friendly night-spirits. |
| F577.1 | Friends identical in appearance. Irish myth: Cross; Cape Verde Islands. Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 212 No. 73. |
| F911.3.4 | Frog eats a rat, a baker, a man, and a horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.23 | Frog pierces hardest metals and marbles. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F989.24 | Frogs cast themselves into oven-flames and devour bread. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F531.1.9 | Frost-giants. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 580, MacCulloch Eddic 278f., 324, Boberg. |
| F971.5.1 | Fruit produced out of season at saint's request. Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F733 | Fruitful island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F971.4 | Fruitless tree bears fruit. Done at saint's request. *Dh II 9; Alphabet No. 290; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross. |
| F813.0.4 | Fruits always sweet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F813.0.1 | Fruits containing jewels. Penzer VI 166, 232, 236ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F1084 | Furious battle. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F166 | Furniture and objects in the otherworld. Siuts 83. |
| F1041.16.6.7 | Fury enables wounded soldiers to continue fighting. Die at end of battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.6.1 | Fury in battle causes stream of blood to rise from warrior's head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.16.6.2 | Fury in battle causes warrior to increase in size. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F832.1.1 | Gae bulga. Barbed lance which cannot be withdrawn. (Cf. A1459.1.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F959.3.2 | Gaping wound closed with slab of wood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F975.1 | Garden becomes wilderness because of owner's wickedness. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F975 | Garden becomes wilderness. |
| F219.2 | Garden in fairyland. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F162.1 | Garden in otherworld. Patch Other World 377 s.v. "garden"; *Siuts 68ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.3 | Gargantuan feats. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1034.3.3 | Garment hidden in hole cut in thigh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F821.10 | Garments emitting aromatic perfume. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F821.9 | Garments grow with man wearing them. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F776.1 | Gate as high as heavens and huge as a mountain. Malone PMLA XLIII 403. |
| F1009.2 | Gate swallows axes trying to force it open. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F59.3 | Gate to upper world. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F531.0.3 | Generation of men at the Deluge gigantic. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F400.1 | Geniti (geilti) glinne, bánánaig, bocánaig, and other supernatural beings associated with confusion or strife. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F381 | Getting rid of fairies. |
| F451.5.4.1 | Ghost conceals herself with dwarfs. Tobler 66. |
| F531.6.14 | Ghost of giant. Broderius § 17; *Höttges FFC CXXII 133; Westphalia: Zaunert Westfälische 5; Ditmarsch: Zs. f. Vksk. VIII 210; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 41, 206, 357. |
| F471.1.4 | Ghost of hunter as nightmare. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3686. |
| F531.1.8.8 | Giant (giantess) as sea-mammal. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.3.13 | Giant (giantess) carries prodigious burden. Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga Br. 577, Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.11 | Giant (giantess) with hump. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.4.2 | Giant (giantess) with lips hanging down on the breast. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.3.1 | Giant (giantess) with particularly long hair. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.3.13.2 | Giant allows others to cling to him while he swims with them safely across the rivers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.6.6.5 | Giant and his wife build Roman road in a trice. Giant paves; wife brings stones. England: Baughman. |
| F531.0.2 | Giant as Creator's servant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.1.8.7 | Giant as eagle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.3 | Giant as eagle. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 179, 276, 279, Herrmann Saxo II 599, Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.2 | Giant as serpent. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279f., Boberg. |
| F531.5.10 | Giant as servant to man. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.10.1 | Giant as smith. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 282, *Boberg. |
| F531.1.8.1 | Giant as wolf. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279f., Boberg. |
| F531.3.3 | Giant astride a church-roof. Rides it like a horse. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 61**. |
| F531.3.5.1 | Giant bestrides mountain. Chinese: Graham. |
| F531.3.1.4 | Giant blows to prevent approach of ship. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.12 | Giant bride's equipment. Icelandic: Thrymskvida, MacCulloch Eddic 79, *Boberg. |
| F531.6.6.2 | Giant builds hill for his home. England: Baughman. |
| F531.2.8 | Giant can find only one horse able to carry him. Dickson 173 n. 33; Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 380f., Boberg. |
| F612.3.1 | Giant cane for strong man. Cane holds fifty cattle. *Type 650; *Cosquin Contes indiens 482ff.; *Fb "jærn" IV 249a; French: Cosquin Lorraine No. 52; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bâton"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXX 86; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 436. |
| F783.1 | Giant carpet. Sixty miles square. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas III 37. |
| F531.5.1.1 | Giant carries man in his pocket (glove, bosom). (Cf. F531.5.3.) German: Grimm No. 193; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "géant"; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 358 n. 287 I, (Ojibwa): Jones-Michelson PAES VII (2) 171ff. |
| F531.5.1.1.1 | Giant carries man in sack. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 39. |
| F531.5.1.1.3 | Giant carries man on brim of his hat. German: Grimm No. 193. |
| F531.5.1.1.2 | Giant carries man on his back. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 245. |
| F531.5.1.1.4 | Giant carries man under his belt. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.3.13.1 | Giant carries prodigious hunting-prey (whales, bear). Danish: Grundtvig DgF No. 18; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 223, *Boberg. |
| F167.1.4.1 | Giant clams in otherworld. Tonga: Gifford 169. |
| F531.3.7 | Giant comes to bake too soon; spills dough. Giant who has common oven with another thinks he hears companion in next valley scraping the kneading trough. He bakes his dough but finds he is too early and that he has only heard himself scratching. He spills the dough: hence fruitful soil. (Cf. F451.7.2, F455.3.5.) Broderius § 15; *Höttges FFC CXXII 124. Westphalia: Grässe I 835, Zaunert Westfälische 6. |
| F531.6.12.1.2 | Giant cursed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.5.7.0.2 | Giant demands girl, but is killed in duel about her. (Cf. F610.3.4.2.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.12.6.1 | Giant destroyed by army. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.6.3 | Giant digs trench for course of Severn River. England: Baughman. |
| F531.6.12.1.1 | Giant disappears in mist. (Cf. F531.6.5.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.8.8 | Giant does not grow until another giant causes him to do so. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 8. |
| F531.3.4.2 | Giant drinks up a river (lake, sea). German: Grimm No. 134; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.5.10.1 | Giant driven by girl. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.12.8.2 | Giant drowned in Deluge. (Cf. A1010.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.12.8 | Giant drowned. |
| F531.3.4 | Giant eats (drinks) prodigious amount. Broderius § 23.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 86, 89, 171, 275, *Boberg; Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag II 28, XIII 23; Swedish: Sydow Jättarna; Westphalia: Kuhn No. 129; Swiss: Henne-Am Rhyn 2 No. 596; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) No. 217; Gaster Thespis 329; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.4.1 | Giant eats a thousand cattle. Type 701*. |
| F531.3.4.3 | Giant eats whales as small fry. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 449, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 638, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 196, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 66. |
| F531.6.13.2 | Giant enchanted in car. Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga Br. 574, Boberg. |
| F531.2.1.4 | Giant extends across whole island. Head against stone in west and feet against another in east. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 150, *Cross. |
| F531.2.1.1 | Giant fifteen feet tall with three feet between the eyes. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.3.12.2 | Giant fishes whales. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 233, MacCulloch Eddic 277, Snorra Edda Skalksk XLVI, Boberg; Maori: Clark 51. |
| F531.1.3.5 | Giant fleet of foot despite size. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.17.2.1 | Giant flies over water like bird. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.5.1 | Giant friendly to man. Broderius § 24.—Irish myth: *Cross; U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 148, *Boberg; Norse: Feilberg Jul II 56; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 40. 172, 183, 186, 199, 200, 220. |
| F531.2.2.1 | Giant girl's face is an elbow length wide. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4.5.5 | Giant has enormous spear. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.4.8 | Giant has stone as boat. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4.5.3 | Giant has stone club. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 282, Snorra Edda Skaldsk. XVII, Boberg. |
| F531.4.5.4 | Giant has stone shield. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.6.5.3 | Giant has wound-healing balm. Dickson 187 nn. 61—62; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 230, *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F531.6.17.5 | Giant herdsman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.3.1.2.1 | Giant holds back water of river with his foot. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.2.4 | Giant hurls mountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.4.3 | Giant immortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.1.8.6 | Giant in a gam's shape. Icelandic: Hjálmtèrs saga ok ölvers 506, Egils saga Einhenda ch. I 4, II 6, XIV 4, Boberg. |
| F531.1.8 | Giant in animal form. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279. |
| F531.5.11 | Giant in contest with man. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.8.1 | Giant in love with giantess. Broderius § 30; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Norse: Norsk Folkminnelag XIII 29; Danish: Thiele Danmarks Folkesagn (København, 1843) II 47; German: Grimm Deutsche Sagen (1907) No. 319. |
| F531.6.17.2 | Giant inflates self and floats through air. (Cf. F531.6.5.2.) Malone PMLA XLIII 412. |
| F531.5.12 | Giant insults hero by shaving his head and smearing it with cow dung. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.1.2 | Giant is transformed man. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.12.5 | Giant killed by earthquake. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga I 80, Boberg. |
| F531.2.6 | Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowed. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17. |
| F531.6.3.2 | Giant lives in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.2.2.2 | Giant lives under lake. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.1.6 | Giant made of the venom from Elivagar. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 326, Boberg. |
| F981.8 | Giant magic boar slain by tearing out entrails from behind. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.5.10.2 | Giant maidens grind gold, peace, soldiers, salt, etc., on large stone mill. BP II 438ff.; Type 565; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 140ff.; MacCulloch Eddic 282—83, Boberg. |
| F531.6.6.4 | Giant makes cleft in rock when he misses another giant with spade blow. England: Baughman. |
| F531.2.10 | Giant must rest on elbow while speaking to be audible to mortal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.7.2 | Giant obtains treasure from man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.2.9 | Giant occupies space of thrice nine men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.17.4 | Giant plays musical instrument. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F621.2.2 | Giant polishes teeth with uprooted tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.8.2 | Giant pomegranate rind holds 13 men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.7.1 | Giant possesses treasure. Broderius § 13.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279 (Alvaldi's gold), 84 (magic objects); Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag XIII 29; Faröe: Zs. f. Vksk. II 6 No. 6; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 92 No. 117; Styria: Henne-Am Rhyn No. 225. |
| F531.2.1.5 | Giant reaches to the sky. Must lean over to keep from touching. N. A. Indian: *Boas BBAE LIX 289 n. 2, (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 445 No. 6. |
| F531.6.17.6 | Giant rolls like wheel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.6.9 | Giant rooted to ground because his nails and hair have grown into the earth on account of his great age. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.1.1.4 | Giant sees great distance. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F65 | Giant shot into upper world by means of magic bow. N. A. Indian: Alexander N. Am. 163. |
| F531.6.12.6 | Giant slain by man. (Cf. F531.6.9, F628.2.3, G500.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 374f.; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 83, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 315, 537f. |
| F531.3.2.2 | Giant slings stone with his garters (hair ribbon, etc.) Broderius § 20.—Swedish: Hofberg Svenska Folksägner (Stockholm, 1882) 132; Danish: Thiele Danmarks Folkesagn (København, 1843) I 46; Holstein: Müllenhoff Sagen der Herzogthümer Schleswig-Holstein u. Lauenborg (Kiel, 1921) No. 423. |
| F531.2.7 | Giant so large he cannot be carried by a horse. Dickson 173 n. 33. |
| F531.6.1.3 | Giant son of black cat. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 529, Boberg. |
| F531.3.5.3 | Giant stands astride river. England: Baughman. |
| F531.6.8.3.2 | Giant steals from giant. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.6.7.2.1 | Giant steals from man (fish, sheep, sword). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.3.5 | Giant steps prodigious distance. Broderius § 21; *Höttges FFC CXXII 165ff., 281f.—Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman; Norwegian: Norske Folkeminnelag I 61, 65, II 30, 118, IV 101, XIII 26; Finnish-Swedish: Landtmann Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII 539, 540, 549, Wessmann 66 No. 570; Danish: Ohrt Danmarks Folkeminder XXI 22; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 474; Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 638. |
| F911.5 | Giant swallows man. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17. |
| F531.3.11 | Giant swallows men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.5.4 | Giant thinks hammer-blow on head is a nut falling. Man strikes with all his might. *Von Sydow Danske Studier (1910) 159; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 92; N. A. Indian (Seneca): CurtinHewitt RBAE XXXII 213 No. 41; Africa (Fang): Einstein 47. |
| F531.5.4.1 | Giant thinks shower of stones is snowfall. Wales: Baughman. |
| F531.3.12.1 | Giant threads an elephant on a fish-hook. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.2 | Giant throws a great rock. Broderius § 8; **Höttges FFC CXXII 21ff., 196f.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 590, *Boberg; Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag VI 142; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 61; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 47 No. 67; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 127 No. 61; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 32f. |
| F811.14 | Giant tree: nuts fall scores of miles away, etc. Irish myth: *Cross; Japanese: Anesaki 339; Marquesas: Handy 70; Africa (Upoto): Einstein 120. |
| F531.3.1 | Giant wades the ocean. *Krappe études 79ff.; Broderius § 21.—England: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Norwegian: Norske Folkminnelag I 65 No. 47, IX 99; German: Grimm Deutsche Sagen (Berlin, 1905) No. 319; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 31 n. 4; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 737. |
| F531.4.6 | Giant wears enormous jewel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.5.11.1 | Giant wins walking contest against man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.4.4 | Giant with club as large as wheelshaft of mill. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.6.6.1 | Giant with crook on end of his nose. Icelandic: *Boberg; Herrmann Saxo II 599. |
| F531.1.6.1.2 | Giant with crooked nails. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.3.1 | Giant with dragon-scales for feet. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 43 n. 2. |
| F531.1.1.5.1 | Giant with eight eyes. Polynesia: Beckwith Myth 210. |
| F531.1.1.2.1 | Giant with eyes as big as cauldrons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1.1.2.2 | Giant with eyes like ponds. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.1.3.6 | Giant with feet so large they cannot be moved. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.4.2 | Giant with gigantic chain as belt. Elephant can go through each link. Malone PMLA XLIII 401. |
| F531.1.6.5 | Giant with golden hair on forehead. *Fb "guldhеr". |
| F531.1.3.2 | Giant with heels in front. (Cf. A526.8, F451.2.2.1, F517.1.5, G303.4.5.6.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.2.4 | Giant with horse head. Tirol: Zingerle (1891) 26 No. 41. |
| F531.4.5.2 | Giant with iron bar as weapon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4.5.1 | Giant with iron club as weapon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.1.2 | Giant with large gleaming eyes. Broderius § 37; *Höttges FFC CXXII 192; Icelandic: Boberg; Norway: Faye Norske Folke-Sagn (Christiania, 1814) 19; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 193, 201. |
| F525.5 | Giant with limbs and organs only on his left side. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.1.6.4 | Giant with long beard. Broderius § 37.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Swedish: Runa IV (1843) 41 No. 71; Finnish-Swedish: Landtmann Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII 537; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) No. 193. |
| F531.1.4.1.1 | Giant with lower lip reaching earth. Gaster Thespis 190. |
| F531.1.1.5 | Giant with many eyes. |
| F531.4.1 | Giant with mill-wheel as shield. Malone PMLA XLIII 401. |
| F531.1.6.1 | Giant with nails like claws. Icelandic: *Boberg; Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F531.1.1.1 | Giant with one eye in middle of forehead. (Cf. F512.1.1.) Broderius § 37; *BP III 375; *Höttges FFC CXXII 191; Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 191; Icelandic: Boberg; Faröe: Zs. f. Vksk. II 6; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 67 No. 573; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) No. 2; Greek: Fox 6, Grote I 5, 287; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 10. |
| F531.1.1.1.1 | Giant with one eye in the neck which he covers with his lower lip. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.12 | Giant with one hand and one foot. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1.6.6 | Giant with peculiar nose. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.6.7.2 | Giant with six or eight arms. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 422, MacCulloch Eddic 277, *Boberg; Polynesia: Beckwith Myth 210 (eight). |
| F531.1.2.5 | Giant with stone head. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 83, 279, Boberg (Hrungnir); Oceanic: Beckwith Myth 88. |
| F531.1.6.10.1 | Giant with stone heart. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279. |
| F531.1.6.2 | Giant with teeth like those of saw. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F531.2.2 | Giant with three spans between brows and three yards between shoulders. English: Child I 332, II 394. |
| F531.1.6.10 | Giant with unusual heart. |
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