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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 |
|---|---|
| F460.2.3 | Mountain-men cannot enter house till light is quenched. Fb "lys" II 480b. |
| F460.2.4 | Mountain-man has stack of butter before his door. Fb "smör" III 413b. |
| F460.2.5 | Huldra have lake. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F460.2.6 | Huldra live like people. Have own churches, king, soldiers, etc. Hartmann 37. |
| F460.2.8 | Huldra have drum. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F460.2.9 | Huldra have cattle. (Cf. F241.2.) Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F460.2.10 | Huldra have drinking-horn. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F460.2.11 | Huldra tend herds in mountains. Hartmann 35. |
| F460.2.12 | Mountain-man must die six times to be dead. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 273. |
| F460.2.13 | Huldra sing songs. Norwegian: Hartmann 35, 37. |
| F460.2.14 | Mountain spirits eat raw food. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 6f., 18, 19, 32, 34, 39, 41, 42, 46, 49, 51, 52, 60, 61, 188. |
| F460.2.15 | Mountain spirits change sex at will. (Cf. D10.) Buin: Wheeler 19, 51. |
| F460.3 | Amusements of mountain-folk. |
| F460.3.1 | Mountain-folk dance. *Fb "danse" IV 93a; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 302 No. 2. |
| F460.3.2 | Mountain-men play games. Hartland Science 166ff., 178; cf. Irving's Rip Van Winkle. |
| F460.4 | Relation of mountain-men and human beings. |
| F460.4.1 | Mountain-girl marries mortal man. Supernaturally strong man as offspring. Fb "döjs" I 229b; Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1928) 282—283. |
| F460.4.1.1 | Mountain-men as lovers of herding-girls. Norwegian: Hartman 37. |
| F460.4.1.2 | Mountain woman has sex relations with man. Norwegian: Hartmann 104ff.; Solheim Register 19. |
| F460.4.1.2.1 | Child from dreamed sex relations with mountain-woman. Hartmann 121 (cf. Ibsen's Peer Gynt). |
| F460.4.2 | Helpful mountain-men. Norwegian: Hartmann 35. |
| F460.4.2.1 | Mountain-spirits help build palace. Chinese: Werner 181. |
| F460.4.2.2 | Money left on hill to repay helpful mountain-men. *Fb "penge" II 803a. |
| F460.4.2.3 | Mountain-spirit teaches hero swordsmanship. Japanese: Anesaki 309. |
| F460.4.2.4 | Mountain-men give children a book. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 60 No. 514. |
| F460.4.2.5 | Huldra trade cattle with men. Norwegian: Hartmann 35. |
| F460.4.3 | Mountain-men leave broken implement for man to mend. Fb "ovnrage" II 775b; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 271. |
| F460.4.4 | Malevolent mountain-men. |
| F460.4.4.1 | Mountain-men abduct persons. *Fb "karet" II 91; Icelandic: *Boberg; Norwegian: Solheim Register 19, *Hartmann 109, 112; Chinese: Werner 345; Japanese: Ikeda; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 39; New Hebrides: Codrington 409. |
| F460.4.4.1.1 | Woman rescued from mountain-men. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19, *Hartmann 117. |
| F460.4.4.2 | Mountain-men chain captive peasant. Fb "lænke" II 497. |
| F460.4.4.3 | Mountain-men throw person over church roof. Fb "kaste" II 103. |
| F460.4.4.4 | Mountain-men make sausage of Christians. Fb "pölse" II 907. |
| F460.4.4.5 | Mountain-folk steal from peasant. Fb "lys" II 480b. |
| F460.4.4.6 | Mountain-men drive off man's herds. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 301f. Nos. 12, 18. |
| F460.4.4.7 | Mountain-spirit causes shipwreck. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 138. |
| F460.4.5 | Mountain-men borrow from peasant. Fb "lеne" II 521. |
| F460.4.6 | Failure to bless mountains gives mountain-men power. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 301 No. 18; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F460.4.7 | Mountain-man as godfather. Type 1165; Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 441ff., (1928) 264ff. |
| F460.4.8 | Visit to mountain-men. Norwegian: Solheim Register 18. |
| F465 | Rübezahl. A mountain and storm spirit. *Wehrhan 68; **Jungbauer Die Rübezahlsage (Reichenberg, 1923); Koch **Rübezahl (Breslau, n.d.); Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXXV—XXXVI 68; *Loewe Zs. f. Vksk. XVIII 1, 151, XXI 31, 126. |
| F470 | Night-spirits. Poltergeister; goblins; hobgoblins. *Kittredge Witchcraft 214, 521f. nn. 7, 9ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: *Wessman 30ff.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 4. |
| F470.0.1 | Friar Rush as mischief maker. *Kittredge Witchcraft 216, 524 nn. 27—31. |
| F470.1 | Spirits pull off person's bedclothes. *Kittredge Witchcraft 217, 524f. nn. 37—44; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F470.2 | Night-spirits dance. Fb "danse" IV 93a. |
| F471 | Dream demons. |
| F471.1 | Nightmare (Alp). Presses person in dream. **E. Jones Der Alptraum (Leipzig-Wien, 1912); *Tegethoff Amor und Psyche 87ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. 1 282 s.v. "Alp"; Laistner Rätsel I 41ff., II 1ff.; Wehrhan 62; Hdwb. d. March. s.v. "Alp"; *Meyer Germanen 129ff.; Jellinek Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 322; *Fb "mare" II 551f.; *Kittredge Witchcraft 218, 525f. nn. 54—62.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 288ff., De la Saussaye 293f., *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 241ff., (1928) 154ff.; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 88 Nos. 748—770; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 63 No. 171; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 60; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 127 No. 60; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer III 131 n. 3. |
| F471.1.1 | Actions of nightmares (alps). Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3690. |
| F471.1.1.1 | Alp rides horse sweaty at night. *Fb "mare" II 551b, 552a; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 60; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 127 No. 60; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3683f. |
| F471.1.1.2 | Alps dance. *Fb "danse" IV 93a. |
| F471.1.2 | Protection against the nightmare (alp). *Fb "mare" II 551. |
| F471.1.2.1 | Exorcising the nightmare. Meyer Germanen 132. |
| F471.1.2.2 | Destruction of an alp. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 11. |
| F471.1.3 | Unbaptized children as nightmares. When caught, they beg baptism. Usually they are murdered illegitimates. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3685. |
| F471.1.4 | Ghost of hunter as nightmare. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3686. |
| F471.1.5 | Persons who at night become nightmares. Those who are born on a Thursday and christened on a Sunday must at certain times (on Thursdays) press somebody or something. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3687; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 67 No. 183. |
| F471.2 | Incubus. A male demon who comes in sleep and has sexual intercourse with a woman. *Kittredge Witchcraft 116, 444ff. nn. 103—155 passim; *Loomis White Magic 77; Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: ibid.; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 59; Germanic: De la Saussaye 293f.; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 126 No. 59; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3682; S. A. Indian (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 328; Africa (Fang): Einstein 175. |
| F471.2.0.1 | Demon lover. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F471.2.1 | Succubus: female incubus. *Loomis White Magic 77; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *369, *423f., 3681; Armenian: Ananikian 87; West Indies: Flowers 433. |
| F472 | Huckauf. A goblin which jumps on one's back. *Kittredge Witchcraft 220f., 528f. nn. 78—79; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 68 No. 291; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3425, Legends Nos. 827—832. |
| F473 | Poltergeist. Invisible spirit (sometimes identified as ghost or witch) responsible for all sorts of mischief in or around a household. |
| F473.1 | Poltergeist throws objects. England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.2 | Poltergeist causes objects to behave contrary to their nature. |
| F473.2.1 | Chair is rocked by invisible spirit. (Cf. D1601.28.) U.S.: Baughman, (North Carolina): Brown Collection I 640. |
| F473.2.2 | Spirit hides articles in strange places. Canada, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.2.3 | Spirit puts out lights. U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.2.4 | House burns for no apparent reason. U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.3 | Poltergeist mistreats people. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.4 | Poltergeist mistreats animals. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F473.4.1 | Spirit rides horses and mules at night, wears them out. (Cf. F366.2, F471.1.1.1, G265.3.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| F473.5 | Poltergeist makes noises. England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.6 | Miscellaneous actions of poltergeist. |
| F473.6.1 | Spirit tears new paper off rooms in house. England: Baughman. |
| F473.6.2 | Spirit slashes clothing. Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F473.6.3 | Spirit takes food from table or cupboard. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.6.4 | Spirit eats food. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F473.6.5 | Spirit throws back shots fired at it. (Cf. G265.8.3.1.2.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| F473.6.6 | Spirit makes wheels come off wagon. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F473.6.7 | Spirit shoves wagon into ditch. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F473.6.8 | Spirit plays man's fiddle at night. Wales: Baughman. |
| F473.6.9 | Spirit disturbs coffins in burial vault. England: *Baughman. |
| F475 | Friendly night-spirits. |
| F475.1 | Dame Berchta. Supposed to travel over the country at night with a troop. (Named from Bertha, the mother of Charlemagne.) Also called Frau Holle. *Meyer Germanen 23ff.; *Wehrhan 85f.; Slovenian: *L. Kretzenbacher Germanische Mythen in der epischen Volksdichtung der Slowenen (Graz, 1941) 84—94. |
| F480 | House-spirits. *Kittredge Witchcraft 215f., 523f.; Meyer Germanen 213ff.; Meyer Altgermanische 109.—Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 159ff.; *Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 30ff. Nos. 263—374 passim, 42 Nos. 337, 339; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 324 No. 153; Slovenian: *L. Kretzenbacher Germanische Mythen in der epischen Volksdichtung der Slowenen (Graz, 1941) 49—79; Eskimo: Boas BAM XV 331, RBAE VI 636. |
| F480.1 | House-spirit in form of a sow. Kittredge Witchcraft 216, 524 n. |
| F480.2 | Serpent as house-spirit. Armenian: Ananikian 73ff. |
| F480.3 | Thieving household-spirit. Steals things for its master. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 172; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3468, 3472. |
| F480.3.1 | House to make household-spirit (cobold) surrender his booty. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3476. |
| F480.4 | House-spirit in form of baby. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F480.5 | House-spirit without bones or hair. Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 636. |
| F481 | Cobold. A house-spirit. **Feilberg Der Kobold in nordischer überlieferung (Zs. f. Vksk. VIII 1, 130, 264); *Kittredge Witchcraft 215f., 523f. nn. 23, 25.—Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 41ff., (1928) 29ff.; Estonian: L. v. Schroeder Germanische Elben und Götter beim Estenvolke (Wien 1906), Loorits Grundzüge I 266—281, 295—304. |
| F481.0.1 | Acquiring a cobold. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3466. |
| F481.0.1.1 | Cobold hatched out from a seven-year-old cock's egg or a boar's testicle. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3461; Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 213 I*. |
| F481.0.1.2 | Cobold purchased. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3462f.; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 62 No. 159. |
| F481.0.1.2.1 | The purchased cobold discarded. On way home man believes himself cheated, and throws box with fly or piece of charcoal away. Later passing same place he finds a heap of corn or money. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3463; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 125 No. 55. |
| F481.0.1.3 | Cobold acquired by placing food for him in a certain place. He likes scrambled eggs. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3466. |
| F481.0.1.4 | Cobold accidently acquired. A rope or chicken is found and taken home. Found to be a cobold. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3464. |
| F481.1 | Cobold avenges uncivil answer (or treatment). Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 43 Nos. 53, 54; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3477; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 124f. Nos. 53, 54. |
| F481.2 | Cobolds furnish supplies to their masters. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 43 No. 54; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 125 No. 55; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3471. |
| F481.2.1 | Cobold furnishes inexhaustible grain to grinder of handmill. Latter kills him in disgust. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3478. |
| F481.2.2 | House-spirit furnishes inexhaustible supply of food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F481.3 | Impossible to rid oneself of cobold. (Cf. F482.3.1.) *Taylor MPh XV 736 n. 2; *BP II 422 n. 1; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3467. |
| F481.4 | Brewing in eggshell to drive away cobold. (Cf. F321.1.1.1, F451.5.17.1.) *BP 368; Keightley 126, 418, 436, 473; Germania V 376; Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 314—24 Nos. 1049—1075; Jahn 72 No. 87; Euphorion III 784; Zs. f. Vksk. XVI 414; Zs. f. deutsche Mythol. I (1853) 290. |
| F482 | Brownie (nisse). **Feilberg Nissens Historie; *Fb "nisse" II 688; Norwegian: *Solheim Register 19; *Hartmann 28. |
| F482.1 | Appearance of brownie. |
| F482.1.1 | Brownie with red hair. *Fb "nisse" II 688a. |
| F482.2 | Clothing of brownie. Scandinavian: Hartmann 28. |
| F482.2.1 | Brownie dressed in green. Fb "nisse" II 688a. |
| F482.3 | Home of brownies. |
| F482.3.1 | Brownies live in house. Move when persons move. (Cf. F481.3.) Fb "nisse" II 688b. |
| F482.3.1.1 | Farmer is so bothered by brownie that he decides he must move to get rid of the annoyance. He piles all furniture on wagon and starts for new home, meets acquaintance who remarks: "I see you're flitting." Brownie sticks his head out of the churn on top of the load, answers: "Yes, we're flitting." Farmer goes back to former home. England, Ireland, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F482.3.2 | Brownies live in knoll. *Fb "høj" I 740a. |
| F482.3.3 | Nisser belong to particular farm. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F482.4 | Possessions of brownies. |
| F482.4.1 | Various-colored horses of brownie. *Fb "hest" I 598. |
| F482.4.2 | Nisser have oxen. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F482.5 | Deeds of brownies. |
| F482.5.1 | Brownies dance. (Cf. F471.1.1.2. and cross-references there given.) *Fb "danse" IV 93a. |
| F482.5.2 | Brownies sew by moonlight. Fb "mеne" II 659b. |
| F482.5.3 | Brownies tease. Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 80ff., (1928) 61ff. |
| F482.5.4 | Helpful deeds of brownie or other household spirit. (Cf. F403.2.) England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F482.5.4.1 | Brownie rides for midwife when needed. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F482.5.4.2 | Brownie restores stolen property, gives thief a twitch in eyelid. England: Baughman. |
| F482.5.5 | Malicious or troublesome actions of brownies. England, Scotland, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F482.6 | Origin of household spirits. England: *Baughman. |
| F482.7 | House spirits fight each other. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F482.8 | House spirit as suitor. (Cf. F301.) Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F485 | Ship-spirit. (Klabautermann, Kabonterken.) Similar to house-spirit. Meyer Altgermanische 110; Zs. f. Vksk. II 409, 416, IV 299f., VIII 14 n. 4, 277, XXI 178, XXIX 68; Anglia Beiblatt VI 144, XVII 73; Frischbier Am Urquell I 134; Mitteilungen d. Schles. Ges. f. Vksk. Heft XII 76; Basset Legends and Superstitions of the Sea (New York, 1885).—Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 32 No. 273, 35 Nos. 295—296, 37, 41; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 44ff., (1928) 32ff. |
| F488 | The stupid house spirit. |
| F488.1 | Household spirit herds sheep, has great trouble coralling the lambs (rabbits). (Cf. J1757.) England: *Baughman. |
| F488.2 | Mowing contest with household spirit. Farmer puts harrow teeth in plot spirit is to mow. Spirit mows through them, thinking they are dock weeds. Type 1090 (K42.2). England: Baughman. |
| F490 | Other spirits and demons. |
| F491 | Will-o'-the-Wisp. (Jack o' Lantern.) Light seen over marshy places. Kittredge Witchcraft 215, 523 n. 22; *Fb "lygtemand" II 473; Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 51 No. 438; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 63f.; India: Thompson-Balys; U.S. (Georgia): Harris Nights No. 28; Africa (Fang): Einstein 96. |
| F491.1 | Will-o'-the-Wisp leads people astray. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b; England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F491.2 | Will-o'-the-Wisp lights people to their homes. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b.—England: Baughman. |
| F491.3 | Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b; England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F491.3.1 | Person led astray by Will-o'-the-Wisp turns garment inside out. Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. (Cf. F369.7, F385.1.) England: *Baughman. |
| F491.3.2 | Power of Will-o'-the-Wisp over person neutralized if person sticks his knife into the ground. England: *Baughman. |
| F491.3.3 | Steel protects person from Will-o'-the-Wisp. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F491.4 | Will-o'-the-Wisp hops about. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b. |
| F491.5 | Will-o'-the-Wisp's revenge. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3538. |
| F492 | Death on horseback. Fb "hvid" I 700b; von Negelein Zs. f. Vks. XIII 257ff., 368ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mort". Cf. the "four horsemen" in Revelation. |
| F493 | Spirit of plague. Irish myth: *Cross; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 67f. Nos. 251—283; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Yukon): Alexander N. A. Myth. 78. |
| F493.0.1 | Pestilence in animal form. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 28 Nos. 244—245. |
| F493.0.1.1 | Plague as monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F493.0.1.2 | Spirit enters princess' body and she falls ill. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F493.0.2 | Pestilence in human form. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 28f. Nos. 246—252; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3494. |
| F493.0.3 | Pestilence in form of object. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 254. |
| F493.0.3.1 | Pestilence in form of a head. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 253. |
| F493.0.4 | Pestilence in visible form. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F493.1 | Spirits of various kinds of disease. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F493.1.1 | Demon of Consumption. N. A. Indian (Cherokee): Terrell JAFL V 125. |
| F493.1.2 | Demon of colic. Irish myth: Cross (F497). |
| F493.2 | Experiences with pestilence spirit. |
| F493.2.1 | Person who speaks with pestilence dies. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 256. |
| F493.2.2 | Two pestilence spirits speak together. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 255. |
| F493.3 | Protection against pestilence spirit. |
| F493.3.1 | Upon destruction of pestilence-spirit, plague ceases. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 259. |
| F493.3.2 | Pestilence-spirit "bound" by magic. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 258. |
| F493.3.3 | Magic protection against pestilence-spirit. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 257. |
| F493.4 | Demons spread pestilence by means of "heat and fury". Irish myth: Cross. |
| F493.5 | Sign of great plague: sky seems afire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F494 | Land-spirits. |
| F494.1 | Guardian spirit of land. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 228, Herrmann Saxo II 22ff., *Boberg; Danish: Ellekilde Ellekongen i Stevns, Danske Studier 1929, 10ff. |
| F494.1.1 | Swamp spirit guards buried treasure. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F494.2 | Spirit of boundaries. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 173. |
| F494.3 | Earth spirit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F495 | Stone-spirit. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas II 205; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F496 | Demon of gluttony. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F496.1 | Saint possessed by demon of gluttony. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F497 | Fire-spirits. Dutch: *Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 64ff Nos. 191—220; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 111, III 64, 88, 176—178. |
| F497.1 | Conversation of two fire-spirits. Shall house be burned? *O. Loortis Das misshandelte und sich rächend Feuer (Tartu, 1935). |
| F499 | Sundry other spirits. |
| F499.1 | Sky-spirit. German: Grimm No. 166; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Warrau): Kirchoff BBAE CXLIII (3) 880. |
| F499.1.1 | Spirit of light. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 62. |
| F499.2 | Nymphs of Paradise (houris). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3 | Jinns. |
| F499.3.1 | Jinns have no bones in their arms: they have only four fingers and no thumbs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3.2 | Jinns entitled to share in fruits of the earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3.3 | Jinns frequent graveyards, ruined houses, or an altar of sacrifice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F500 | Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits. **DeCock Volkssage 99ff.; Chinese: Werner 386. |
| F501 | Person consisting only of head. (Cf. F511.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F510 | Monstrous persons. *Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 175; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 464, 469. |
| F510.1 | Monstrous races. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511 | Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.1 | Headless person. (Cf. F401.4, F531.1.2.1.) *Chauvin VII 77 No. 121; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F511.0.1.1 | Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast. *Chauvin VII 87 No. 373 bis n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F511.0.1.2 | Headless persons cannot smell or hear. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F511.0.2 | Person with more than one head. |
| F511.0.2.1 | Two-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman N. A. Indian (Quinault): Farrand JE II 124 No. 14. |
| F511.0.2.2 | Three-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.2.2.1 | Three-headed woman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.2.3 | Four-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.2.4 | Six-headed man. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F511.0.3 | Persons whose heads are stone-hammers. Koryak and American Indian: *Jochelson JE VI 375. |
| F511.0.3.1 | Person with iron head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.0.4 | Man carries his head under his arm. Loomis White Magic 54, 93, 125; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda (F1041.14); Africa (Kaffir): Theal 51. |
| F511.0.4.1 | Man cuts off own head and throws it against enemy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.5 | Man with half a head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.6 | Beheaded man's head replaced crooked. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.7 | Man with venomous worm in his head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.0.8 | Gigantic skull of ancient king discovered. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.0.9 | Person with animal's head. (Cf. F511.1.3, F526.) |
| F511.0.9.1 | Person with horse's head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.9.2 | Person with calf's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.0.9.3 | Person with serpent's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.1 | Person unusual as to his face. |
| F511.1.0.1 | Person without features (with flat face). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.1.1 | Two-faced person. Janus. Roman: Fox 297; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 327F*; N. A. Indian (Teton): Dorsey AA o.s. II 151ff., (Ponka): Dorsey Contr. to N. Am. Ethnology VI 207; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 85. |
| F511.1.2 | Three-faced person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.1.3 | Person with animal face. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.1.3.1 | Person with face of ape. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.1.4 | Person with green face. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.2 | Person unusual as to his ears. (Cf. F542.) |
| F511.2.1 | Person with ears on breast. Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F511.2.2 | Person with ass's (horse's) ears. Midas. Köhler-Bolte I 383 n. 1, 511, 587; RTP I 327, VII 356; *Zs. d. deutschen morgenländ. Gesel. XL 549; Crooke FL XXII 183; *BP IV 147 n. 7 (Celtic); *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 397; Huet 45; Penzer III 188 n., VII n. 1, VI 26 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross, *Porter Proc. Royal Irish Academy (1932) 142. |
| F511.2.2.1 | Person with cat's ears. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.2.3 | Person with many ears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.2.4 | Person without ears. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.3 | Person with horns. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F511.3.1 | Person with horns of silver. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F512 | Person unusual as to his eyes. (Cf. F531.1.1, F541.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F512.1 | Person with one eye. *Type 511; Herbert III 238; Oesterley No. 175; Laistner Rätsel II 48ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 206 No. 154. |
| F512.1.1 | Person with one eye in center of forehead. (Cf. F441.4.1, F531.1.1.1.) *Krappe Balor 5 n. 19, 9 nn. 33—35; Fb "menneske" II 577b, "öje" III 1165b; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 4 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 389. |
| F512.1.2 | Three women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.) *Fb "öje" III 1166a; Greek: Fox 33, *Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 4. |
| F512.1.3 | Person with one eye in back of head. Krappe Balor 7 n. 22. |
| F512.1.4 | Doorkeeper with one human eye, one cat's eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F512.2 | Person with many eyes. |
| F512.2.1 | Persons (animals) with four (six) eyes. *Chauvin VII 82 No. 373bis; Krappe Balor 19 n. 69. |
| F512.2.1.1 | Three-eyed person. *Type 511; Cosquin Contes Indiens 520; Jacob's list s.v. "Three-eyed stepsister"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F512.2.1.2 | Eight-eyed person. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 233; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/15). |
| F512.2.1.3 | Person with twelve eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F512.2.2 | Argos. Has eyes all over body. Krappe Balor 19 n. 69; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 130 n. 3, Fox 29, 193. |
| F512.3 | Person with eyes in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) *De Cock Volkssage 102ff.; *Chauvin VI 66 No. 233; Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F512.4 | Person with eyes in back of head. Krappe Balor 19 n. 69; S. A. Indian (Fuegian): Alexander Lat. Am. 340, (Yuracare): ibid. 314. |
| F512.5 | Person without eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F513 | Person unusual as to his mouth. (Cf. F544.) |
| F513.0.1 | Person with mouth in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) *Chauvin VII 87 No. 373bis n. 2. |
| F513.0.2 | Person with mouths all over body. Africa (Hausa): Tremearne Hausa Superstitions (London, 1913) 424ff. No. 93. |
| F513.0.3 | Mouthless people. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 78. |
| F513.0.4 | Person with mouth in breast. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F513.1 | Person unusual as to his teeth. (Cf. F544.3, F531.1.6.2.) |
| F513.1.1 | Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.) *Fb "øje" III 1166a; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 4, Fox 33. |
| F513.1.2 | Person with many teeth. |
| F513.1.2.1 | Person with three rows of teeth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F513.1.3 | Person with poisonous tooth. Poison dissolves flesh. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F513.1.4 | Person without teeth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F513.2 | Person without tongue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F513.3 | People who leave lower jaws at home when they go to market to prevent quarrels. Africa: Weeks 126ff. |
| F514 | Person unusual as to his nose. (Cf. F531.1.6.6, F543). |
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