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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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A
Mythological Motifs
B
Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| F955.1 | Blood-bath as cure for leprosy. (Cf. F872.3.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F956 | Extraordinary diagnosis. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F956.1 | Detailed diagnosis by feeling pulse. *Chauvin V 136 No. 64. |
| F956.2 | Illegitimacy of child discovered by urinalysis. *Campbell Sages lxxxiv (Medicus). |
| F956.3 | Diagnosis based on smoke rising from house of sick. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F956.4 | Physician, by examining wound can tell whether it was inflicted by a man or a woman and describe him or her in detail. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F957 | Cure by physician's imitating sick man's actions. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 360. |
| F958 | Mountebank undertakes to bring the city's incurables back to health. Effects marvelous cures. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F959 | Marvelous cures—miscellaneous. |
| F959.1 | Madness miraculously cured. |
| F959.1.1 | Senses regained when person speaks his name. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.2 | Cross-eyes straighted when hero sets head of slain opponent upon his own. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.2.1 | Deformity cured by waves of sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3 | Miraculous cure of wound. |
| F959.3.1 | Dreadful wound healed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F959.3.2 | Gaping wound closed with slab of wood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3.3 | Wounds healed by bath of marrow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3.4 | Weapon (missile) miraculously removed. |
| F959.3.4.1 | Saint's palm over wound causes spearhead to come forth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3.5 | Fat of crow as remedy for king's wounds. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F959.4 | Paunch opened and fat taken out to cure stomach. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F959.5 | Cure for deadly snake bite. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 679. |
| F959.6 | Marvelous cure for poison. |
| F959.6.1 | Enemy cured by poisoned cake he has sent to holy man in order to destroy him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F959.6.2 | Immunity to poison by eating poisons. (Mithridates.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 284. |
| F960 | Extraordinary nature phenomena—elements and weather. |
| F960.1 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of holy person (hero). *Dh II 11; Toldo I 327, 335; Irish: Plummer cxxxvii, *Cross; Jewish: Gaster Exempla 216 No. 141 (142); Alphabet Nos. 549, 552; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 682, 788, 969, II 325, 1014, 1245, 1339; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 71, 390. |
| F960.1.1 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of royalty. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.1.1 | Thunder report at birth of king. (Cf. F968.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.1.1.2 | Shower of gold and silver rains upon king's ship at birth of his children. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.1.3 | Storm signs betray newly born child's chiefly rank. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 428. |
| F960.1.2 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of hero. (Cf. T583, V222.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F960.1.2.1 | Extraordinary precipitation at birth of hero. (Cf. F962.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.2.1.1 | Shower of lotuses at birth of hero. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 131. |
| F960.1.3 | Exhibition of lights at saint's birth. Loomis White Magic 21. |
| F960.1.4 | Bells ring without human hands when a saint is born. Loomis White Magic 23. |
| F960.1.5 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at rebirth: nine worlds tremble. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.6 | When girl (princess) is born, earth is filled with light. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.2 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at death of holy person (hero). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F960.2.1 | Nature fruitless after death of hero. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.2.2 | Rainbow stretches from monastery to heaven at saint's death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.2.3 | Rock bursts into flames at hero's death. (Cf. F964.3.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.2.4 | Great light appears on night of holy man's death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F960.2.5 | Earthquake at death of important person. |
| F960.2.5.1 | Earthquake when good man is murdered. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F960.2.5.2 | Earthquake at witch's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F960.2.5.3 | Earthquake at dragon's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F960.2.6 | Winter's day changes to summer's day at saint's funeral. *Loomis White Magic 96. |
| F960.2.6.1 | Sun shines but two hours the day of hero's funeral. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F960.3 | Extraordinary nature phenomena during furious battle. (Cf. F1084.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F960.3.1 | Nature's lament at the Temple's destruction. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F960.4 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at anger of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.5 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at prisoner's miraculous release. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.6 | Extraordinary nature phenomena on night of fratricide. (Cf. S73.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.7 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at cruel treatment of innocent person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.8 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at moving of saint's remains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.9 | Earthquake announces victorious return of hero after long absence. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.10 | Extraordinary natural phenomena at giving of Tora at Mount Sinai. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961 | Extraordinary behavior of heavenly bodies. |
| F961.0.1 | Several suns or moons appearing in sky simultaneously. Hatt Asiatic Influences 73—78. |
| F961.0.2 | Eclipse of sun and moon in God's proximity. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.0.3 | Heavenly bodies lament. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.0.3.1 | Sun, moon, and stars do not shine seven days, mourning Adam's death. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.0.4 | God's praise chanted by the heavenly bodies. (Cf. A659.1, A767.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.0.5 | Heavenly bodies bear witness for and against man. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.0.6 | Heavens bleed. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1 | Extraordinary behavior of sun. (Cf. F965.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F961.1.1 | Sun refuses to shine when murder is done. *BP II 531 n. 1.—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F961.1.2 | Sun travels from west to east. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 164 n. 1; Jewish: Gaster Exempla 185 No. 2b, 201 No. 78, *Neuman. |
| F961.1.2.1 | Sun returns to sunrise to help sick man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.1.3 | Several suns in sky. |
| F961.1.3.1 | Two suns shine in sky. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F961.1.3.2 | Three suns shine in sky. Alphabet No. 552. |
| F961.1.4 | Sun warns man of approaching assassin. Africa (Fang): Trilles 94. |
| F961.1.5 | Sun shines during night. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1.5.1 | Sun shines for twelve days and nights after death of holy person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.1.5.2 | Sun reappears after being set. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1.5.3 | Sun does not set. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.1.5.3.1 | Sunset delayed many hours. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1.6 | Sun does not shine on island of druidry. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.1.7 | Sun turned from one hour to another through the prayer of saint (Moses). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.1.8 | Sun appears color of blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.1.9 | Eclipse of sun at important historical events. (Cf. A737.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.1.10 | Sun sets early to hide fugitive. (Cf. R310.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2 | Extraordinary behavior of stars. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.2.1 | Bright star indicates birth of holy person. *Toldo I 327; Matthew 2: 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Babylonian: Spence 53. |
| F961.2.2 | Hairy star. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.2.3 | Star shines in day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.2.4 | Stars and planets speak. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2.5 | Speaking star. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/191). |
| F961.2.5.1 | Constellations bewail man's death. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2.6 | Fighting stars melt iron chariots. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.2.7 | Star swallows four other stars. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.2.8 | Star moves from west to east. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2.9 | Stars drop on grave during conjuration. (Cf. F962.3.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 276. |
| F961.3 | Extraordinary behavior of moon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.3.1 | Moon turns to blood. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.3.2 | Many moons at the same time. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F961.3.3 | Moon warns sleeping man of approaching assassin. Africa (Fang): Tessman 93. |
| F962 | Extraordinary precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 18, 110, Beal XXI 306, 334. |
| F962.0.1 | Gifts are obtained or fall from heaven: flowers (roses), crown of gold, blossoms or thorns, bells, gems, books, sword, etc. *Loomis White Magic 88. |
| F962.0.2 | Storm overturns idol. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.1 | Electric storm breaks island into three parts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.2 | Fire from heaven. *Saintyves Essais de folklore biblique 1ff.; Irish: Plummer cxxxvii, cxxxviii, *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Moreno Esdras, *Neuman. |
| F962.2.1 | Sacrifice consumed by heavenly fire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.2.2 | Pillar of fire reaches from heaven to earth. (Cf. F774.2.1.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.2.3 | Fire from heaven cannot be quenched by water. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.2.4 | Fire from heaven burns and freezes. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.2.5 | Extraordinary hot rain. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.3 | Star drops from heaven: is money. BP III 233. |
| F962.4 | Shower of blood. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Marquesas: Handy 65. |
| F962.4.1 | Shower of blood for three days and three nights. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.4.2 | Dew of blood from fingers of repentant woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.5 | Extraordinary hailstones. |
| F962.5.1 | Storm of gigantic hailstones. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.5.1.1 | Hailstones, each as large as a crabapple. Irish myth: Cross (F194.1.) |
| F962.5.2 | Rain of fiery hailstones. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.5.3 | Triangular hailstones. Irish myth: Cross (F794.2). |
| F962.6 | Shower of food. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.6.1 | Shower of wheat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.6.2 | Shower of manna. *Loomis White Magic 87; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.6.3 | Shower of honey. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.6.4 | Shower of oil. *Loomis White Magic 87. |
| F962.7 | Extraordinary dew. |
| F962.7.1 | Sweet dew. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F962.8 | Other extraordinary showers. |
| F962.8.1 | Shower of silver (money). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.8.2 | Rain of jewels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.9 | Icicles gathered by saint as firewood burn. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.10 | Extraordinary mist (darkness). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.10.1 | Mist settles over lake after fight with serpent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.11 | Extraordinary snow. |
| F962.11.1 | Snow has taste of wine. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.12 | Holy object falls from heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.12.1 | Crozier falls from heaven for saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.12.2 | Altar cloths descend from heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.12.3 | Marvelous picture falls from sky in storm. Pauli (ed. Bolte) 319 No. 558. |
| F962.12.4 | Written scroll (letter) received from heaven. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.12.5 | Mysterious leaf falls on church altar. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.13 | Raindrops as large as man's hand. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F963 | Extraordinary behavior of wind. |
| F963.1 | Wind serves Solomon as horse and carries him everywhere. Dh I 321. |
| F963.2 | Extraordinary wind blows arrows shot against Christians back against enemy. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F963.3 | Extraordinary wind bursts open locked doors of church to show that dead pope is worthy of burial there. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F963.4 | Wind carries ogre to his castle. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F964 | Extraordinary behavior of fire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F964.0.1 | Pillar of fire (in sky). Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F964.1 | Fire bends bough to shape of crozier. (Cf. F979.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F964.2 | Fire spares saint's tunic, though wearer is burned. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F964.3 | Fire from extraordinary fuel. |
| F964.3.1 | Extraordinary lamps burn with urine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F964.3.2 | Extraordinary blood catches fire. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F964.3.3 | Extraordinary corpse burns of its own accord. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F964.3.4 | Extraordinary stone catches fire. (Cf. F960.2.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F964.4 | Blazing stick continues to burn even in water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F964.5 | Indra's tank blazes like gold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F965 | Premature darkness. (Cf. F961.1.) |
| F965.1 | Darkness comes in daytime in order to save life of maiden about to be executed. Chinese: Werner 266. |
| F965.1.1 | Premature darkness at time of execution of innocent people. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F965.2 | Sun darkened at death of holy person. Usener Kleine Schriften IV 307; Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F965.2.1 | Sun does not rise at death of hero. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F965.3 | Impenetrable darkness. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F965.4 | Extraordinary darkness not dispelled by artificial means. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F966 | Voices from heaven (or from the air). *Penzer X 220 s.v. "Heaven"; Alphabet No. 800; *Loomis White Magic 53; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 314, 318, O'Suilleabhain 38, 49; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 367, *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F967 | Extraordinary behavior of clouds. |
| F967.1 | Clouds protect fugitives. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F967.2 | Clouds with fragrance from paradise. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F967.3 | Conversation between clouds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F967.4 | Thin cloud in form of rainbow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F968 | Extraordinary thunder and lightning. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F968.1 | Electric storm kills a thousand. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F969 | Extraordinary nature phenomena—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F969.1 | Skies open, revealing heavenly company. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F969.2 | Earth rises. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F969.3 | Marvelous light. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F969.3.1 | Marvelous light reveals man hiding from saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F969.3.2 | Hero's light: appears around head of hero aroused to extraordinary feats of valor. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F969.4 | Extraordinary earthquake. |
| F969.4.1 | Rumble in earth attends slaying of giant serpent. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 65. |
| F969.4.2 | Fight with monster child causes earth to rock like waves of the sea. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 66. |
| F969.5 | Cultivated places suddenly become desert. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (F964). |
| F969.6 | Sandhill grows around lover keeping watch till it covers all but his head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F969.7 | Famine. Icelandic: *Boberg; Hindu: Bradley-Birt 121. |
| F970 | Extraordinary behavior of trees and plants. Irish: Beal XXI 308, O'Suilleabhain 27. |
| F971 | Miraculous blossoming and bearing of fruit. Krappe Revue Hispanique LVI (1922) 5—24. |
| F971.1 | Dry rod blossoms. *Type 756 ABC, 757; BP III 463, 465, 471 n. 1; *Dh II 265ff.; Fb "nеde" II 726b, "stav" III 541b; RTP IX 504, XIII 505, XV 61, XIX 66, 336, 532, XXI 123, XXV 141; **Andrejev FFC LIV 34, LXIX 126, 129ff., 241ff.; Saintyves Essais de folklore biblique 61ff.; Zs. f. Vksk. X 196f., XIII 72, XV 393; Alphabet No. 568; *Loomis White Magic 94, 114; Goebel Jüdische Motive im märchenhafte Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 34ff.; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 108, Beal XXI 318, 334; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 186; Jewish: *Neuman; West Indies: Flowers 438. |
| F971.1.1 | Dry rod blossoms on night of saint's birth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F971.1.2 | Witch's horse-switch blossoms. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F971.1.3 | Moss grows on staff overnight. (Cf. F979.18.) Irish: O'Suilleabhain 49. |
| F971.2 | Rose grows from table (stone). Type 755; Fb "sten" III 554a, "rose" III 80a; P. Saintyves Le Thème du bâton qui reverdit (Revue d'Histoire et de Littérature religieuses, III [1912] 330—49, 421—54). |
| F971.3 | Thorn growing in wound becomes tree. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "épine". |
| F971.4 | Fruitless tree bears fruit. Done at saint's request. *Dh II 9; Alphabet No. 290; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross. |
| F971.4.1 | Ash (alder, willow, etc.) tree bears apples ("fair fruit"). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| 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. |
| F971.5.1 | Fruit produced out of season at saint's request. Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F971.5.2 | Apples at Christmas. Tree bears apples only at Christmas. Blossoms at midnight and is full of apples by morning. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 559. |
| F971.5.2.1 | Tree blossoms at midnight on Twelfth Night. England: Baughman. |
| F971.6 | Flowers spring up when saint strikes ground. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 675. |
| F971.7 | Sowing and reaping same day. Fb "sе." |
| F971.8 | Trees put forth leaves on arrival of God in paradise. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F971.9 | Creeper which blossoms once only in a thousand years. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 301, 871. |
| F973 | Plants and trees miraculously unbent. |
| F973.1 | Trees unbent. Irish myth: *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 317. |
| F973.2 | Walking on grass-blades without bending them. Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 189. |
| F974 | Grass refuses to grow in certain spot. Extraordinary event has happened there. Fb "græs" I 499b, IV 188a; Taylor Attila and Modern Riddles, JAFL LVI (1943) 136—37; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F974.1 | Grass will not grow where blood of murdered person has been shed. England: *Baughman. |
| F975 | Garden becomes wilderness. |
| F975.1 | Garden becomes wilderness because of owner's wickedness. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F975.2 | After persecuted queen has been driven away from palace, trees do not bear fruits, flowers cease to bloom, and birds do not sing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F979 | Extraordinary behavior of trees and plants—miscellaneous. |
| F979.1 | Sour fruits made sweet by saint. *Loomis White Magic 80; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F979.2 | Leaves of tree open and close to give saint passage. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross. |
| F979.3 | Leaves of tree make melody for saints. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross. |
| F979.4 | Tree seizes person and lifts him up. Africa (Nago): Trautmann La Littérature populaire а la Cфte des Esclaves (Paris, 1927) 6ff. |
| F979.5 | Bough miraculously does not burn. (Cf. F964.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F979.5.1 | Unconsumed burning bush. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F979.6 | Tree grows through handle of saint's bell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F979.7 | Hollow in tree grows over, giving sanctuary to relics within. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F979.8 | Forest springs up from twig (twigs). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F979.9 | Flowers pressed yield wine. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F979.10 | Flower from otherworld (Land of Promise) miraculously appears to persons (saints). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F979.11 | Trees spring up to commemorate birth of primitive hero (demigod, deity). (Cf. F960.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F979.12 | Trees spring up from blood spilled on ground. (Cf. D1003.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F979.13 | Convention of trees. Moreno Esdras (F979.4). |
| F979.14 | Grub's urine waters tree. (Cf. D1027.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F979.15 | Tree sheds all its leaves out of sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F979.16 | Magic tree will allow person to take only two of its fruits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F979.17 | Plants grow without being sown. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F979.18 | Grass grows anew every night. (Cf. F971.1.3.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F979.19 | Extraordinary tree supports pious man and his family. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F979.20 | Tree's branches turn upward when idolators rest beneath it. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F979.21 | Tree which has two singing blossoms. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 284. |
| F979.22 | Tree acts as master of ceremonies while gods drink. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 74. |
| F979.23 | Trees wither when tragic things happen. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F980 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals. |
| F981 | Extraordinary death of animal. |
| F981.1 | Serpent bursts asunder. Dickson 54, 195 n. 78. |
| F981.1.1 | Animal bursts from anger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F981.2 | Bull melts away after evil spirit has issued from him. Dickson 197 n. 84. |
| F981.3 | Animals killed by trickster's breaking wind. Koryak: *Jochelson JE VI 381 No. 68. |
| F981.4 | Fiery bolt from heaven kills devastating animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F981.5 | Ashes thrown into stream dissolve animals. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F981.6 | Animal dies of broken heart. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F981.6.1 | Animal's broken heart disgorged. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F981.7 | King of cats killed by glowing mass of iron thrown by saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F981.8 | Giant magic boar slain by tearing out entrails from behind. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F982 | Animals carry extraordinary burden. |
| F982.1 | Eagles carry castle in air. De Vries FFC LXXIII 388; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12. |
| F982.1.1 | Great flock of birds lift grayhound and garments into air. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F982.2 | Four cats carry coffin. Type 326; Fb "ligkiste" II 422b. |
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