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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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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| P192.5 | Fool makes friends with birds and beasts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P523.2.1 | Fool not to be punished for his crime. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P192.7 | Fool recognized by lump on his forehead. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P673 | Footwashing as sign of reconciliation. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P524.2 | Foreigner may not act as security. (Cf. P191.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P523.1 | Foreigner may not bring suit. (Cf. P191.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P272.3 | Former mistress as sons' foster mother. Icelandic: Bosa saga 6ff. |
| P273.1.3 | Foster brother as constant adviser. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P273 | Foster brother. *Valtyr Gudmundsson "Fуstbrædralag" in prjár Ritgjörethir (Kaupmannahöfn, 1892) 29—55; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P273.1.1 | Foster brothers avenge each other. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P271.6 | Foster children return foster father's love: avenge him, etc. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P271.5 | Foster father as constant helper. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P271 | Foster father. **C. Schubert Der Pflegesohn (Nourri) im Heldenepos (Marburg, 1906); Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P272.2 | Foster mother as helper. (See all items under P272.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P272 | Foster mother. Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P270.1 | Foster parents fined for blemish on child. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P270 | Foster relatives. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P274 | Foster sister. |
| P275.1 | Foster son commits adultery with foster father's wife. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P275 | Foster son. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P251.6.2 | Four brothers. Types 653, 655. |
| P12.6.1 | Four duties of king to subjects: devotion, protection of subjects, justice, and increase of his kingdom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P315.2 | Friend gives false witness to set free his accused friend. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 99f. |
| P316 | Friend sacrifices his life for the other. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1369. |
| P251.1 | Friend unfaithful but brother faithful. Brought to test by actions at apparent death of hero. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P319.3 | Friend's intercession saves man from execution. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P310.2 | Friends avenge each other. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P311.4 | Friends born at same moment. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P311.0.1 | Friends exchange names. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P310.9 | Friends given the power of reading each other's secret thoughts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P315 | Friends offer to die for each other. (Bürgschaft.) Each falsely confesses crime so as to save the other. Neither guilty. Often combined with P325. **Abeles "Die Bürgschaft als Motif in der jüdischen Literatur" Monatschr. f. Geschichte u. Wissenschaft der Juden LX 213ff., 263ff.; **K. Kelling Das Bürgschaftsmotiv in der französischen Literatur (Leipzig diss., 1915); *Chauvin III 124 No. 113, V 215f., VIII 194ff. IX 16f.; *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 350a s.v. "Bürgschaft"; Köhler-Bolte II 557, 580f.; Gaster Exempla Nos. 362, 419; Basset 1001 Contes II 293ff.; Boccaccio Decameron X No. 8 (*Lee 330); Fischer Zs. f. deutsche Morgenländische Ges. LXXII 290; Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 193 n. 4, 194; Scala Celi 10a, 11b Nos. 62, 68; bin Gorion Born Judas IV 20, 274; Alphabet Nos. 53, 57. — Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P310.4 | Friends want their children to be friends too. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P310.1 | Friends want to divide good and evil. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P310.4.2 | Friends' children become enemies. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P311.8 | Friendship between a prince and common man. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P32 | Friendship of prince and commoner. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P310.8 | Friendship possible only between equals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P313.1 | Friendship starts at babyhood: two babies exchanged. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P310 | Friendship. *Type 516; *BP I 46; **Rösch FFC LXXVII 96; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P672.1 | Fur made of beards of conquered kings. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 185. |
| P173.4 | Futile attempt to get rid of man by selling him to merchants as slave. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P203 | Game with ancestors' bones. A boy interrupts a game played with the bones of his father or other murdered relative. N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 225. |
| P94 | Garment must be removed in presence of certain high chiefs. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 376. |
| P555.3 | Gate of captured town (castle) to be widened until overlord's spear can pass through crosswise. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P253.4 | Girl comes to brother's aid when he is attacked. She slays the assailant and is eventually acquitted. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P296.1 | Godfather. Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 803; Missouri French: Carrière. See also N811 and all references and cross-references. |
| P296.2 | Godmother. |
| P296 | Godparents. |
| P447.7 | Goldsmith as lover. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P12.5 | Good king never retreats in battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P500 | Government. |
| P291.1 | Grandfather as foster father. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P291 | Grandfather. Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P292.1 | Grandmother as foster mother. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P292 | Grandmother. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P41.1 | Great warrior destroyed by king when he asks for princess in marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P682 | Greeting customs. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P682.1 | Greeting in God's name. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P27 | Grief at queen's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P325.1 | Guest begets son with his host's daughter. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P322 | Guest given refuge. Murderer of a man's father takes refuge in his house and is saved by him. *Chauvin II 198 No. 31. |
| P322.2 | Guest in disguise or under false name. (Cf. K1831.) *Boberg. |
| P334.1 | Guests accused of greediness. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P324.2 | Guests fed before being questioned. Greek: Odyssey III 70 and passim. |
| P324.3 | Guests' life inviolable. Greek: Odyssey XIV 403 and passim. |
| P552.5 | Haircut as preparation for war. Maori: Beckwith Myth 250. |
| P319.5 | Hands of friends extend through sides of tombs and clasp in death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P428.1 | Harper. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P454 | Hatter. Sébillot Métiers No. 10 pp. 52ff. |
| P525.3 | He nearest to blood of slain man must avenge his death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P11.5 | He who can fill out a certain wide seat chosen as king. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P11.4.1 | He who can open palace door to be king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P555.2.1 | Heads of fallen enemies piled up after battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P541.1 | Heptads. Laws made in groups of seven. (Cf. Z71.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P426.2 | Hermit. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 507b; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Espinosa II No. 75, Espinosa Jr. No. 186. |
| P415.1 | Hero as collier. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga I 308f., Boberg. |
| P412.3 | Hero as rabbit-herd. Type 570. |
| P551.4 | Hero drives retreating warriors back into battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P293.3 | Hero killed in fighting with father's brother. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P411.4 | Hero stays overnight in peasant's house, to which he accidentally comes, and where he gets advice and direction. (Cf. H1232.4.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P644 | Hero unwilling to answer questions before he is dressed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P361.1.3 | Hero's charioteer faithful to master till death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P233.3.1 | Hero's son by giantess scorns his father's feebleness: still it is the son who is slain. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P320.2 | Hospitality for (three) years. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P320.1 | Hospitality for a whole winter. Icelandic: Lagerholm 10 n., *Boberg. |
| P320 | Hospitality. Relation of host and guest. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P324 | Host greets guest with gifts. English romance: Malory passim; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P325 | Host surrenders his wife to his guest. The guest unwittingly falls in love with the wife. The host, on being informed, out of pure generosity repudiates the wife and has her marry the guest. (Often joined with P315.) Chauvin V 136 No. 64; also references to P315; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P324.1 | Host treats guest with food and everything possible. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P533.1 | Hostages. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P251.5.3 | Hostile brothers. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P323 | Hosts refrain from telling guest of death in household. Wesselski Archiv Orientální II 431; Greek: Euripides Alcestis. |
| P457 | House-painter. Sébillot Métiers No. 15. |
| P311.3 | Human sons of animal companions go together on adventures Africa. (Lamba): Doke MAFLS XX 14 No. 11. |
| P414 | Hunter. Types 246, 304; Von Sydow Vеra folksagor (1941) 39. |
| P12.1 | Hunting a madness of kings. Penzer II 127; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P210 | Husband and wife. |
| P213 | Husband more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned woman; husband does so. Child II 346—53, III 511, IV 481f., V 231ff., 296. |
| P661 | Hut for invalid to prevent noxious odor. *Schoepperle 367ff. |
| P265.1 | Idle sons-in-law driven away by gradually reducing their food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P326 | If host does not return, the house shall belong to the guest. So declares the host as he departs on a mission for the guest. *Chauvin V 209 No. 120 n. 1; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| P95 | Impossible to refuse the request of a troubled nobleman. Greek: Odyssey IV 653. |
| P426.0.1 | In fear of clerics pagans flee into fairy mounds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P11.6 | Inauguration of king as espousal to goddess. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P201 | Inherent enmity between members of a family. Dickson 100 n. 5. |
| P641 | Injured husband will not kill a naked man. Child V 489 s.v. "naked". |
| P12.2 | Injustice deadliest of monarch's sins. Penzer I 124 n. 1. |
| P672.4 | Insult: lighting lamp with king's moustache. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P3 | Issue of marriage of brother and sister of highest chiefly rank is a god. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 521. |
| P421.1 | Jackals as judges. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P555.2.1.2 | Jawbone cut from slain opponent. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 422. |
| P715.1 | Jews. **Goebel Jüdische Motive in märchenhafte Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 281—288; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P421 | Judge. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P483 | Juggler (conjurer). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P12.6 | Just king brings good fortune upon people. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P173.2 | Killed enemy's son as slave. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P16.1 | King (prince) retires from the world (becomes hermit, swineherd). *Chauvin VI 194 No. 363; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P19.2.1 | King abducts woman to be his paramour. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P50.0.1 | King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P14.11 | King angry at hero who rides straight into the castle without permission. Icelandic: Völsunga saga ch. 28 (26). |
| P14.8.1 | King asks all newcomers what they can do and expects a prompt answer. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P12.12 | King avenges lack of homage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P12.8 | King banishes nobleman whose castle he wants. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P27.3 | King calls daughter in second marriage by the name of his first queen. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P13.1 | King cannot judge without crown. Fb "konge" II 264b. |
| P15.2.1 | King carries off subject's wife and makes her his own. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P11.2.1 | King chosen by contest: princes finding greatest fault with their father. Youngest can find no fault and is chosen. Type 924**. |
| P11.2.2 | King chosen by contest. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P11.4 | King chosen on basis of strength and exploits. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P16.3.0.1 | King commits suicide. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P50.0.1.1 | King demands open gate to vassals' castle (city). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P15.2 | King demands subject's wife for himself. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| P337 | King demands work, sport or entertainment from winter guests. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P15.6 | King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P14.23 | King does not eat much during years of famine in order not to forget the hungry. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P14.8 | King does not want men who are unable to engage in any sport. Icelandic: örvar-Odds saga 142—43. |
| P15.5 | King frees man sent by rival king to kill him. He sees bravery in the would-be assassin. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P14.13 | King gives his own wife as reward. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P14.19 | King goes in disguise at night to observe his subjects. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 424, 908. |
| P14.15 | King has champion to enforce respect. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P13.9.1 | King has first choice in booty. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P14.12 | King has his own gifts stolen back for him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P15.7 | King himself works at brick building so that subjects cannot complain of enforced labor. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P12.5.1 | King in battle hides in ditch, with earth piled around him. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P15.4 | King is cursed by disguised dwarf-smiths whose work he criticised. Icelandic: ásmundar saga Kappabana 466. |
| P561.1 | King is persuaded to rescind ban on tournaments. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P12.10 | King is superior to all in strength, beauty, largeness, etc., and usually has victory. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P14.22 | King keeps lions as pets and a lion-tamer at his palace. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P16.3 | King killed when old. Hawaii: Beckwith 409f.; Tonga: Gifford 31. |
| P16.1.2 | King learning of queen's adultery abdicates. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P15.3 | King loses his kingdom to impostor. (Cf. K1934.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| P19.2 | King may have any woman as paramour if he makes her a settlement. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P19.4.1 | King may judge against all save one of highest rank in religion or learning. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P27.2 | King mourns so much at wife's death that he goes on piracy, (every summer afterward). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P13.4 | King must marry. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P13.8 | King must never be present at funeral. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P19.3 | King must procure whatever visiting poets ask, or suffer from their satire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P16.2.1 | King must resign if he begets natural son. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P16.2 | King must resign if maimed (disfigured). Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 25, Cross. |
| P14.5 | King never touches earth: carried always by slaves. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 121. |
| P16.1.1 | King on retiring orders funeral obsequies given him. Chauvin VIII 115 No. 98. |
| P14.4 | King orders all gold brought to him. Wesselski Archiv Orientální I 77. |
| P14.18 | King orders man whose neck the rope will fit to be executed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P15.1.2 | King pardons person who has made mistake of addressing one of his courtiers as king. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P14.3 | King playing chess when important news arrives. *Dickson 233 n. 30; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P12.13 | King quick to anger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P19.5 | King raised from dead (by saint). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P14.14 | King requires everyone who comes before him to tell a story. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P14.21 | King shows himself in public only one day a year. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P27.1 | King sits mourning on his wife's grave mound. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P16.7 | King slain by "his own household" in revenge for deposing his father. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P12.13.1 | King to be seen after anger cools. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P17.12 | King to be succeeded by whoever can carry his dead body a certain distance. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P16.3.2 | King too old to fight goes himself into his grave mound. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P12.4 | King who intends rape killed. Attackers flee into exile. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P14.2 | King will not permit a one-eyed man in his presence. *Chauvin V 160 No. 84 n. 1. |
| P14.6 | King's (prince's) sulking chamber. He sulks here until his wishes are carried out. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P16.9 | King's coffin sunk into river. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P19.1 | King's presence necessary for army's victory. English romance: Malory passim. |
| P273.1.2 | King's son begs pardon for treacherous foster brother. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P273.2.3 | King's son falsely accuses foster brother of attempt to seduce his sister. Icelandic: Lagerholm 161—63, introd. lxxviii, *Boberg. |
| P271.7 | King's son named after his father's foster father. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P30.1 | King's sons called kings. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P14.17 | King's stronghold on island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P19.4.0.1 | King's wand (rod). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P13.3.1 | Kingly insignia worn only on field of battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P19.4 | Kingly powers (rights). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P11.1.1 | Kings chosen by lot. *Chauvin VI 75 No. 239; Africa (Swahili): Steere 141. |
| P14.10 | Kings have seat on hills. Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P16.6 | Kings worshipped after their death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P10 | Kings. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P17.8 | Kingship given to younger brother. (Cf. P17.10.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P17.4 | Kingship rotates among brothers. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P52 | Knight jousts with all comers. (Cf. P561.) English romance: Malory passim. |
| P52.1 | Knight's duty to perform as lady bids. English romance: Malory VI 5. |
| P178.1 | Knocking out a slave's tooth entitles him to freedom. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P410 | Laborers. |
| P16.8 | Land where every raja dies; if he rules for a day he dies that night; if he rules for a night, he dies that day. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P510 | Law courts. *E. v. Künssberg Rechtliche Volkskunde (Halle, 1936); **Spargo Juridicial Folklore in England (Durham N.C., 1944); Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.6 | Law requiring military service of women revoked through influence of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P14.9 | Law that nobody may give the king bad tidings. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P541 | Law-making. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P541.2.1 | Laws made at feast every seven years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P541.2 | Laws made at yearly feast. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P522 | Laws. |
| P422 | Lawyer. Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 202. |
| P422.1 | Lawyers punished in hell. Alphabet Nos. 42, 43. |
| P420 | Learned professions. |
| P526 | Legal principles. |
| P524 | Legal security. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P162 | Lepers. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P522.1 | Lex talionis. One life for one life. Equal number must be given up by each feuding side. (Cf. P535.) Irish myth: Cross (P548.2); India: Thompson-Balys; New Guinea: Ker 61. |
| P412.1.1 | Life of shepherd proper preparation for ruler. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P18.2 | Limited number of wives for polygamous king. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P271.4 | Living king's or nobleman's son as foster son of father's friend: considered an honor for the foster father. Weinhold Altnordisches Leben (1856) 285ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P632.5 | Long hair prized by Irish heroes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P274.1 | Love between foster sister and foster brother. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 80, *Boberg. |
| P282.3.1 | Love of stepmother who has killed her husband refused. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P523.2 | Madman may not bring suit. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P192 | Madmen (fools, professional fools). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P273.2.4 | Magic writing makes foster brothers enemies. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P271.1 | Magician as foster father. (Cf. N845.) English romance: Malory, Book 1; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P511.2 | Man condemned to lose his eye is allowed to choose the instrument. Herbert III 71; Hervieux IV 310 No. 117; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P316.1 | Man knowing of murder plot against his friend disguises and is killed in his place. (Cf. P361.1.) Scala Celi 9b No. 61; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P318 | Man refuses to follow friend in wicked conduct. Scala Celi 11a No. 66; Alphabet No. 56; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P151 | Man so rich that people prefer the dung from his mules over king's gold and silver. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P319.2 | Man who has counseled friend in assassination asks to be killed on the other's body. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P310.7 | Man wins wife for his friend. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P251.5.6 | Man's descendants shall serve those of his brother. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P18 | Marriage of kings. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P28 | Marriage of queen. |
| P50.2 | Marshall. |
| P455 | Mason (bricklayer). Sébillot Métiers No. 12. |
| P360 | Master and servant. **Hdwb. d. Märchens I 389ff. |
| P366 | Master demands that servant tell him of his faults as well as of his good qualities. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 42. |
| P431 | Merchant. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P431.1 | Merchants as spreaders of news. *Dickson 174 n. 35. |
| P550 | Military affairs. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 181—254; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P557 | Military customs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P313 | Milk-brotherhood. Friends bound in brotherhood through partaking of milk from the same woman. *Cosquin études 247ff.; Wiedemann Am Urquell III 259ff. |
| P443 | Miller. Type 461 (Danish); Von Sydow Vеra folksagor (1941) 38; *Sébillot Métiers No. 1; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 137, 141, 198. |
| P116 | Minister acts as stepping-stone in midst of flame-filled trench so that king can step across from one side to the other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P429 | Miscellaneous learned professions. |
| P548 | Miscellaneous legal customs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P13.2 | Mismanagement of king's treasury a mortal offense. Fb "penge" II 803a. |
| P12.14 | Modesty of king. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P426.3.2 | Monks as converted druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P426.3 | Monks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P231.6 | Mother (eagle) casts out dull, stupid changeling; rears bold, energetic son. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P232 | Mother and daughter. |
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