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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| P231 | Mother and son. |
| P231.7 | Mother commits suicide when son wants to marry foreigner according to foreign rites. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 267. |
| P230.2 | Mother dislikes her children in forced marriage. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P211.2 | Mother kills husband for murdering their daughter. Africa (Kamerun): Mansfield 228. |
| P231.4 | Mother kills sons who lack courage to help her revenge her father and brothers, and are likely to betray the plot. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P232.2 | Mother lets daughter unwittingly marry own father in order to avenge his raping. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P711.2 | Mother of invalided soldier says of his limping: "Every step will remind you of your virtue." Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P230.1 | Mother prefers son, father daughter. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P231.5 | Mother reveals fact that son is offspring of supernatural father. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P262 | Mother-in-law. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P231.3 | Mother-love. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P293.1 | Mother's brother as foster father. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P293.2 | Mother's brother as helper. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P681 | Mourning customs. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P176 | Murder by slaves. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P428 | Musician. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P162.1 | Naked leper. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P711.6 | National unity preserved by expulsion of all foreign elements. Jewish: Moreno Esdras, Neuman. |
| P710 | Nations. |
| P17.9.1 | Natural son is refused kingship and half heritage. Icelandic: Hervarar saga 86—88, Boberg. |
| P233.4 | Natural son preferred to legitimate. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P17.9 | Natural son succeeds to the throne. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P297 | Nephew. *F. B. Gummere The Sister's Son (Oxford, 1901); C. H. Bell The Sister's Son in the Mediaeval German Epic (Berkeley, 1922); Irish myth: Cross. |
| P616 | Newcomers forced to pass the night with ruling princess. Given sleeping potion. Goods confiscated for failure to consummate marriage. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P298 | Niece. |
| P251.6.5 | Nine brothers. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P252.5 | Nine sisters. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P29.1 | No king to rule who is not husband of certain queen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P17.0.1 | No sons left to rule after father. Lawmaker's sons slain in rebellion against him. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P12.9 | Nobility of character a mark of kings. Kings overcomes passion for beautiful captives and sends them back untouched to their people. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P60 | Noble (gentle) ladies. |
| P51 | Noble person saves self from difficulties by knowledge of a trade. (Cf. P31.) Chauvin VIII 111 No. 90. |
| P61 | Noble woman given to foreigners on condition that thereafter their land be held by female right. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P322.1 | Nobleman forces escaping prisoner to accept his hospitality. Intercedes for his pardon. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P50 | Noblemen (knights). |
| P14.7 | None permitted to enter hall of king unless he possesses an art. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P536.1 | Nose cut off for failure to pay tax. (Cf. Q451.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P236.3 | Not daring to curse father directly, son does so indirectly. Nouvelles Récréations No. 50. |
| P16.3.1 | Old king attacked. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P674 | Old person commits suicide when strength fails. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P14.15.1 | Old, wise counsellor of court. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P251.7 | Older brother has birthright, entitling him to a double share. (Cf. P233.11.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P233.5 | Oldest son responsible to father for welfare of others. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P310.6 | One friend dies shortly after the other. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P253.0.5 | One sister and six (seven, eleven, twelve) brothers. Type 451. |
| P253.0.4 | One sister and ten brothers. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P253.0.3 | One sister and three (four) brothers. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P253.0.2 | One sister and two brothers. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P551.8.1 | Only 700 subjects of under-king required to serve under overlord on any one hosting. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P642 | Only the brave to wear beards. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P177 | Origin of thralls. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P459 | Other artisans. |
| P19 | Other motifs connected with kings. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P290 | Other relatives. |
| P190 | Other social orders—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P460 | Other trades and professions. |
| P11.3 | Owner of magic object chosen as king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P482 | Painter (artist). |
| P515 | Pardoning of criminal comes too late. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P230 | Parents and children. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 527a s.v. "Eltern und Kinder"; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P241 | Parents descend to hell instead of sons. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 53. |
| P270.3 | Parents kill son for slaying their foster son. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P426.1 | Parson (priest). Jewish: Neuman (P426.1, V452). |
| P715 | Particular nations (races). |
| P14 | Particular practices of kings. |
| P294.1 | Paternal aunt as aid. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 82. |
| P711.9 | Patriotism: king learning that nation will triumph whose king dies in battle, allows self to be killed. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P711 | Patriotism. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P537 | Payment of stipend. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P532 | Payment of tax (tribute). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P270.2 | Peasant and his wife as foster parents of exposed king's son. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P411.1.1 | Peasant and his wife in hut near castle as contrasts to king and queen. Icelandic: Lagerholm lvi, *Boberg. |
| P411.2 | Peasant is cutting wood in front of his house as guests arrive. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P411.1 | Peasant refuses to sell possessions to king. (Miller of Sanssouci.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 13. |
| P411 | Peasant. **Hdwb. d. Märchens I 184a. |
| P617 | People weep when child is born. They sing and laugh at burials. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P427.0.2 | Person assailed by druid loses treasure. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P202 | Person reproached for having no relatives. Irish myth: Cross; Koryak: *Jochelson JE VI 372. |
| P16.4 | Persons buried with dead king. *Wesselski Märchen 230; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 303, *Boberg. |
| P552.3 | Phalanx. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P485 | Philosopher. |
| P424.1 | Physician hides eyes as he passes graveyard. He does not want to see those who have died from his medicine. *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 259 No. 204. |
| P424.3 | Physician killed for fatal diagnosis. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P424 | Physician. Penzer X 263a s.v. "Physician"; Irish myth: Cross. |
| P241.1 | Pious children save their parents from hell. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P557.2 | Pledge with enemy to be kept. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.4 | Poet (druid) as satirist. (Cf. M402.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.7.7 | Poet as judge. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P524.1 | Poet may not act as security. (Cf. P427.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.7.8 | Poet rewarded for poem. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P427.7 | Poet. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P427.7.6 | Poet's rod. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.7.2.1.1 | Poets and fools closely allied. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.7.9 | Poets banished. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P553.1 | Poisoned weapons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P336.1 | Poor host and his wife kill themselves because they are unable to entertain expected guests. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P336.3 | Poor peasant closes the eyes in order not to see guest eat: later suicide. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P336 | Poor person makes great effort to entertain guests. |
| P720 | Population. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.4.1 | Precedence shown by position of shield (flag). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P38 | Prince forfeits father's and God's blessing if he fails to claim throne. English romance: Malory I 4. |
| P34 | Prince imprisoned as hostage for safety from king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P31 | Prince must learn a trade. (Cf. P51.) *Chauvin VI 74 No. 239. |
| P31.1 | Princes as smiths. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P30 | Princes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P41 | Princess cannot be married to someone of low caste, though he passes suitor test. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P40 | Princesses. |
| P459.1 | Printer. Sébillot Métiers No. 19. |
| P14.1 | Prisoners released as celebration of king's success. *Chauvin VI 101 No. 269 n. 2; Babylonian: Spence 59. |
| P13.0.1 | Privileges of under-king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P233.8 | Prodigal son returns. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P192.1 | Professional fool. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P273.2.1 | Promise of marriage to king's daughter induces warrior to fight foster brother. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P11.0.1 | Prophecy that brother who first kisses saint will be king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P672 | Pulling a man's beard as an insult. E. Hinojosa Homenaje a Menéndez y Pelayo I 568ff.; R. Menéndez Pidal Cantar del Mio Cid II 498; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P678 | Pulling out hair as sign of grief. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (P673.1). |
| P536 | Punishment for failure to pay tax. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P29.3 | Queen (princess) pours liquor for battle champions. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P21.1 | Queen as intercessor with king. Greek: Odyssey VI 313; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P17.2 | Queen chosen to live rather than king so that she can bear an heir to the throne. Serpents alleged to tell by their death which shall die first: male serpent predicts king's death; female, queen's. King has male serpent killed. BP IV 139; Gesta Romanorum No. 92. |
| P29.2 | Queen commits adultery with husband's foster son. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P26.1 | Queen commits suicide, as her husband vanquishes and kills her father and her brother. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P230.3 | Queen dislikes son who is unlike her and loves a poor girl: plots against him. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P21 | Queen intervenes for condemned courtiers. *Chauvin II 104 No. 65. |
| P22.1 | Queen leaves country with her son, having killed her husband in revenge for his killing of her father and brother. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P22 | Queen marries murderer of her fiancée. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P25 | Queen meddles in state affairs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P24 | Queen must pay tribute to victorious queen to the amount paid by king to victorious king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P23.4 | Queen offers son to be killed in order to spur to fight and avenge her first husband. (Cf. S12.3.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P23.3 | Queen persuades husband to avenge her father. Icelandic: Boberg |
| P23.2 | Queen persuades husband to claim her father's kingdom after his death. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P23.1 | Queen persuades husband to riot against his superior. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P23 | Queen persuades king to make war without cause that her sons may have territory. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P29 | Queens—miscellaneous. |
| P20 | Queens. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.3 | Rank among children recognized by quality of appointments and food. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P282.1 | Realm ruled by stepmother, while king is absent. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P322.3 | Refugee entertained in holy place (church, monastery, etc.). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P317 | Refusal to believe that a friend has spoken ill of one. Alphabet No. 220; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P317.1 | Refusal to believe that a friend will harm one. Alexander drinks cup said to have been poisoned by his friend. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P205 | Refusal to fight relatives. Hindu: Tawney I 175; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P331 | Refusal to receive preferred help until series of stories has been told. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 5. |
| P260 | Relations by law. |
| P512.1 | Release from execution at a woman's request (by marriage to her). *Taylor JAFL LX 185. |
| P251.8 | Repudiation of relationship of birth between man and his bad brother. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 92f. |
| P172 | Requirement that slaves given as tribute should not know Irish. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.8 | Retainers not required to go to battle under overlord except for pay. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P150 | Rich men. Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P13.3.2 | Ring can make or unmake a king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P427.7.10 | Rivaling poets. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P447.6 | Rivaling smiths. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P475 | Robber. Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P475.2 | Robbers defeated and killed. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P711.5 | Roman undertakes to kill Hannibal. Kills another by mistake. Burns off his hand for having failed. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P552.3.1 | Roof of shields. Testudo. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P13.7 | Royal anniversaries. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P110 | Royal ministers. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P13.9 | Royal perquisites. |
| P13.3 | Royal purple (golden diadem) worn as sign of royalty. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P90 | Royalty and nobility—miscellaneous. |
| P0 | Royalty and nobility. |
| P672.3 | Rubbing shaved head of hero with cow dung as insult. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P312.0.1 | Saint makes blood covenant with animals. (Cf. B279.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P311.7 | Saints exchange bachalls as mark of affection. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P311.7.1 | Saints exchange bells. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P321 | Salt of hospitality. Eating a man's salt creates mutual obligation. *Chauvin VI 196 No. 368. |
| P711.4 | Scipio plunges into burning pit to save Rome from destruction. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P425.1 | Scribe who cannot read his own writing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P425 | Scribe. |
| P17.3.1 | Second-born son declared as successor because message about the birth of first son was slower traveling. Emperor will not change proclamation. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P332 | Selfish guest expels host. Porcupine asks rabbit for hospitality. When rabbit complains of being pricked, porcupine tells him to leave if he does not like it. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P622 | Servant must keep horns and hide of his cattle that are slain. Wesselski Märchen 200. |
| P365.2 | Servant planning to possess his master's goods. Has already possessed his wife. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 613. |
| P252.3 | Seven sisters. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P251.6 | Several brothers. |
| P334 | Shabby hospitality forces guests to leave. Italian Novella: Rotunda (P329). |
| P16.5 | Shavings of spear which killed king cast into cataract. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P412.1 | Shepherd as hero. *Type 300. |
| P412 | Shepherd. |
| P453 | Shoemaker. **C. Nyrop Dania VIII 195ff.; *Sébillot Métiers No. 10; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151, 155—157, 185. |
| P427.0.4 | Simon Magus as druid. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P253 | Sister and brother. Type 450; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P253.5 | Sister avenges brother's death. India: Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P253.2 | Sister faithful to transformed brother. *Types 450, 451; Child I 315f. |
| P252.1.1 | Sister kills sister. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P253.6 | Sister warns brothers. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P264 | Sister-in-law. (Cf. K2212.2.) |
| P253.0.1 | Sister's son. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P252 | Sisters. |
| P338 | Sitting in a circle of feasts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P251.6.3 | Six or seven brothers. Type 451. |
| P175.1 | Slave hanged. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P175 | Slave killed. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P523.3 | Slave may not bring suit. (Cf. P170.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P171.1 | Slave's ear bored. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P178 | Slaves freed. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P178.2 | Slaves released after definite term. Jewish: Neuman (seven years). |
| P170 | Slaves. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P17.11 | Slayer of king marries widow and inherits kingdom. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P447.1 | Smith as grandfather of king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P447.3 | Smith as lord of hall of hospitality. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P447.2 | Smith as rath-builder. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P447.0.1 | Smith from Lochlann (Scandinavia, otherworld [?]) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P447.5 | Smith honored by king as indispensable. Invited to festival. England: *Baughman. |
| P447.4 | Smith punished in hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P447 | Smith. *Sébillot Métiers Nos. 17, 18; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 257—67; Andree (1878) 153; *Nyrop Dania IX 186ff.; Von Sydow Vеra folksagor (1941) 39ff. — Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P191 | Social status of foreigners. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P461.2 | Soldier dies happy on learning of enemy's rout. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P461.3 | Soldier is ordered to set fire to enemy's armada. Is caught and sawed in two. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P461.1 | Soldier who has had both hands severed fights with his teeth until he is killed. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P461 | Soldier. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 485ff.; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P551.2 | Soldiers chained (tied) together to prevent flight from battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P233.1 | Son as pledge for father who has committed murder. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P233.6 | Son avenges father. English romance: Malory X 21, 34, 36; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa: Bouveignes 163. |
| P233.9 | Son chastizes father for scorning mother. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P236.4 | Son deposes father and usurps throne. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P401 | Son insists on following father's trade. This has been kept secret at request of dying father who was unsuccessful. Son learns from mother. *Cosquin Contes indiens 395ff. |
| P233.7 | Son must threaten father before he will recognize him as son, even though he brings ring from his mother. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P17.0.2 | Son succeeds father as king. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P231.2 | Son warns mother. (Hamlet.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P265 | Son-in-law. |
| P10.1 | Special place where occur births of royalty. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 376. |
| P451 | Spinner. Sébillot Métiers No. 5; *Von Sydow Spinnsagor. |
| P283 | Stepbrother. |
| P283.1 | Stepbrothers kill devastating monsters. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P281.1 | Stepfather as foster father. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P281.2 | Stepfather murdered. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P281 | Stepfather. |
| P282.3 | Stepmother in love with stepson. (Cf. T418.) Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Euripides Hippolytus; Chinese-Persian: *Coyajee JPASB XXIV 192. |
| P282.2 | Stepmother mourns her stepsons' death, not her own son's. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P282 | Stepmother. Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P280 | Steprelatives. |
| P284 | Stepsister. (Cf. K2212.1.) Icelandic: Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P557.3 | Stones erected where enemy falls. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P328 | Strangers entertained by family to whose hitching-ring they happen to tie their horses. Thus confusion avoided as to where strangers are to be entertained. Italian: L. de Francia Novellino (Torino, 1930), Rotunda. |
| P631 | Strangers to be given precedence over man at home. Duke permits visiting duke to go through narrow path first. This sets custom. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 515. |
| P342.1 | Student challenges his fencing master. Is overcome by the latter's tricks. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P342 | Student enters competition with his master. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P15.8 | Subjects drive their ruler away after he has made them do forced labor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P555.1 | Submission indicated by defeated lying with conqueror's sword between teeth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P319.6 | Successful rival gives his lady to unsuccessful friend. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P17.6 | Succession by mother-right. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P17 | Succession to the throne. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P17.7 | Succession will fall to line that has been wronged. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552.2 | Superior troops distributed throughout army to prevent their soldierly qualities from being too obvious. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P236.2 | Supposed chest of gold induces children to care for aged father. They think that the chest of stones contains the inheritance. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 435; Scala Celi 98b No. 528; Dunlop-Wilson II 185f.; von der Hagen II lviii No. 49; Hdwb. d. Abergl. IV 1290. —Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2452*; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 116 No. 980A; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Palestine: Schmidt-Kahle Volkserzählungen aus Palästina II No. 123; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: Jeynball Catalogus Maleische en Sundaneesche Hss. 173, ibid. Supplement Catalogus Javaansche en Madoereesche Hss. 22. |
| P312.3 | Surviving blood brother to watch three nights in grave-mound. Icelandic: Egils saga ok Asm., Lagerholm 28 (cf. introd. xxiv—xxix). |
| P16.4.1 | Suttee. Wife burned with dead king. *Penzer IV 255 ff., 264; **Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 198ff., 302ff., 395ff., XV 74ff.; Chauvin VII 20; Mansikka FFC XLIII 330ff.; Hert Die Indogermanen II 440, 490ff.; Grimm Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer I 622; Hoops' Reallexikon IV 556ff.; Schreuer Zs. f. Vgl. Rechtswissenschaft XXXIV 19ff. —Icelandic: *Boberg; Slavic: Máchal 233; India: *Thompson-Balys; Melanesia: Codrington 288ff.; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis VII 106, 227. |
| P412.2 | Swineherd. (Cf. L113.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P312.2 | Sworn brethren and blood brethren avenge each other. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
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