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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| T12 | Love through prophecy that prince shall marry the fairest. *Type 516; *Rösch FFC LXXII 100. |
| T11.4.3.1 | Love through seeing bouquet. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4.4 | Love through seeing marks of lady's teeth in fruit which she has bitten. Indonesia: DeVries Volksverhalen II 89ff. No. 110. |
| T11.7 | Love through sight in magic mirror. (Cf. D1163.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T11.4.1.1 | Love through sight of hair of unknown hero. India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Shasta): Thompson Tales 196. |
| T11.4.1 | Love through sight of hair of unknown princess. **Golther Die Jungfrau mit den goldenen Haaren (Leipzig, 1893); *Cosquin Contes indiens 50 n. 2, 351ff.; Köhler-Bolte II 328ff.; Chavannes III 258 No. 470; Icelandic: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippines: Dixon 169. |
| T11.2 | Love through sight of picture. *Types 403, 516, 900; *BP I 45ff., 443ff.; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 98; Philippson FFC L 11f.; *Penzer X 214 s.v. "love with a painting", 263 s.v. "picture, falling in love"; Fb "portræt" II 863; *Köhler-Bolte I 127, 520ff., 527; Wesselski Archiv Orientální II 430; Herbert III 204; Oesterley No. 62.—English: Wells 81 (Sir Tristrem); Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "portrait"; Missouri French: Carrière; Arabian: Burton Nights S II 194ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 61f., 252; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 218. |
| T11.4.2 | Love through sight of slipper of unknown princess. *Cosquin études 8; Saintyves Perrault 115; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4 | Love through sight of something belonging to unknown princess. Hdwb. d. Märchens II 103b. nn. 169—76; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.2.1 | Love through sight of statue. *Type 516; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 99; Köhler-Bolte I 520 ff., 527; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T10.1.2 | Love transforms crude individual into a polished courtier. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T24.1 | Love-sickness. *Penzer II 9 n. 2, 10 n., III 68 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "amoureux"; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T99 | Love—additional motifs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T90 | Love—miscellaneous motifs. |
| T0 | Love. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T161.1 | Lover allowed to sleep with woman first few nights after her marriage to another. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T93.2.1 | Lover becomes friar and sweetheart nun when unable to marry. Heptameron No. 19. |
| T45 | Lover buys admission to woman's room. *Type 900; BP I 446; *Philippson FFC L 26f.; *Fb "guldrok" I 514b, "guldhaspe" I 513b. |
| T57.1 | Lover declares himself by showing her own reflection to his beloved. (Cf. T91.6.1.1.) Heptameron No. 24. |
| T37 | Lover finds lady in tomb apparently dead. She revives and marries him. Boccaccio Decameron X No. 4 (Lee 313ff.); Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T35.5 | Lover goes to see his beloved in her husband's (or her father's) house, defiant of the danger. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T95.1 | Lover kills his lady's relatives in fight. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child V 496 s.v. "Slaughter"; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T92.5 | Lover kills his rival brother. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T35.0.1 | Lover late at rendezvous; detained by incessant talker. Chauvin V 155 No. 78 n. 1. |
| T95 | Lover opposed to sweetheart's relatives. Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T24.6 | Lover refuses food and drink. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T85.4 | Lover's body kept embalmed for years by grieving mistress. (Cf. T211.4.) *Hibbard 266. |
| T86 | Lovers buried in same grave. *Chauvin V 107 No. 37; Heptameron Nos. 50, 70; Boccaccio Decameron IV No. 8 (Lee 140); Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T42.2 | Lovers converse in figures of speech not understood by others. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T86.2 | Lovers die at the same time. Icelandic: FSS 267, Boberg. |
| T22.4 | Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time; identical prophecies for both. (Cf. T61.5.) Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T87 | Lovers forbidden to marry starve themselves to death. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T22.1 | Lovers mated before birth. Fate compels their union as soon as they meet. Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 377 No. 108. |
| T34 | Lovers meet at social gathering. |
| T11.3.1 | Lovers meet in their dreams. Irish myth: Cross; Persian: Carnoy 341; India: Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Penzer III 82. |
| T415.3 | Lovers reared as brother and sister learn to their joy that they are not related. *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 75; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T96 | Lovers reunited after many adventures. Boccaccio Decameron Book V (Lee 157ff.); Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T84 | Lovers treacherously separated. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T32.1 | Lovers' meeting: hero in heroine's father's prison from which she helps him to escape. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T31 | Lovers' meeting: hero in service of heroine. As page, or the like. Dickson 143. Cf. Folie Tristan. |
| T31.1 | Lovers' meeting: hero in service of lady's father. *Type 314; Malone PMLA XLIII 421; Boccaccio Decameron II No. 6; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T32 | Lovers' meeting: heroine heals hero's wounds. (Cf. T67.2.) *Dickson 148 n. 158; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T30 | Lovers' meeting. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T35 | Lovers' rendezvous. (Cf. R315.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| T41.3 | Lovers' signal. Informs lover when he must come. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T212 | Loving couple die of separation. Penzer II 9. |
| T91.6.1 | Lowly person falls in love with king (queen). Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T418.1 | Lustful stepfather. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T418 | Lustful stepmother. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Greek: Euripides Hippolytus; S. A. Indian (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 551. |
| T24.3 | Madness from love. *Chauvin VI 51 No. 217 n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 300; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T548.3 | Magic elixir to procure a child. Penzer III 218f. |
| T527 | Magic impregnation by use of charm (amulet). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T539.5 | Magic impregnation from faraway husband. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 102 No. 59. |
| T175 | Magic perils threaten bridal couple. The perils are various—magic horse, poison, enchanted clothes, etc. *Type 516; **Rösch FFC LXXVII 123ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 9; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 155 No. 68. |
| T591.1.1 | Magic potion as remedy for impotence. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 87 n. 3. |
| T572.1 | Magic prevention of childbirth. *Type 755; *Hauffen Zs. f. Vksk. X 436ff.; *Kittredge Witchcraft 113f., 442f. nn. 79—84; *Fb "sten" III 554a; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T591.1 | Magic remedies for barrenness or impotence. (Cf. D1347, D1925, D2161.3.11.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T548.2 | Magic rites for obtaining a child. *Type 711; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 98; Penzer VI 14; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 284. |
| T321.5 | Magic sickness (discomfort) prevents lover from raping woman. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T35.0.2 | Magic sleep causes lover to miss appointment with mistress. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T72.1 | Maid eloping with pretended lover is forced by him to strip. Child V 487 s.v. "Maid". |
| T321.1 | Maid pledged to celibacy is given, at her prayer, a beard. BP III 242. |
| T77 | Maid vexes suitor by pretense. Noble maid who is to marry knight pretends to be beggar's daughter. Child V 487 s.v. "Maid". |
| T111.1.1 | Maiden chooses disguised god as husband. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 648. |
| T311.4 | Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying, but is at last conquered and married. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 292, *Boberg. |
| T327.1 | Maiden sends to her lecherous lover (brother) her eyes (hands, breasts) which he has admired. Type 706; **Williamson Philological Quarterly XI 149; *BP I 303; *Crane Vitry 158 No. 57; Herbert III 72, 611; Hervieux IV No. 120; *Penzer III 20f.; Alphabet No. 136; *bin Gorion Born Judas IV 175, 283; Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 11, 12; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 40; Nouvelles de Sens No. 12.—Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 2; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 273 n. 6; Africa (Bangola): Weeks 122. |
| T65.1 | Maiden will not give her troth to two brothers successively. English: Child V 487 s.v. "Maid". |
| T55.6.1 | Maidens (women) request hero to exhibit figure. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T327.4 | Maidens befoul selves with blood to escape rape. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T484 | Maidservant given to lover's companion as bed-partner. (Cf. T281.) *Schoepperle I 254ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T577.1 | Male embryo transformed in womb to female. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T317.5 | Man and woman in chaste love for twenty-five years. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T211.5 | Man becomes a hermit after his wife's death. *Dickson 264 n. 85. |
| T252.4.1 | Man claims prize (boots) as ruler of his house, but is afraid to carry the boots lest he soil his clean shirt and anger his wife. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 753; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T81.1 | Man dies at bedside of dying sweetheart. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T81.4 | Man dies when the bride who had been denied him kisses him. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T333.3 | Man disfigures his face to remove temptation. Alphabet No. 659; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T251.0.1 | Man ejected from heaven for folly of marrying twice. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 126 No. 1410. |
| T16.1 | Man falls in love by the sight of woman's white arms. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 110f. |
| T16.2 | Man falls in love on seeing dead body of beautiful girl. (Cf. T466.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T16 | Man falls in love with woman he sees bathing. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T254.4 | Man forbids wife to open chest. Loaded crossbow placed in it. She opens it and is killed. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T251.1.4 | Man forces devil to take back the shrewish wife. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 41 No. 301. |
| T69.3 | Man gives daughter in return for his release. (Cf. S222.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| T251.1.3 | Man had rather remain transformed to mule than to live with his shrewish wife. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 86 No. 754C*. |
| T491 | Man has a son not his wife's; wife has a daughter not her husband's. Children become lovers. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T251.1.2.2 | Man in hell declares that life there is much better than on earth with his wife. Bargain with the devil: should the latter not be able to endure life with his wife for three years, the man would be released from hell. The devil is the loser. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1164B*. |
| T326.2 | Man is killed defending sweetheart's honor. She kills herself. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T211.9.2 | Man kills self in grief for wife. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T376.1 | Man leaves earthly bride for service of Virgin. *Crane Miraculis 89 No. 16, 98 No. 35; Wesselski Mönchslatein 60 No. 51; Wells 170; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T145.1.3 | Man married to several sisters. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T421 | Man marries his aunt (mother's sister). Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 98 n. 1. |
| T115 | Man marries ogre's daughter. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T111.1.2 | Man marries the daughter of a god. Korean: Zong in-Sob 137 No. 63; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 181f. |
| T333 | Man mutilates himself to remove temptation. *Mensa Philosophica No. 104; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T24.8 | Man promises to sacrifice self in order to marry beloved. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T145.5 | Man pulled down stairs by his two wives. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T251.0.3 | Man reprimanded by judge for marrying several times. The man replies that he was always looking for a good wife. Spanish: Childers. |
| T145.1.1 | Man requires seven women. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T75 | Man scorned by his beloved. Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 357. |
| T611.10 | Man suckled by dog (wolf): called Mac Con (Son of Dog). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T332 | Man tempted by fiend in woman's shape. (Or woman by fiend in man's shape.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 211, 525 n. 49; *Herbert III 357ff.; Chauvin II 226 No. 3; Gaster Exempla 213 No. 136; *Toldo II 307ff., 310ff.; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 887; Wesselski Mönchslatein 72 No. 63; Alphabet No. 257. — Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 816*; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 86; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T62.1 | Man to marry first woman who gives him alms. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T33 | Man transformed to animal kept as pet by heroine. (Cf. D658.) Malone PMLA XLIII 401f. |
| T578.2 | Man transformed to female (human or animal) bears offspring. (Cf. T554.0.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T245 | Man unfaithful even on wedding night. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T331 | Man unsuccessfully tempted by woman. (St. Anthony.) Alphabet Nos. 128, 795; Wesselski Mönchslatein 103 No. 87; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 30; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman, Gaster Exempla 192 Nos. 34, 34A; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 168, 887, 1034, II 37, 226, 594, 616, 707, 716, 892, 996, 1052, 1214, 1322. |
| T471.1 | Man unwittingly ravishes his own sister. (Cf. N365.3.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 35. |
| T299.2.1 | Man warned by wife against stepping on red cloth. Chinese: Graham. |
| T255.7 | Man warns his wife that he has dreamed that she is attacked by a wolf. She pays no heed to him and the dream comes true. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T121.6 | Man weds his bondmaid. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| T134.3 | Man who has once been married helps groom to dress for wedding. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T254.3 | Man with obedient wife looks young; with disobedient, old. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T145.7 | Man's senior wife ugly but diligent; his second, beautiful but lazy. Africa (Fang): Trilles 264. |
| T145.4 | Man's two wives each claim part of his body: they torment him. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T586.1 | Many children at a birth. BP I 432; Köhler-Bolte I 467; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 420; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 200f.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 310 n. 116a; S. A. Indian (Chibcha): Alexander Lat. Am. 199. |
| T315.1 | Marital continence by mutual agreement. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 689; Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (St. Cecelia); *Toldo II 304ff.; Jewish: *Neuman, Gaster Exempla 200 No. 73. |
| T131.1.3 | Marriage against will of parents. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T135.6 | Marriage by drinking festival. (Cf. T136.1.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T135.5 | Marriage by exchange of garlands. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T192 | Marriage by force. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T122 | Marriage by royal order. Widow hesitates to marry. Queen sends her a letter ordering her to marry the bearer (a suitor). Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T135.10 | Marriage custom: going round and round fire (pillar, etc.). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T130 | Marriage customs. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T201 | Marriage destroys friendship. Lover and mistress live together and are happy; become unhappy as soon as they marry. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 215, 217. |
| T156 | Marriage for a night to evade law. In order to have girl escape unwelcome marriage, the hero agrees to marry her and give her up the next day. He puts up a large bond as pledge to give her up. But he gets hold of the money by trickery and keeps her. *Chauvin V 45 No. 18 n. 1. |
| T156.1 | Marriage for a night to insure heir of warrior destined to be slain (next day) in battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T135.1 | Marriage formula: "You are mine and I am yours". *BP II 58. |
| T136.3.2 | Marriage odes sung at wedding feast. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T111.1 | Marriage of a mortal and a god. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 13, *Cross; Greek: cf. the various love affairs of Zeus with mortal maidens; India: *Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Tawney I 256, 302, 335, 351, 560f.; Maori: Dixon 57. |
| T118.2 | Marriage of dragon girl to orphan boy. Chinese: Graham. |
| T126.3 | Marriage of earth and sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.1 | Marriage of girl to a dagger. Penzer I 242, 244. |
| T117.3 | Marriage of girl to a drum. Penzer I 257. |
| T117.2 | Marriage of girl to a sword. Penzer I 257; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.4 | Marriage of girl to an idol. Penzer I 244. |
| T111.3 | Marriage of man with woman who has come from an egg. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T111.6 | Marriage of mortal and angel. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T111.5 | Marriage of mortal and dwarf. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 183, 209, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 151, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 170—3; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 154, 201, 227. |
| T111.2.2 | Marriage of mortal and moon. (Cf. A753.1.) Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 29, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 307, (Cumberland Sound): ibid. 198, (Greenland): Holm 47, Rasmussen III 307; S. A. Indian (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 550. |
| T111 | Marriage of mortal and supernatural being. *Type 425; *Tegethoff 16; Krappe MLR XXIV (1929) 200ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| T126.1 | Marriage of Mother Earth and ogre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T126.2 | Marriage of mountain and cockle-shell. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117 | Marriage of person and object. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T131 | Marriage restrictions. |
| T117.6 | Marriage to a flower. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.7 | Marriage to a gourd. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.11 | Marriage to a statue. Saintyves Saints Successeurs 255—57. |
| T117.8 | Marriage to doll. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T145.1 | Marriage to five women, each with separate duties. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Benga): Nassau 169 No. 22. |
| T113 | Marriage to man alive by night but dead by day. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T67.2 | Marriage to prince as reward for curing him. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II Nos. 2, 5; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T67.1 | Marriage to prince as reward for disenchanting him. (Cf. L162.) Italian: Basile Pentamerone Int. |
| T117.9 | Marriage to river. Mono: Wheeler No. 34. |
| T111.0.1 | Marriage to supernatural wives who disappear. *Holmström Svanjungfrumotivet 11ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 404*, 423*; India: Thompson-Balys; Mono-Alu: Wheeler Nos. 17, 35. |
| T117.5.1 | Marriage to tree by day, man by night. (Cf. D621.2, T113.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.5 | Marriage with a tree. Frazer Golden Bough I 195f.; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 304 n. 109o. |
| T131.5.1 | Marriage within clans sanctioned because of incest-origin of tribe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T190 | Marriage—miscellaneous motifs. |
| T100 | Marriage. *E. Westermarck The History of Human Marriage (2 vols. London, 1925); Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 1522; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T147 | Marriages made at annual festival. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T200 | Married life. |
| T326.3 | Martyrdom to preserve virginity. Der Heiligen Leben und Leiden 100ff. (Santa Barbara). |
| T410.1 | Master discovers that slave girl he wants to marry is a near relative. Type 938*; U.S.: Baughman. |
| T51.3 | Match arranged by means of pictures of both parties. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T53.0.1 | Matchmakers arrange weddings. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T53 | Matchmakers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T148 | Matriarchy. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| T91.4.1 | Mature married woman in love with callow youth. Malone PMLA XLIII 418. |
| T56 | Means of attracting sweetheart. |
| T256.2 | Medicine against quarrelling: the wife must take one dose and keep it in her mouth for ten minutes as soon as her husband is angry. Spanish: Childers; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T252.5 | Men rulers in their house asked to sing. No man in congregation does so. Priest alone sings. Next year he cannot, for then he has a maid. Wesselski Bebel II 148 No. 157; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 811. |
| T65.2 | Mercenary soldier (exile) unsuitable as husband. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T386 | Message of chastity: uncooked meat left behind. Man conducting a woman leaves uncooked meat behind each night of the journey as a sign to the husband following that she has not been touched. *Schoepperle II 414, 419; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T51.3.1 | Messengers seek wife for hero to resemble image they carry with them. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 354. |
| T302 | Methods of ascetics. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T611.6 | Milk magically appears in woman's breast so as to nourish orphan. (Cf. T592.) Loomis White Magic 22; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T592.1 | Milk medicine fills woman's breasts with milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T591.1.2 | Milk of hornless, single-colored cow drunk by man to make wife fruitful. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T592 | Milk suddenly appears in woman's dry breast. *Cosquin études 199ff., 238ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T62.2 | Minister's daughter to marry first bachelor who arrives. Korean: Zong in-Sob 112 No. 58. |
| T251.1.5 | Minstrel throws wife into sea: her tongue the heaviest thing on board. Ordered to throw all heavy articles overboard. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 138; Mensa Philosophica No. 61; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T549 | Miraculous birth—miscellaneous. |
| T540 | Miraculous birth. *BP I 544; *Hartland Perseus ch. 4, 5, 6, Primitive Paternity passim; *Fb "barn" IV 27a; *Penzer II 136 n. 1; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 94 No. 53; Indonesia: DeVries's list Nos. 157, 159; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166. |
| T532.9 | Miraculous conception from God's bow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T539 | Miraculous conception—miscellaneous. |
| T510 | Miraculous conception. *Type 516; *BP I 544; *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.; *Chauvin V 43 No. 18 n. 1; **Hartland Paternity; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 808; *Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 223—263; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 96; Hdwb. d. Märchens I "Abstammung, wunderbare"; Loomis White Magic 16. — English: Wells 31 (Geoffrey's life of Arthour), 39 (Nennius' Historia Britonum), 42 (Arthour and Merlin), 101 (King Alisaunder); Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "conceptions", RTP XV 471, 552, 597; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 21 n. 5; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166e; S. A. Indian (Tupinamba): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 172. |
| T25 | Miraculous healing from a passionate love. *Loomis White Magic 124; Irish myth: *Cross. (T24.3.1). |
| T550.3 | Misshapen child from brother-sister incest. (Cf. T415.) Halliday Indo-European Folk-Tales (London, 1933) 134; Greek: Fox 33: Chinese: Werner 408. |
| T285 | Mistress has always said her "Aves": Virgin Mary refuses to help wife against her rival. The wife tells this to the mistress, who repents. *Ward II 621 No. 30; Herbert III 18; *Crane Vitry 223 No. 223; Wesselski Mönchslatein 190 No. 149; Scala Celi 115a No. 639. |
| T271.1.1 | Mistress of impotent husband sends her maid to find a man for her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T86.3 | Mistress springs into dead lover's grave. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T334 | Monk cures himself of desire for dead sweetheart. He digs up her remains. *Crane Vitry 236 No. 245; Herbert III 20. |
| T317.6 | Monk finds that only abuse and cruel treatment from his fellow monks can conquer his lust. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T334.1 | Monk goes into desert to avoid temptation of women, the prime source of sin. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T331.8 | Monk unsuccessfully tempted by woman he formerly loved. Heptameron No. 64. |
| T331.1 | Monk unsuccessfully tempted in nunnery. Alphabet No. 127. |
| T331.9 | Monk yells "thief" to repel temptress. When she seeks him in his bed he screams. He says she steals his most valuable possession, virtue. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T252.2.2 | Monkey (jackal, etc.) shows husband how to rule his wife. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T550.1 | Monster child helps mother. *Type 708; BP II 236; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T118.1 | Monster husband invisible. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 152ff. No. 22. |
| T550.4 | Monstrous birth because mother sees horrible sight. England: Baughman; Ploss Das Kind 21ff. |
| T551.10 | Monstrous birth—nine faces, nine arms, nine feet. Chinese: Graham. |
| T551.3.3 | Monstrous birth: child with donkey's head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T569 | Monstrous births—miscellaneous. |
| T550 | Monstrous births. *Types 425, 708; *Hibbard 48 n. 6; Tegethoff 24; BP II 236; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 155, *Cross; U.S.: Baughman; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "accouchement"; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 145. |
| T75.0.2 | Mortal woman rejects deity for human lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T452.1 | Mother acts as procuress of bedmate for her son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T92.6 | Mother and daughter as rivals in love. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T412.1 | Mother guilty of incest with son forgiven by Pope (Virgin Mary). Wesselski Mönchslatein 21 No. 16; Alphabet Nos. 206, 320; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T412.3 | Mother guilty of incest with son whose honor she is testing. Heptameron No. 30. |
| T640.2 | Mother of illegitimate child given as pledge for his crime. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T579.4 | Mother of saint has healing spittle during pregnancy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T572.1.1 | Mother sits on stone to prevent premature birth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T417.1 | Mother-in-law seduces son-in-law. Italian Novella: *Rotunda; S. A. Indian (Guaporé): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379. |
| T412 | Mother-son incest. *Types 931, 933; *Sparnaay 50ff.; Köhler-Bolte II 173ff., 182ff. — Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 90, *Cross; English: Wells 116 (Sir Eglamour of Artois); Danish: Grundtvig No. 294; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 603; Oceanic: Dixon 164 nn. 33—44; Indonesia: Hambruch Malaiische Märchen 299, Bezemer Volksdichtung aus Indonesien 81; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 162. |
| T588 | Motifs associated with the placenta. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T133.5 | Mounting upon horse to fetch bride. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T586.3 | Multiple birth as result of relations with several men. (Cf. T587.1.) Irish myth: Cross; S. A. Indian (Tenetehara): Wagley-Galvao BBAE CXLIII (3) 148, (Kaigua, Tembé, Apapocuvá-guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 136. |
| T586 | Multiple births. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 85, 251. |
| T173 | Murderous bride. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T327 | Mutilation to repel lover. (Cf. S160, T333.) Heptameron No. 10; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T21 | Mutual love through accidental drinking of love philtre. Schoepperle II 587a s.v. "potion"; English: Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem). |
| T50.3 | Mythical being asks for girl in marriage. (Cf. T111.) S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 158f. |
| T253.1 | Nagging wife drives husband to prepare for suicide. *Type 670; **Aarne FFC XV 48ff. |
| T596 | Naming of children. |
| T466 | Necrophilism: sexual intercourse with dead human body. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T589.5 | New-born child reincarnation of recently deceased person. Fb "sjæl" III 214a; N. A. Indian: *Alexander N. Am. 281 n. 20. |
| T589.6.1.1 | Newborn boy placed in the lap of bathing queen by vulture. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T585.6 | Newborn child kisses dying mother. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T24.1.1 | Night emissions from lusting after certain woman bring man near death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T586.1.3 | Nine children at a birth. Ward II 657 No. 9. |
| T331.4 | No place secret enough for fornication. Monk thus repels temptress. Herbert III 21; *Crane Vitry 243f. Nos. 256, 257. |
| T91.6 | Noble and lowly in love. |
| T72.2 | Nobleman marries poor girl and then abandons her. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T121.2 | Noblewoman weds shepherd. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 57; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T581.6 | Noise of battle precipitates birth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T362 | Nun refuses to look at man. |
| T362.1 | Nun so opposed to seeing men that she refuses to see St. Martin. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T610 | Nurture and growth of children. |
| T353 | Object set between beds of couple sleeping in same room. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T247 | Object stolen (left) as token that infidelity has been discovered. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T255.6 | Obstinate wife refuses to take cover off boiling kettle. Is beaten by husband. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T320.1 | Oft-proved fidelity. Repeated attempts to seduce innocent woman. She escapes them all. *Types 881, 882, 883AB, 888, 892; *Loomis White Magic 95; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T155 | Old beggar transforms wedding party into wolves. (Cf. D113.1.) Dh III 454; Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 14 No. 75, XXXIII 53 No. 75; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 130 No. 73, 145 No. 38; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3674; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 63 No. 160. |
| T237 | Old man married to young, unfaithful wife. Irish myth: Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T91.4.1.1 | Old teacher wishes to marry his young girl pupil. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 860. |
| T92.13 | Older warrior preferred as suitor. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T3 | Omens in love affairs. |
| T611.8 | One woman suckles many babies. Jewish: *Neuman. |
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