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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 |
|---|---|
| T292 | Wife sold unwillingly by husband. *Hibbard 8; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T292.1 | Wives traded. Chinese: Graham. |
| T294 | Husband (wife) of supernatural being longs for old home and visits relatives. India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Siberian and N. A. Indian: Jochelson JE VI 366. |
| T295 | Husband's indiscreet boast about wife brings about his death. King regards his wife as so beautiful that he has a friend view her naked through a crack in the wall. Wife learns of his act, goes over to the man who has viewed her, and with the latter brings about the king's death. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T296 | Wife buys (sells) privilege of sleeping one night with husband. (Cf. D2006.1.4.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| T298 | Reconciliation of separated couple. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T299 | Other aspects of married life—miscellaneous. |
| T299.1 | Sleeping with head laid in wife's lap as sign of tenderness. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T299.2 | Wife gives wise warning to husband. |
| T299.2.1 | Man warned by wife against stepping on red cloth. Chinese: Graham. |
| T299.2.2 | Wife warns departing hero against seductions of women. Chinese: Graham. |
| T300 | Chastity and celibacy. *Penzer III 172 n. 2; *Encyc. Religion Ethics III 474 s.v. "Chastity"; **J. Main Religious Chastity (New York, 1913); *E. Fehrle Die kultische Keuschheit im Altertum (Giessen, 1910).— Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T301 | Sacrifice of virginity. Penzer I 275f.; *Hartland Tylor Anthropological Volume 189. |
| T302 | Methods of ascetics. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T310 | Celibacy and continence. *Encyc. Religion Ethics III 271ff. s.v. "Celibacy"; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 163, 166, 261, (Greenland): Rink 410, Rasmussen I 137, 363, III 85, 154, 200, (Central): Boas RBAE VI 583, 637, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 49. |
| T310.1 | Ceremonial continence. *Frazer Fasti IV 206ff.; **E. Fehrle Die kultische Keuschheit im Altertum (Giessen, 1910). |
| T310.1.1 | "Night of Sabbath" (Friday night) only devoted to conjugal pleasures. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T311 | Woman averse to marriage. (Cf. T321.1, T327.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T311.0.1 | Woman's aversion to marriage motivated through a dream. Chauvin V 125 No. 59, 130 No. 112. |
| T311.1 | Flight of maiden (bridegroom) to escape marriage. Type 888*; cf. Type 510B; *Toldo II 306; Alphabet No. 310; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Aeschylus Suppliants line 5; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T311.2 | Woman prefers to remain chaste rather than keep an impotent husband. (Cf. T271.1.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T311.2.1 | Girl commits suicide rather than marry man she does not love. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 262. |
| T311.3 | Girl remains a virgin after both her suitors are killed in battle. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T311.4 | Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying, but is at last conquered and married. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 292, *Boberg. |
| T312 | Saint's daughter dies when wooed. Alphabet No. 390. |
| T312.1 | Woman dies when spoiled of her sanctity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T313 | Ravished girl's virginity restored by Virgin Mary. Ward II 703 No. 33; *Hibbard 12ff. |
| T313.1 | Ravished girl's virginity restored by saint. *Loomis White Magic 85; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T313.1.1 | Pregnant nun's virginity restored through power of saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T314 | Father kills daughter lest she become prostitute. Alphabet No. 774. |
| T314.1 | Father kills daughter lest she become the property of a tyrant. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T315 | Continence in marriage. |
| 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. |
| T315.2 | The continent husband. (Cf. T271.) |
| T315.2.1 | The audacious water and the continent husband. A woman with a continent husband (lover) splashes water on her thighs as she crosses a stream and then reproves it for being bolder than her husband. She thus calls attention to her situation. *Schoepperle 413ff.; *Köhler-Bolte II 346f.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T315.2.2 | Wife reproves continent husband by showing conduct of cock and hens. Nouvelles Récréations No. 32. |
| T315.2.2.1 | Wife reforms continent husband by having walls of bedroom painted with erotic scenes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T315.3 | Woman continent in two marriages to become a nun. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T317 | The repression of lust. (Cf. D1356.) Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T317.1 | Repression of lust through sitting in water. Dickson 92f. nn. 70, 71; Alphabet No. 750. |
| T317.2 | Repression of lust through prayer. Alphabet No. 14; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T317.3 | Repression of lust through preaching. Alphabet No. 638. |
| T317.4 | Repression of lust through fasting. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 99; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T317.5 | Man and woman in chaste love for twenty-five years. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T317.6 | Monk finds that only abuse and cruel treatment from his fellow monks can conquer his lust. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T318 | Wife proves her faithfulness. Had substituted for husband's mistress. Proves legitimacy of her child by producing tokens and by child's missing toe (like her husband's four-toed foot). Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T320 | Escape from undesired lover. Heptameron No. 26; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Schlauch Romance in Iceland (New York, 1934) 105f., *Boberg. |
| 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. |
| T320.1.1 | Virginity saved in spite of torture. Undesired suitors give up task. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T320.2 | Girl kills man who threatens her virtue. Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T320.2.1 | Woman escaping from slavery kills man who would ravish her. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T320.3 | Bride puts to flight man who attempts to ravish her. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T320.3.1 | Widow dons late husband's armor to put would-be ravisher to flight. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T320.4 | Wife escapes lust of king by shaming him. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T320.4.1 | Woman escapes king's lust by inducing bad breath. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T320.5 | Girl gives up wealth and flees to escape lecherous emperor. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T320.6 | Wife sets fire to house to escape undesired lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T321 | Escape from undesired lover by miracle. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T321.1 | Maid pledged to celibacy is given, at her prayer, a beard. BP III 242. |
| T321.2 | Girl named Mary has virginity spared by knight who has bought her. The Virgin appears to her. *Ward II 628 No. 16, 697 No. 9; Scala Celi 115a No. 641; Von der Hagen III 451. |
| T321.3 | Girl's virginity spared by knight when he sees her surrounded by the Virgin and her train. In her straits the girl has prayed for help. *Herbert III 356; Irish: Beal XXI 327. |
| T321.4 | Girl prays to Virgin to spare her virginity. Two soldiers quarrel over possessing her. Captain slays her, thus "saving" her. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T321.5 | Magic sickness (discomfort) prevents lover from raping woman. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T321.6 | In answer to maiden's prayer saint changes boat's course and guides it to another place. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T322 | Girl strikes man who tries to kiss her. Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 618, 619. |
| T322.1 | Woman kicks lecherous monk down the stairs. Heptameron No. 46A. |
| T322.2 | Princess threatens to kill amorous king. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| T322.3 | Undesired lover drugged and carried out. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T322.4 | Girl pleads vow of chastity to repel lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T323 | Escape from undesired lover by strategy. |
| T323.1 | Princess escapes from undesired lover by fleeing disguised as a bishop. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T323.2 | Princess evades unwelcome lover by putting on foul-smelling skin-coat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T324 | Girl's virginity saved by the kindness of an emissary. Makes the lord believe she is a relative. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T325 | Chaste woman resists advances of a conqueror. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T325.1 | Chaste woman promises conqueror drug of invulnerability. Has him try it on her. Cuts her head off. *Bonner Byzantion XIV 142ff. |
| T326 | Suicide to save virginity. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T326.1 | Girls drown selves to save their virginity. Alphabet No. 773; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T326.2 | Man is killed defending sweetheart's honor. She kills herself. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T326.3 | Martyrdom to preserve virginity. Der Heiligen Leben und Leiden 100ff. (Santa Barbara). |
| T327 | Mutilation to repel lover. (Cf. S160, T333.) Heptameron No. 10; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| T327.2 | Woman successfully prays for disease to repel lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T327.3 | Saint plucks out her eye when urged to marry. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T327.4 | Maidens befoul selves with blood to escape rape. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T327.5 | Woman raises sores on her body to preserve chastity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T327.6 | Princess takes on loathsome disguise to avoid unwelcome demon-lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T327.7 | Girl escapes from undesired lover by cutting off her plaits of hair. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 871*; Russian: Andrejev No. 871*. |
| T328 | Girl lives in sepulchre to preserve chastity. Scala Celi 33a No. 184. |
| T330 | Anchorites under temptation. *Toldo II 304ff.; *Loomis White Magic 187 n. 140; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| 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. |
| T331.1 | Monk unsuccessfully tempted in nunnery. Alphabet No. 127. |
| T331.2 | Knight unsuccessfully tempted by host's wife. **Kittredge Gawain and the Green Knight. |
| T331.3 | Woman masks as man to deceive anchorite. Toldo I 347. |
| T331.4 | No place secret enough for fornication. Monk thus repels temptress. Herbert III 21; *Crane Vitry 243f. Nos. 256, 257. |
| T331.5 | Anchorite saved by a miracle. When he is about to give in to temptation a dove flies out of his mouth. On repenting the dove re-enters his mouth. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T331.6 | Saint flogs woman who tempts him. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T331.7 | Saint sleeps with maidens without sinning. Another saint, who doubts fact, undergoes same test and perceives its efficacy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T331.8 | Monk unsuccessfully tempted by woman he formerly loved. Heptameron No. 64. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| T332.1 | Woman sent by deity to tempt self-righteous anchorite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T333 | Man mutilates himself to remove temptation. *Mensa Philosophica No. 104; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T333.1 | Tempted man bites out his tongue and spits it in temptress's face. *Herbert III 343; Alphabet No. 138; Scala Celi 15b No. 186. |
| T333.2 | Tempted man burns off his fingers. Frightens his temptress. Wesselski Mönchslatein 23 No. 18; *Crane Vitry 236 No. 246; Herbert III 20; Scala Celi 13b No. 80; *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 34. — Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T333.3 | Man disfigures his face to remove temptation. Alphabet No. 659; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T333.3.1 | Tempted rabbi tears out his eyes to escape temptation. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T333.4 | Tempted holy man mutilates genitals. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| T333.5 | Hero cuts off head and wraps it in napkin so he will not be tempted by sight of virgins. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T334 | Monk cures himself of desire for dead sweetheart. He digs up her remains. *Crane Vitry 236 No. 245; Herbert III 20. |
| T334.1 | Monk goes into desert to avoid temptation of women, the prime source of sin. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T335 | Saint exposes self to temptation but preserves chastity. Thus insures self greater reward in Heaven. Irish myth: *Cross: |
| T336 | Sight or touch of woman as source of sin. Alphabet Nos. 16, 527, 732, 776; Scala Celi 121b, 156b Nos. 666, 874; Mensa Philosophica No. 104; Herbert III 343, 434; Spanish Exempla: *Keller. |
| T336.1 | Woman's girdle as source of sin. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 378. |
| T336.2 | Woman's voice as source of sin. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T337 | Woman wagers that she can seduce anchorite. Alphabet No. 528; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T337.1 | Saint's enemy, wishing to cause saint to violate his oath never to "commit folly and utter lie," induces his daughter to tempt saint. Saint perceives trick and avoids sin. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T338 | Virtuous man seduced by woman. Nouvelles de Sens No. 15; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T338.1 | Ascetic successfully tempted: kills son born in consequence. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T350 | Chaste sleeping together. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T351 | Sword of chastity. A two-edged sword is laid between the couple sleeping together. *Type 303; *BP I 554, IV 202; *Cox Cinderella 488 n. 21; *Huet Romania XXXVI 50; *Chauvin V 62 No. 19 n. 2, VIII 194 No. 235 n. 1; *Fb "sværd" III 690a; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 104a; Gaster Exempla 242 No. 330; *Hibbard 69 n. 8; Tardel Untersuchungen zur mittelhochdeutschen Spielmannspoesie (Schwerin, 1894) 22 n. 2; Thien 24; Gunter Die christliche Legende des Abendlandes 21; *Schoepperle II 430ff.; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 76 (to Gonzenbach No. 40); Child V 497 s.v. "sword". Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 9, *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T351.1 | Bed-cover of chastity. Similar to sword of chastity. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 7. |
| T352 | Boy sleeps between couple to safeguard their virtue. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T353 | Object set between beds of couple sleeping in same room. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T354 | Chaste sleeping together to torment woman. Man remains utterly impassive. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T355 | Chaste sleeping together with six sisters-in-law one by one. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T356 | Young man sleeps on girl's mat without touching her to signify his desire. S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg Mato Grosso 110. |
| T360 | Chastity and celibacy—miscellaneous. |
| 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. |
| T371 | The boy who had never seen a woman: the Satans. When he sees a girl and asks his father what it is, the father tells him it is Satan. Asked what he most likes he says, "The Satans." *Type 1678; *Chauvin III 105 No. 16; Herbert III 5; *Crane Vitry 169f. No. 82; Alphabet No. 170; Scala Celi 15b No. 89; Boccaccio Decameron IV (proem) (*Lee 110); Nouvelles de Sens No. 2. — U.S.: Baughman; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas IV 169, 282. |
| T371.1 | Boy is denied sight of all women except his mother and his nurse until he is eighteen. He falls in love with the first woman who is more attractive than his mother. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T372 | Adulterous love changed into a chaste one. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T373 | Heavy chastity belt imposed on wife. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T376 | Young man betrothed to statue. Man puts marriage ring on finger of statue of Venus (Virgin Mary). She afterwards forbids him the embraces of an earthly bride. **Baum PMLA XXXIV 523ff.; Alphabet Nos. 48, 465, 656; Ward II 609 No. 22, 621 No. 31, 626 No. 7; Scala Celi 111b No. 620. |
| 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. |
| T381 | Imprisoned virgin to prevent knowledge of men (marriage, impregnation). Usually kept in a tower. (Danaë.) *Types 310, 516; *Krappe Balor 2ff., 11 nn. 38, 39; *Hertel Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 83ff. (chest on water); *Rösch FFC LXXVII 103, 107f.; *Krappe Le Moyen Age 96ff.; *Loomis White Magic 119. — Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3, 154 n. 1, *Hartland Perseus chap. 1; Babylonian: Spence 157; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 5 No. 2; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 277 n. 21b; West Indies: Flowers 578. |
| T381.0.1 | Girl intended for marriage with king cloistered. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T381.0.2 | Wife imprisoned in tower (house) to preserve chastity. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T381.1 | Guarded maiden first seen by hero in church. *Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 103; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T381.1.1 | Guarded maiden first seen by hero in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T382 | Attempt to keep wife chaste by carrying her in box. In spite of all precautions she meets men. *Hertel Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 83ff.; Wesselski Märchen 185; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1053; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T383 | Other futile attempts to keep wife chaste. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| 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. |
| T400 | Illicit sexual relations. |
| T401 | Virgin Mary as protectress of illicit lovers. Ward II 604 No. 8, 606 No. 14, 612 No. 29, 618 No. 39, 621 No. 30, 626 No. 6, 638 No. 6, 650 No. 1, *663 No. 12, 668 No. 15; Herbert III 24; *Crane Vitry 257 No. 282, Miraculis 308 No. 2; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 887; Wells 166f. (Vernon Miracles Nos. 3, 7); Wesselski Mönchslatein 47 No. 40, 72 No. 63. |
| T401.1 | Pregnant abbess secretly delivered of her child by Virgin Mary. *Wesselski Mönchslatein 51 No. 44; *Crane Miraculis 99 No. 36; Alphabet No. 13; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T410 | Incest. **O. Rank Das Inzest-Motiv in Dichtung und Sage (Leipzig u. Wien, 1912); *Child V 484 s.v. "Incestuous"; Irish myth: *Cross; Arabian: Burton Nights I 110 n., II 172 n.; India: Thompson-Balys; Indo-Chinese: Dixon 165 *n. 47; Indonesia: Dixon 172. |
| T410.1 | Master discovers that slave girl he wants to marry is a near relative. Type 938*; U.S.: Baughman. |
| T411 | Father-daughter incest. *Köhler-Bolte II 190ff.; *Krappe Review of Religion (1941) 3—17; Heptameron No. 30. — Irish myth: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 74f.; English: Wells 176 (The Tale of an Incestuous Daughter); Danish: De la Saussaye 166 (Helgi); Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Grote I 149; India: *Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Keith 75 (Prajapati); Maori: Dixon 164 n. 46; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 198. |
| T411.1 | Lecherous father. Unnatural father wants to marry his daughter. (Manekine.) *Types 510B, 706; BP I 295ff., *301 n. 5, II 45ff.; *Hibbard 25ff.; *Cox Nos. 131—208; Saintyves Perrault 187ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 420, II 184ff.; Wienert FFC LVI *83 (ET 497), 115 (ST 256); Cosquin études 3ff.; Rohde Der griechische Roman 37ff., 448; Dickson 199.—Irish myth: Cross; English: Wells 129 (Emare); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 325 No. 6; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "père"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 6, III No. 2, *Rotunda; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 46 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 304 n. 109p; Africa (Ibo, Nigeria): Thomas 139. |
| T411.1.1 | Father by trickery secures priest's advice to marry his own daughter. If a man raise a lamb, shall he eat it himself or let another eat it? *Cosquin études 9. |
| T411.1.2 | Father feigning death returns in disguise and seduces daughter. N. A. Indian: **Schmerler JAFL XLIV 196ff. |
| T411.2 | Girl got with child by intoxicated father. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T411.2.1 | Daughters seduce drunken father. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| T412.2 | Incognito son tempts mother to see whether all women are wicked. Scala Celi 87a No. 509; Icelandic: Gerling Islandzk æventyri 7 No. 1. |
| T412.3 | Mother guilty of incest with son whose honor she is testing. Heptameron No. 30. |
| T412.4 | Boy courts his mother, is driven off by father. Africa (Konnoh): Willans 136. |
| T415 | Brother-sister incest. *Type 933; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 75; *Sparnaay 30; Köhler-Bolte II 173ff., 182ff.; Baum PMLA XXXI 562 n. 59; Schröder Germanisch-Romanische Monatschrift XIX 13; Chauvin V 197 No. 115; *Krappe Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen 167 (1935) 161—176; Heptameron Nos. 30, 33.—Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 25, 90, *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 98; Icelandic: De la Saussaye 251, Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Persian: Carnoy 310; Egyptian: Müller 119; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine: Dixon 164 n. 45; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 274 n. 8; Africa (Fang): Einstein 189. |
| T415.1 | Lecherous brother. Wants to seduce (marry) his sister. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 314A*; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 408; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 305 n. 109. |
| T415.2 | Brother repels incestuous sister. *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 75; N. A. Indian: *Demetrocoupoulou JAFL XLVI 101—125. |
| 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. |
| T415.4 | Two lovers give each other up when they learn that they are brother and sister. *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 75; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T415.5 | Brother-sister marriage. Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Fox 164 (Zeus and Hera), *Frazer Pausanias II 84; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 31; Africa (Fang): Tessman 185. |
| T415.6 | Suicide to prevent brother-sister marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T415.7 | When boy cannot have his sister for a wife he asks for one of her eyes and ears instead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T417 | Son-in-law seduces mother-in-law. Italian Novella: Rotunda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 305 n. 109s. |
| T417.1 | Mother-in-law seduces son-in-law. Italian Novella: *Rotunda; S. A. Indian (Guaporé): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379. |
| T418 | Lustful stepmother. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Greek: Euripides Hippolytus; S. A. Indian (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 551. |
| T418.1 | Lustful stepfather. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T421 | Man marries his aunt (mother's sister). Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 98 n. 1. |
| T423 | Youth attempts to seduce his grandmother. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 50; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T425 | Brother-in-law seduces (seeks to seduce) sister-in-law. Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T450 | Prostitution and concubinage. *Encyc. Religion Ethics III 809 s.v. "concubinage"; *Penzer X 272 s.v. "prostitution", X 288 s.v. "sacred prostitution"; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 218; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T450.1 | Wife born to be prostitute. Husband unable to change her ways, submits to them. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 91. |
| T450.2 | Woman disappointed in love threatens to become prostitute. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T450.3 | Prostitution to avoid starvation. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T450.4 | Prostitute has favorite lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T451 | Devil causes girl to become prostitute. Destroys the girl's family and begets on her a boy. English: Wells 42 (Arthour and Merlin). |
| T452 | Bawds. Professional go-betweens. *Chauvin VI 17 No. 189 n. 1; Bødker Exempler 280 No. 23; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T452.1 | Mother acts as procuress of bedmate for her son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T453 | Getting advice from a woman in bed. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T453.1 | Hero learns feats of arms through gratifying woman's lust. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T453.2 | Prostitute gets advice from customer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T455 | Woman sells favors for particular purpose. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T455.1 | Woman sells favors to obtain a jewel. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 123 (Freja), 176 (Frigg); Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 108 No. 900A*. |
| T455.1.1 | Woman sells favors to obtain many jewels. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T455.2 | Woman sacrifices her honor to free her husband (brother) from prison. *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XII 65. |
| T455.2.1 | Woman commits adultery to obtain aid for husband in battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T455.3 | Woman sells favors for beautiful clothes. Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 10. |
| T455.3.1 | Women sells favors for new shoes. (Cf. K1357.) Type 1731; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T455.4 | Parents urge girl to trade her favors for truce with hostile warrior. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T455.5 | Woman gives favors to pay for help across river. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T455.6 | Woman sells favors for large sum of money (property). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T455.7 | Princess gives herself to Turks of her own accord in order to save her people. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T456 | Bed-partner to receive payment from first man she meets in the morning. It so happens: she marries the man and he makes her wealthy. Greek: Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Acca". |
| T456.1 | Girl dares not receive gift from a man as it may be supposed to be payment for her favors. Icelandic: Lagerholm 21. |
| T457 | Sacred prostitution. *Penzer Poison Damsels 131ff. |
| T458 | Woman enjoys the ravishings of the enemy. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T460 | Sexual perversions. |
| T461 | Person enamored of an object. |
| T461.1 | Woman enamored of a river. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 82 n. 1. |
| T461.2 | Women cohabit with magic house pillars. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 442, Rasmussen I 223. |
| T461.3 | Tree as wife. Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 367, 255, 275; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 101; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 304 n. 1090. |
| T462 | Lesbian love. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T462.1 | Lesbian love: women give birth to monsters as result. India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Navaho): Matthews MAFLS V 81, (Fox): Jones PAES I 151ff. |
| T463 | Homosexual love (male). Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 137; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T465 | Bestiality. Intercourse of a human being and an animal. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman, Leviticus 18: 23; Babylonian: Gilgamesch-Epos VII; India: Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 578. |
| T465.1 | Sheep born with human head as a result of bestiality. Wienert FFC LVI 38f. |
| T465.2 | Foal born of Loki after dealing with mythical stallion. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 90. |
| T465.3 | Homocentaurus born as a result of bestiality. Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 61. |
| T465.4 | Children are spotted like leopards as result of bestiality. U.S.: Baughman. |
| T465.5 | Pig born with head like that of man as a result of bestiality. U.S.: Baughman. |
| T466 | Necrophilism: sexual intercourse with dead human body. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T467 | The amorous bite. Penzer II 305. |
| T470 | Illicit sexual relations—miscellaneous motifs. |
| T471 | Rape. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T471.0.1 | Fines imposed for rape. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T471.1 | Man unwittingly ravishes his own sister. (Cf. N365.3.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 35. |
| T471.2 | Wild man as ravisher of women. (Cf. F567.) Dickson 120 nn. 58—60. |
| T471.3 | Husband sends wife poison to avoid having her ravished by the enemy. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T475 | Unknown (clandestine) paramour. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T475.1 | Unknown paramour discovered by string clue. Japanese: Anesaki 341, Ikeda. |
| T475.2 | Hero lies by princess in magic sleep and begets child. Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 5; India: Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T475.2.1 | Intercourse with sleeping girl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T476 | Incognito mistress. King's mistress secretly becomes hero's without revealing identity. *Chauvin V 219 No. 129 n. 2. |
| T481 | Adultery. *Encyc. Religion Ethics s.v. "adultery"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 223, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 87. |
| T481.1 | Adulteress roughly treated by her lover. *Fischer-Bolte 217; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T481.2 | Queen's illicit passion for diseased man. Penzer V 181, 183. |
| T481.2.1 | Queen commits adultery with low-born man. Africa (Fang): Einstein 162. |
| T481.3 | Adulteress sells self to devil for money. Scala Celi 112a No. 625. |
| T481.4 | Wife seduces husband's servant (pupil). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T481.5 | King takes subject's wife while her husband is sent away. Icelandic: *Boberg; Danish: Grundtvig No. 145. |
| T481.6 | Queen begets son with duke while the king is in war. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T481.7 | Woman advises husband to kill guest else, she will make him chase husband and marry her instead. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T482 | Day husband: night husband. Woman has two husbands: juggler at home only at night, robber only in day. They do not know about each other. (Similarly, day wife: night wife.) Chauvin V 254 No. 151 n. 1. |
| T484 | Maidservant given to lover's companion as bed-partner. (Cf. T281.) *Schoepperle I 254ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T485 | Fruit-picking time used for sexual promiscuity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T491 | Man has a son not his wife's; wife has a daughter not her husband's. Children become lovers. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T492 | Queen makes all men who come to serve her copulate with her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T494 | Black nipples of girl's breasts reveal her loss of virginity. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 154, 159. |
| T500 | Conception and birth. *Rank Mythus von der Geburt des Helden; **Fellinger Schwangerschaft und Geburt in der altfranzösischen Literatur (Göttingen, 1907); **Hartland Primitive Paternity; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 806; McDaniel Conception, Birth and Infancy (Miami, Florida, 1948).—Irish myth: Cross. |
| 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. |
| T511 | Conception from eating. *BP I 544; *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1032; Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 236ff., 250ff.; *Toldo I 337. —Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Oldest Stories 84; Egyptian: Müller 115; Indonesia: Dixon 236; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 324, 380; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 437, 444, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 461, (Aleut): Golder JAFL XVIII 85, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 243; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166h; S. A. Indian (Central Brazil): Ehrenreich Int. Cong. Americanists XIV 661. |
| T511.0.1 | Queen and maidservant conceive from eating same food. Their sons are like brothers. (Cf. P311.4.) Köhler-Bolte I 512; BP I 545. |
| T511.1 | Conception from eating a fruit. (Cf. F611.1.8.) *Type 301; *BP I 544; Chauvin V 43ff.; Gypsy: Aichele Zigeunermärchen 316; Turkish: Manzel Türkische Märchen II No. 7; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 91; Indonesia: Verbeck Malaiische Erzählungen 139; S. A. Indian (Yunca): Alexander Lat. Am. 228, (Huarochiri): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169. |
| T511.1.1 | Conception from eating apple. *Type 708; BP II 236; *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 91a n. 14; Chauvin VI 84 No. 252; *Fb "æble" III 1135b; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.1.2 | Conception from eating berry. Finnish: Kalevala rune 50. |
| T511.1.3 | Conception from eating mango. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
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