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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
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
R
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| N517 | Treasure hidden in building. |
| N522 | Treasure hidden in pillow under dead man's head. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 129 No. 66; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3622; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 45 No. 66. |
| N514 | Treasure hidden in religious shrine. *Winter 14. |
| N513.4 | Treasure hidden in river. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| N514.1 | Treasure hidden in sanctuary. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| N517.1 | Treasure hidden in secret room in house. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| N513.3 | Treasure hidden in spring. U.S.: Baughman. |
| N513 | Treasure hidden under the water. *Winter 19; *Fb "skat" III 235a; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 442ff., (1931) 305ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| N517.2 | Treasure hidden within wall (under floor) of house. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N511.1.6 | Treasure in cellar of ruined house. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 7. |
| N511 | Treasure in ground. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; U.S.: Baughman; Chinese: Graham. |
| N514.2 | Treasure in temple. Jewish: Neuman. |
| N512 | Treasure in underground chamber (cavern). *Type 676; *Winter 23; *Hartland Science 174, 176, 189; Irish myth: *Cross; U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 39f., 221; Japanese: Ikeda; West Indies: Flowers 564. |
| N535 | Treasure indicated by statue (stone) with inscription, "Dig here". *Spargo Virgil the Necromancer 363 n. 3; *Fb "skat" III 235a; *Oesterley No. 107; Danish: Blinkenberg Danske Studier (1928) 97ff.; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| N535.1 | Treasure indicated by stone cross on the ground. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1454.8 | Treasure issues from girl's head. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| N521 | Treasure left in stick. It accidentally falls apart. *Chauvin II 129 No. 137; Icelandic: *Boberg; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 129 No. 67. |
| D2101 | Treasure magically discovered. *Type 613. See also N530—N549, Discovery of treasure. |
| N551.2 | Treasure may be unearthed only by man who on the spot has sexual relations with a woman in the manner of dogs. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| N555.2 | Treasure nearest to surface at full of moon. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 695. |
| N511.3.1 | Treasure of mountain spirit. *Winter 36. |
| N552.1 | Treasure opens itself for destined hero. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| N552 | Treasure opens itself. |
| N511.3 | Treasure placed in ground by supernatural beings. |
| N511.3.2 | Treasure placed in old fortifications by supernatural beings. *Winter 38. |
| N536 | Treasure pointed out by angels. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman, bin Gorion Born Judas I 188, 374. |
| N538.1 | Treasure pointed out by soul which has left body for this purpose. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| N538 | Treasure pointed out by supernatural creature (fairy, etc.). Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 75 No. 60; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 299, 624f., II 979. |
| B119.2 | Treasure produced by goat's entrails. German: Grimm No. 130. |
| B103.0.8 | Treasure received from tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N562 | Treasure removes itself from time to time. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 695. |
| N541.2 | Treasure reveals itself once a century. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 21. |
| N541 | Treasure reveals itself only at certain times. |
| N541.1 | Treasure reveals itself only on Christmas at midnight (or Christmas Eve). Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 294—308 passim; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3611. |
| N563 | Treasure seekers find hole from which treasure has recently been removed. (Often they have delayed searching for one reason or another, arrive too late.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F585.4 | Treasure struck from hand of phantom. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N543.1 | Treasure to be found by hand that hid it. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 77 Nos. 638, 639; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 45 No. 64; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3611; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 128 No. 64. |
| N543.3 | Treasure to be found by man who marries original owner's daughter. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 129 No. 68. |
| N543.2 | Treasure to be found by man who plows with cock and harrows with hen. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 693; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 45 No. 65; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3615; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 129 No. 65. |
| N542.2 | Treasure to be found when three-legged cat shrieks over the burial place. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 129 No. 69. |
| N590 | Treasure trove—miscellaneous motifs. |
| N500 | Treasure trove. **Norlind Skattsägner (bibliography 67f.); **Kittredge Witchcraft 204ff., 516ff.; *Fb "skat" III 234ff.; *Wehrhan 80f.; RTP XIV 71, 568, XVIII 418, XIX 306; *S. Hirschberg Schatzglaube und Totenglaube (Breslau, 1934); **Hurley WF X 197—216. — Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 419ff., (1931) 293ff., A. Olrik Nordisk Aandsliv (Copenhagen, 1907) 8—87; Norwegian: Solheim Register 20; Irish myth: *Cross; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 69ff. Nos. 199—221; German: **Winter Die deutsche Schatzsage; Missouri French: Carrière; U.S. (Texas): *Dobie Coronado's Children; Chinese: Graham. |
| N511.6 | Treasure under stone. A. F. Schmidt DF XXXIX 106ff. |
| K2131.5 | Treasure-animal introduced into family's flock in order to stir up dissension and enmity. Greek: Grote I 149. |
| B103.1 | Treasure-dropping animals. |
| N556 | Treasure-finders always frightened away. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 692; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3642; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B103.0.5 | Treasure-giving goat. Fb "buk" IV 77a; Boberg. |
| D1463.5 | Treasure-giving magic flower (gold and silver). (Cf. D975.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B101.2 | Treasure-hog. Alternate bristles of gold and silver; at each step a side of pork falls from him.—Fb "galt". |
| B103.2 | Treasure-laying animals. |
| B103.2.1 | Treasure-laying bird. Bird lays money or golden eggs or an egg at every step.—Köhler-Bolte I 409; Cox 510 n. 54; Fb "höne" I 570b.—Icel.: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oiseau"; India: *Thompson-Balys, Panchatantra III 14, (Ryder tr.) 359. |
| B103 | Treasure-producing animals. |
| B192.3 | Treasure-producing bird killed to please a paramour. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B113.2 | Treasure-producing bird-head. (Cf. D1011.0.1.)—*Aarne MSFO XXV 176. |
| B113.1 | Treasure-producing bird-heart. (Cf. D1015.1.1.) Brings riches when eaten.—**Aarne MSFO XXV 176; *Type 567; Penzer I 19 n 2; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B114 | Treasure-producing part of sheep. |
| B119 | Treasure-producing parts of animals—miscellaneous. |
| B110 | Treasure-producing parts of animals. |
| B113 | Treasure-producing parts of bird. **Aarne MSFO XXV 176 (extensive list of parts). |
| B112 | Treasure-producing serpent's crown. (Cf. B108.1, B115.1, B176).—Type 672; BP II 463f.—Icel.: *Boberg; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 132 no. 79; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 79; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 73 No. 233. |
| B114.1 | Treasure-producing sheepskin. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B103.0.1 | Treasure-producing turkey. N. Am. Indian (Zuсi): Cushing Zuсi Folk-Tales 54ff. |
| J1563 | Treatment of difficult guests. |
| B340 | Treatment of helpful animals—miscellaneous. |
| D1648.1.2 | Tree (forest) bows down to holy person (saint). Dh II 30ff.; Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 108, Beal XXI 334; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1380.2 | Tree (plant) protects. |
| F979.22 | Tree acts as master of ceremonies while gods drink. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 74. |
| D1311.4.1 | Tree appealed to as arbitrator. Penzer V 60. |
| D1380.2.2 | Tree as guardian of girl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1414.7.1 | Tree as repository of fire. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 61; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 158. |
| F95.5 | Tree as roadway to underworld. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 156. |
| F621.3 | Tree as strong man's umbrella. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D1610.2.0.1 | Tree asks to be shaken. Fb "træ" III 867b, and references in D1658.1.5. |
| F811.7.1 | Tree bearing all fruits. Hdwb. d. Märch. I 207a n. 18; Irish myth: Cross; S. A. Indian (Ackawoi): Alexander Lat. Am. 269. |
| F811.7.1.1 | Tree bearing several fruits. (Cf. F811.18.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.7.2 | Tree bearing unwonted fruit (flowers). |
| F811.7.1.2 | Tree bearing variety of fruits. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.18.1 | Tree bears fruit monthly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F811.18 | Tree bears fruit three times yearly. (Cf. F811.7.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.16 | Tree bears fruit, flower, and leaf simultaneously. All drop at once. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K1112.1 | Tree becomes light (after all honey has been collected from nests), springs back and kills tribe's enemies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1648.1.1 | Tree bends only to heroine. *Type 511; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1648.1 | Tree bends to certain person. (Cf. D950.) N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 391 No. 70; India: Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 100. |
| V134.0.1 | Tree beside holy well. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.13 | Tree blooms and grows ripe fruit nightly. (Cf. F815.1, F971.7.) Hdwb. d. Märch. I 207b n. 2; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2145.2.2.2 | Tree blooms out of season. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F971.5.2.1 | Tree blossoms at midnight on Twelfth Night. England: Baughman. |
| H71.10.1 | Tree bows before prince. De Vries FFC LXXIII 329; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1648.1.2.1 | Tree bows to help Virgin Mary in childbirth. (Cf. V250.) *Dh II 10; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 1(a), Beal XXI 304. |
| D621.2 | Tree by day; man by night. Fb "træ" III 867b; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2721.2.1 | Tree cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2751.3.1, A2751.3.2, A2755.2, A2762.1, A2775.)—Dh II 207ff.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 23 No. 131, XXXIII 56 No. 131; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 152 No. 77; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 94 No. 108; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 636. |
| K983.1 | Tree cut down to get at victim in top. Alu: Wheeler No. 54; Mono: ibid. No. 21; Buin: ibid. No. 4; Papua: Ker 86. |
| U162 | Tree cut down with axe for which it has furnished a handle. Wienert FFC LXI *74 (ET 388), 117 (ST 274); Halm Aesop No. 123; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E766.2 | Tree dies when owner dies. England: *Baughman. |
| S376 | Tree feeds abandoned children with its sap. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N271.9 | Tree follows murderer. Scotland: Baughman. |
| E631.0.5 | Tree from innocent man's blood. Fb "juletræ" II 57a, "sjæl" III 214b.—English: Child I 143; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E631.0.6 | Tree from sinner's grave. Hdwb. d. Märch. I 200 s.v. "Baum". |
| D1413.1 | Tree from which one cannot descend. (Cf. D950.) *Type 330; BP II 163ff, *188. |
| D1658.1.5.1 | Tree grateful for having boughs trimmed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1658.1.5.2 | Tree grateful for having milk poured on roots. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1673.1 | Tree grows from stick saint has used and thrown aside. (Cf. D956.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.19 | Tree grows miraculously fast from seed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1130.2.1 | Tree grows out of horse and gives rider shade. (First ed. X923.) Fb "træ" III 868a. |
| F979.6 | Tree grows through handle of saint's bell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F162.1.2.4 | Tree half green and half in flame in otherworld garden. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65. |
| A652.2 | Tree hanging from sky. A tree hangs upside down in the sky. By its branches men pass back and forth to the upper world.—Indonesian and Micronesian: Dixon 38 (n. 113, 114), 249. |
| A671.2.3 | Tree in hell made of living heads of the dead. Quiché: Alexander Lat. Am. 171. |
| F811.4.1 | Tree in midocean. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 85; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.3.3 | Tree in otherworld in perpetual fruit. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 355. |
| F162.3 | Tree in otherworld. (Cf. F162.1.2.4, F162.1.2.5, F162.1.3.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 624, Other World 384 s.v. "tree"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 286; Tonga: Gifford 149. |
| F811.4.3 | Tree in the midst of king's hall. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| A652.3 | Tree in upper world. Iroquois: Alexander N. Am. 35. |
| F811.10 | Tree in which people live in nests. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 85. |
| D2082.0.2 | Tree magically withers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F441.2.1.4 | Tree maidens bathe at midnight in lake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.10 | Tree of cakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.5 | Tree of camphor. *Chauvin VII 11 No. 373B n. 2. |
| D1368.4 | Tree of delusion. (Cf. D950.) Indian: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.3 | Tree of extraordinary color. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.1.4 | Tree of fire. (Cf. F785.3. and other references there given). Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| D1346.4 | Tree of immortality. (Cf. D950.)—Jewish: Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 281; S. A. Indian (Tiatinagua): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 449. |
| C621.1 | Tree of knowledge forbidden. Dh I 212ff.—Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F162.3.5 | Tree of knowledge of good and evil in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J165 | Tree of knowledge. Dh I 212ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F162.3.1 | Tree of Life in otherworld. Nourishes mankind. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83, Other World 385 s.v. "Tree of Life"; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Penzer I 8 n., 144. |
| E90 | Tree of Life. (Cf. D950.) Resuscitation by touching its branches. *MacCulloch Childhood 83; *Wünsche Lebensbaum.—Irish myth: *Cross; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 354; India: *Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Guianas, Chaco, Arawakan Chaná): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 369. |
| A2721.5 | Tree on which Judas hanged himself cursed. Dh II 236ff.; **Taylor "The Gallows of Judas Iscariot" Washington University Studies (Humanistic series) IX (1922) 135ff. |
| D1393.1 | Tree opens and conceals fugitive. (Cf. D950.) Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 90. |
| D1556.2 | Tree opens its trunk to give shelter to abandoned girls. (Cf. D950.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1393.4 | Tree points way to fugitive but misdirects enemy. (Cf. D950.) Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum". |
| D2178.8 | Tree produced by magic. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 347. |
| D951 | Tree produced by magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2711.4 | Tree protects Jesus from rain: is green all year. (Cf. A2765.1.) —Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 152 No. 80 (fig); Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 94 No. 113 (pine). |
| J1973 | Tree pulled down in order to give it water to drink. Type 1241; Christensen DF XLVII 179. |
| R311 | Tree refuge. Type 162*; *Fb "træ" III 865a; *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 199a; BP I 429, II 195f.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres"; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 341 n. 230; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 62; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 145, 346. |
| D2157.3.2 | Tree regains life and verdure after treasure it hides in its roots is given away. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1505.18 | Tree restores sight. (Cf. D950.) |
| F979.4 | Tree seizes person and lifts him up. Africa (Nago): Trautmann La Littérature populaire а la Cфte des Esclaves (Paris, 1927) 6ff. |
| F979.15 | Tree sheds all its leaves out of sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.14.1 | Tree so large that it darkens whole world. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F54.1 | Tree stretches to sky. Type 1960G; BP II 511.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: De Vries Volksverhalen II 381 Nos. 146, Dixon 239; Tonga, Dobu, San Cristobal: Beckwith Myth 486; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 332 n. 199, Alexander N. Am. 48, Hatt Asiatic Influences 48ff. (Zuсi): Parsons JAFL XXIX 392; S. A. Indian (Charentes): Alexander Lat. Am. 308; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 344, (Congo): Weeks 202 No. 1, (Boloki): Weeks Cannibals 202; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 9. |
| A665.4 | Tree supports sky. (Cf. A652.1.). |
| H251.3.1 | Tree tests perjury. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross. |
| A652.1.1 | Tree to heaven from goddess' necklace which she hangs on branch. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A652.1 | Tree to heaven. Lithuanian and Lettish: Gray 325; Finnish: Kalevala rune 2; India: Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian: *Alexander N. Am. 294f. n. 42; Maya: Alexander Lat. Am. 140; S. Am. Indian (Chaco): Métraux MAFLS XL 24f. |
| F54 | Tree to upper world. Type 1960G; *BP II 511; Köhler-Bolte I 322; S. Solymossy Revue des études hongroises VI (1928) 311—336 No. 2.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "branche", "paradis"; Egyptian: Müller 176; Sumatra: Dixon 160; Tonga: Gifford 25, 39, Beckwith Myth 482; Hawaii: ibid. 232; Samoa: ibid. 486; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 332 n. 200; S. A. Indian (Cariri): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 559, Métraux MAFLS XL 26, (Langua): Métraux ibid. 106, (Toba): Métraux ibid. 45; Africa: Werner African 136f. |
| F811.4.2 | Tree under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1317.20 | Tree warns of danger. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F979.21 | Tree which has two singing blossoms. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 284. |
| D2106.3 | Tree with all sorts of cakes hanging from its branches springs from one cake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.2.1.1 | Tree with brass leaves. Fb "messing" II 582b. |
| F811.2.3.1 | Tree with coiling leaves three thousand miles high with golden cock on top. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83. |
| F811.17.1 | Tree with crystal buds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F811.17 | Tree with extraordinary buds. |
| F811.7 | Tree with extraordinary fruit. |
| F811.2 | Tree with extraordinary leaves. |
| F811.8 | Tree with fruits like human heads. Attached by hair. Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| F811.2.3 | Tree with gigantic leaves. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1461.0.1 | Tree with golden fruit. *Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum mit goldenen Früchten". |
| F811.2.1.2 | Tree with golden leaves. Fb "træ" III 867a; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 333, Boberg, Hdwb. d. Märch. I 431a n. 35; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F162.3.6 | Tree with golden top in otherworld. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 33. |
| F811.2.2 | Tree with leaves of jewels. Penzer IV 128; Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 242. |
| F811.2.1 | Tree with metal leaves. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres". |
| F811.6 | Tree with musical branches. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1461.0.2 | Tree with silver branches. (Cf. D950, F811.1.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F811.1.7 | Tree with silver trunk, gold branches, emerald leaves, pearls for fruits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K46 | Tree-pulling contest. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 330 n. 191f. |
| F441.2.3.2 | Tree-spirit in elder tree. England: Baughman. |
| F441.2.0.1 | Tree-spirit persuades man to spare tree. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F441.2 | Tree-spirit. Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 207; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 188; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas II 203; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 211, II 44, 67, 126, 507, 574, 675, 811, 820, 898, 1014, 1158, Jataka Index s.v. "Spirits"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 267, 340; S. A. Indian (Caviсa, Tumapasa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448. |
| J1964 | Tree-trunks laid crosswise of the sledge. *Type 1248; BP III 302. Cf. Type 801. |
| F979.20 | Tree's branches turn upward when idolators rest beneath it. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A2771.5 | Trees bear first buds to commemorate reign of primitive hero. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2711.2 | Trees blessed that made the cross. Dh II 207. |
| F162.1.3 | Trees bloom, others bear concurrently in otherworld garden. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A2855 | Trees classified as "pleasant trees, herb trees, shrub trees." Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2126.1 | Trees cut down to gather fruit. Penzer V 70f. |
| F811.11 | Trees disappear at sunset. English: Wells 104 (Alexander and Dindimus). |
| A2721.7 | Trees fail to come at god's leavetaking, now bear bitter fruit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.12 | Trees grow and "ungrow" each day. (Cf. F817.1.) Chauvin VII 83 No. 373bis n. 2. |
| D2082 | Trees killed by magic. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres". |
| R311.1 | Trees magically hide a fugitive. Dh II 40ff.; N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 225. |
| D2082.0.1 | Trees magically made fruitless. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.1 | Trees of extraordinary material. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F621.2.1 | Trees pulled up and thrust into the ground upside down by Antichrist, a giant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F621.1 | Trees pulled up by animals. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres" |
| F621.2 | Trees pulled up by giant. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres"; Westphalian: Zaunert Westfälische 7, 8, 11; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F971.8 | Trees put forth leaves on arrival of God in paradise. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F979.12 | Trees spring up from blood spilled on ground. (Cf. D1003.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F979.11 | Trees spring up to commemorate birth of primitive hero (demigod, deity). (Cf. F960.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F973.1 | Trees unbent. Irish myth: *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 317. |
| F811.9 | Trees with green birds hanging by claws. Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| C998 | Trees wither because of broken tabu. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F979.23 | Trees wither when tragic things happen. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C916.1 | Trespass betrayed by dripping candle. (Cf. C31.1, C32.1.) —*Type 425; *Tegethoff 39; *BP III 114. |
| J1161.3 | Trespasser's defense: standing on his own land. Man has earth from his own land in his shoes. *Type 1590; Herbert III 507 No. 62; *Anderson FFC XLII 362 n. 1; Fb "ed" I 234, "jord" II 45b; Künssberg Jahrbuch f. hist. Vksk. I 120f.; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn V (1897) 443ff., (1934) 324ff.; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| Z71.1.0.1 | Triads. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Z49.6 | Trial among the animals. Deer steps on kitten: cat investigates. Deer has been frightened by bird, this bird by another bird .... by crab's pointed claw, crab by mouse in his hole. Cat eats mouse. (Frog croaks because turtle carries his house on his head; turtle carries house because firefly is bringing fire; firefly brings fire because mosquito tries to bite him, etc.) (First ed. Z41.14.) India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesia, Malaya: Dixon 202; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 390. |
| H218 | Trial by combat. Guilt or innocence established in judicial combat. Thien Motive 41f.; *Schoepperle II 338ff.; Dickson 74, 77 n. 38, 78 n. 40, 130f., 153, 174, 226; *Ashdown Modern Lang. Review XVII 113ff.; Bell ibid. XVIII 22ff.; *Boje 88; *Hibbard 35ff., 132 n. 11.—Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child V 490 s.v. "ordeal", Wells 97 (Chevalere Assigne); Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Tawney I 396. |
| D1394.1 | Trial by ordeal subverted by carrying magic object. *Kittredge Witchcraft 54, 404 nn. 227—229. |
| J161 | Trial rehearsed before stick in the ground as judge. Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 62 (Gonzenbach No. 8). |
| F962.5.3 | Triangular hailstones. Irish myth: Cross (F794.2). |
| A1676 | Tribal characteristics—bravery or cowardice. |
| A1687 | Tribal characteristics—decoration. |
| A1683 | Tribal characteristics—dress. |
| A1681 | Tribal characteristics—eating. |
| A1673 | Tribal characteristics—industry. |
| A1671 | Tribal characteristics—labor. |
| A1674 | Tribal characteristics—stealing. |
| A1675 | Tribal characteristics—warfare. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1501 | Tribal customs established by diviner. (Man who sees future.)—India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1268.1 | Tribe born from fire. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1631.2 | Tribe climbs down from sky to earth. S. Am. Indian (Tropical Forest): Lowie BBAE CLXIII (3) 55. |
| P531.1 | Tribe failing to attend yearly feast to send gift as sign of submission. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F515.5 | Tribe of left-handed people. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 99. |
| F525.3 | Tribe of one-eyed, one-footed, one-handed men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q502.3 | Tribe's long wandering in wilderness as punishment. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1236.2 | Tribes emerge from melon. Lao, Wa (Indo-China): Scott Indo-Chin. 286, 289. |
| A1610.6 | Tribes from clay models made by creator. S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315. |
| A1610.4 | Tribes from fruits of various trees. S. Am. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 108. |
| Q595.4.1 | Tribute as punishment for trickery. Irish myth: Cross (Q261.2). |
| S262.2 | Tribute of youths regularly sent to foreign king. English: Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem). |
| K236.3 | Tribute paid in enchanted snow. After payment, snow takes proper form. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P531.1.1 | Tribute required of conquered foreigners. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F257 | Tribute taken from fairies by fiend at stated periods. English: Child V 498 s.v. "Feind". |
| K149.1 | Trick exchange: basket of stones for one of bread; a few pieces of money shown through slit in basket-cover to dupe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1013.6 | Trick: breaking legs for prowess in dancing (or for swiftness). N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict II 344. |
| K2366.1 | Trickster admits defeat: enemy and friends invited to fort for ceremony and then attacked. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1339.7 | Trickster agrees to carry old woman and girl across stream: carries girl across and rides off with her leaving old woman on other side. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1392 | Trickster and girls play obscene tricks on one another. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 306 n. 109w. |
| J1492 | Trickster artist hoodwinks king: cuckold's eyes cannot see picture. King pretends to see the picture. Courtiers reveal that there is no picture. Spanish: Childers. |
| K1574 | Trickster as sham magician buys chest containing hidden paramour. (Cf. K1515, K1542, K1555, K1556.) *Types 1535, 1725; *BP II 18; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1571.1 | Trickster as sham magician makes adulteress produce hidden food for her husband. *Type 1535; BP II 18; Scala Celi 37a No. 206; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K354 | Trickster asks hospitality: expels owner and appropriates house. |
| K1354.2.1 | Trickster asks husband for one thing and the wife for another. The husband's order: "Let him have what he wants." Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1084.3 | Trickster attempts to bring friends to fight. (Plans that one kill the other.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K846 | Trickster being attacked by ferocious animal persuades dupe to take his place. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K499.4 | Trickster breaks cat of taste for milk by overheating its milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X613 | Trickster breaks up Jewish marriage ceremony and seduces the bride. (Cf. K1371.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K341.10 | Trickster bribes guards to start a fight. While the master goes to investigate, the trickster enters his bed with his wife. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 129 No. 1525. |
| K455.4.1 | Trickster buys chickens telling owner that priest will pay. When owner comes to collect, the trickster tells the priest that a heretic has come for confession. Then he flees. (Cf. K242.1.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K348 | Trickster causes owner and another to fight over goods. Meantime he steals it. Wienert FFC LVI 48 (ET 71), 119 (ST 293); Halm Aesop No. 247; Panchatantra III 10 (tr. Ryder 343); West Indies: Flowers 505. |
| K231.15 | Trickster cheats by pretending deafness. Palm rat, when asked to throw down nuts according to bargain, replies that he is deaf when eating. Africa: Weeks Jungle 400. |
| K474 | Trickster cheats rescuers into digging his well. The well that he has dug falls in. He throws his clothes into the hole and hides. People going to church think that man is drowned and dig the well out. Type 1614*. |
| J1282 | Trickster chooses his gift. To be rewarded by ruler with a coin, an ass, a sheep, or a vineyard. Answers that he will take the coin, mount the ass, drive the sheep into the vineyard, and there pray for the ruler. *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 237 No. 523. |
| K547.14 | Trickster claims to be holding up sky. Leopard, afraid to let sky fall, leaves him. Africa (Wute): Sieber ZsES XII 173. |
| K441.4 | Trickster collects from both husband and wife. Estranged couple both pay him to effect reconciliation. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 12. |
| K1971.10 | Trickster concealed in sacred tree advises that he is to marry the princess. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: *Dixon 202 n. 39. |
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