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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
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| F420.1.7.3 | Water-spirits leave trace of water when standing or walking. German: Kühnau 39 No. 56, Henne-Am Rhyn 113. |
| F420.2.1 | Water-spirits live in castles of crystal under water. (Cf. F451.4.3.4.) Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 40 No. 23; Czech: Wiener 114, Gradl 33 No. 69; French: Sébillot France II 196, 200, 343. |
| F420.2.2 | Water-spirits live in village under water. Icelandic: Lagerholm 167—68, Boberg; Swiss: Frey 5. |
| F420.5.2.1.2 | Water-spirits lure children into water, offering objects. Austrian: Calliano II 24, Huber and Zaural 19; French: Sébillot France II 310, 343, 417; England: Baughman. |
| F420.5.2.1 | Water-spirits lure mortal into water. Irish myth: *Cross Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn (1893) 163ff., (1928) 112ff. |
| F420.3.2.5 | Water-spirits mend clothes. German: Bindewald 95, Kern 85 No. 11. |
| F420.3.4.2 | Water-spirits must be in water before dawn; delay is punished with death. (Cf. F451.3.2.1. and cross-references there given.) German: Schöppner I 221, 227; French: Sébillot France II 340. |
| F420.3.4.1 | Water-spirits must be in water before midnight; delay is punished with death indicated by blood in water. German: Pfister 70, Meier 71 No. 79. |
| F420.4.1 | Water-spirits possess magic power. German: Weichert II 199 No. 182, Künzig Schwarzwald 168; French: Sébillot France II 197, 347, 410. |
| F420.5.3.7 | Water-spirits prophesies. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F420.5.1.1 | Water-spirits protect and warn sailor against storm and in tempest. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 58 Nos. 495—500; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 46 No. 58; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 41 No. 29; Austrian: Gloning 37, Ebermann Donausagen 143 No. 88. |
| F420.5.1.10 | Water-spirits save man from drowning. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 395, Lagerholm 166, Boberg. |
| F420.5.1.1.1 | Water-spirits save shipwrecked people. Icelandic: Lagerholm 167—68, Boberg. |
| F420.5.3.1 | Water-spirits sit on beach combing their long hair. Austrian: Mailly Niederöst. 47 No. 101; French: Sébillot France II 340, 346, 411. |
| F420.5.2.4 | Water-spirits steal children and leave changeling. German: Kahlo Nieders. I 66 No. 111, Künzig Schwarzwald 171. |
| F420.5.2.6.3 | Water-spirits take revenge for being harmed. German: Schultze 140, Dumke 52; French: Sébillot France II 342. |
| F420.5.2.6.2 | Water-spirits take revenge for trespassing on ground they claim as theirs. German: Siebert 186. |
| F420.5.2.6.1 | Water-spirits take revenge if yearly tribute is not given. German: Meier III 428 No. 121, Haas Pommersche 38 No. 78; French: Sébillot France II 338, 339; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 156ff., (1928) 108ff. |
| F420.5.2.6.6 | Water-spirits take revenge on mortals for pollution of water. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F420.5.2.6 | Water-spirits take revenge on mortals. |
| F420.3.5 | Water-spirits visited by mortal. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 46 No. 56. |
| F420.1.6.3 | Water-spirits wear precious adornment. Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 261; German: Förstner Märchenwelt 111, Schnetzler 266 No. 6. |
| F420.1.6.4 | Water-spirits wear wreath of flowers and reed on hair and dress. German: Plöckinger 7, Huber and Zaurel 19. |
| F420.1.4.7 | Water-spirits with green hair and beard. England, Wales: Baughman; German: Bindewald 95, Siess 1. |
| F420.1.4.8 | Water-spirits with green teeth. England: Baughman; German: Schöppner I 219—223, Schultze-Gallara 23; French: Sébillot France II 343 (green eyes). |
| F420.1.4.6 | Water-spirits with horse feet. German: Handrick 21, Janosch 6. |
| F420.1.4.5 | Water-spirits with human body and webbed feet and hands. Tobler 98; German: Henne-Am Rhyn 113, Pröhle Deutsche Sagen 153 (No. 119); French: Sébillot France II 403. |
| F420.5.1.5 | Water-spirits work as servants for mortal but disappear when compensation is offered or origin suspected. *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 44; German: Pröhle Deutsche Sagen 220 No. 173, Meier I 68 No. 5; Czech: Wiener 45. |
| F420.5.1.4 | Water-spirits work as servants for mortal for small compensation. German: Haas Grimmen 36 No. 75, Pröhle Deutsche Sagen 7 No. 9; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 55 No. 475. |
| F420.5.1.6 | Water-spirits work at night in home of mortals. German: Schnetzler 294, Meier I 71 No. 79. |
| F420 | Water-spirits.1 *Wehrhan Die Sage 74; *Meyer 101f.; W. Gregor Guardian Spirits of Wells and Locks (FL III 67—73); Roberts 121; Irish myth: *Cross; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 210; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 142ff., (1928) 100ff., FochF XI 37; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 45f. Nos. 55—65; Finnish: *Holmberg Finno-Ugric 191ff.; Finnish-Swedish: *Wessman 52ff.; Swedish: Hartmann 27; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 52; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 40ff. Nos. 23—32; Slavic: Máchal 270ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 298; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Warrau): Kirchoff RBAE CXLIII (3) 880, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 50. See also F200—F399 (fairies and elves), F451 (dwarfs) and F460 (mountain-spirits) for many common motifs. |
| F420.2.1.1 | Water-spirits' under-water castle is luxuriously furnished. Austrian: Mailly Niederöst. 33 No. 69, 48 No. 102; Czech: Wiener 114; German: Henne-Am Rhyn 114, Wiechert 73 No. 129. |
| F420.4.6.1 | Water-women are powerless when their garments are taken. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 261. |
| F420.3.2.2 | Water-women come to market and store. German: Zinck 12, Kahlo Nieders. 63 No. 107; French: Sébillot France II 344. |
| F420.3.2.3 | Water-women wash and hang up laundry on beach. German: Pröhle Deutsche Sagen 220 No. 173; French: Sébillot France II 200, 351f. |
| K287 | Watered milk sold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F141.4 | Waterfall as barrier to otherworld. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 95. |
| J2465.1.1 | Watering the cow (by pouring water on it). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A910.2 | Waters created as punishment. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A910.5 | Waters created by divine twins. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 167. |
| A910.1 | Waters created on first day of creation. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F930.7 | Waters dissolve mill-stones. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D2151.0.2 | Waters made to dry up. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1551 | Waters magically divide and close. *Frazer Old Testament II 456ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rivière"; Irish: Plummer cxlviii, Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; England: Baughman; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 276 n. 15b; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 82, 93; (Hottentot): Bleek 75 No. 36. |
| D1432 | Waters magically pursue man. (Cf. D910.) Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Iliad XXI lines 234ff.—N. A. Indian (Menomini): Skinner and Satterlee PaAM XIII 257. |
| F531.2.1.3 | Waters of Deluge reach to giant's ankles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A810.2.1 | Waters of heaven would engulf earth were it not for firmament. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F931.9.1 | Waters of sea arch over people like a vault. (Cf. F932.2.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F996 | Waters react to words of poet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F930.2 | Waters rise to drown wrongdoer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F930.4 | Waters transformed to blood for Egyptians but not for Hebrews. (Cf. D474.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F165.3.4 | Wattling of silver in otherworld dwelling. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.3.1 | Waumpaus: monster with huge dog tracks. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 687. |
| D1812.5.1.1.4 | Wave of blood as sign of death. (Cf. D1003, E761.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1549.10 | Waves answer roar of magic shield. (Cf. D1101.1, D1610.24.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A423 | Waves as girls, daughters or widows of the sea-god. Icel.: Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 190. |
| Z118.2 | Waves as sea-god's horses. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Z118.1 | Waves as tresses of sea-god's wife. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| N655 | Waves break caul of abandoned child. He is rescued. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F141.3 | Waves form high wall around otherworld isle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.4.2 | Waves moan (shriek) during battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.4.1 | Waves reverberate at preparation for battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D435.1.4 | Wax prince animated by serpent becomes human being. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D479.6 | Wax turned into earth. *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| K661.4 | Waxen statue left instead of abducted queen. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F150.1 | Way to otherworld hard to find. Siuts 29; English: Gawain and the Green Knight; Chinese: Graham. |
| G303.20 | Ways in which the devil kills people. |
| L311 | Weak (small) hero overcomes large fighter. *Type 328; A. Stender-Petersen Acta Jutlandica VI (1934) 166ff.; Irish myth: Cross; English: Child II 35ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Japanese: Anesaki 311; Jewish: Neuman, I Samuel 17:23 (David and Goliath); N. A. Indian (Southern Paiute, Shivwits): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 150 No. 17; Guatamala Indian (Quiche): Alexander Lat. Am. 168ff.; Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 476. |
| K1715 | Weak animal (man) makes large one (ogre) believe that he has eaten many of the large one's companions. The latter is frightened. Types 126*, 1149; *BP I 160 n. 1; *Krappe Neophilologus XV 274ff.; Russian: Andrejev No. 126; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 249f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: *Dixon 191 nn. 15, 16, 192 n. 17; Africa: Weeks Jungle 394, Werner African 223, (Kaffir): Kidd 230 No. 2, (Vai): Ellis 191 No. 7, (Hottentot): Bleek 24; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 317, 320, 322; West Indies: Flowers 543; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 44 No. 9, 291 No. 49. |
| K1715.1 | Weak animal shows strong his own reflection and frightens him. Tells him that this animal is threatening to kill him. (Usually hare and lion.) *Penzer V 49 n. 1; Chauvin II 88 No. 25; India: *Thompson-Balys; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Friends 134 No. 18, (Virginia): Parsons JAFL XXXV 264 No. 12. |
| K1715.1.1 | Weak animal shows strong his own reflection and makes him believe that it is the head of the last animal slain by the weak. B[ö]dker Exempler 282 No. 27; Indonesia, Malay, Hindu: Dixon 191 n. 16, *DeVries Volksverhalen I 362 No. 14. |
| J425 | Weak fear company of strong. |
| L310 | Weak overcomes strong in conflict. |
| C942.3 | Weakness from seeing woman (fairy) naked. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J347 | Wealth and glory sacrificed for freedom and virtue. |
| U60 | Wealth and poverty. |
| J461.7 | Wealth and wisdom dispute as to who is greater. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1469.7 | Wealth from drawing cow's feet over money box. (Cf. D1029.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J707 | Wealth is most important. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| U65 | Wealth is relative: beggar with horse, wife, or dog considered rich by poorer beggar. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 612. |
| H384.1.1 | Wealthy (handsome) suitor disguised as beggar to test bride's kindness. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; S. A. Indian (Caraja): Métraux MAFLS XL 49. |
| N835 | Wealthy (powerful) man as helper. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 14. |
| T121.5 | Wealthy girl marries deformed and penniless philosopher. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| W116.6 | Wealthy man pretends enjoyment of good music. Told when to applaud. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P435.1 | Wealthy usurer prays that the sons of the rich will become mad. That will benefit his business. His own sons lose their minds. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F959.3.4 | Weapon (missile) miraculously removed. |
| H435 | Weapon as chastity index. |
| T602 | Weapons and horses procured for boy at his birth. Icelandic: Hervarar saga 85, Boberg. |
| F1084.0.2 | Weapons confined by flying nets of hair in furious battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2357.5 | Weapons disguised permit entry to enemies' camp. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 390. |
| B338 | Weapons made from bones of helpful horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2086.3 | Weapons magically blown out of enemies' hands. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D2086 | Weapons magically dulled. |
| D1402.7.0.1 | Weapons magically venomous. (Cf. D1080.) Irish myth: Cross (D1402.19). |
| A157 | Weapons of the gods. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 32, 965. |
| D1618.4 | Weapons weep as warning to master. (Cf. D1080.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 43. |
| P553 | Weapons. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| J1289.5 | Wearing all his clothes. Shivering king (rich man) to tattered peasant: "Aren't you cold?" Peasant: "No, if you wore all your clothes as I do, you wouldn't be cold either!" Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F384.4 | Wearing flowers on one's ears protects from fairies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1015.2 | Wearing shoes only when crossing river. Filipino: Fansler MAFLS XII 64, 351. |
| B191.1 | Weasel as conjurer. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 321 No. 74. |
| K815.10 | Weasel induces cuckoo to tell him that it cries at night when asleep. Hence weasels can kill cuckoos. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J951.4 | Weasel paints self to deceive mice. Detected. Wienert FFC LVI *53 (ET 133), 87 (ST 7); Halm Aesop No. 87. |
| D2140.3 | Weather changed on confession of deed. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 301. |
| F161 | Weather in otherworld. |
| D1812.5.0.15 | Weather signs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J1041.1 | Weather to please one only. Attempt to please everyone with weather unavailing. Weather given therefore without regard to men's desires. Type 1830; *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 218 No. 51; Wienert FFC LVI 83 (ET 495), 121 (ST 304); Halm Aesop No. 166. |
| A280 | Weather-god. Irish myth: Cross, Beal XXI 326, 334. |
| F430 | Weather-spirits. |
| J1289.13 | Weaver hearing of tax for every doorway of weavers takes his door to the khan: will not return for the sidewalls of his house. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N141.4 | Weaver married by Wealth to a princess to show Wisdom that he is the more powerful. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H38.2.4.1 | Weaver married to princess betrays his identity when he unconsciously waves his hands as though he were weaving and asks for his shuttle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H38.2.4 | Weaver married to princess betrays trade by talking in his sleep. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1969.4.1 | Weaver poses as deity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J229.8.1 | Weaver prefers master with one hedgehog. Insists on his master putting hedgehog out of house. When master refuses, weaver leaves. Next master has two hedgehogs, and next has three. Weaver returns to first master. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 603. |
| P445 | Weaver. Sébillot Métiers No. 6. |
| V65.3 | Wedding and funeral festival on same time. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T135.3 | Wedding by proxy. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T135.9 | Wedding ceremony in church. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T135 | Wedding ceremony. |
| T136.1 | Wedding feast. Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 66. |
| B284 | Wedding of amphibians. |
| B285.1 | Wedding of ant. (See B281.8.)—Revue des Langues Romanes 2e Ser. IV (1877) 27ff. (louse); Rhaetian: Decurtins "Rätoromanische Christomatie" Romänische Forschungen XXVII (1910) 182f. (grasshopper); French: Arnaudin Chants pop. de la Grande-Lande I 345ff. (finch); Italian: Nigra Canti pop. de Piemonte No. 127 (cricket), *Zs. f. Vksk. XII 167f., 169n. 2 (grasshopper). |
| B281.7 | Wedding of ass. French: Arnaudin Chants pop. de la Grande-Lande I 365ff. |
| B282.11 | Wedding of blackbird with another bird. German: Grüner Uber die ältesten Sitten u. Gebräuche der Egerländer (ed. A. John) 82f., (starling), Vorpahl Deutsche Volkslieder zur Guitarre (Sammlung I, 1915) (bullfinch), Deutsche Volkslieder Archiv (MS. Freiburg im Breisgau and University of Chicago) Nos. A74020, A72356, A63272, A93372. |
| B282.7 | Wedding of bullfinch with another bird. Russian: Ralston Songs of the Russian People 11f. (quail). |
| B285.6 | Wedding of butterfly. French: Kuhff Les Enfantines 174, RTP V 16f, Bujeaud Chants de l'Ouest I 38. |
| B283.2 | Wedding of carp. Chinese: JAFL VIII 189f. |
| B281.9 | Wedding of cat. (See B282.4.2.) |
| B282.21 | Wedding of cock and hen. German: Blätter für pommersche Volkskunde IX (1901) 43ff. |
| B285.8 | Wedding of cockroach and rat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B283.1 | Wedding of crab. Bulgarian: Rosen Bulgarische Volksdichtungen 232 (frog); Roumanian: Schuller Romänische Volkslieder 34ff. (toad). |
| B285.2 | Wedding of cricket. (See B285.1.)—Lettish: Andrejanoff Lettische Volkslieder 39 No. 115. |
| B282.22 | Wedding of crow and titmouse. |
| B282.19 | Wedding of cuckoo with another bird. French: Perroud RTP V 15 (lark), Wallona (V 1897) 138f. (titmouse). |
| B282.2.1 | Wedding of eagle and kite. Kite promises to secure ostrich as attendant. Fails and is put to shame.—Wienert FFC LVI 62 (ET 250), 100 (ST 139); Thiele Der lateinische äsop des Romulus 96. |
| B282.2 | Wedding of eagle with another bird. Wendish: Haupt-Schmaler Volkslieder der Wenden II 144 No. 194 (kite). |
| B282.5 | Wedding of finch with another bird. (Cf. B285.1.)—French: Rolland Faune Populaire de la France II 180ff. (greenfinch), 182ff. (goldfinch); Canadian: Gagnon Chansons pop. du Canada 279ff. |
| B283 | Wedding of fish. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B285.5 | Wedding of flea. French: Bladé Poésies pop. de la Gascogne III 291ff., Soleville Chants pop. du Bas-Quercy 310ff.; Spanish: Marín Cantos pop. Espaсoles I 74ff. |
| B285.4 | Wedding of fly. Danish: Abrahamson, Nyerup, og Rahbek Udvalgte Danske Viser (II) 104f. No. 40 (horsefly); German: Hoffmann-Richter Schlesische Volkslieder 71f., Jungbauer Bibliographie d. deutschen Volksliedes in Böhmen 31 (beetle); Zs. f. Vksk. XXII 421. |
| B281.1 | Wedding of fox and hyena. Fox refuses to marry hyena, since, according to belief, hyena yearly changes sex.—Wienert FFC LVI 62 (ET 251), 131 (ST 376, 401); Halm Aesop No 405. |
| B284.1.1 | Wedding of frog and mouse. ("Frog went a-courtin'").—United States: JAFL XXVI 134f., XXV 392—399 No. 138, Cox Folksongs of the South 470ff. No. 162, Scarborough On the Trail of Negro Folksongs 46ff., Pub. Texas Folklore Soc. V 5—48; English: Williams Folksongs of the upper Thames 133f.; Welsh: Journ. Welsh Folksong Soc. I (IV) 178 No. 18. |
| B284.1 | Wedding of frog. (See B283.1.) |
| B286.1 | Wedding of garlic and onion. Lettish: Andrejanoff Lettische Volkslieder 39 No. 116. |
| B282.6 | Wedding of goldfinch with another bird. French: Rolland Faune pop. de la France II 182ff. (finch), Bladé poésies pop. de la Gascogne III 104ff. (finch); Ukranian: Chodzko Les chants historiques de l'Ukraine 12f. No. 10. |
| B285.3 | Wedding of grasshopper. (See B285.1.) |
| B282.15 | Wedding of heathcock with another bird. German: Blätter für pommersche Volkskunde IX (1901) 42f.; Lettish: Baton Chansons nationales latviennes (Riga 1922) No. 2691. |
| B282.18 | Wedding of hoopoe with another bird. Slavic: Wenzig Westslav. Märchenschatz 241; Czech.: Walda Böhmische Granaten 132 No. 163 (jay). |
| B285 | Wedding of insects. |
| B282.3 | Wedding of lark and another bird. |
| B282.3.2 | Wedding of lark and cuckoo. French: Perroud RTP V 15. |
| B282.3.6 | Wedding of lark and finch. French: Daymard Vieux chants recueilles en Quercy 106ff., Kuhff Les Enfantines 178, Lambert Chants et Chansons du Languedoc I 327ff.; Catalonian: Mila y Fontanals Romancerillo Catalán 398f. |
| B282.3.1 | Wedding of lark and nightingale. German: Wossidlo Mechlenbürgische Volksüberlieferungen II (1) 255 No. 1675; Lettish: Baton Chansons nationales latviennes (Riga 1922) No. 2696. |
| B282.3.4 | Wedding of lark and pigeon. French: Lembert Chants et Chansons du Languedoc I 332. |
| B282.3.3 | Wedding of lark and sparrow. French: Tiersot RTP I 3f. |
| B282.3.5 | Wedding of lark and spotted woodpecker. Lettish: Andrejanoff Lettische Volkslieder 45 No. 134. |
| B281.4 | Wedding of lynx. Lettish: Ulmann Lettische Volkslieder 136 No. 431 (marten), Baton Chansons nationales latviennes I (Riga 1922) No. 2685 (marten). |
| B282.14 | Wedding of magpie with another bird. German: Hoffman-Richter Schlesische Volkslieder 75f., Haupt-Schmaler Volkslieder der Wenden (Pt. I) 256 No. 273 (raven); Lettish: Baton Chansons nationales latviennes (Riga 1922) No. 2684 (wagtail). |
| B281.5 | Wedding of marten. (See B281.4.) |
| B281.10 | Wedding of monkey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F303 | Wedding of mortal and fairy. Feilberg DF V 45ff.; Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 62ff., (1928) 54ff.; Liljeblad 188ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B281.2.2 | Wedding of mouse and cockroach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B281.2.1 | Wedding of mouse and weasel. Estonian: Neus Esthnische Volkslieder 352 No. 98C; Greek: Passow Pop. Carmina Graeciae Recentioris 458 No. 623. |
| B281.2 | Wedding of mouse. (See B284.1.1.) |
| B282.4.1 | Wedding of owl and another bird. French: Arnandin Chants pop. de la Grande-Lande I 350ff. (goat-sucker); Slavic: Herder Stimmen der Völker (Slavische Lieder No. 23) (wren). |
| B282.4.2 | Wedding of owl and cat. English: Mother Goose rhymes. |
| B282.4 | Wedding of owl. |
| B281.6 | Wedding of pig. Rhaetian: Decurtins "Eine rätoromanische Ballade" Schweizerisches Archiv f. Vksk. XX 93f. (mole). |
| B282.20 | Wedding of pigeon with another bird. French: Lambert Chants et Chansons de Languedoc I 332 (lark), Soleville Chants pop. du Bas-Quercy 303ff. (falcon). |
| B282.17 | Wedding of quail with another bird. Russian: Ralston Songs of the Russian People 11f. (bullfinch). |
| B281.11.1 | Wedding of rat and cockroach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B281.11 | Wedding of rat. |
| B282.16 | Wedding of raven with another bird. Danish: Nyerups Udvalg II 97ff.; Grüner-Nielsen Danske Skæmteviser I 34f. No. 15 (crane); Wendish: Haupt-Schmaler Volkslieder der Wenden I 256f. No. 273 (magpie). |
| B282.10 | Wedding of sparrow and another bird. French: Tiersot RTP I 3f. (lark); Bukovina: Kaindl Zs. f. Vksk. VII (1897) 427 (jackdaw).—Waldbrühl Slawische Balalaika 302.—Japanese: FLR I 131ff. |
| B281.8 | Wedding of squirrel. French: Mélusine I (1878) 287 (ant). |
| E495 | Wedding of the dead. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 23 No. 208. |
| B282.12 | Wedding of thrush with another bird. German: Hainhoferi Lautenbücher II 130ff., Norrenberg Beiträge zur Localgeschichte des Niederrheins IV 102, Frischbier-Sembrzychi Hundert ostpreussische Volkslieder 52f. No. 32. |
| B282.8 | Wedding of titmouse with another bird. French: Wallonia V (1897) 138f. (cuckoo); Prussian: Frischbier Zehn Masurische Volkslieder 69. |
| B284.2 | Wedding of toad. Bulgarian: Rosen Bulgarische Volksdichtungen 233. (See also B283.1.) |
| B282.1 | Wedding of turkey and peacock. All birds invited except eagle. This omission starts great conflict.—*Type 224; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XII 169. |
| B285.7 | Wedding of wasp. RTP VIII 552 (hornet). |
| B281.3 | Wedding of wolf. Slavic: Wenzig Westslavischer-Märchenschatz 242ff. (goat); Wendish: Haupt-Schmaler Volkslieder der Wenden I 386 (goat); Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *91; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B282.13 | Wedding of woodpecker with another bird. Estonian: Neus Esthnische Volkslieder 351f. No. 98B. |
| B282.9 | Wedding of wren with another bird. Slavic: Herder Stimmen der Völker (Slawische Lieder No. 23) (owl); English: FLJ I 166 (robin), Eckenstein Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes (London 1906) (robin); French: Kuhff Les Enfantines 345ff., Mélusine I (1878) 193f. |
| T135.14 | Wedding-canopy over bride and groom. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| H1532 | Wedge test. Hero is caught in cleft of tree. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 313 n. 129. |
| N127.2 | Wednesday as auspicious (inauspicious) day. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1311.13.2 | Weeds used for divination. Africa (Fang): Einstein 51. |
| D622 | Weekly transformation. See all references to C31.1.2. (Mélusine).—Jijena Sanchez 42. |
| B214.4 | Weeping animal. |
| F801.1 | Weeping hills. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2261.5 | Weeping man turned into owl; still bewails sorrows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F801 | Weeping rocks. RTP V 157. |
| B214.4.1 | Weeping toad. Chinese: Graham. |
| J341 | Weight of bodily member chosen rather than its loss. (Cf. J351.) |
| J1561.3 | Welcome to the clothes. A man at a banquet is neglected because of his poor clothes. He changes clothes, returns, and is honored. "Feed my clothes," he says, "for it is they that are welcomed." *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 416; Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 222 No. 55; *Prato RTP IV 167; Herbert III 70; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F162.5.1 | Well (of wine) in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1563.2.2.1 | Well (river) polluted by blood shed in battle. (Cf. D926.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R317 | Well (spring) as refuge. Fb "kilde" II 118b; Irish myth: Cross; Africa (Benga): Nassau 225 No. 33, (Kaffir): Theal 129, (Basuto): Jacottet 160 No. 23. |
| F162.5.3 | Well containing "salmon of knowledge" in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F93.0.2.1 | Well entrance to lower world. Type 480; *Roberts 140. |
| F933.7 | Well floods when gazed upon until mass is said over it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.7 | Well flows full on Sunday. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F711.4.2 | Well hidden in sea. (Cf. D926.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| A671.4 | Well in hell (Hvergelmir). Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 319, 324, 332. |
| F718.10 | Well in shape of a sieve-like rock, out of which water gushes forth. (Cf. D926.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| A875.2 | Well in the midst of earth from which eleven rivers originate. (Cf. A871.1.) Icel.: Boberg. |
| F718.1 | Well located under sea. (Cf. F715.3.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2136.7 | Well magically transported. (Cf. D926, D1641.1, D1641.13.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2317 | Well man made to believe that he is sick. *Chauvin VI 138 No. 291; Clouston Noodles 161; Clouston Tales II 30ff.; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 869. |
| D1663.3 | Well of life and death. Situated on one hand, kills; on the other, protects against disease. (Cf. E82.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.4 | Well of oil runs into river. Miracle. Alphabet No. 550. |
| F718.3 | Well of wine. (Cf. F716.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.6 | Well overflow cannot be seen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D926.1 | Well produced by magic. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D926.1.1 | Well produced by saint invoking heaven. *Loomis White Magic 37. |
| F933.1.3.2 | Well rises for pious man's sheep. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| H251.3.9.2 | Well rises for sheep only for rightful owner. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1663.5 | Well rises or sinks to indicate long or short life. (Cf. D926.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F933.1.3 | Well rises so holy person does not have to draw from it. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F933.1.3.1 | Well rises so maiden can draw without exerting herself. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1645.9 | Well shines at night. (Cf. D926.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.5 | Well shines at night. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.11 | Well shoots up high as pillars, and discharges itself into navigable streams. (Cf. D926.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| C623.1 | Well upon which no one can look without losing his eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.4 | Well water tastes like oil, wine, and honey. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| X1241.2 | Well-trained horse. |
| J144 | Well-trained kid does not open to wolf. *Type 123; Wienert FFC LVI 63 (ET 262), 145 (ST 506, 535); *BP I 37; Dh IV 277f. |
| A941.5.0.2 | Wells break forth at birth of Christ. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F162.5 | Wells in otherworld. Patch Other World 386 s.v. "well". |
| D113.2.1 | Wer-bear. A bear-man like the werwolf. *Fb "bjørn" IV 43a; Fox: Jones PAES I 157. |
| D194.0.1 | Wer-crocodile. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 401. |
| D112.2.1 | Wer-tiger. Like werwolf. (Cf. D113.1.)—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korea: Zong in-Sob 58, 71, 74, 79, 85, 89, 91. |
| J1391.7 | Were merely measuring cup. King demands that each subject bring small amount of milk to put in his new cup. They plan to cheat him by bringing him water. Accused, they say that they were merely measuring the cup to see how much it would take to fill it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H64.2 | Werwolf killed and recognized by man's clothes under the wolf's skin or rosary on the neck. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3680. |
| D113.1.1 | Werwolf. A man changes periodically into the form of a wolf. He is usually malevolent when in wolf form. **R. Andree Globus XXVII (1875); *C. T. Stewart Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 30ff.; Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 227ff.; (1928) 148ff.; Lid Saga och Sed 1937, 3ff.; Odstedt Varulven i svensk folktradition (Uppsala 1944); **K. E. Smith An Historical Study of the Werwolf in Literature (PMLA IX, 1894); **E. O'Donnell Werewolves (Boston 1914); Summers The Werwolf (London, 1933); *O. Clemen Zs. f. Vksk. XXX—XXXII 141; *Kittredge Witchcraft 175 nn. 5—7; ibid. Arthur 169 n. 1; **Baring-Gould The Book of Werewolves (London, 1865); *v. Sydow Feilberg Festskrift 594ff.; **Jijena Sanchez; *Lévy-Bruhl La mentalité primitive 279ff.; *Frazer Ovid II 318ff.; *Fb "varulv".—Irish myth: *Cross; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 291; Icelandic: *Boberg, Hrolfs saga Kraka 50, Volsungasaga 15, Sveinnson FFC LXXXIII p. liv; Norwegian: Solheпm Register 16; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46; German: Wuttke Volksaberglaube 277; Dutch: Schrijnen Volkskunde I 97; English: Philippson Germanisches Heidentum bei den Angelsachsen 53, Child III 498a s.v. "werewolves", Wells 19 (William of Palerne); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 109, 325, No. 9; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "loupgarou"; Gascon: Bladé Contes pop. de Gascogne II 360 No. 4; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 131f. Nos. 74—77, Eisen Esthnische Mythologie 31ff, Loorits Grundzüge I 311—320; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 63 Nos. 160—178; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3671; Slavic: Máchal 228f.; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Okanagon): Gould MAFLS XI 98 No. 2; S. A. Indian (Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 301.—Africa: Frobenius Atlantis V 153, 165, VII 31ff, 56, XI 263, *Werner African 344; (Basuto) Jacottet 238 No. 35. |
| V49.1 | Werwolves hold mass. (Cf. D113.1.1, E492, G243.) Köhler-Bolte I 134; Gascon: Bladé Contes pop. de Gascogne II 360 No. 4. |
| B184.6.1 | Wethers leap from well; payment for saint's baptism. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B291.4.3 | Whale as messenger. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 360. |
| B874.3.1 | Whale cast ashore—three golden teeth and five ounces in each of these teeth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B523.2 | Whale fights monster pursuing saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1841.4.5 | Whale husband makes wife's eyes impervious to sea water. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 127. |
| B256.12 | Whale raises back so that voyaging clerics can land to celebrate. Easter Irish myth: Cross. |
| J1761.1 | Whale thought to be island. Sailors light a fire on his back. *Chauvin VII 9 n. 1 No. 373A; *Fb "fish" I 296b, "[ö]" III 1159b; Gunter 84; *Gaster Beiträge 53ff.; *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 448 n. 84. — Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer II 193; B[ö]dker Exempler 286 No. 34; Indonesian: DeVries's list No. 210. |
| R245 | Whale-boat. A man is carried across the water on a whale (fish). (He usually deceives the whale as to the nearness of the land or as to hearing thunder. As a consequence the whale runs into the shore or is killed by lightning.) *Loomis White Magic 91; cf. Aarne FFC XXIII 137; Maori: Dixon 8; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 327 n. 179; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 256f. Nos. 38, 39, 275 No. 86; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 310 n. 1. |
| W154.9.1 | Whales rescue drowning king who planned to kill them. Polynesia: Beckwith Myth 502—05; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/912). |
| H842.3 | What animal has one voice living and seven voices dead? (Ibis, from whose carcass musical instruments are made.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| H842.2 | What animal which lives in fire will burn if taken out of it? (Tegillus, now called salamander.) (Cf. B768.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H842.1 | What animal which lives in sea-water will drown if taken out of it? (Gním Abraein.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
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