Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson J2074 — Twice the wish to the enemy

J2074
Thompson motif reference
J
The Wise and the Foolish
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Twice the wish to the enemy. (The covetous and the envious). A can have a wish, but B will get twice the wish. A wishes that he may lose an eye, so that B may be blind. *Type 1331; *BP II 219 n. 1; Crane Vitry 212 No. 126; Bédier Fabliaux 457; Wienert FFC LVI 79 (ET 446), 132 (ST 387); Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 647; *Reinhard JAFL XXXVI 383 n. 1; Scala Celi 106b No. 589; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 31.—Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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