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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
E
The Dead
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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 |
|---|---|
| P531.1.1 | Tribute required of conquered foreigners. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P531.2 | Tax on treasure trove. (Cf. N500.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P532 | Payment of tax (tribute). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P533 | Feudal tribute. Specified interchange of aid and gifts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P533.1 | Hostages. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P533.1.1 | Boys as hostages. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P535 | Eric fines (imposed for personal injury, etc.). (Cf. P522.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P536 | Punishment for failure to pay tax. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P536.1 | Nose cut off for failure to pay tax. (Cf. Q451.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P537 | Payment of stipend. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P541 | Law-making. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P541.1 | Heptads. Laws made in groups of seven. (Cf. Z71.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P541.2 | Laws made at yearly feast. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P541.2.1 | Laws made at feast every seven years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P548 | Miscellaneous legal customs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P550 | Military affairs. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 181—254; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P551 | Army. |
| P551.0.1 | Band of professional warriors. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P551.1 | Army of young men. Old men excluded. *Chauvin VII 84 No. 373bis. |
| P551.2 | Soldiers chained (tied) together to prevent flight from battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.3 | Clerics exempted from military service. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.4 | Hero drives retreating warriors back into battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.5 | Boy corps. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.6 | Law requiring military service of women revoked through influence of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.7 | Conflicts with the recruiting officers. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3743. |
| P551.8 | Retainers not required to go to battle under overlord except for pay. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.8.1 | Only 700 subjects of under-king required to serve under overlord on any one hosting. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P551.9 | "Battle seeds" (semen bellicosum). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552 | Battle formations. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552.1 | Battle-pen. Warriors fight in circle around leader. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552.2 | Superior troops distributed throughout army to prevent their soldierly qualities from being too obvious. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552.3 | Phalanx. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552.3.1 | Roof of shields. Testudo. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552.4 | War-machines. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552.5 | Haircut as preparation for war. Maori: Beckwith Myth 250. |
| P553 | Weapons. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P553.1 | Poisoned weapons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P554 | Battle-cairn. Losses reckoned by number of stones remaining in pile after each survivor has removed one. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P555 | Defeat in battle. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P555.1 | Submission indicated by defeated lying with conqueror's sword between teeth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P555.2 | Corpses of dead foes dismembered. Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 93. |
| P555.2.1 | Heads of fallen enemies piled up after battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P555.2.1.1 | "Publication of slaying." Heads of slain enemies displayed. Irish myth: Cross; *Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P555.2.1.2 | Jawbone cut from slain opponent. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 422. |
| P555.3 | Gate of captured town (castle) to be widened until overlord's spear can pass through crosswise. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P556 | Challenge to battle. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P556.1 | Challenge by turning left side of shield toward enemy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P556.2 | Challenge to battle by hurling javelin skyward. Virgil Aeneid IX 53. |
| P557 | Military customs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.1 | Warrior not entitled to ransom if captured without arms. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.2 | Pledge with enemy to be kept. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.3 | Stones erected where enemy falls. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4 | Customs concerning single combat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4.1 | First to reach field of combat has choice of weapons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4.2 | Warrior who begins combat has right to desist. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4.3 | Choice of weapons alternates each succeeding day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4.4 | "Men's truth" (fir fer). Challenger to single combat must submit to same conditions as person challenged. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4.4.1 | Warrior engaged in combat with one-armed opponent allows one hand to be bound to his side. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.5 | Warrior disgraced by slaying of those under his protection. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.6 | Warrior dies with face toward foe. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.7 | Divorce given to wives before leaving for battle. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P561 | Tournaments. **R. C. Clephan The Tournament (London, 1919); *O. Mueller Turnier und Kampf in den altfrz. Artusromanen (Erfurt, 1907); Jewish: Neuman. |
| P561.1 | King is persuaded to rescind ban on tournaments. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P561.2 | Tournament: to avenge death of king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P600 | Customs.1 Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P611 | Women meet when bathing. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Skaldsk. XLI (Nibel), *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P612 | Trumpet blown before house of one sentenced to death. *Crane Vitry 151 No. 42; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P613 | Charon's fee: putting coin in dead person's mouth to pay for ferry across Styx. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P616 | Newcomers forced to pass the night with ruling princess. Given sleeping potion. Goods confiscated for failure to consummate marriage. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P617 | People weep when child is born. They sing and laugh at burials. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P621 | Bridle goes with horse when horse is bought. *Wesselski Märchen 245f. No. 55. |
| P622 | Servant must keep horns and hide of his cattle that are slain. Wesselski Märchen 200. |
| P623 | Fasting (as a means of distraint). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.1 | Fasting against God. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.1.1 | Clerics fast against God for revelation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.2 | Fasting against the Devil. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.3 | Fasting against fairies. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.4 | Fasting against saints. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.5 | Fasting by saints causes tree worshipped by pagans to fall. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.6 | Fasting to enforce saint's dues. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.7 | Calves not let to cows during fast. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P631 | Strangers to be given precedence over man at home. Duke permits visiting duke to go through narrow path first. This sets custom. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 515. |
| P632 | Customs concerning recognition of rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.1 | Couches provided for men of high rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.2 | Cuts of meat distributed according to rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.2.1 | "The champion's portion." The choicest portion assigned to the bravest at feasts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.3 | Rank among children recognized by quality of appointments and food. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.4 | Color worn signifies rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.4.1 | Precedence shown by position of shield (flag). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P632.5 | Long hair prized by Irish heroes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P633 | Young not to precede old. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P634 | Feasts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P634.0.1 | Customs connected with eating and food. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P634.1 | Feast (hospitality) endures for three days and three nights. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P634.2 | Feast (hospitality) endures for seven days and seven nights. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P641 | Injured husband will not kill a naked man. Child V 489 s.v. "naked". |
| P642 | Only the brave to wear beards. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P643 | With only opponent's arms. Hero goes to encounter unarmed except for the arms he wrests from his opponent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P644 | Hero unwilling to answer questions before he is dressed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P651 | Customs concerning bells. |
| P651.1 | Bells hung at every corner of ship. Child IV 462a. |
| P651.2 | Bells on horse's mane. Child I 323, II 183—191, 344, IV 410, 413. |
| P651.3 | Bells rung backward as alarm. Child III 26. |
| P661 | Hut for invalid to prevent noxious odor. *Schoepperle 367ff. |
| P665 | Custom: boasting of sexual prowess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P671 | Woman veils self as expression of surprise. Chauvin V 149 No. 73 n. 1. |
| P672 | Pulling a man's beard as an insult. E. Hinojosa Homenaje a Menéndez y Pelayo I 568ff.; R. Menéndez Pidal Cantar del Mio Cid II 498; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P672.1 | Fur made of beards of conquered kings. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 185. |
| P672.2 | Cutting off a man's (woman's) hair as an insult. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P672.3 | Rubbing shaved head of hero with cow dung as insult. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P672.4 | Insult: lighting lamp with king's moustache. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P673 | Footwashing as sign of reconciliation. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P674 | Old person commits suicide when strength fails. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P675 | Touching head as sign of acceptance of bargain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P676 | Feet (legs) seized in supplication. Greek: Iliad XXII 337 and passim; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P677 | Customs connected with dueling. |
| P677.1 | Duel: shooting and catching arrows in turn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P678 | Pulling out hair as sign of grief. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (P673.1). |
| P678.1 | Tearing garments as sign of grief. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P681 | Mourning customs. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P682 | Greeting customs. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P682.1 | Greeting in God's name. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P682.2 | Voyagers have right to ask landsman first question. Marquesas: Handy 56, 72. |
| P710 | Nations. |
| P711 | Patriotism. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P711.1 | Wolves of his own country dearer than dogs of another. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 420. |
| P711.2 | Mother of invalided soldier says of his limping: "Every step will remind you of your virtue." Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P711.3 | Common citizen saves the honor of his country. Gives his own funds. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P711.4 | Scipio plunges into burning pit to save Rome from destruction. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P711.5 | Roman undertakes to kill Hannibal. Kills another by mistake. Burns off his hand for having failed. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P711.6 | National unity preserved by expulsion of all foreign elements. Jewish: Moreno Esdras, Neuman. |
| P711.7 | Aristotle rises from sick bed to rush into battle for his country. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P711.8 | Aversion to burial in foreign soil. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P711.9 | Patriotism: king learning that nation will triumph whose king dies in battle, allows self to be killed. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P715 | Particular nations (races). |
| P715.1 | Jews. **Goebel Jüdische Motive in märchenhafte Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 281—288; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P720 | Population. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P721 | Diseases (plague) invoked to combat overpopulation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q0 | Rewards and punishments. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q1 | Hospitality rewarded—opposite punished. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q1.1 | Gods (saints) in disguise reward hospitality and punish inhospitality. Usually the hospitable person is poor, the inhospitable rich. *Types 750AB, 751, 750*; *BP II 210, III 206; Aarne FFC XXIII 46; *Dh II 117; *Fb "Sankt Peder" III 164b, "rig" III 55a. — Spanish: Espinosa II No. 86, III Nos. 168—171, Espinosa Jr. No. 181; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 656; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| Q2 | Kind and unkind. Churlish person disregards requests of old person (animal) and is punished. Courteous person (often youngest brother or sister) complies and is rewarded. *Types 361, 403, 431, 440, 480, 513, 550, 551, 554, 570, 571, 577, 610, 620, 707, 750**, 287**; *BP I 86, 99, 207, 503, II 21, 39, 380, 394, 427, III 84, 267, 276; **Roberts; *Cox Cinderella 481; MacCulloch Childhood 61; *Saintyves Perrault 10. — Irish: O'Suilleabhain 18; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 75 No. 594, Espinosa II No. 86, III Nos. 141—143, 153, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 117, 183, 202—204; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 10, IV No. 7, V No. 2; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Anesaki 318f., Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 32 No. 15, 46 No. 27; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 172, Dixon 210; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/167); N. A. Indian: *Thompson CColl II 383, 386ff., 432, *Thompson Tales 276 n. 18b, (California): Gayton and Newman 95; Africa: Werner African 138ff., 204, 208, 210, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 89 No. 16, (Benga): Nassau 213 No. 23, (Ekoi): Talbot 237, 280, (Kaffir): Theal 48, 52, (Basuto): Jacottet 140, 146, 224, (Yoruba): Ellis 244 No. 1, (Fjort): Dennett 121f., (Ibo, Nigeria): Basden 282, (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 70, Märchen 84; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 125 No. 44. |
| Q3 | Moderate request rewarded; immoderate punished. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; West Indies: Flowers 566. |
| Q3.1 | Woodsman and the gold axe. A woodsman lets his axe fall into the water. Hermes comes to his rescue. Takes out a gold axe but the woodsman says that it is not his. The same with a silver axe. Finally he is given his own axe and rewarded for his modest choice. His companion tries this plan and loses his axe. Wienert FFC LVI 79* (ET 449), 139 (ST 444); Halm Aesop No. 308; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 729*; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 34 No. 20; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| Q3.2 | Lion divides slain bullock. The thief who demands half of the bullock driven off; the traveler who modestly withdraws invited to take half. Wienert FFC LVI 70 (ET 342), 140 (ST 459). |
| Q4 | Humble rewarded, haughty punished. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q5 | Laziness punished; industry rewarded. |
| Q5.1 | Lazy jackal punished; industrious pig rewarded. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q5.2 | Lazy owl punished; industrious hummingbird rewarded. Africa (Wute): Sieber 200. |
| Q6 | Good thoughts rewarded, bad punished. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 186f. |
| Q6.1 | Foolishness brings a man to death, quiet calm to fortune. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 92f. |
| Q7 | Deity descends and makes king and wronged subject change places. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 425. |
| Q10 | Deeds rewarded. |
| Q20 | Piety rewarded. Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 120, Beal XXI 336; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1153; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 70. |
| Q20.1 | Reward for service of god, hero, or ascetic for a period. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q20.2 | Fulfillment of precepts rewarded. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q21 | Reward for religious sacrifice. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 427. |
| Q21.1 | Old woman gives her only cow believing she would receive a hundred in return from God. A bishop hearing of her faith sends her a hundred cows. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q22 | Reward for faith. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q23 | Reward for securing converts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q25 | Reward for carrying Christ across a stream. Christ is in the form of a child. (St. Christopher.) *Type 768; Dh II 266; Legenda Aurea (ed. Graesse) 432; *Schwickert Zs. f. Vksk. NF III 14—26; Klapper Erzählungen des Mittelalters 111 No. 101; *Loomis White Magic 114. |
| Q25.1 | Boy risks life to carry leper across stream. Leper is Christ in disguise. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q26 | Keeping fast rewarded. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q27 | Reward for faith: boy doomed to die saved (miraculously). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q28 | Reward for religious pilgrimage. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 188 No. 28. |
| Q32 | Reward for offering food to crucifix (Madonna). BP III 474ff. |
| Q33 | Reward for saying of prayers. (Cf. V50.) Ward II 621 No. 30; Scala Celi 136b No. 760; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q34 | Reward for austerities of hermit. (Cf. Q144.1.) The further he must carry water, the greater his heavenly reward. Scala Celi 15a No. 84; Oesterley No. 80; *A. E. Schönbach Die Legende von Engel und Waldbruder (Wien, 1901); India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q35 | Reward for writing hymn. (Cf. Q172.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q36 | Reward for repentance. (Cf. Q174.1.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q36.1 | Reward for confession of sins. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q37 | Reward for carrying out dead man's request. Chinese: Graham. |
| Q38 | Reward for attendance on holy man. (Cf. Q116.1.) Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 83, 158, 163f. |
| Q39 | Piety rewarded—miscellaneous. |
| Q39.1 | Asceticism rewarded. (Cf. V462.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 500, II 750. |
| Q40 | Kindness rewarded. *Chauvin VI 109 No. 274 n. 2; Irish: Beal XXI 304; Missouri French: Carrière; Greek: Fox 200 (Phaon); Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 362; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 132 No. 87; Africa (Bankon): Ittman 83, (Bulu): Krug 109, (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 71. |
| Q41 | Politeness rewarded. *Roberts 173; Icelandic: Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "politesse"; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa III No. 152, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 117, 130, 183; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV Nos. 7, 8. |
| Q41.1 | Ogre appeased by being called uncle (aunt, etc.). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q41.2 | Reward for cleansing loathsome person. Cleansing eyelids, bathing, lousing etc. *Roberts 168; Type 480; Africa (Chaga): Gutmann 132ff. No. 83, (Alo): Pratt-Chadwick and Lamprey The Alo Man (New York, 1927) 17ff., (Batanga): Nassau JAFL XXVIII 45ff. No. 16, (Bulu): Krug JAFL XXV 113 No. 9, (Bambara): Travélé 205ff. No. 66, (Hausa): Equilbecq Contes indigènes III 291ff., Tremearne Hausa Superstitions and Customs (London, 1913) 424ff. No. 93. |
| Q42 | Generosity rewarded. *Chauvin V 14 No. 68; *Penzer VIII 130ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "charité"; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa III No. 152, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 202—204, 210; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 897, 904, 934, 988; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 38. |
| Q42.1 | Spendthrift knight. Divides his last penny. He is later helped by the grateful person. *Types 508, 592, 665; BP II 490ff., Scala Celi 81b No. 467; *Hibbard 73, 79; Alphabet No. 291; Japanese: Anesaki 320. |
| Q42.1.1 | Child divides last loaf with fairy (witch, etc.). Rewarded. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 396b; *Roberts 150, 169. |
| Q42.1.1.1 | Reward for giving last loaf. Chinese: Graham. |
| Q42.1.2 | Man who divides his food with beggar is later freed from captivity by him. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q42.1.3 | Excessive hospitality causes chieftain to become poor. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q42.2 | Reward for providing coffins for poor. Chinese: Werner 384. |
| Q42.3 | Generosity to saint (god) in disguise rewarded. (Cf. Q1, Q45.1.) Alphabet Nos. 297, 344, 365; Scala Celi 39b No. 222; Irish: Beal XXI 304, 325, O'Suilleabhain 2, 68; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa II No. 86, III Nos. 168—171, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 83—85, 181f., 210; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 485; Chinese: Graham. |
| Q42.4 | Man frees slave (incognito prince): rewarded when slave becomes king. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| Q42.4.1 | Slave freed as reward for killing enemy's two slaves, and given as much land as he can cultivate in three days. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| Q42.5 | Reward for generosity to king's buffoon. Ruler rewards herald who is generous to his buffoon. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q42.6 | Reward for tearing out eye when demanded. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q42.7 | Reward for remitting tribute. (Cf. Q172.7.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q42.8 | Saint gives a man all his credit for good deeds so that the man may go to heaven. Saint is then rewarded with even greater credit. (Cf. Q172.) Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q42.9 | Cobbler gives new pair of shoes to poor boy and says: "You can pay me when you become archbishop." Generously rewarded many years later. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q43 | Reward for giving counsel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q44 | Reward for almsgiving. Scala Celi 81b, 83a Nos. 465, 472; Alphabet 298, 302; Crane Vitry 175 No. 96; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa II No. 86, Espinosa Jr. No. 200; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 134, 342, II 1091, 1366; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| Q44.1 | Reward to almsgiving monk given in form of restored honor and position. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q44.2 | Man pardoned for short accounts when it is learned that he has given the money to the poor as alms. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q44.3 | One rupee given away for charity incidentally brings back ten rupees. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q45 | Hospitality rewarded. Scala Celi 51b, 81b, 83b, 104b, 152b, 158a, 164b Nos. 290, 466, 477, 569, 839, 884, 926; Alphabet No. 368; Irish myth: *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 95; Spanish: Espinosa III No. 152, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 181f.; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 455, 989; Africa (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 110, (Kaffir): Kidd 251 No. 13, (Ekoi): Talbot 208. |
| Q45.1 | Angels entertained unawares. Hospitality to disguised saint (angel, god) rewarded. (Cf. Q42.3.) *Dh II 133ff.; *bin Gorion Born Judas I 366; Scala Celi 39b, 81b Nos. 221, 464, 468; Alphabet Nos. 167, 365, 439; Herbert III 392; Literary treatment: Lowell "Vision of Sir Launfal". — Irish: Cross, O'Suilleabhain 90; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 752B*; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 181f.; Greek: Pauly-Wissowa s.v. "Baukis"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 35; Japanese: Anesaki 251f.; N. A. Indian (Maliseet): Mechling JAFL XXVI 219ff.; Africa (Konnoh): Willans 140. |
| Q45.1.1 | Three Nephites give blessings as reward for hospitality. (Mormon tradition.) **H. Lee, The Three Nephites: the Substance and Significance of the Legend in Folklore (Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1949). |
| Q45.1.2 | King refuses to invite Patrick to feast. Poor man kills only cow and uses his only measure of meal to entertain Patrick. Patrick blesses his wife and son. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q45.1.3 | Hospitality to saint repaid: neither he nor his posterity will ever be hurt by venomous creatures. *Loomis White Magic 131. |
| Q45.2 | Hospitality to devil repaid. *Type 821A; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 105. |
| Q45.2.1 | Man saves the unrecognized devil from thunder and is generously rewarded. Estonian, Swedish, and Lithuanian: *Balys Tautosakos Darbai VI 27—31; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| Q45.3 | Hospitality to ascetic rewarded. Buddhist Myth: Malalasekera II 221, 604, 656, 775. |
| Q45.3.1 | Hospitality to monk rewarded. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 819. |
| Q45.4 | Revenge given up as reward for hospitality. (Cf. Q151.6.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| Q45.5 | Hospitality repaid by attack on devastating enemy. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Q45.6 | Hospitality repaid by magic procuring of provisions. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| Q46 | Reward for protecting fugitive. |
| Q46.1 | Reward for protecting holy fugitive. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3104, Legends Nos. 198—206; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 280 n. 1. |
| Q47 | Kindness to orphans repaid by dead parents. Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 99. |
| Q51 | Kindness to animals rewarded. Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 83, Africa (Wakweli): Bender 87f., (Wute): Sieber 197, (Fang): Tessman 196. |
| Q51.1 | Knight covers foal with his coat to protect it from storm. English: Wells 60 (Sire Gawene and the Carle of Carelyle). |
| Q51.2 | Reward for kindness to tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q53 | Reward for rescue. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| Q53.1 | Disguised king rewards rescuer from robbers. (Cf. K1812.) *BP III 450ff. |
| Q53.2 | Magic shirt and information about sought robbers as reward for rescue of poor fisherman. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Q53.2.1 | Plenty of fishes as reward for rescue. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Q53.3 | Maiden queen offers her hand as reward for rescuing her town. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Q53.3.1 | Maiden gives her hand and riches to man who rescues her from trap. Africa (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 109. |
| Q54 | Uprightness rewarded. (Cf. Q151.7.) |
| Q54.1 | Ruler tries in vain to intimidate judge. Rewards him with high post. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q54.2 | Captive knight freed for having kept his word. Is allowed to leave to collect ransom (or marry fiancée). When he returns his captor frees him (or raises ransom). Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| Q55 | Reward for sparing life when in animal form. Hartland Science 51; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q56 | Love rewarded. |
| Q56.1 | Ruler rewards man's love for his captive wife with riches and freedom. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q56.2 | Ruler rewards captives' love for each other. Sets them free and enriches them. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q56.3 | Queen rewards love of man of low lineage by making him an ambassador. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q57 | Attendance on the sick rewarded. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 66, Märchen 83. |
| Q57.1 | Reward for shielding Mary in childbirth from gaze of onlookers. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 5. |
| Q60 | Other good qualities rewarded. |
| Q61 | Self-abnegation rewarded. (Cf. L200.) Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q61.1 | Monk who did not ask for position made abbot. He is given the bribe money paid by other ambitious monks. Wesselski Mönchslatein 124 No. 107; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q61.2 | Devil spares abbot because of humility. Scala Celi 104b No. 570. |
| Q62 | Reward for ability to keep secrets. Type 480; *Roberts 159; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 178. |
| Q64 | Patience rewarded. (Cf. W26.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q65 | Filial duty rewarded. Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Graham; Tonga: Gifford 34. |
| Q65.1 | Supplying food to ungrateful stepmother rewarded. (Cf. Q151.2.) Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 129 No. 23. |
| Q66 | Humility rewarded. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q66.1 | Humility before saint (god) in disguise rewarded. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q67 | Kingly duty rewarded. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q68 | Integrity rewarded. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q68.1 | Truth-speaking rewarded. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q68.2 | Honesty rewarded. Finnish-Swedish: Hackman FFC VI No. 940*; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 941*; Chinese: Graham. |
| Q72 | Loyalty rewarded. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q72.1 | Reward for loyalty to king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q80 | Rewards for other causes. |
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