Index of Keywords
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BABY
F 312.1.1 Fairies make good wishes for newborn child F 575.3 Remarkably beautiful child M 311.0.1 Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child
BABYLON (BABEL)
F 772.1 Tower of Babel. Remarkably tall tower designed to reach sky. L 420 Overweening ambition punished P 715 Particular nations (races, religions)
BACK
B 15.7.10 Animal unusual as to skin B 542.2.1 Transportation to fairyland on griffin’s back B 557.11.4 (Bm) Soldiers fight from “castles” on elephant’s backs
BAD
D 1812.5.1 Bad omens D 1812.5.1.2 Bad dream as evil omen D 1812.5.1.12 Animal behavior as bad omen D 1812.5.1.23 Man killed by accident when ship is pushed into the sea taken as an evil omen [Accidental killing as bad omen] N 134.1 Person brings bad luck N 250 Persistent bad luck P 233.2.1 Father drives away bad son whom the mother prefers (pities) P 262.1 Bad relations between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law X 120 Humor of bad eyesight.
BAIT
K 750 Capture by decoy K 778 Capture through the wiles of a woman
BALDACHIN
F 775 Extraordinary tent
BALDNESS
J 2102.3 Bald man aims at fly: hurts his head
BALL
D 1184.1 Magic ball of thread. D 1256 Magic ball. S 139.2.2.4 Part of corpses used in sport S 139.2.2.4.1 Head used as ball
BALM
D 1244 Magic salve (ointment) D 1500.1.19 Magic healing salve. D 1503.4 Magic balm heals wounds.
BAND
F 531.0.3.1 (Bm) Group or tribe or army of giant men N 765 Meeting with robber band P 475 Robber [thief, outlaw, pirate]
BANISHMENT
D 2176.1 Snakes banned by magic Q 431 Punishment: banishment (exile) Q 431.2 Banishment for treachery Q 431.5.1 Banishment for attempted seduction Q 431.5.2 Banishment for abduction of bride (girl) Q 431.6 Banishment for rape. Q 431.8 Banishment as punishment for adultery Q 431.9 Banishment for murder S 73.2 Person [brother] banishes brother (sister) S 411 Wife banished V 229.3 Saint banishes snakes
BANNER
H 126 Identification by coat of arms P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms P 550 Military affairs P 557.8 (Bm) No Saracen may flee while certain banner remains standing P 561 Tournaments V 140 Sacred relics Z 150 Other symbols
BANQUET
G 303.25.14 The food and drink of the devils [Illusory character of devil’s food and drink] T 34 Lovers meet at social gathering
BAPTISM
V 81 Baptism V 81.3 Metamorphosis brought about by baptism V 81.4 Baptism of infants V 331 Conversion to Christianity V 331.2 Conversion to Christianity on pain of death [by force] V 332 Baptism of heathen
BAR
F 531.4 Gigantic possessions of giant F 531.4.5.2 Giant with iron bar as weapon
BARBER
K 1253 Treacherous barber N 465 Secret physical peculiarity discovered by barber P 446 Barbers
BARGAIN
H 1229.1 Quest undertaken by hero to fulfill promises. J 2080 Foolish bargains K 100 Deceptive bargain K 199 Other deceptive bargains M 200 Bargains and promises M 201 Making of bargains and promises M 202 Fulfilling of bargain or promise M 205 Breaking of bargains and promises M 207 Land grants (bargains). M 220 Other bargains M 221 Beheading bargain. M 223 Blind promise (rash boon) M 236.1 (Bm) Bargain: warrior will remove troop if he can wed enemy princess M 237 Bargain to save face M 241 Bargain to divide all winnings M 241.1 Dividing the winnings: half of the bride demanded. When the hero shows that he is willing to carry out the bargain his helper relents M 242 Bargains and promises between mortals and supernatural beings M 244 Bargains between men and animals M 249.1 (Bm) Bargain: marriage in return for help in achieving task M 290 Bargains and promises – miscellaneous M 295 Bargain to keep secret
BARREL
F 935 Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank) L 111.2.1 Future hero found in boat (basket, bushes) P 15.6 King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes [ascends to the sky by griffins] S 141 Exposure in boat S 331 Exposure of child in boat (floating chest)
BARRENNESS
D 1925.3 Barrenness removed by prayer D 2161.3.11 Barrenness magically cured
BARRIER
D 1146 Magic door (gate) D 1380.0.1 Magic object protects a city [land] D 2091.7.1 River magically caused to rise against enemy F 141 Water barrier to otherworld F 141.1 River as barrier to otherworld F 141.2 Mist as barrier to otherworld. F 142 River of fire as barrier to otherworld F 145 Mountains at borders of otherworld
BASILISK
B 12 Basilisk B 12.2 Basilisk’s fatal glance B 12.3 Basilisk killed by seeing own image
BASKET
K 1342.0.1 Man carried into woman’s room hidden in a basket K 1343.1 Man drawn up [down] into female apartments in basket K 1521.1 Paramour hidden in chimney L 111.2.1 Future hero found in boat (basket, bushes)
BASTARD
K 2110.1 Calumniated wife L 111.5 Bastard hero
BAT
A 2239 Animal characteristics from miscellaneous punishments A 2491.1 Why bat flies by night B 15 Animals with unusual limbs or members B 17.2 Other hostile animals B 31.4 Giant bats B 261.1 Bat in war of birds and quadrupeds
BATH
D 562 Transformation by bathing D 766.1 Disenchantment by bathing (immersing). D 766.4 Disenchantment by bathing in milk D 1788 Magic results from bathing D 1866.1 Beautification by bathing D 1887 Rejuvenation by bathing F 265 Fairy bathes F 872 Extraordinary bath F 872.3 Bath of blood F 955.1 Blood (-bath) as cure for leprosy K 1335 Seduction (or wooing) by stealing clothes of bathing girl K 1516.10 Wife has her lover in the bathing tub. As husband wants to look at him he squirts bathing water in his eyes allowing the lover to escape unseen
BATTALION
P 552 Battle formations
BATTLE
C 835 Tabus concerning fighting D 887 (Li) Magic object recovered by fighting D 2163 Magic defense in battle. F 171.3 People and things that strike one another in otherworld [mysterious fighting in otherworld]. F 614.10 Strong hero fights whole army alone F 628.2 Strong man kills men F 873.0.1 Battle rage F 960.3 Extraordinary nature phenomena during furious battle F 961.1.1 Sun refuses to shine when murder is done F 961.3 Extraordinary behaviour of moon F 1041.8.6 Men go mad in battle F 1041.16.6 Extraordinary physical reactions of angry warriors in battle F 1084 Furious battle [fight] F 1084.1 Deep streams of blood flow during battle F 1084.1.1 (Tu) Heaps of corpses after furious battle H 217.1 Decision of victory by single combat between army leaders H 331.2.1 Suitor contest: success in battle [single combat] H 1166 Task: duel. J 1682 (Taunts of charioteer) to arouse anger in master who is losing battle so that he may fight more vigorously K 2369 Military strategy – miscellaneous K 2369.2.1 Largest part of fleet does not emerge until late in battle K 2378.5 Hero sleeps during the first part of battle and emerges only later [Hero sleeps late on day of battle] M 161 Vow never to flee in fear of death M 323 Prophecy: victory against great odds M 341.2.18 Prophecy: death in battle M 356.1 Prophecies concerning outcome of war M 356.1.1 Prophecy: loss of battle (combat) M 356.1.2 Prophecies concerning fate of heroes in battle M 369.5 Prophecies concerning invasion and conquest N 339 Accidental death – misc. N 852 Soldier [warrior] as helper P 12.5 Good king never retreats in battle P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals] P 63 (Bm) Lady in armor (and battle) P 173.3 Captives from battle (sold as slaves) P 550 Military affairs P 550.1 (Li) Battle. War P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault P 550.1.2 (Li) Defense of legitimate rights by war P 551.4 Hero drives retreating warriors back into battle P 552 Battle formations P 552.1 Battle-pen. Warriors fight in circle around leader P 552.4 War-machines P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] P 555.0.1 (Si) Booty. The spoils of war. P 555.8 (Bm) Avenging defeat in battle P 556 Challenge to battle P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] P 557 Military customs P 557.0.3 (Li) Military aid (alliance) P 557.0.4 (Li) Siege P 557.4.4 Men’s truth. (fir fer) P 558 (Bm) Truce P 555.8 (Bm) Avenging defeat in battle P 561 Tournaments R 5 Capture on field of battle T 92.7 Rival lovers do battle for girl V 52.3 Prayer before battle brings victory V 69.1 All dead are buried after battle V 229.7 Invaders miraculously defeated by saints [Saints as helpers in battle] V 232.1 Angel as helper in battle V 350 Conflicts between religions W 11.5.12 Hero in battle refuses to slay charioteers, women or physicians [Hero refuses to slay suicidal attacker] W 32.2 (Bm) Refusal to flee from danger W 212 Eagerness for combat
BATTLEFIELD
F 1084.1 Deep streams of blood flow during battle F 1084.1.1 (Tu) Heaps of corpses after furious battle K 2369 Military strategy – misc. N 731 Unexpected meeting of father and son P 550 Military affairs P 550.1 (Li) Battle. War P 550.2 (Li) Single combat P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] R 5 Capture on field of battle R 220 Flights V 69.1 All dead are buried after battle
BAVARIA
P 715 Particular nations (races, religions)
BAWD
T 452 Bawds
BEAR
B 16.2.5 Devastating bear killed F 521.1 Man covered with hair like animal H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] J 1750 One animal mistaken for another K 735 Capture in pitfall K 1728 The bear trainer and his bear (Schrätel und Wasserbär)
BEARD
F 451.2.3 The beards of dwarfs F 451.2.3.1 Long-bearded dwarf F 531.1.6.4 Giant with long beard F 545.1 Remarkable beard F 1041.21.6 Tearing hair and clothes from excessive grief K 1111.1 Ogre’s (dwarf’s) [giant’s, hero’s] beard caught fast P 672 Pulling a man’s beard as an insult
BEARING
F 162.1.3 Trees bloom, others bear concurrently in otherworld garden. Q 98.1 (Bm) Bearer of good news offered reward
BEAST
B 11.1 Chimera. [Combination of Lion, dragon and goat] B 14 Other hybrid animals B 15.1 Animal unusual as to his head B 15.3.1 Many-horned animal B 15.4.2 Beasts with fiery eyes B 16.2 Devastating wild animals B 17.1 Hostile beasts B 19 Other mythical beasts B 19.12 (Bm) Mythical beast, size of elephant, black head, three horns in forehead B 20 Beast-man B 29 Other combinations of beast and man B 241 King of beasts (quadrupeds) B 430 Helpful wild beasts B 845 Wild animals herded D 100 Transformation: man to animal. D 1840.2 Magic invulnerability of animals. D 2156 Magic control over animals D 2197 Magic dominance over animals E 423 Revenant in animal form. F 167.1 Animals in otherworld F 167.1.1 Beasts in otherworld F 171.4 Fighting animals seen in otherworld. F 771.5.1 Castle guarded by beasts. G 510.4 Hero overcomes devastating animal H 1161 Task: killing ferocious beast. H 1233.4 Supernatural creature as helper on quest. H 1236.2 Quest over path guarded by dangerous animals. N 774 Adventure from pursuing enchanted animal (hind, boar, bird) Q 415.4 Punishment: being fed to lions (wild beasts) R 13 Abduction by animal [dragon]. S 139.2.2.11.2 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse: body of dead hero left in field for wild beasts to eat.
BEAST-MAN
B 20 Beast-man
BEATING
D 1401 Magic object cudgels person F 171.6 Mysterious punishments in otherworld K 3.4 Wise man [ clerical trickster] disguised as monk beats learned heretic [clerics] in debate K 1514.4 Returning husband beaten by servants, mistaken for the lover whom he has told them to beat Q 451.1.6 Right hand cut off enemy’s messengers [Mistreating enemy’s messengers] Q 458 Flogging as punishment Q 470 Humiliating punishments Q 499 Other humiliating punishments Q 590 Miscellaneous punishments R 51 Mistreatment of prisoners S 186 Torturing by beating T 251.8 Shrewish wife gives husband beating every morning
BEAUTY
A 125.4 Beautiful goddess A 163 Contests among the gods B 299.7 Festival [beauty contest] of animals B 770 Other fanciful traits of animals B 771.1 Animal [deer] tamed by maiden’s beauty D 52.2 Ugly man becomes handsome D 52.3 (G) Ugly woman becomes beautiful D 1337.1 Magic object beautifies D 1860 Magic beautification D 1860.0.1 Magic beautification of fairy D 1866 Other means of beautification D 1866.1 Beautification by bathing D 2031.4 Hideous person magically makes self seem beautiful F 167.9 Otherworld people [things in otherworld] ever young, ever beautiful F 234.2.5 Fairy in form of beautiful young woman F 305.2 Offspring of fairy and mortal extraordinarily beautiful. F 531.1.0.1.1 Beautiful giantess F 574.1 Resplendent beauty F 575 Remarkable beauty F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman F 575.2 Handsome man F 575.3 Remarkably beautiful child F 760.0.1 (Bm) Extraordinarily beautiful town F 821.4 Extraordinarily beautiful mantle F 1088.1 Hero (heroine) spared for his (her) beauty H 41 Recognition of royalty [nobility] by personal characteristics or traits H 1301 Quest for the most beautiful of women H 1596 Beauty contest H 1596.1 Golden apple as prize in beauty contest. Judgment of Paris. H 1596.3 Women to appear naked in beauty contest J 242.5 Peacock and crane (in beauty contest) J 264 Apparent beauty may be of the least importance J 1062.1 Frog as (beauty-) doctor unable to cure his own ugliness [to cure himself] T 11.1 Love from mere mention or description T 11.1.1 Beauty of woman reported to king causes quest for her as his bride T 26.1 Finger cut because of absorption in the charms of beloved T 91.7 Unequals in love – miscellaneous U 110 Appearances deceive U 119.3 Handsome exterior does not indicate beautiful soul Z 65.1 Red as blood, white as snow
BED
D 1154.1 Magic bed F 787 Extraordinary bed F 787.2 Golden bed F 846 Extraordinary bed F 846.1 Perilous bed F 1041.9.1 Going to bed for sorrow K 1343.1 Man drawn up [down] into female apartments in basket K 1521.4 Paramour hidden in the bed K 1843.3 Wife substitutes an old woman for herself in her husband’s bed K 2112.2 Leper (beggar) [dwarf] laid in queen’s bed. She is thus incriminated N 386 Lover’s wound breaks while he is in bed with mistress. He bleeds to death T 137.2 Bride and bridegroom conducted to bridal bed
BEGGAR
J 900 Humility K 1588.1 Woman excites peasant, (beggar, poor man) because she has no alms. K 1817.1 Disguise as beggar K 1817.2 Disguise as palmer (pilgrim) M 411.2 Beggar’s curse Q 66 Humility rewarded
BEGINNING
N 770.0.1 Feast as occasion for the beginning of adventures or the arrival of questers
BEHAVIOR
C 169 Tabu connected with marriage – miscellaneous D 1812.5.0.3 Behavior of fire as omen D 1812.5.1.12 Animal behavior as bad omen F 963 Extraordinary behavior of wind
BEHEADING
E 783.1 Head cut off and successfully replaced. H 1400 Fear test M 221 Beheading bargain. Q 421 Punishment: beheading Q 421.0.4 Beheading as punishment for murder R 211.8 Rescue from prison by beheading giant keeper S 133 Murder by beheading
BELIEF
J 21.13 “Never believe what is beyond belief” J 2311.0.1 Wife makes her husband believe that he is dead J 2312 Naked person made to believe he is clothed J 2314 Layman made to believe that he is a monk J 2321 Man made to believe that he is pregnant K 1265 Man falsely reported insane. No one will believe him N 343 Lover kills self believing his mistress dead. She has been frightened away by a lion (Pyramus and Thisbe) V 144 Belief in miraculous powers of sacred relics V 300 Religious beliefs V 311 Belief in the life to come V 380 Religious beliefs – misc.
BELL
A 661.0.2 Music in heaven D 1213 Magic bell D 1317.7 Magic bell gives alarm D 1359.3 Magic object causes joy D 1359.3.1.3 Grief dispelled by sound of bell attached to magic fairy dog. D 1421.0.1 Magic bell summons helper D 1601.18.1 Self-ringing bell F 821.3 Dress with (gold, silver, and diamond) bells J 671.1 Belling the cat J 953.1 Dog proud of his clog [bell] V 115 Church bells V 222.6 Bell sounds at approach of saint
BELLOW
D 1620.3 Other automatic constructions F 855.2 Statues animated by water or wind
BELLY
A 1391 Why other members must serve the belly F 529.6 Person with enormous belly F 911.4 Jonah. Fish (or water monster) swallows a man F 913 Victims rescued from swallower’s belly G 366.1 Ogres without belly. J 461.1 The belly and the members
BELT
D 1057 Magic belt D 1335.4 Magic belt gives strength D 1381.18 Magic belt assures victory F 340 Gifts from fairies F 451.3.1 Power of dwarf in his belt F 829 Extraordinary clothing and ornaments – miscellaneous F 829.3 Extraordinary belt H 116 Identification by girdle T 59 (Bm) Love tokens
BENCH
F 786.1 Chairs of gold and silver
BENEVOLENCE
R 52 (Bm) Benevolent captivity R 53 Captivity as refuge for the captive
BESTIALITY
Q 499.9 (G) Humiliating penances: sexual intercourse with animals T 465 Bestiality. Intercourse of a human being and an animal
BESTOWING
D 1846.5 Invulnerability bestowed by saint [God] W 12.2 Man looks for strangers so as to bestow hospitality on them.
BETRAYAL
B 134.2 Dog betrays murder F 451.6.11 Dwarfs betray G 410 Person betrayed into ogre’s [giant] power H 81.3 Clandestine visit of lover to queen betrayed by token J 125.2.1 Child unwittingly betrays his mother’s adultery J 1141.1 Guilty person deceived into gesture (act) which admits guilt K 1545 Wives wager as to who can best fool her husband K 2293 Treacherous old woman. P 50.0.2 (Bm) Knight who acknowledges no overlord [Allegiance: loyalty and disloyalty of vassals] P 317.1 Refusal to believe that friend will harm one
BETROTHAL
T 61 Betrothal T 61.4 Betrothal ceremony T 61.4.5 Betrothal by gold ring T 61.5.2 Children ten [five] and twelve [five] years old betroth themselves
BETTING
K 100 Deceptive bargain N 1.3 Betting contest between two kings [nobles]
BIBLE
D 1810.0.10 Magic knowledge (wisdom) of Solomon [biblical prophet] H 810 Riddles based on the Bible or legend M 301 Prophets M 301.7 Biblical worthy as prophet Z 71.16.2.1 Ten plagues
BIER
F 788 Remarkable bier F 788.1 Remarkable jeweled bier V 60 Funeral rites V 68 Preparations for burial
BINDING
D 1411 Magic object binds person (animal)
BIRD
A 671.2.11 Birds made of iron in hell A 1074.4 Fettered monster [giant] preyed upon by vulture [birds] A 2431 Birds’ nests B 32 Phoenix B 33 Man-eating birds B 55 Man with bird’s head B 103.2.1 Treasure-laying bird B 147.2 Birds furnish omens B 147.2.1 Bird of good omen B 147.2.1.1 Raven as bird of good omen B 150 Oracular animals B 172 Magic bird B 172.2 Magic bird’s song. Brings joy and oblivion for many years B 172.2.1 Magic bird’s song brings sleep B 172.2.2 Magic bird’s song dispels grief. B 184.1.1.2 Horse as swift as a bird B 211.3 Speaking bird B 261.1 Bat in war of birds and quadrupeds B 291.1.0.1 Bird as letter carrier B 291.1 Bird as messenger B 291.1.0.1 Bird as letter carrier B 469.2 Helpful swan B 552 Man carried by bird B 575 Animal as constant attendant of man. B 742.2 Birds spit [drop] fire B 878.1 Giant flock of birds C 841.2 Tabu: hunting [killing] birds D 1812.5.0.2 Omens from flight of birds D 1812.5.1.12 Animal behavior as bad omen D 1812.5.2.2 Meeting certain person (animal) a good omen D 2011.1 Years seem moments while man listens to song of bird F 167.1.2 Birds in otherworld. F 989.16 Extraordinary swarms of birds F 1051.2 Miraculously loud noise of mourning for hero K 521.1.1 Men sewed in animal’s hide carried off by birds K 604 The three teachings of the bird K 1861.1 Hero sewed up in animal hide so as to be carried to height by bird N 352 Bird carries off ring which lover has taken from sleeping mistress’s finger. He searches for the ring and becomes separated from her N 774.3 Adventures from pursuing animal (not magic) Q 501.4 Punishment of Prometheus S 139.2.2.11.2 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse: body of dead hero left in field for wild beasts to eat. V 231.1 Angel in bird shape
BIRDMAN
B 50 Birdman R 11.1.1 Abduction of girl by half bestial man
BIRTH
B 11.1.1 Dragon from cock’s [hen’s] egg B 754.7 Unusual parturition of animal D 1812.5.1.1 Prodigy as evil omen F 312 Fairy presides at child’s birth F 960.1.1 Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of royalty F 960.1.1.1 Thunder report at birth of king F 960.1.2.1 Extraordinary precipitation at birth of hero H 1381.2 Quest for unknown father K 2115 Animal-birth slander L 111.5.1 (Bm) Hero begot illegitimately M 301.12 (Three) Fates prophesy at child’s birth M 311.0.1 Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child M 369.7 Prophecy of birth of children N 121 Fate decided before birth P 55 Wild man of noble birth T 22.4 Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time T 500 Conception and birth. T 548.1 Child born in answer to prayer T 551.5 Child born half man, half fish [animal] T 554 Woman gives birth to animal T 563.3 Child born with figure of serpent [lion] on his body T 580 Childbirth T 581 Place and conditions of childbirth T 581.1 Birth of child in forest T 584.0.1 Childbirth assisted by magic [astrology] T 587 Birth of twins T 589 Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs Z 252 Hero at first nameless [unaware of birth] Z 255 Hero born [conceived] out of wedlock
BIRTHDAY
P 634 Feasts
BIRTHMARK
H 51.1 Recognition by birthmark T 563 Birthmarks T 563.3 Child born with figure of serpent [lion] on his body
BIRTHRIGHT
P 251.7 Older brother has birthright.
BISHOP
K 1961.4 Sham bishop N 846 Cleric as helper P 120 Church dignitaries P 121 (Bm) Pope P 122 (Bm) Archbishop and bishop P 122.3 (Bm) Bishop encourages combat and wages battle P 122.4 (Bm) Archbishop (takes refuge) as hermit in woods V 294 The Pope
BITCH
D 341.1 Transformation: bitches to women
BITTERNESS
F 715 Extraordinary river F 932 Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers J 369.2 Ape throws away nut because of its bitter rind
BLACK
B 731 Fanciful color of animal D 1293.4 Black as magic color F 512 Person unusual as to his eyes F 513.1 Person unusual as to his teeth F 527 Person of unusual color F 527.5 Black man [knight; wild woman] F 531.1.7.2 Black giant F 541.6 Eyes remarkable as to color G 303.3.1.6 The devil as a black man K 2260.1 Treacherous dark man N 111.2.3 Fortune half white, half black. P 681 Mourning customs R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament) Z 65 Color formulas Z 140 Color symbolism Z 140.1 Color of flag (sails) on ship as message of good or bad news Z 143 Symbolic color: black Z 143.1 Black as symbol of grief
BLACKMAIL
K 1271.1 Threat to tell of amorous intrigue used as blackmail
BLADE
K 1565 Blades (broken glass) to wound and detect wife’s lover
BLAME
P 233.9 Son chastizes father for scorning mother
BLANCHING
T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love
BLEEDING
D 1318.5.2 Corpse bleeds when murderer touches it D 1624.2 Wounds of crucifix bleed D 1817.0.3 Magic detection of murder F 811.20 Bleeding tree F 991.1 Bleeding lance. N 386 Lover’s wound breaks while he is in bed with mistress. He bleeds to death T 475.3 (Bm) Bloodstain as proof of illicit romance.
BLESSING
G 303.16.2 Devil’s power over one avoided by prayer [and sign of the cross] G 303.16.2.3 Devil’s power avoided by blessing [blessed or sacred writing]. K 1839.11 Disguise as older brother to obtain blessing V 229.17 Saints blessing causes a river to be best place for fishing
BLINDING
D 1331.2 Magic object blinds. D 2062.2 Blinding by magic. G 511 Ogre blinded. Q 451.7 Blinding as punishment Q 451.7.4 Blinding as punishment for murder S 165 Mutilation: putting out eyes [blinding]
BLINDNESS
D 1505.8.1 Blood from Christ’s wounds restores sight D 2062.2 Blinding by magic. D 2161.3.1 Blindness magically cured D 2161.3.1 Blindness magically cured F 952 Blindness miraculously cured F 952.6 Miraculous cures – blindness cured by drop of water from side of crucified Savior F 992 Blindness miraculously cured G 511 Ogre blinded. M 223 Blind promise (rash boon) N 111.2.1 Fortuna blind. Q 451.7.4 Blinding as punishment for murder S 165 Mutilation: putting out eyes [blinding]
BLISS
F 173 Otherworld land of happiness.
BLOOD
B 11.2.13 Blood of dragon B 11.2.13.1 Blood of dragon venomous. B 751.2 Pelican kills young and revives them with own blood [kills self to give blood to his young]. D 474 Transformation: object becomes bloody D 1003 Magic blood – human D 1016 Magic blood of animal D 1041 Blood as magic drink D 1318.5 Blood indicates guilt or innocence D 1335.2.1 Blood as magic strengthening drink D 1382.13 Blood of salamander protects against fire [injuries] D 1500.1.7.3 Magic healing blood D 1502.4.2.1 Blood of children (innocent maidens) as cure for leprosy D 1505.8.1 Blood from Christ’s wounds restores sight D 1566.2.6 Salamander’s blood quenches fire. D 1812.5.1.1.4 Wave of blood as sign of death F 872.3 Bath of blood F 952.6 Miraculous cures – blindness cured by drop of water from side of crucified Savior F 955.1 Blood (-bath) as cure for leprosy F 961.3.1 Moon turns to blood [turns bloody] F 964.3.2 Extraordinary blood catches fire F 991.1 Bleeding lance. F 1041.21.1.1 Tears of blood from excessive grief F 1084.1 Deep streams of blood flow during battle G 11.16 Army of cannibal monsters H 1574.1 Test for noble blood K 1858.2 Substitute specimen in blood test N 386 Lover’s wound breaks while he is in bed with mistress. He bleeds to death P 525.3 He nearest to blood of slain man must avenge his death [Blood-revenge] T 26 Attention distracted by sight of (remembering) beloved [because of love] T 475.3 (Bm) Bloodstain as proof of illicit romance. V 140 Sacred relics V 331.1.1 Conversion to Christianity by miracle of seeing blood flow from Jesus’ image Z 65.1 Red as blood, white as snow
BLOOM
F 162.1.3 Trees bloom, others bear concurrently in otherworld garden.
BLOSSOM
D 975 Magic flower D 1380.2 Tree (plant) protects F 811.17 Tree with extraordinary buds. F 971 Miraculous blossoming and bearing of fruit
BLOW
B 751.4 The lion blows first life into its cubs three days after their birth D 1552.1 Mountain opens at blow of divine rod F 628.4 Strong man’s mighty spear-cast (sword blow) [pole-blow]
BLUE
F 512 Person unusual as to his eyes F 513 Person unusual as to his mouth F 541.6 Eyes remarkable as to color
BLUFF
K 1700 Deception through bluffing K 1760 Other bluffs
BLUSHING
T 24 The symptoms of love T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love
BOAR
B 16.1.4.1 Giant devastating boar B 184.3.1 Magic boar B 871.1.2 Giant boar B 871.1.2.0.1 (Bm) Wild boar’s tusk 1/2 yard long [1 yard long] F 531.1.6.2 Giant with [remarkable] teeth [ like those of saw] F 531.1.6.2.1 Giants (giantesses) [wild-woman] with long teeth. F 544.3 Remarkable teeth F 544.3.5 Remarkably long teeth. F 989.15 Hunt for extraordinary (magic) animal N 774 Adventure from pursuing enchanted animal (hind, boar, bird)
BOASTING
C 31.5 Tabu: boasting of supernatural wife C 450 Tabu: boasting C 453 Tabu: boasting of love-conquest H 914 Task assigned because of mother ‘s [king’s] foolish boasting J 552.6 Boast at home K 1275 Boasting husband points out a girl and says – “ I was intimate with her but she told her mother,” Wife: “What a fool. I never told my mother” L 430 Arrogance repaid Q 330 Overweening punished Q 433.12 Punishment. Abridgement of freedom till extravagant boast is confirmed W 117 Boastfulness. W 121.2 Coward boasts when there is no danger
BOAT
B 558.1 Boat drawn by swans (geese) C 541.1 Tabu: dead body not to be on ship D 1121 Magic boat D 1123 Magic ship D 1520.15 Transportation in magic ship D 1521.2 Ship with miraculous speed D 1523.2 Self-propelling (ship) boat D 1524.7 Magic sod serves as boat. D 1533.1.1 Magic land and water ship E 481.2.2 Boat to land of dead F 93.0.1 Boat to lower world F 242.2 Fairy boat F 806.1 Lodestone draws ship to it F 841 Extraordinary boat (ship) F 841.2 Extraordinary equipment of ship K 775.1 Capture by taking aboard ship to inspect wares K 1332 Seduction [abduction] by taking aboard ship to inspect wares N 118.1 Ship’s course left to the winds that it might be carried where fate wills it N 399.1.1 (Bm) Wind carries ship to hostile [unknown] island [land] N 781 Hero [heroine] embarks in rudderless boat R 12.4 Girl enticed into boat and abducted [by lover] R 244 Ships burned to prevent flight V 61.1 Dead placed on boat V 64 Money tied on corpse thrown overboard from ship in order to secure burial Z 140.1 Color of flag (sails) on ship as message of good or bad news
BODY
C 541.1 Tabu: dead body not to be on ship D 2167 Corpse magically saved from corruption E 182 Dead body incorruptible E 721.2 Body in trance while soul is absent E 727 Relations of body to soul E 800 The Corpse F 526 Person with compound body F 531.1.6.3 Giants with shaggy hair on their bodies F 964.3.3 Extraordinary corpse burns of its own accord. F 1041 Extraordinary physical reactions of persons F 1085 Eye bursts forth from overstrain of voice [cranium bursts from blowing horn; body’s internal parts break from blowing horn] G 303.18 Devil enters body of another K 1821 Disguise by changing bodily appearance P 683 (Bm) Embalming Q 491 Indignity to corpse as punishment S 139.2.2 Other indignities to corpse S 139.2.2.9 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse, headless body of enemy dragged through camp S 139.2.2.10 (Bm) Body of dead enemy hero left in street for all to see S 139.2.2.11.2 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse: body of dead hero left in field for wild beasts to eat. T 81.3 Girl [wife] falls dead on lover’s [husband’s] body T 85.4 Lover’s body [lover’s bones] kept (embalmed) for years by grieving mistress T 211.4.2 Husband’s [lover’s] corpse kept after death. T 563.3 Child born with figure of serpent [lion] on his body T 584.2 Child removed from body of dead mother.
BOILING
D 925 Magic fountain F 716 Extraordinary fountain F 932.7 River boils. F 935 Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank) H 411.11.2 Fountains as chastity test S 112.1 Boiling to death
BOLDNESS
F 560 Unusual manner of life Q 333 Boldness punished
BOND
Q 501.4 Punishment of Prometheus R 51.2 Prisoners confined in chains S 148 Abandonment in bonds.
BONE
D 1013 Magic bone of animal D 1381.20 Sacred relics protect against attack E 32 Resuscitated eaten animal. F 559 Remarkable physical organs – miscellaneous. F 839.1 Gnawed bone as weapon T 85.4 Lover’s body [lover’s bones] kept (embalmed) for years by grieving mistress V 63 Bones of dismembered person assembled and buried V 140 Sacred relics W 154.3 Crane [crow] pulls bone from wolf’s throat: wolf refuses payment
BOOK
D 1266 Magic book D 1421.1.3 Magic book summons genie D 1738 Magic arts studied D 1812.3 Means of learning future F 721.2.3 Sorcerer and books in mountain F 883.1 Extraordinary book J 166 Wisdom from books M 302 Means of prophesying M 302.8 Prophecy from a book
BOON
K 100 Deceptive bargain M 223 Blind promise (rash boon) Q 115 Reward: any boon that may be asked Q 115.1 Reward: any boon that may be asked – king’s wife demanded.
BOOTY
F 531.6.7.1 Giant possesses treasure J 811.1.1 Lion divides the booty N 538.2 Treasure from defeated giant P 555.0.1 (Si) Booty. The spoils of war. U 37 Wolf as commander orders all booty divided, but keeps his own [Lion keeps all booty to himself]
BORDER
D 1380.0.1 Magic object protects a city [land] D 2091.7.1 River magically caused to rise against enemy F 145 Mountains at borders of otherworld F 149 Bounds of the otherworlds – miscellaneous F 150.3 Challenge at entrance of otherworld.
BOTTLE
D 2177.1 Demon enclosed in bottle K 231.6.2.1 Trickster returns a bottle of water instead of the bottle of rum he has just purchased K 717 Deception into bottle (vessel)
BOTTOM
F 133.0.1 (Bm) Journey to bottom of sea H 1371.2 Quest for the bottom of the sea P 15.6 King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes [ascends to the sky by griffins]
BOUGH
D 954 Magic bough D 1313.5.2 Reed [bough] as direction-finder
BOULDER
F 91.1 Slamming door on exit from [after entrance in] mountain otherworld F 151.2 Mountain pass to otherworld. F 776 Extraordinary gate
BOUND
D 1417 Magic object imprisons person D 2072.0.5 Person paralyzed F 149 Bounds of the otherworlds – misc.
BOW
D 1091 Magic bow D 1520.13 Magic transportation by arrow D 1531 Magic object gives power of flying D 2135.0.3 Magic ability to fly F 831 Extraordinary arrow [and quiver] F 836 Extraordinary bow F 836.3 Extraordinarily large bows P 552.4 War-machines Z 312 Unique deadly weapon
BOWL
D 1171.6 Magic cup. D 1172 Magic dish. F 166.1.1 “Silver bowl”: Grail in otherworld. F 866 Extraordinary cup
BOX
D 1174 Magic box. D 1421.5 Magic object summons army for rescue F 1022.1 Descent into ocean in glass box
BOY
D 141 Transformation: man (boy) to dog F 371 Human being reared in fairyland. F 575.3 Remarkably beautiful child H 1385.16 (Bm) Quest for abducted [lost] foster son. J 146.2 (Li) The educated youth J 1113 Clever boy [youth, knight] J 1766.2 (Bm) Child thinks knights are gods. N 832 Boy as helper P 533.1.1 Boys as hostages. R 10.3 Children abducted T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love T 585 Precocious infant T 615.3 Precocious wisdom [virtue] T 617 Boy reared in ignorance of the world T 640 Illegitimate children Z 231 Boyish exploits of hero Z 251 Boy hero
BRACKET
B 291.2.2 Dog as messenger F 843 Extraordinary rope H 355 Suitor test: finding an extraordinary object H 1332 Quest for marvelous parts or possessions of animals.
BRAID
K 1512 The cut off nose (braids): A woman leaves her husband’s bed and has another woman take her place. The husband addresses her gets no answer and cuts off her hair (nose). In the morning the wife has still hers. The husband is made to believe that he was dreaming, is insane
BRANCH
D 953 Magic twig D 1351.2 Magic branch of peace D 1359.3.1.2 Magic musical branch soothes listeners D 1615.2 Magic musical branch E 631.0.1 Twining branches grow from graves of lovers F 531.4.5.0.1 (Bm) Giant ‘s [wild man ‘s] club. F 811 Extraordinary tree F 811.6 Tree with musical branches K 2351.6.2 (Bm) Branches tied to horses’ tails stir up dust which makes army seem larger and blinds opponents Z 157 Olive [palm] branch symbol of peace [victory]
BRANDING
Q 472 Branding as punishment
BRASS
D 1317.9.1 Brass (copper) statue at city gates blows on trumpet at stranger’s approach. V 127 Image of deity in wood (stone) [metal]
BRAVERY
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon] K 1953 Sham brave man W 32 Bravery W 34 Loyalty
BRAZEN
J 425.1 Earthen and brazen pots in river
BREACH
C 905 Supernatural being punishes breach of tabu
BREAD
D 471.1 Transformation: bread to stone D 1031.1 Magic bread. D 1031.1.1 Consecrated bread as magic object. F 851 Extraordinary food K 343.1.1 Bread dropped in mud, messenger returns for more. A youth poses as a rich man’s servant and gets as sack of bread from a baker. The baker boy is top go along and collect. The rascal drops two loaves in the mud and send the boy back for fresh ones. Meantime he runs off with the rest of the bread. K 444 Dream bread: the most wonderful dream
BREAKING
C 900 Punishment for breaking tabu C 910 Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu C 920 Death for breaking tabu C 921 Immediate death for breaking tabu C 932 Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu. C 937.1 Immortality lost because of breach of tabu. C 940 Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. C 943.2 Loss of one eye for breaking tabu C 948 Mutilation as punishment for breaking tabu F 302.6 Fairy mistress leaves man when he breaks tabu F 1041.1.1.3 Heart breaks from sorrow M 205 Breaking of bargains and promises M 256 Promise to dying man broken N 386 Lover’s wound breaks while he is in bed with mistress. He bleeds to death N 397 Accidental self-injury Q 266 Punishment for breaking promise Q 269.1 (Bm) Breaking vows (non-religious) punished Q 423 Punishment: breaking upon a wheel
BREAST
B 765.4.1 Snake attaches itself to a woman’s breast and draws away her milk F 460.1.2 Mountain-wife [wild woman] has breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder F 511.0.1.1 Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast F 531.1.5 Breasts of giantess [wild woman] F 546 Remarkable breast F 565.1.1 Amazons cut off left breast of daughters so that they can handle bow [Amazons have only one breast] S 176 Mutilation: sex organs cut off
BREATH
B 11.2.11 Fire-breathing dragon B 11.2.11.2 Breath of Dragon kills man [venomous fiery and fetid breath of dragon] B 742 Animal breathes fire F 401.7 Fire-breathing spirit
BRIBERY
B 325.1 Animal bribed with food J 1192 The bribed [false] judge K 449 (Bm) Bribe K 986 Murder induced by bribery (lands, riches, wives) P 614 (Bm) Bribes
BRIDE
H 313 Suitor test: obedience and humility before bride [mistress] H 315.2 Suitor contest: bride offered to suitor giving the token of the greater love H 331 Suitor contests: bride offered as prize H 332.1 Suitor in contest with bride H 335 Tasks assigned suitors H 335.0.1 Bride helps suitor perform his task H 335.0.1.1 Otherworld mistress instructs hero how to perform tasks H 335.1 Suitor task: avenging bride’s father’s death before marriage. H 360 Bride test H 362 Bride chosen from girls assembled at feast H 1213.1 Quest for princess caused by sight of one of her hairs dropped by a bird (or floating on a river). H 1381.3.1.1 Quest for bride for king (prince) H 1381.3.1.2 Quest for bride for oneself K 1275 Boasting husband points out a girl and says – “ I was intimate with her but she told her mother,” Wife: “What a fool. I never told my mother” K 1371 Bride-stealing K 1843 Wife deceives husband with substituted bedmate K 1843.0.1 (Bm) Substituted bride to be slain to dispose of witness. K 1843.1 Bride has maid sleep in husband’s bed to conceal pregnancy [lost virginity]. K 1911 The false bride (substituted bride) M 241.1 Dividing the winnings: half of the bride demanded. When the hero shows that he is willing to carry out the bargain his helper relents T 11.1.1 Beauty of woman reported to king causes quest for her as his bride T 56.1 Bride attracted by music T 64 King seeks bride only because counsellors insist T 133.1 Faithful servant accompanies bride to new home T 133.4 Bridegroom and his men come for the bride T 134 Conduct of bridal couple before ceremony T 137.1 Advice to a parting bride T 137.2 Bride and bridegroom conducted to bridal bed T 141.3 Hero assigns the bride he has won to another T 251.2.3 Wife becomes obedient on seeing husband slay a recalcitrant horse
BRIDEGROOM
J 1545.10 (Tu) Small cause for complaint – One-eyed groom rebukes his bride for loss of virginity J 1744.1 Bridegroom does not know what to do on his wedding night K 1275 Boasting husband points out a girl and says – “ I was intimate with her but she told her mother,” Wife: “What a fool. I never told my mother” K 1843 Wife deceives husband with substituted bedmate K 1915 The false bridegroom (substituted bridegroom) K 1916 Robber bridegroom: Robber marries girl under the pretence of being a fine gentleman T 133.4 Bridegroom and his men come for the bride T 137.2 Bride and bridegroom conducted to bridal bed
BRIDGE
D 1149 Magic buildings and parts – miscellaneous D 1258 Magic bridge. D 1258.1 Bridge made by magic D 1380.0.1 Magic object protects a city [land] F 150.2.1 Entrance to otherworld guarded by giant F 152 Bridge to otherworld. F 152.0.1 Bridge to otherworld guarded by animals [champion]. F 152.1.6 Sword bridge to otherworld. F 152.1.6.1 Bridge to [in] otherworld covered with knives F 771.5.2 Castle guarded by giants (ogres) F 842 Extraordinary bridge F 842.1.1 Crystal (glass) bridge F 842.2.3.2 Under-water bridge F 842.2.5 (G) Incomplete rocking bridge H 1573.6.1 Ability to cross bridge as test of righteousness
BRIDLE
D 1209.1 Magic bridle. F 343.9.1 Horses as fairy gifts F 868 Extraordinary saddle F 899 Other extraordinary objects H 1154.3.1 Task: bridling a wild horse H 1332 Quest for marvelous parts or possessions of animals.
BRISTLE
B 15.7.10 Animal unusual as to skin B 15.7.10.2 Animal with hair of iron pins F 521.1 Man covered with hair like animal F 555 Remarkable hair
BROAD
F 551.5 Single [Broad] footed people lie on their backs and shade themselves from sun with their soles
BROKEN
C 934.2 Land made sterile because of broken tabu C 952 Immediate return to otherworld because of broken tabu D 2163.1 Broken weapons magically restored. F 1041.1.1 Death from broken heart F 1098 Object miraculously mended. F 1098.0.1 Object miraculously broken. H 94.5 Identification through broken [half of] ring H 100 Identification by matching parts of divided token H 101 Identification by broken weapon. H 1023.8 Task: fixing the two pieces of a broken sword together H 1098 Object miraculously broken M 101 Punishment for broken oaths M 205 Breaking of bargains and promises P 55.1 (Bm) Broken-hearted knight neglects self
BRONZE
F 169.1.1 Pillars of bronze in otherworld.
BROOCH
F 827 Extraordinary ornaments F 829 Extraordinary clothing and ornaments – miscellaneous T 59 (Bm) Love tokens
BROTHEL
P 460 Other trades and professions T 320 Escape from undesired lover
BROTHER
A 164.1 Brother-sister marriage of the gods H 151.10 Combat of unknown brothers [relatives, unrecognized friends] brings about recognition H 151.10.2 (Bm) Combat of unknown brothers brings about recognition H 195 (Bm) Failure to recognize H 1385.8 Quest for lost brother(s) K 1839.11 Disguise as older brother to obtain blessing K 2211 Treacherous [half-]brother. Usually elder brother K 2211.0.1 Treacherous elder brother(s) M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) N 731.2.2 Undesired combat [between sworn (blood) brothers (foster brothers) N 733 Accidental meeting of brothers N 733.1 Brothers unwittingly fight each other N 733.2 Brother unwittingly kills (half) brother in fight N 733.3 Joseph and his brethren N 734 Accidental meeting of brother and sister P 17.5 Brothers rule jointly P 17.8 Kingship given to younger brother P 205 Refusal to fight relatives P 251 Brothers [Half-brothers] P 251.3.1 Brothers strive to avenge each other P 251.3.1.1 (Bm) Man asked to avenge dying brother before latter dies P 251.5 Two brothers P 251.5.3 Hostile [half-] brothers P 251.5.4 Two brothers as contrasts P 251.6 Several brothers P 251.6.1 Three brothers P 251.6.3 Six or seven brothers P 251.6.7 Twelve brothers P 251.7 Older brother has birthright. P 253 Sister and brother P 253.0.3 One sister and three (four) brothers P 253.0.5 One sister and six (seven, eleven, twelve) brothers. P 253.2.1 Brother faithful to persecuted sister P 253.11 (Bm) Woman unwittingly nurses brother’s [uncle’s] slayer. P 263 Brother-in-law P 273 Foster brother. P 274.1 Love between foster sister and foster brother P 293.1 Mother’s brother as foster father P 293.2 Mother’s brother as helper. P 293.4 Young prince sent to his father’s (mother’s) brother P 311 Sworn brethren P 311.1 Combatants become sworn brethren Q 211.9 Fratricide punished. S 71 Cruel uncle S 73 Cruel brother (sister) S 73.1 Fratricide S 73.2 Person [brother] banishes brother (sister) T 69.1.1 Three (two) brothers married to three (two) sisters T 415 Brother-sister incest V 450 Religious orders
BROTHER-IN-LAW
K 2211.1 Treacherous brother-in-law P 263 Brother-in-law T 130 Marriage customs
BROWNIE
F 482.5.5 Malicious or troublesome actions of brownies K 1728 The bear trainer and his bear (Schrätel und Wasserbär)
BUDS
F 811.17 Tree with extraordinary buds.
BUILDING
A 1445.1.1 (Bm) Argus as first ship builder D 2178.1 City (castle) built by magic F 162.0.1.2 (Luminous) precious stones in otherworld (dwelling) F 163.2.1 Temple in otherworld F 163.3.1 House of gold and crystal in otherworld F 271.2 Fairies as builders F 531.6.3.1 Giants live in castles (raths, duns) (ruins of which may still be seen) F 531.6.6 Giants as builders of great structures F 789 Extraordinary buildings and furnishings – miscellaneous V 111.3 Place where a [temple] church must be built miraculously indicated V 111.5 (Bm) Church [cloister] built in hero’s [fallen warriors’] honor V 118 Monasteries [cloisters, abbeys, nunneries]
BULL
A 123.12 (Bm) God with horns of silver and gold D 1442 Magic object tames or restrains animal H 1154.3.8 (Bm) Task: tame wild bulls and plow field with them N 570 Guardian of treasure
BURIAL
N 511.1.1 Treasure buried in graves P 711.8 Aversion to burial in foreign soil Q 271.1 Debtor deprived of burial Q 456 Burial alive as punishment Q 491.1 Disgraceful burial as punishment S 123 Burial alive T 86 Lovers buried in same grave [coffin] V 40 Mass V 60 Funeral rites V 61 Various ways of disposing of dead V 63 Bones of dismembered person assembled and buried V 64 Money tied on corpse thrown overboard from ship in order to secure burial V 67.1 Ornaments (arms, chariots) buried with hero V 68 Preparations for burial V 68.4.1 Dead not to be buried naked V 69 Funeral rites – miscellaneous V 69.1 All dead are buried after battle V 153 (Hi) Heroes’ grave
BURNING
A 671.2.4 The fires of hell B 32.1 Phoenix renews youth B 526 Animal saves man from death by burning C 542.1 Tabu – contact with things on journey to hell C 927 Burning as punishment for breaking tabu D 1271 Magic fire D 1382 Magic object protects against cold or burning D 1382.1 Magic pebble [gem] prevents burning. D 1382.5 Magic fire does not burn one D 1382.6 Magic shirt protects from cold and burning D 1382.10 Magic garment prevents burning D 1402.0.5 Nessus-shirt. Magic shirt burns wearer up D 1566.1 Magic object sets things afire. D 1652.11 Ever-burning candle [light] D 1672 Unquenchable fire D 1787 Magic results from burning. D 1841.3 Burning magically evaded D 1886 Rejuvenation by burning. D 2144.4 Burning by magic E 421.3 Luminous [fiery] ghosts F 142 River of fire as barrier to otherworld F 574 Luminous [fiery] person F 715.6 River that burns like fire F 812.8 Wood which cannot be consumed by fire F 882 Extraordinary fire F 962.2 Fire from heaven F 964 Extraordinary behavior of fire F 964.3.3 Extraordinary corpse burns of its own accord. F 964.4 Blazing stick continues to burn even in water K 812 Victim burned in his own house or hiding place K 925 Victim pushed into fire K 955 Murder by burning Q 414 Punishment: burning alive Q 414.0.2 Burning as punishment for adultery Q 414.0.4.2 Burning as punishment for abductor Q 414.0.5 Burning as punishment for traitor Q 414.0.12 Burning as punishment for murder Q 491 Indignity to corpse as punishment Q 551.9 Miraculous burning as punishment Q 552.13 Fire from heaven as punishment R 117 Rescue from being burned R 175 Rescue at the stake R 244 Ships burned to prevent flight S 112 Burning to death S 112.0.1 City burned with all inhabitants V 69 Funeral rites – miscellaneous
BURSTING
F 981.1 Serpent bursts asunder
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