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FABRIC    

D 1051 Magic cloth
D 1652.8 Inexhaustible cloth
D 1656 Incombustible objects
F 271.8 Fees [fairies] engage in needlework
F 820 Extraordinary clothing and ornaments
F 821 Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.)
F 821.1 Dress of extraordinary material
F 821.1.1 Golden clothes
F 821 Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.)

FACE    

F 511.0.1.1 Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast
F 511.1 Person unusual as to his face
F 511.1.3.1 Person with face of ape [monkey]
H 71.6.1 Luminous face as sign of royalty
K 1821.3 Disguise by veiling face
N 111.2.2 Fortuna with two faces.

FAILURE    

C 980 Miscellaneous punishments for breaking tabu [for failing unique compulsion].
D 791.3 Disenchantment fails because conditions are not fulfilled
H 195 (Bm) Failure to recognize
H 901.1 Heads placed on stakes for failure in performance of task
Q 223 Punishment for neglect of services to gods (God)
Q 223.6 Failure to observe holiness of Sabbath [Sunday] punished
T 331 Man unsuccessfully tempted by woman

FAINTING    

T 24.2.1 Fainting away for love (or sexual desire)

FAIRY    

C 30 Tabu: offending supernatural relative
C 31.1 Tabu: Looking at supernatural wife
C 32.2.1 Tabu: asking name of supernatural husband
C 901.1.5 Tabu imposed by fairy
C 905 Supernatural being punishes breach of tabu
D 812 Magic object received from supernatural being.
D 813 Magic object received from fairy
D 813.2 Magic object received from grateful fairy
D 859.2.1 Magic object received from other world.
D 1421.6 Magic object summons fairy
D 1711.5 Fairy as magician.
D 1719.5 Magic power of fairy.
D 1810.0.4 Magic knowledge of fairies.
D 1860.0.1 Magic beautification of fairy
D 2031.0.2 Fairies cause illusions
D 2066 Elfshot. Magic shooting of object into person’s (or animal’s) body
F 30 Fairy lover
F 200 Fairies
F 211 Fairyland [dwarfs] under hollow knoll
F 212.0.1 Water fairies
F 216 Fairies [elves] live in forest
F 217.4 (G) Fairies assemble near trees
F 222 Fairy castle
F 234.0.1 Fairy transforms self
F 234.1.3 Fairy in form of swine
F 234.2.2 Fairy in hideous form
F 234.2.5 Fairy in form of beautiful young woman
F 234.2.6 Fairy as messenger from fairyland.
F 235 Visibility of fairies.
F 236 Dress of fairies
F 241.0.1 Fairy animal hunted
F 241.6 Fairy dogs
F 242.2 Fairy boat
F 250 Other characteristics of fairies.
F 251 Origin of fairies
F 252.2 Fairy queen
F 252.5 (Bm) Fairy knight.
F 253 Extraordinary powers of fairies
F 259.1 Mortality of fairies
F 259.1.4 Fairies immortal
F 262 Fairies make music
F 262.1 Fairies sing
F 262.3.6 Fairy music causes joy (laughter)
F 265 Fairy bathes
F 271.2 Fairies as builders
F 271.8 Fees [fairies] engage in needlework
F 300 Marriage or liaison with fairy
F 301 Fairy lover [husband].
F 301.1.1.1 Girl [hero] summons fairy lover [mistress] by wishing for him [her]
F 302 Fairy mistress
F 302.3 Fairy woos mortal man
F 302.3.0.1 Fairy visits mortal and becomes his mistress
F 302.3.1 Fairy entices man to fairyland
F 302.3.1.3 Man is carried to fairyland by fairy and marries her.
F 302.3.3.1 Fairy avenges herself on inconstant lover (husband)
F 302.6 Fairy mistress leaves man when he breaks tabu
F 302.6.2 Recovery of fairy mistress
F 304 Sexual relations with fairy
F 305 Offspring of fairy [dwarf] and mortal
F 305.1 Fairy relative makes gifts (to half-mortal child)
F 305.2 Offspring of fairy and mortal extraordinarily beautiful.
F 311.3 Fairy foster-mother.
F 312 Fairy presides at child’s birth
F 312.1.1 Fairies make good wishes for newborn child
F 312.2 Fairies control destinies of a mortal
F 317 Fairy predicts future greatness of newborn child
F 324.3 Youth [child] abducted by fairy.
F 330 Grateful fairies
F 340 Gifts from fairies
F 343.0.1 Fairy offers mortal choice of magic objects.
F 343.9.1 Horses as fairy gifts
F 343.14 Golden cup (bowl, urn) as gifts from otherworld inhabitants.
F 344 Fairies heal mortals
F 347 Fairy advisor [advice from dwarf]
F 360 Malevolent or destructive fairies
F 361 Fairy’s revenge.
F 369.7 Fairies lead travelers astray
F 383.4.3 Sunlight fatal to fairies
F 399 Other fairy motifs
H 310.1 Tests for hero, husband of supernatural (divine) wife
H 1233.4.1 Fairies as helpers on quest
K 1888 Illusory light
M 242 Bargains and promises between mortals and supernatural beings
M 301.6 Fairies as prophets
M 301.12 (Three) Fates prophesy at child’s birth
N 815 Fairy as helper
Q 247 Punishment for desertion of fairy mistress
T 91.3 Love of mortal and supernatural person
T 111 Marriage of mortal and supernatural being
T 294 Husband of supernatural being longs for old home and visits relatives.
Z 202 (Bm) Fanciful ancestry of hero

FAIRY-DOG    

B 182.1 Magic dog
D 810 Magic object a gift
D 855 Magic object acquired as reward.
D 1359.3.1.3 Grief dispelled by sound of bell attached to magic fairy dog.
F 241.6 Fairy dogs
Q 196.1 (Bm) Marvelous dog as reward.
Z 201.3 (Bm) Hero’s famous dog- Tristan ‘s Peticrome


FAIRYLAND    

F 112.0.1 Fairyland (Ireland) inhabited (settled) by women only
F 134 Otherworld on island
F 148 Wall around otherworld
F 161.1 Perpetual summer in otherworld.
F 165.6 Only joy felt in otherworld dwelling.
F 167.9 Otherworld people [things in otherworld] ever young, ever beautiful
F 172 No time, no birth, no death in otherworld
F 173 Otherworld land of happiness.
F 183 Foods in otherworld
F 213 Fairyland on island.
F 234.2.6 Fairy as messenger from fairyland.
F 302.3.1 Fairy entices man to fairyland
F 302.3.1.3 Man is carried to fairyland by fairy and marries her.
F 324.5 Rescue from fairyland
F 371 Human being reared in fairyland.
F 373 Mortal abandons world to live in fairyland
F 374 Longing in fairyland to visit home.
F 375 Mortals as captives in fairyland
F 379.1 Return from fairyland.
home and fights for exiled hero

FAITHFULNESS    

B 301 Faithful animal
B 301.1 Faithful animal at master’s grave dies of hunger.
B 301.3 Faithful animal plans suicide when it thinks master dead.
B 301.5 Faithful animal resuscitates master
B 301.8 Faithful lion follows man who saved him.
H 82.3.2 (Bm) Ring as fidelity token
H 338 Suitor test: faithfulness
H 461 Test of wife’s patience
H 467 Other tests of wife’s love or faithfulness
H 467.2 Wife’s faithfulness tested by a proposal in another’s name
H 492 Test of faithfulness of husband and wife.
H 1556 Tests of fidelity [loyalty]
H 1556.4 Fidelity in love tested
M 100.0.1 (Li) Oath of allegiance
M 130 Vows concerning sex
M 131 Vow of chastity [fidelity]
M 149 Vows concerning sex – miscellaneous
N 839.1.1 (Bm) Faithful steward [marshal] as foster father
P 110.0.1 (Bm) Faithful steward [knight] as regent
P 253.2.1 Brother faithful to persecuted sister
P 319 Deeds of friendship – misc.
P 361 Faithful servant [vassal]
P 362 Faithful servant entrusted with care (and education) of crown prince
P 365 Faithless servant
Q 22 Reward for faith
T 61.2 (Bm) Parting lovers pledge not to marry for seven years [swear faithfulness]
T 99 Love – additional motifs
T 133.1 Faithful servant accompanies bride to new home
T 210 Faithfulness in marriage
T 210.1 Faithful wife
T 210.2 Faithful husband
T 211 Faithfulness to marriage in death
T 215 Faithfulness of married couple in misfortune
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love]
T 320.1 Often-proved fidelity: Repeated attempts to seduce innocent woman, she escapes them all
V 440 Other religious virtues
W 34 Loyalty
Z 235 Hero with extraordinary animal companion

FAITHLESSNESS    

D 868.2 (Bm) Magic ring must be returned by unfaithful lover.
J 2301 Gullible husbands
K 1533 Gullible husband behind the tree. (Tristan and Isolt.) Husband goes to wife ‘s love tryst and hides behind a tree. The wife, having learned of his presence, tells lover that he should not allow their innocent relations to lead to gossip. Husband is appeased
K 1550 Husband outwits adulteress and paramour
K 2213.3 Faithless wife plots with paramour against husband’s life
K 2246.1 Treacherous king
K 2247.3 (Bm) Treacherous knight
P 12 Character of kings
P 365 Faithless servant
Q 241 Adultery punished
Q 243.0.2 Suspected incontinence unjustly punished.
T 89.3 (Bm) Faithless lover
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love]
T 230.0.1 (Bm) Faithless wife
T 231 The faithless widow
T 231.5 Faithless widow marries slayer of her husband.
T 233 Wronged wife goes to wronged husband [becomes unfaithful]
T 249 Faithlessness in marriage – misc.
T 481 Adultery

FALCON    

B 150 Oracular animals
B 811 Sacred animals [dove, falcon]

FALLING-GATE    

F 776.2 Perilous falling gate
K 736 Snapping door

FALLING    

D 811.2 Magic object falls down from the heaven
D 1960 Magic sleep
D 2069.1 Person magically caused to fall
F 531.3.8.5 Earthquake as giant falls down
F 776.2 Perilous falling gate
G 303.8 Devil’s expulsion from heaven and his present haunts
G 450 Falling into ogre’s power – misc.
K 1524 Adulteress falls in mud at lover’s door
T 10 Falling in love
T 11 Falling in love with person never seen
T 13 Woman falls in love as result of husband’s praise of her (a) suitor
T 15 Love at first sight
T 24 The symptoms of love
T 28 (Princess) Falling in love with man disguised as woman
T 29 Falling in love – miscellaneous
T 81.3 Girl [wife] falls dead on lover’s [husband’s] body
T 91.6.4.1.1 Princess falls in love with knight [Knight falls in love with princess]

FALSE    

F 402.1.9 Spirit delivers false message
K 1265 Man falsely reported insane. No one will believe him
K 1821.4 Youth [warriors] wear false beards (of grass, wool) [False beard]
K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name
K 1851.2 (Bm) “False” letters with false news of king’s death
K 1860 Deception by feigned death (sleep)
K 1864.1 False tidings of another’s death in order to secure his bride [wife, and usurp kingdom]
K 1900 Impostures
K 1911 The false bride (substituted bride)
K 2100 False accusation
K 2116.1 Innocent woman accused of murder
K 2116.2 Man falsely accused of murder
K 2127 False accusation of theft [debt]
M 108 Violators of oaths
P 322.2 Guest in disguise or under false name
Q 262 Impostor punished
U 236 False repentance of the sick

FALSIFICATION    

K 1087.1 Message falsified [brings] (to bring) about death of lovers
K 1851.0.1 (Bm) Forged letter

FAME    

F 317 Fairy predicts future greatness of newborn child
M 310.1 Prophecy: future greatness and fame
M 311 Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child
M 311.0.1 Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child
M 365.1 Prophecy. hero may win fame but die early
Z 230 Extraordinary exploits of hero

FAMILY    

A 168 Family of gods
H 30 Recognition through personal peculiarities
H 1381.2 Quest for unknown father
K 940 Deception into killing own family
M 460 Curses on families
N 730 Accidental reunion of families
N 734 Accidental meeting of brother and sister
P 200 The family
P 201.1 Feud between two branches of family
P 525.3 He nearest to blood of slain man must avenge his death [Blood-revenge]

FAMINE    

F 969.7 Famine
K 231.1.1 Mutual agreement to sacrifice family members in famine. Trickster refuses to carry out his part of the bargain
P 557.0.4 (Li) Siege

FANCIFULNESS    

B 750 Fanciful habits of animals
Z 202 (Bm) Fanciful ancestry of hero

FANGS    

F 544.3 Remarkable teeth

FASTING    

F 1041.21 Reactions to excessive grief
M 151 Vow not to eat before hearing of adventure
Q 520 Penances
Q 535.4 Lone fasting as penance
T 24 The symptoms of love
V 70 Religious feasts and fasts
V 73 Fasts
V 462 Asceticism
V 462.2 Ascetic fasting

FATE    

D 791.2 Disenchantment by only one person.
M 302.4 Horoscope taken by means of stars
M 310 Favorable prophecies
M 356.1.2 Prophecies concerning fate of heroes in battle
M 361 Fated hero
N 100 Nature of luck and fate
N 101 Inexorable fate
N 118 Issues left to fate (luck).
N 118.1 Ship’s course left to the winds that it might be carried where fate wills it
N 120 Determination of luck or fate
N 121 Fate decided before birth
N 126 Lots cast to determine luck or fate
N 130 Changing of luck or fate
S 350 Fate of abandoned child
T 22.4 Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time
T 93 Fate of disappointed lover
Z 254 Destined hero

FATHER    

A 511.1.5 Culture hero son of mortal (half-mortal) father [and goddess mother]
E 323.4 Advice from dead mother [father]
E 327 Dead father’s friendly return
F 305.1 Fairy relative makes gifts (to half-mortal child)
F 565.1.2 All male children killed by Amazons [or given to father]
F 565.1.2.2 (Bm) Male children sent to live with fathers, girls with mothers
G 303.11.2 The devil’s son
H 11.1.4 Recognition by tracing ancestry
H 335.1 Suitor task: avenging bride’s father’s death before marriage.
H 1381.2 Quest for unknown father
H 1381.2.2.1 Son seeks unknown father
J 2303 Gullible mother [father]
K 1372.1 Princess tricked into engaging herself to suitor rejected by her father
K 1839.11 Disguise as older brother to obtain blessing
K 2210 Treacherous relatives
M 312.2.1 Prophecy: son to be more powerful than father
M 343 Parricide prophecy
N 338.4 (Bm) Son unwittingly slays father (Slays teacher who was rumored to be his father, finds rumor is true)
N 731 Unexpected meeting of father and son
N 731.1 Unknown son returns to father’s court
N 731.2 Father-son combat
N 732 Accidental meeting of father and daughter
N 839.1.1 (Bm) Faithful steward [marshal] as foster father
P 16.1.4 Father abdicates in favor of son
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king
P 17.0.2.1 At son’s [daughter’s] wedding [betrothal] king names him [son-in-law] as successor
P 17.11 Slayer of king [sovereign] marries widow [daughter] and inherits kingdom [domain]
P 200 The family
P 205 Refusal to fight relatives
P 230 Parents and children
P 230.1 Mother prefers son, father daughter
P 233 Father and son
P 233.2 Young hero rebuked by his father
P 233.2.1 Father drives away bad son whom the mother prefers (pities)
P 233.4 Natural son preferred to legitimate
P 233.6 Son avenges father
P 233.9 Son chastizes father for scorning mother
P 233.11 Birthright transferred by father from the oldest son to another [father disowns sons in favor of loyal vassal’s son]
P 234 Father and daughter
P 236.1 Folly of father’s giving all property to children before his death
P 236.2 Supposed chest of gold induces children to care for their aged father.
P 236.4 Son deposes father and usurps throne
P 271 Foster father
P 271.2 Fisherman as foster father
P 293.1 Mother’s brother as foster father
R 153.2 Father rescues children
R 242 Flight carrying friend (girl) on back [having father carried]
S 11 Cruel father
S 11.3 Father kills child
S 11.3.7 Father orders son assassinated
S 11.4 Father plans child’s (son’s) death [injury]
S 11.4.1 (Jealous) father vows to kill [kills] daughter’s suitors
S 268 Child sacrificed to provide blood for cure of friend
S 302 Children murdered
S 322.1 Father casts daughter forth
S 322.1.5 Boy turned out of doors by father
T 31.1 Lovers’ meeting: Hero in service of lady’s father
T 35.5 Lover goes to see his beloved in her husband’s (or her father’s) house, defiant of the danger
T 50.1.2 Girl carefully guarded by father
T 50.2 King likes his daughter so much that he does not wish to marry her to anyone
T 97 Father opposed to daughter’s marriage [sweetheart]
T 127 (Bm) Woman weds husband’s [father’s, uncle’s] slayer
T 131.0.1.1 Father promises that girl may wed only man of her choice
T 131.1.2 Father’s consent to son’s (daughter’s) marriage necessary
T 131.1.2.1 Girl must marry father’s choice
T 131.1.2.4 Son (daughter) refuses to marry father’s choice
T 131.1.3 Marriage against will of parents
T 411 Father-daughter-incest
T 411.1 (Lecherous) [Unnatural] father [wants to marry his daughter]
U 121 Like parent, like child
W 154 Ingratitude
Z 150 Other symbols
Z 202 (Bm) Fanciful ancestry of hero

FATHER-IN-LAW    

H 332.3 Suitor test: duel with father-in-law
K 2218.2 Treacherous father-in-law
P 261 Father-in-law

FATIGUE    

D 1364.3 Flowers cause magic sleep.
D 1960 Magic sleep
D 1978 Waking from sleep

FAVOR    

K 1588.1 Woman excites peasant, (poor man) because she has no alms.
Q 553 Divine favor withdrawn as punishment
T 455 Woman sells favors for particular purpose
T 455.6 Woman sells favors for a large sum of money
V 17.0.1 Sacrifice to deity in order to obtain favors
V 400 Charity

FEALTY    

M 100.0.1 (Li) Oath of allegiance
M 161.4 Vow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace
N 769.1 (Bm) Accidental meeting leads to pledge of sworn brotherhood
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals]
P 550.1.2 (Li) Defense of legitimate rights by war


FEAR    

F 1041.1.11 Death from fear
F 1041.2 Horripilation. Hair rises on end in extraordinary fashion from [fear,] joy, anger, or love
F 1041.17 Extraordinary result of fear
F 1041.17.2 (Bm) Swoon from fear
H 1400 Fear test
H 1410 Fear test: staying in frightful place
H 1412 Fear test: spending night in church
H 1550 Tests of character
J 132 Mouse teaches her child to fear quiet cats but not noisy cocks
J 623 Prevention of hostility by inspiring fear in enemy
R 220 Flights

FEARLESSNESS    

Q 82 Reward for fearlessness

FEAST    

B 299.7 Festival [beauty contest] of animals
F 173.3 Perpetual feasts in otherworld.
F 361.1.1 Fairy takes revenge for not being invited to feast
F 451.6.3 Dwarfs have festivities
F 451.6.3.1 Dwarfs feast mortals in their home
H 362 Bride chosen from girls assembled at feast
K 913 Disguised hero attacks enemy at feast
N 770.0.1 Feast as occasion for the beginning of adventures or the arrival of questers
P 53 (Bm) Obtaining knighthood
P 54 (Bm) Knighting custom
P 556.3 (Bm) Feast interrupted by man offering challenge.
P 556.3.2 (Bm) Feast interrupted by dragon
P 634 Feasts
P 634.1 Feast (hospitality) endures for three days and three nights
P 634.4 (Bm) 40 day feast
T 34 Lovers meet at social gathering
T 136 Accompaniments of wedding
T 136.1 Wedding feast
T 136.3 Amusements at wedding
T 136.3.2 Marriage odes sung at wedding feast
T 137 Customs following wedding
V 70 Religious feasts and fasts
V 70.3 Midsummer.
V 70.3.1 Feast of Saint John the Baptist

FEATHER    

D 1682 Magic jewel which outweighs many heavy objects in the scale
F 521.2 Feathered people
K 929.1 Murder by (leaving) poisoned wine

FEE    

A 672.1.1 Charon exacts fee to ferry souls across Styx
L 225.1 (Bm) Messenger refuses reward

FEET    

B 11.2.4.1 Feet of dragon- number [ten]
B 15.6 Animal with unusual legs or feet
F 171.7 Unseen hands lave feet in otherworld
F 517.1 Person unusual as to his feet
F 517.1.4 Person with claws on the feet.
F 517.1.6 Person with horse’s hoofs
F 531.1.3 Feet (legs) [and arms] of giant
F 551 Remarkable feet
Q 451.0.1 Hands and feet cut off as punishment
Q 451.0.4 Hands and feet cut off as punishment for robbery
S 162 Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet)
S 182.3 (G) Man hanged by feet to tree

FEIGNING    

H 466 Feigned death to test wife’s faithfulness
H 1212 Quest assigned because of feigned illness
H 1212.1 Quest assigned because of feigned dream
H 1556.1 Test of fidelity by feigning death
J 1149.1 Feigned madness unmasked by threatening man’s child
K 522.0.1 Death feigned to escape unwelcome marriage
K 1514.11 Illness feigned to call physician paramour
K 1792.1 Feigned ignorance about person’s identity in order not to reveal king
K 1818 Disguise as sick man
K 1860 Deception by feigned death (sleep)
K 1945 Imposition by sham sickness
K 1953 Sham brave man
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks
K 2090 Other hypocritical acts

FELLOWSHIP    

M 246 Covenant of friendship
P 19.0.1 (Li) King Arthur as leader of outstanding chivalric society (Round Table)
P 311.5 Covenant of friendship

FEMALE    

F 565.1.2.2 (Bm) Male children sent to live with fathers, girls with mothers
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman
G 303.3.1.12 Devil in form of woman
G 303.12.6 Devil in form of woman woos man
K 514 Disguise as girl to avoid execution [danger]
K 1321 Seduction by man disguising as woman
K 1343 Man drawn up into female apartment on rope
K 1836 Disguise of man in woman’s dress
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper
P 424.5 Female physician [healer]

FERRY    

A 672.1.1 Charon exacts fee to ferry souls across Styx
D 1524.7 Magic sod serves as boat.


FERRYMAN    

A 672.1 Ferryman on river in lower world (Charon)
F 93.0.1.1 Ferryman to lower world
N 862 (Tu) Ferryman as helper
P 413 Ferryman [fisherman]

FERTILITY    

A 431.1 Goddess of fertility
D 1563.0.1 Magic springs sterilizes or fertilizes earth
D 2157.1 Land made magically fertile
F 733 Fruitful island
F 933 Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs [fountains, wells]

FETISH    

D 859 Magic object obtained – miscellaneous means
D 1274 Magic fetish

FETTER    

N 211.1.2 Key (to fetters) found in fish
Q 434 Punishment: fettering
Q 501.4 Punishment of Prometheus
R 51 Mistreatment of prisoners
R 51.2 Prisoners confined in chains
S 148 Abandonment in bonds.
V 53.1 Prayer unfastens (boy’s) fetters.

FEUD    

N 387 Feud starts over trifle
P 201.1 Feud between two branches of family
P 550 Military affairs
P 550.1 (Li) Battle. War
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud]

FEUDALITY    

M 100.0.1 (Li) Oath of allegiance
P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry]
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals]
P 533 Feudal tribute

FEVER    

J 612.1 Flea and fever exchange night-lodgings
Z 112.1 Fever personified

FIANCE    

R 18 Abduction by rejected suitor
R 111.1.9 Princess rescued from undesired suitor
T 61 Betrothal
T 75.2.1 Rejected suitors’ revenge
T 92 Rivals in love
T 92.1 The triangle plot and its solutions

FIDELITY    

H 82.3.1 (Bm) Ring as parting token
H 82.3.2 (Bm) Ring as fidelity token
H 411 Magic object points out unchaste woman
H 421 Tests for true lover
H 467 Other tests of wife’s love or faithfulness
H 492 Test of faithfulness of husband and wife.
H 1550 Tests of character
H 1556 Tests of fidelity [loyalty]
H 1556.4 Fidelity in love tested
H 1556.4.1 Lover’s fidelity tested by going to bed with mistress and only kissing
M 131 Vow of chastity [fidelity]
M 149 Vows concerning sex – misc.
T 61.2 (Bm) Parting lovers pledge not to marry for seven years [swear faithfulness]
T 200 Married life
T 210.1 Faithful wife
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love]
Z 150 Other symbols

FIEF    

M 207 Land grants (bargains).
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals]
Q 72 Loyalty rewarded

FIELD    

B 292.9 Animal as farm laborer
H 1154.3.8 (Bm) Task: tame wild bulls and plow field with them
R 5 Capture on field of battle
S 139.2.2.11.2 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse: body of dead hero left in field for wild beasts to eat.

FIERY    

A 671.2.4.1 Sea of fire in hell
B 11.2.11 Fire-breathing dragon
B 15.4.2 Beasts with fiery eyes
B 19 Other mythical beasts
B 19.4.2 Fiery serpent
B 742 Animal breathes fire
E 421.3 Luminous [fiery] ghosts
F 401.7 Fire-breathing spirit
F 541.1 Flashing eyes
F 541.1.1 Eyes flash fire
F 574 Luminous [fiery] person
F 753 Mountain of fire
F 771.1.11 Castle of fire
F 833.4 Fiery sword
F 960 Extraordinary nature phenomena – elements and weather
F 962.2 Fire from heaven
G 363.1 Ogre with flaming mouth

FIFTEEN    

Z 71.16.11 Formulistic number: fifteen

FIGHT    

B 11.11 Fight with dragon
B 11.11.5 Dragon fight in order to free man.
B 11.11.6 Dragon fight in order to free lion
B 11.11.11 (Bm) Dragon fights lion [panther]
B 264 Single combat between animals
B 268 Animal soldiers [trained for combat or battle]
B 301.4.8 Faithful horse fights together with its master [saves master’s life]
B 571.3 Animals fight together with their master.
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 171.4 Fighting animals seen in otherworld.
F 176 Hero fights in otherworld and overcomes [is overcome by] king (queen) or fairy.
F 531.3 Gargantuan feats
F 531.5.11 Giant in contest [combat] with man
F 565 Women warriors or hunters
F 565.1 Amazons. Women warriors
F 610.0.1 Remarkably strong woman
F 614.10 Strong hero fights whole army alone
F 628 Strong man as mighty slayer
F 628.1.3 Strong man kills great serpent [dragon]
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
G 303.9.6.1 Devil fights with man
G 303.9.6.1.1 Devil is overcome by man in fight
H 151.10 Combat of unknown brothers [relatives, unrecognized friends] brings about recognition
H 331.2.1 Suitor contest: success in battle [single combat]
H 1150 Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying
H 1166 Task: duel.
H 1166.1 Task: wrestling etc. with giant warrior
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.]
H 1561.11 (Bm) Test of valor: one against five (many)
H 1561.13 (G) Test of valor: fight with ferocious animals
J 611 Wise man, before entering a quarrel, considers how it will end
L 325.1 (Bm) Victory over superior force: one against many
M 162 Vow not to be killed by [not to fight] a single opponent.
M 166 Other vows about fighting
N 731.2.2 Undesired combat [between sworn (blood) brothers (foster brothers)
N 733.1 Brothers unwittingly fight each other
P 12.5 Good king never retreats in battle
P 52 Knight jousts with all comers
P 59.5 (Bm) Knight fights naked (without armor) but for sword [spear]
P 63 (Bm) Lady in armor (and battle)
P 205 Refusal to fight relatives
P 251.5.3 Hostile [half-] brothers
P 550 Military affairs
P 550.1 (Li) Battle. War
P 552 Battle formations
P 552.1 Battle-pen. Warriors fight in circle around leader
P 561 Tournaments
T 243 Fight between husband and lover for kingdom and wife
V 230.3 Angel and mortal struggle
W 32 Bravery
W 34.2 Loyal friends refuse to fight against disgraced comrade
W 212 Eagerness for combat

FIGHTER    

D 1975 Dragon fighter’s magic sleep: while waiting for the fight with dragon hero falls into magic sleep
F 628.1 Strong man kills many men
F 628.2 Strong man kills men
F 667 Skillful fencer (swordsman)
L 311 Weak (small) [young] hero overcomes large fighter
P 205 Refusal to fight relatives

FIGURE    

D 1266.2 Magic picture.
F 827 Extraordinary ornaments
H 30 Recognition through personal peculiarities
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms
T 563.3 Child born with figure of serpent [lion] on his body
Z 150 Other symbols

FINDING    

D 840 Magic object found
F 150.1 Way to otherworld hard to find.
H 355 Suitor test: finding an extraordinary object
H 1199 Other tasks
H 1332 Quest for marvelous parts or possessions of animals.
M 151.2.2 (Bm) Vow not to return to court [not to sleep two nights in the same place] until missing knight is found
M 183.3 Vow to find Holy Grail before returning to Round Table.
N 200 The good gifts of fortune

FINE    

P 531 Taxation and payment of fines and tribute

FINGER    

C 542.1 Tabu – contact with things on journey to hell
C 948 Mutilation as punishment for breaking tabu
D 2161.3.2 Magic restoration of severed hand
F 515 Person unusual as to his hands
F 515.1 Person with unusual fingers
F 515.2.2 Person with very long [and sharp] fingernails
F 531.1.6.1 Giant [wild woman] with nails like claws
K 1512.1 Cut-off finger proves wife’s chastity, A chaste wife substitutes a maidservant for seducer, A finger and ring are cut off as proof of wife’s unfaithfulness (chastity wager with husband), Refuted by husband who knows they are not his wife’s
K 2112.1.1 Finger as false token of wife’s unfaithfulness. She has substituted a maid and the gallant has cut off the maid’s finger
S 160.1 Self-mutilation
S 161.1 Mutilation: cutting off fingers
T 26.1 Finger cut because of absorption in the charms of beloved

FINGERNAIL    

F 515.2.2 Person with very long [and sharp] fingernails
F 531.1.6.1 Giant [wild woman] with nails like claws
F 552.1.3 Extraordinary fingernails
M 121 Vow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time

FIRE    

A 671.2.2.3 Rivers of fire [sulphur] in hell
A 671.2.4 The fires of hell
A 1002 Doomsday. Catastrophes precede the Day of Judgment.
A 1002.2 Signs before the Day of Judgment.
A 1031.6 Miscellaneous reasons for world-fire
B 11.2.11 Fire-breathing dragon
B 99.1 Mythical salamander
B 742 Animal breathes fire
B 742.2 Birds spit [drop] fire
B 745.1 (Bm) Crabs, invulnerable to swords, routed by fire
B 768.2 Salamander subsists on fire
C 927 Burning as punishment for breaking tabu
D 882 Extraordinary fire
D 1271 Magic fire
D 1313.16 Magic pillar of fire indicates direction.
D 1380.1 Waberlohe. Magic fire surrounds and protects
D 1382 Magic object protects against cold or burning
D 1382.4.1 (Bm) Ointment protects against fire
D 1382.5 Magic fire does not burn one
D 1566.1 Magic object sets things afire.
D 1566.2 Magic object quenches fire
D 1566.2.6 Salamander’s blood quenches fire.
D 1672 Unquenchable fire
D 1812.5.0.3 Behavior of fire as omen
D 1841.3 Burning magically evaded
D 1841.3.2 Fire does not injure a saint
D 2158 Magic control of fires
E 421.3 Luminous [fiery] ghosts
F 142 River of fire as barrier to otherworld
F 165.7 Fire in otherworld dwelling
F 171.6 Mysterious punishments in otherworld
F 401.7 Fire-breathing spirit
F 541.1.1 Eyes flash fire
F 715.6 River that burns like fire
F 753 Mountain of fire
F 771.1.11 Castle of fire
F 812.8 Wood which cannot be consumed by fire
F 833.4.1 Sword shines as fire or as the sun
F 882 Extraordinary fire
F 960.3 Extraordinary nature phenomena during furious battle
F 962.2 Fire from heaven
F 964 Extraordinary behavior of fire
F 964.3.2 Extraordinary blood catches fire
F 964.3.3 Extraordinary corpse burns of its own accord.
F 964.4 Blazing stick continues to burn even in water
F 1041.16.1 Man spits fire when enraged
G 303.4.8.2.1 Devil holds fire in his hands
G 303.6.3 Natural phenomena accompanying the devil’s appearance
G 303.17.2.5 Devil retreats into hell amid thunder and lightning
K 925 Victim pushed into fire
K 955 Murder by burning
P 552.4 War-machines
Q 552.13 Fire from heaven as punishment
Q 552.13.1 Death by fire from heaven as punishment

FIRE-BREATHING    

B 11.2.11 Fire-breathing dragon
B 742 Animal breathes fire
F 401.7 Fire-breathing spirit
H 1161.7 (Bm) Task: slay fire-breathing dragon

FIRE-PROOF    

D 1123 Magic ship
D 1656 Incombustible objects
F 841 Extraordinary boat (ship)

FIRST    

T 15 Love at first sight

FISH    

B 11.2.1.3 Dragon as modified fish
B 16.5.1.2 Devastating (man-eating) sea-monster (serpent)
B 175 Magic fish
B 292.9 Animal as farm laborer
B 551.1 Fish carries man across water
B 557 Unusual animal as riding horse
B 579 Animals serve men otherwise
B 874 Giant fish
D 1013 Magic bone of animal
F 420.1.4.2 Water-spirits have body covered with fish scales
F 518 Persons with tails
F 526 Person with compound body
F 911.4 Jonah. Fish (or water monster) swallows a man
N 211.1.2 Key (to fetters) found in fish

FISHERMAN    

K 1812.4 Incognito king is given hospitality by fisherman. Rewards him with a city
N 858 (Bm) Fisherman as helper
P 271.2 Fisherman as foster father
P 411 Peasant
P 413 Ferryman [fisherman]
R 131.4 Fisher rescues abandoned child

FISHING    

K 1968 Sham prowess in hunting (fishing)
V 229.17 Saints blessing causes a river to be best place for fishing
X 1156 Lie: other unusual methods of catching fish

FISH-MAN    

B 53.4.1 (Bm) Sirens’ irresistible [beautiful] song
B 80 Fish-men
F 420.1.1.3 Water-spirit as small gray man

FISH-SKIN    

D 1025.2 Magic fish-skin [Mermaid’s magic skin].
D 1101 Magic [part of] armor
D 1344.9 Magic garment renders invulnerable.
D 1381.3.2 Magic unpierceable (horn) skin protects against attack
D 1381.3.3 A protective garment which spears could not penetrate
D 1381.10 Magic [part of] armor protects from attack
D 1840.3 Magic invulnerability of ogres.

FITTING    

Q 580 Punishment fitted to crime.
Q 589 Punishment fitted to crime – miscellaneous

FIVE    

T 61.5.2 Children ten [five] and twelve [five] years old betroth themselves
Z 71.3 Formulistic number: five
Z 71.3.2 Five wounds of Christ

FLAME    

D 1271 Magic fire
F 882 Extraordinary fire
F 1061 Flame as miraculous index
G 363.1 Ogre with flaming mouth

FLANKS    

B 15.7.10 Animal unusual as to skin
B 731.2.1 Horse with crimson mane and green legs [Polychromatic horse]

FLASHING    

F 511.1 Person unusual as to his face
F 512 Person unusual as to his eyes
F 541.1 Flashing eyes
F 541.1.1 Eyes flash fire

FLAT-FOOTED    

F 551.5 Single [Broad] footed people lie on their backs and shade themselves from sun with their soles

FLATTERY    

J 267 Choice between flattering lies and unflattering truths

FLAYING    

K 1941 Disguised flayer
Q 457 Flaying alive as punishment
S 114 Murder by flaying
S 166.1 Mutilation: beard torn off with the skin (and cheeks)

FLEA    

J 612.1 Flea and fever exchange night-lodgings

FLEECE    

B 101.3 Ram with golden fleece
H 1332.1 Quest for golden fleece


FLEET    

D 2151.1 Magic control of seas
F 873.1.2 (Tu) Enormous fleet
F 873.2 Enormous army (camp)[train]
P 551 Army

FLESH    

F 561 People of unusual diet
F 561.1 People who prefer raw flesh
F 989.22 Animals eat extraordinary food
G 351 Domestic beast as ogre
K 961.2 Flesh (vital organs) of certain person alleged to be only cure for disease

FLIGHT    

B 147.2 Birds furnish omens
D 1812.0.1.3 (Bm) Magician flees when he foresees his own doom
D 1812.5.0.2 Omens from flight of birds
F 531.6.12.7 Giants driven away by men
K 2351.3 Mice and hogs let loose put elephant cavalry to flight
M 161 Vow never to flee in fear of death
R 210 Escapes
R 220 Flights
R 224 Girl flees to escape incestuous brother [father]
R 227.2 Flight from hated husband
R 242 Flight carrying friend (girl) on back [having father carried]
R 244 Ships burned to prevent flight
R 260 Pursuits
T 311.1 Flight of maiden (bridegroom) to escape marriage
W 32.2 (Bm) Refusal to flee from danger

FLOATING    

F 1083.0.1 Object floats in the air
H 135.0.1 (Bm) Love messages on slips of wood sent downstream.

FLOCK    

B 878.1 Giant flock of birds
F 989.16 Extraordinary swarms of birds


FLOGGING    

Q 458 Flogging as punishment
Q 458.0.1 Flogging as punishment for adultery
Q 458.0.6 Flogging as punishment for desire to commit adultery
Q 458.0.2 Flogging as punishment for disobedience to rulers
S 186 Torturing by beating

FLOOD    

A 1018 Flood as punishment
A 1021 Deluge: escape in boat (ark)
D 915.6 Magic flood
D 1380.0.1 Magic object protects a city [land]
D 2091.7.1 River magically caused to rise against enemy
D 2151.2 Magic control of rivers.
F 932.8 River rises and overflows
F 934 Extraordinary occurrences connected with lakes
J 832 Reeds bend before wind (flood)

FLOUR    

J 1146 Detection by strewing ashes (sand) [flour]: lover leaves footprint.

FLOWER    

A 434 Goddess (god) of flowers
C 515 Tabu- touching (plucking) flowers
D 975 Magic flower
D 1338.2 Rejuvenation by plant.
D 1364.3 Flowers cause magic sleep.
D 1380.2 Tree (plant) protects
D 1889.4 Rejuvenation by smelling apple [flower]
E 761.3 Life token: tree (flower) fades
F 811.17 Tree with extraordinary buds.
F 814 Extraordinary flower
H 355.4 Suitor test: obtaining flowers [twig]
T 543.2 Birth from flower

FLOWING    

D 2151.2.1 Direction of river’s flow magically reversed
F 715 Extraordinary river
F 932.6 River ceases to flow.
F 932.6.3 In dead of night waters of stream cease flowing [freeze] and stand perfectly still
F 1084.1 Deep streams of blood flow during battle

FLUID    

D 1242 Magic fluid.

FLY    

B 15 Animals with unusual limbs or members
B 16.6 Devastating insects
B 873 Giant insects
J 280 Quality preferred to quantity
J 974 Kid perched on house jeers at wolf [horse-fly molests busy mule]
J 2102.3 Bald man aims at fly: hurts his head

FLYING    

B 11.4.1 Flying dragon
B 11.6.8 Dragon flies to its nest with human being
B 11.6.8.1 Dragon flies away with lion
D 1531 Magic object gives power of flying
D 2135.0.3 Magic ability to fly
F 253 Extraordinary powers of fairies

FOG    

D 2143.3 Fog produced by magic
D 2163.4 Magic mist as defense in battle
F 141.2 Mist as barrier to otherworld.
F 962 Extraordinary precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
F 962.10 Extraordinary mist (darkness)

FOLIATION    

F 162.3.3 Tree in otherworld in perpetual fruit [foliation].
F 811 Extraordinary tree

FOLLY    

P 236.1 Folly of father’s giving all property to children before his death

FOOD    

B 325.1 Animal bribed with food
B 531 Animals provide food for men
B 768 Fancied nourishment of animals
D 1030 Magic food
D 1031.0.1 Manna. Food from skies in basket each morning
D 1030.1 Food supplied by magic
D 1031.1 Magic bread.
D 1335.1 Magic strength-giving food
D 1349.1.6 Tiny amount of food magically satisfies.
D 1472 Food and drink from magic object [Grail]
D 1472.1.2 Stone provides food.
D 1472.1.14.1 Magic food-providing cup [Grail]
D 1652.1 Inexhaustible food
D 2105 Provisions magically furnished
F 166.11 Abundant food in otherworld
F 183 Foods in otherworld
F 183.1 Automatic service in otherworld: any sort of food desired furnished
F 451.5.1.7 Dwarfs serve mortals
F 708 Countries with one conspicuous lack
F 715.2 River of extraordinary fluid
F 811.5 Food-producing trees
F 851 Extraordinary food
F 989.22 Animals eat extraordinary food
J 1089 (Bm) Courteous knight obtains food rude knight was denied
J 1344 Unwelcome guest tells about the hidden food – Having seen his hostess hide it, he tells about it the form of a tale
J 2173 Short-sighted fool loses his food
K 491.3 (Tu) Trickster performs task: teaching a donkey to read, He puts food for the ass between the leaves of the book and says that the donkey is yet able to turn the leaves
K 1549.8 Woman cooks food for paramour
K 1550.3 Adulteress detected by food she prepares for paramour
K 1571 Trickster discovers adultery: food goes to husband instead of paramour
P 324.1 Host treats guest with food and everything possible
P 324.2 Guests fed before being questioned
P 634.0.1 Customs connected with eating and food
Q 32 Reward for offering food to crucifix (Madonna) [for taking care of Madonna]
T 24.6 Lover refuses food and drink
T 571 Unreasonable demands of pregnant women
V 232.3 Angels supply food to mortal
V 224.2 Food (animals) eaten by saint [pious man] magically replaced
W 181.4 Jealous fox betrays wolf to peasant and then appropriates wolf’s cave and food

FOOL    

J 445.2 Foolish marriage of old man and young girl
J 684.2 Foolishness of taking on too strong a partner
J 815 Unpleasant truths must be withheld from the great
J 1700 Fools
J 2071 Three foolish wishes. Three wishes will be granted: used up foolishly
J 2080 Foolish bargains
J 2417 Foolish imitation of leader
J 2450 Literal fool.
J 2500 Foolish extremes
J 2600 Cowardly fool
K 1545 Wives wager as to who can best fool her husband
K 1818.3.2 Lover approaches mistress disguised as fool
M 301.9.1 Fool (entertainer) as prophet.
P 192 Madmen (fools, professional fools)
P 192.1 Professional fool
Z 253 Fool as hero

FOOT    

F 517.1 Person unusual as to his feet
F 517.1.1.1 Person with one foot
F 551.5 Single [Broad] footed people lie on their backs and shade themselves from sun with their soles

FOOTPRINT    

J 1146 Detection by strewing ashes (sand) [flour]: lover leaves footprint.

FORCE    

H 175 Recognition by “force” of nature. Unknown member of family immediately and magically recognized
H 1561.11 (Bm) Test of valor: one against five (many)
J 830 Adaptability (to overpowering force)
K 1933 Impostor forces oath of secrecy
L 325 (Bm) Victory over superior force
L 325.1 (Bm) Victory over superior force: one against many
L 325.4 (Bm) Victory over superior force: victory over devils
N 67 Wager: woman can be forced to give alms. Trickster announces that only those who have deceived their husband are exempt
R 74 Defeated warriors [adversaries] go into [are forced to join] the conqueror’s service
T 192 Marriage by force.
V 332 Baptism of heathen

FORD    

C 260 Tabu: drinking at certain place
F 151.1.4 Perilous ford on way to otherworld.
F 756.5.2 Perilous glen [narrow passage]
H 1561.2.3 Combats at fords

FOREHEAD    

B 722 Magic stone in animal’s head.
F 512.1.1 Person with one eye in center of forehead
F 531.1.1.1 Giant with one eye in middle of forehead [Cyclops]
F 545.2.2 Horns on forehead
T 563 Birthmarks

FOREIGN    

D 1815 Magic knowledge of strange tongues [language]
F 695.3.1 Miraculous ability to learn to read and to write foreign language in short time
H 502 Test of learning
P 711.8 Aversion to burial in foreign soil
Q 431 Punishment: banishment (exile)
T 104 Foreign king wages war to enforce demand for princess in marriage

FOREST    

A 151.7 Deity [God] lives in the forest
B 845 Wild animals herded
D 941 Magic forest
D 941.1 Forest produced by magic
F 151.1.3 Perilous forest.
F 162.1.3 Trees bloom, others bear concurrently in otherworld garden.
F 216 Fairies [elves] live in forest
F 451.4.1.11 Dwarfs live in hills and mountains
F 531.6.2.7 Giants in wild forests
F 812 Extraordinary forest
F 812.3 Forest of dangers (wonders)
K 2364.1 Enemies defeated by setting forest afire
M 371.0.1 Abandonment in forest to avoid fulfillment of prophecy
R 312 Forest as refuge
R 312.1 Forest as refuge for eloping lovers
S 143 Abandonment in forest
S 301 Children abandoned (exposed)
T 93.1 Disappointed lover becomes wild man in the woods.
T 581.1 Birth of child in forest
V 114 Sacred groves

FORESTER    

H 1232.1 Directions on quest given by herdsmen (peasants) [knight, warrior]
N 856 Helpful forester

FORETHOUGHT    

J 580 Wisdom of caution
J 610 Forethought in conflict with others – general
J 620 Forethought in prevention of others’ plans
J 670 Forethought in defences against others
J 689 Forethought in alliances – miscellaneous
J 740 Forethought in provision for shelter
J 755 All aspects of a plan must be foreseen

FORGE    

A 677.1 Smith of hell
Q 560 Punishments in hell

FORGETFULNESS    

D 1365 Object causes magic forgetfulness
D 1365.2 Drink causes magic forgetfulness.
D 1819.7 Man is able to tell king dream which king himself does not remember
D 2000 Magic forgetfulness
D 2004.3.1 Forgetfulness by drinking
J 2010 Uncertainty about own identity.

FORGIVENESS    

Q 116 Favorable decree as reward
Q 171.1 Forgiveness of sin for acts of charity.
T 99.4 (Bm) Defeated warring suitor at lady’s mercy is forgiven
T 412.1 Mother guilty of incest with son forgiven by Pope (Virgin Mary)
V 21 Confession brings forgiveness of sin
V 441 Forgiveness
W 11 Generosity

FORMATION    

P 550 Military affairs
P 552 Battle formations
P 552.1 Battle-pen. Warriors fight in circle around leader

FORMULA    

D 1273 Magic formula (charm)
Z 10.2 End formulas.
Z 65 Color formulas
Z 65.1 Red as blood, white as snow
Z 71.1.1 Formula: three days and three nights
Z 72 Formulas based on the year

FORMULISTIC NUMBER    

Z 71 Formulistic numbers
Z 71.1 Formulistic number: three
Z 71.2 Formulistic number: four
Z 71.3 Formulistic number: five
Z 71.4 Formulistic number: six
Z 71.5 Formulistic number: seven
Z 71.6 Formulistic number: nine.
Z 71.8 Formulistic number: twelve
Z 71.8.6 Formulistic number: twenty-four
Z 71.11 Formulistic number: thirty
Z 71.12 Formulistic number: forty [Forty days’ limit]
Z 71.14 Formulistic number: seventy-two
Z 71.16 Formulistic numbers – miscellaneous
Z 71.16.1 Formulistic number- eight
Z 71.16.2 Formulistic number: ten
Z 71.16.11 Formulistic number: fifteen
Z 71.16.12 Formulistic number- seventeen

FORTHPUTTING    

T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman

FORTUNE    

D 1561.1.2 Magic ring brings good luck.
M 340.6 Prophecy of great misfortune
N 111 Fortuna
N 111.3 Fortune’s wheel.
N 170 The capriciousness of luck
N 200 The good gifts of fortune
Z 134 Fortune personified
Z 163 (Hi) Wheel symbol of world’s way

FORTY    

Z 71.12 Formulistic number: forty [Forty days’ limit]

FOSTER    

F 311.3 Fairy foster-mother.
H 1385.16 (Bm) Quest for abducted [lost] foster son.
K 2215 (Bm) Treacherous stepmother [foster mother]
N 731.2.2 Undesired combat [between sworn (blood) brothers (foster brothers)
N 839.1.1 (Bm) Faithful steward [marshal] as foster father
P 270 Foster relatives
P 270.2 Peasant and his wife as foster parents of exposed king’s son
P 270.4 (Bm) Hero raised by foster parents
P 271 Foster father
P 271.2 Fisherman as foster father
P 271.5 Foster father as constant helper
P 272 Foster mother
P 272.2 Foster mother as helper
P 273 Foster brother.
P 274 Foster sister
P 274.1 Love between foster sister and foster brother
P 275 Foster son
P 293.1 Mother’s brother as foster father
P 319 Deeds of friendship – miscellaneous
S 30 Cruel step- and foster relatives
S 322.4.2 Evil stepmother [foster mother] orders stepdaughter [foster daughter] to be killed

FOUNDING    

V 111 Churches
V 111.5 (Bm) Church [cloister] built in hero’s [fallen warriors’] honor
V 118 Monasteries [cloisters, abbeys, nunneries]
V 118.4 (Bm) Abbey and convent founded (given) in penitence
V 210 Religious founders
Z 703 (Bm) Eponymous account of city’s founding

FOUNDLING    

L 111.2 Foundling hero
S 301 Children abandoned (exposed)
S 334 Tokens of royalty (nobility) left with exposed child
S 335 Child exposed at palace gate
S 354 Exposed infant (child) reared at strange king’s court [at shepherd’s place]
T 621 Orphan [foundling] inquires about parents

FOUNTAIN    

B 11.7.2 Dragon guards lake [fountain].
D 925 Magic fountain
D 926 Magic well
D 926.3 (Bm) Knight guards magic well [body of water]
D 927.2 Magic spring [fountain] guarded by demons (monsters) [dragon].
D 1300 Magic object gives supernatural wisdom
D 1338.1.1 Fountain of youth
D 1346.2 Fountain of immortality
D 1500.1.1 Magic healing fountain
D 1541.1.3 Magic fountain causes storm (rain).
D 2061.1.3 Poisoning by magic
F 162.8 Magic fountain in otherworld.
F 162.8.2 Fountains in otherworld – one or more streams flow into each, one or more out
F 716 Extraordinary fountain
F 716.3 Fountain hot or cold as desired
F 717.2 Poison pool
F 933 Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs [fountains, wells]
H 411.11 Magic spring as chastity test
H 411.11.2 Fountains as chastity test
H 1321 Quest for marvelous water [fountain]
K 2369.17 Poisoned food sent to enemy camp [fountain poisoned]
N 715.1 Hero finds maiden at fountain, well, river
T 35.1 Fountain as lovers’ rendezvous.
V 1.6.2 Worship of water

FOUR    

B 15.1.2.3 Four headed animal
F 162.2.1 The four rivers of paradise
F 610.4.1 Man with four men’s strength.
Z 71.2 Formulistic number: four
Z 71.2.1 Formula: north, south, east, west. (The cardinal directions)
Z 71.2.2 The four elements
Z 71.12 Formulistic number: forty [Forty days’ limit]

FOX    

B 16.2.1 Devastating fox
J 644.1 Fox sees all tracks going into lion’s den but none coming out
J 871 The fox and the sour grapes
J 1565.1 Fox and crane [stork] invite each other
K 815.1 Fox persuades cock [bird] to come down and talk to him
K 2061.4 Wolf [lion, fox] tries to entice goat [pigeon] down from high place [out of stable]
L 315.3 Fox burns tree in which eagle has nest
W 181.4 Jealous fox betrays wolf to peasant and then appropriates wolf’s cave and food

FRAGRANCE    

B 739 Fanciful color, smell etc. of animals – miscellaneous
D 975.2 Magic rose
D 1359.3 Magic object causes joy
D 1472.1.14.1 Magic food-providing cup [Grail]
E 821 Sweet smell from corpse
F 169.9 Pleasant fragrance in otherworld
F 814 Extraordinary flower
V 150 Sacred objects – miscellaneous

FRATRICIDE    

Q 211.9 Fratricide punished.
S 73.1 Fratricide

FREEDOM    

B 11.11.5 Dragon fight in order to free man.
H 1385.0.1 Unspelling quest: journey to disenchant (free) captives.
J 211 Choice: free poverty or enslaved wealth
L 451.3 Wolf prefers liberty and hunger to dog’s servitude and plenty
Q 121 Freedom as reward

FREEZING    

F 715 Extraordinary river
F 932.6.3 In dead of night waters of stream cease flowing [freeze] and stand perfectly still


FRIDAY    

N 127.4 Friday as auspicious [fateful] day

FRIENDSHIP    

A 185.6 Deity particular friend to one mortal
E 300 Friendly return from the dead
E 390 Friendly return from the dead – miscellaneous
F 531.5.1 Giant friendly to man
F 577.1 Friends identical in appearance
F 1041.21.4 Man cries at hearing of friend’s death
H 151.10 Combat of unknown brothers [relatives, unrecognized friends] brings about recognition
H 218.1 Judicial combat interrupted by friends of loser
H 218.1.1 (G) Single combat, joust interrupted by friends of combatants
H 1558 Tests of friendship
H 1558.0.1.1 Apple test of worthiness for friendship. Father gives son three apples to offer to those he meets. If the man eats all, avoid him; if he divides, make friends with him.
H 1558.7 Test of friendship: the power of money. Spendthrift loses friends in poverty
K 1084.2 Liar brings enmity between friends
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks
K 2010.2 Friendship feigned to avenge murder
K 2131 Trickster makes (two) friends each suspicious of the other’s intentions
K 2297 Treacherous friend
M 151.9 Vow not to see friends until quest is completed
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die)
M 246 Covenant of friendship
M 246.1 Covenant of friendship between animals
N 767.1 (Bm) Unwitting combat between friends. [Unwitting attack on friend]
N 769 Accidental meeting of friends
P 310 Friendship
P 310.1 Friends want to divide good and evil
P 310.2 Friends avenge each other
P 310.5 Defeated enemy turns true friend
P 310.8 Friendship possible only between equals
P 311 Sworn brethren
P 311.1 Combatants become sworn brethren
P 311.5 Covenant of friendship
P 314 Combat of disguised [unrecognized] friends. [Unwitting attack on friend]
P 315 Friends offer to die for each other
P 317.1 Refusal to believe that friend will harm one
P 318 Man refuses to follow his friend in wicked conduct
P 319 Deeds of friendship – miscellaneous
P 319.7 Friendship without refusal
R 74.1 Defeated enemy turns conqueror’s best friend
R 169.5 Hero rescued by friend
W 11.5.16 (Bm) Enemy spared who was father’s friend
W 34.2 Loyal friends refuse to fight against disgraced comrade

FRIGHT    

F 1041.16.6 Extraordinary physical reactions of angry warriors in battle
F 1041.17.2 (Bm) Swoon from fear
H 1410 Fear test: staying in frightful place
J 1563.5 Guests frightened away by housewife.
K 1213.1.1 Adulteress frightens paramour with cries of “Rape”- Then she removes her husband’s suspicion by feigning a fit. Later the paramour tricks her to his room and shows her naked except her face to her husband
K 2320 Deception by frightening
N 384 Death from fright

FROG    

A 2434.2.3 Why there are no snakes in Ireland
B 245.1 King of frogs
J 643.1 Frogs demand a live king
J 955.1 Frog tries in vain to be as big as ox
J 1062.1 Frog as [beauty] doctor unable to cure his own ugliness [to cure himself]

FROST    

A 787 Relation of the planets to human life.
F 962 Extraordinary precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)

FRUIT    

C 510 Tabu: touching tree (plant)
C 621.2 Tabu – touching fruit
D 981 Magic fruit.
D 1500.1.5 Magic healing fruit.
D 1665.3 Fruit has any taste desired.
F 162.3.3 Tree in otherworld in perpetual fruit [foliation].
F 733 Fruitful island
F 811 Extraordinary tree
F 811.7 Trees with extraordinary fruit
F 811.7.2 Tree bearing unwonted fruit (flowers)
F 811.13 Tree blooms and grows ripe fruit nightly [daily]
F 813 Extraordinary fruits.
H 1333.3 Quest for extraordinary fruit

FUGITIVE    

M 314.4 Prophecy of future empire for fugitive hero
R 350 Recapture of fugitive
K 646 Fugitive’s confederate misdirects pursuer

FULFILLMENT    

F 341 Fairies give fulfillment of wishes
H 1229.1 Quest undertaken by hero to fulfill promises.
M 202 Fulfilling of bargain or promise
M 202.0.1 Bargain or promise to be fulfilled at all hazards
M 205.0.1 Promise kept [oath fulfilled] in deed, not in spirit
M 370 Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy
M 370.1 Prophecy of death fulfilled
M 371.0.1 Abandonment in forest to avoid fulfillment of prophecy
M 391 Fulfillment of prophecy
M 391.1 Fulfillment of prophecy successfully avoided
N 323 Parricide prophecy unwittingly fulfilled

FUNERAL    

E 412.3 Dead without proper funeral rites cannot rest
F 882.1 Extraordinary funeral pyre
T 211.9.1 Wife dies of grief for death of husband
V 40 Mass
V 60 Funeral rites
V 65.5 Funeral games
V 66 Funeral sermon [speech]
V 69 Funeral rites – miscellaneous

FUR    

B 15.7.10 Animal unusual as to skin
B 731.2.1 Horse with crimson mane and green legs [Polychromatic horse]
F 521.1 Man covered with hair like animal
F 555 Remarkable hair

FURIOUS    

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 1084 Furious battle [fight]
F 1084.1.1 (Tu) Heaps of corpses after furious battle

FURIOUS    

F 1084 Furious battle [fight]

FURNISHING    

D 1472 Food and drink from magic object [Grail]
F 183.1 Automatic service in otherworld: any sort of food desired furnished
F 789 Extraordinary buildings and furnishings – miscellaneous

FUTURE    

A 693 Intermediate future world. Residence for those whose good and evil deeds exactly counterbalance.
D 1316.5.1 Voice comes forth from tree, revealing truth [future]
D 1810.0.2 Magic knowledge of magician
D 1810.8 Magic knowledge from dream
D 1812.3 Means of learning future
D 1812.3.3 Future revealed in dream
D 1812.3.3.9 Future husband (wife) revealed in dream
D 1812.3.4 (Bm) Future revealed by speaking tree
D 1812.4 Future revealed by presentiment: “knowledge within”
D 1812.5 Future learned through omens
F 1099.8 Man meets (sees) his future descendants
M 301.14 (Summoned) Dead prophesies
M 302.3 Descent into hell [lower world] to learn future
M 302.4 Horoscope taken by means of stars
M 302.4.2 (Bm) Future read in stars
M 310.1 Prophecy: future greatness and fame
M 311 Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child
M 312 Prophecy of future greatness for youth.
M 314.4 Prophecy of future empire for fugitive hero
M 369.2 Prophecies concerning love and marriage
M 369.5 Prophecies concerning invasion and conquest