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D 1339.1 Automata as door-keepers
F 150.2.4 (Li) Extraordinary porter at entrance to otherworld castle
F 771.5 Extraordinary guard for castle (land)
F 818.2 Five demons [twelve knights] keepers of marvelous garden and palace
K 2244 Treacherous (hostile) porter
R 211.8 Rescue from prison by beheading giant keeper

D 1176 Magic key
D 1552.12 Magic key opens treasure mountain
F 886 Extraordinary key
K 1349.5 Access for seduction gained by removing locks [wax-imprints of keys]
N 211.1.2 Key (to fetters) found in fish

K 1121 Wolf (lion) approaches too near to horse: kicked in face

J 144 Well-trained kid does not open to wolf
J 974 Kid perched on house jeers at wolf [horse-fly molests busy mule]
K 2061.4 Wolf [lion, fox] tries to entice goat [pigeon] down from high place [out of stable]

B 11.2.11.2 Breath of Dragon kills man [venomous fiery and fetid breath of dragon]
B 11.12.1 Dragon cannot be killed with weapons
B 12.3 Basilisk killed by seeing own image
B 16.2.5 Devastating bear killed
B 81.2.2 Mermaids tear their mortal lovers to pieces [kill their mortal lovers]
B 192 Magic animal killed
B 331 Helpful animal killed through misunderstanding
B 751.2 Pelican kills young and revives them with own blood [kills self to give blood to his young].
C 841.2 Tabu: hunting [killing] birds
D 1402 Magic object kills.
D 1402.19 Magic statue kills
D 1445 Magic object kills animal
D 1445.1 Revelation of magic secret permits animal to be killed
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]
F 531.5.7.0.2 Giant demands girl but is killed in duel about her
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man
F 628 Strong man as mighty slayer
F 628.1 Strong man kills many men
F 628.1.1 Strong man kills lion with own hands
F 628.1.3 Strong man kills great serpent [dragon]
F 628.2 Strong man kills men
F 628.2.1 Strong man kills many men at once
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant
F 639.4 Strong man overcomes giant
F 911 Person (animal) swallowed without killing
F 912.2 Victim kills swallower from within by cutting
F 1041.1 Extraordinary death
F 1041.21.8 (Bm) Suicide from grief
G 510.4 Hero overcomes devastating animal
G 512 Ogre killed
G 512.1 Ogre killed with knife (sword)
H 106.2 Severed head as proof of killing
H 335.3 Suitor task: killing ferocious animal
H 335.4.1 Suitor task: to bring enemy’s head
H 335.4.4 Suitor task: to kill (defeat) unwelcome suitor.
H 1161 Task: killing ferocious beast.
H 1174.2 Task: overcoming dragon
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.]
J 216 Choice of deaths
K 800 Killing or maiming by deception
K 811 Victim lured into house and killed
K 834 Victim killed while asleep in killer’s house
K 929 Murder by strategy – miscellaneous
K 929.7 Men deceived into killing each other [Liar destroys friendship to kill former friends]
K 940 Deception into killing own family
K 959.2.2 Heroes dislike to kill sleeping people
K 1551.1 Husband returns secretly and kills unwelcome suitor
K 1626 Would-be killers killed
K 1843.0.1 (Bm) Substituted bride to be slain to dispose of witness.
K 2116.5 Warrior falsely accused of having killed his sleeping adversary
K 2357.7.1 (Bm) Disguise as enemy to approach (and slay) enemy king
K 2369 Military strategy – miscellaneous
L 311 Weak (small) [young] hero overcomes large fighter
N 320 Person unwittingly killed
N 330 Accidental killing or death
N 339 Accidental death – miscellaneous
N 361 Sacred animal unwittingly killed
P 16.0.1 (Bm) Regicide
P 475.2 Robbers defeated and killed
Q 211.6 Killing an animal revenged
Q 211.9.2 Punishment for killing foster brother
Q 411.0.1.2 Man (fairy) kills wife’s lover
Q 411.0.2 Husband kills wife and paramour
Q 413.4 Hanging as punishment for murder
Q 451.7.4 Blinding as punishment for murder
R 51.4 Prisoner[s] [hostages, messengers] massacred [killed]
S 11.4.1 (Jealous) father vows to kill [kills] daughter’s suitors
S 11.4.4 Cruel father seeks to kill infant son
S 22 Parricide
S 73.1 Fratricide
S 110.10 (Bm) City and inhabitants willfully destroyed
S 111 Murder by poisoning
S 139 Miscellaneous cruel murders
S 322.4.2 Evil stepmother [foster mother] orders stepdaughter [foster daughter] to be killed
S 324 Pregnant woman ordered by husband to kill child to be born
T 81.2.1 Scorned lover kills self
T 81.2.1.1 Scorned lover (woman) threatens to kill self
T 92.10 Rival in love killed
T 93.3 Disappointed lover kills [attempts to kill] self
T 93.6 (Bm) Unwanted suitor slain.
T 104.3 (Bm) Giant tortures [kills] man’s sons to win his daughter.
T 322.2 Princess [queen] threatens to kill amorous king [governor]
Z 312 Unique deadly weapon

F 420.5.1 Kind water-spirits
Q 40 Kindness rewarded
W 10 Kindness

A 546 Culture hero establishes social system
A 570 Culture hero [King Arthur] still lives
A 571.1 Culture hero still alive in hollow hill
A 580 Culture hero’s (divinity’s) [king’s] expected return
A 1653.1 Origin of kings (from Gods)
B 236 Animal parliament elects king
B 240 King of animals
B 240.3 Wild man as king of animals.
B 241 King of beasts (quadrupeds)
B 241.2.2 King of monkeys
B 245.1 King of frogs
B 246.1 King of ants
D 926.3 (Bm) Knight guards magic well [body of water]
D 1819.7 Man is able to tell king dream which king himself does not remember
D 1960.2 Kyffhäuser. King asleep in mountain
E 366.4 (Bm) Revenant in dream advises king
E 481.9 King of world of the dead
F 167.12 King of otherworld
F 184 Otherworld king
F 184.1 Wounded otherworld king (in Ireland).
F 451.2.7.7 Dwarf king wears costly crown
F 451.4.5.1 Dwarfs are ruled by a king
F 531.6.8.5.1 Giants have king, queen
F 535 Remarkably small man (Pygmie)
F 960.1.1 Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of royalty
F 960.1.1.1 Thunder report at birth of king
H 41 Recognition of royalty [nobility] by personal characteristics or traits
H 41.7 Task: to ride horse whereby one becomes king
H 71.10 Marvel as sign of royalty
H 171.3 Horse indicates election of emperor
H 217.1 Decision of victory by single combat between army leaders
H 540.3 King propounds riddles
H 914 Task assigned because of mother ‘s [king’s] foolish boasting
H 921 King (father) assigns tasks (to his unknown son)
H 921.1 Tasks set by king to sons to determine heir to kingdom
H 1210.2 Quest assigned by king
H 1224 Quest to distant king for military aid
H 1381.3.1.1 Quest for bride for king (prince)
[king]
J 643.1 Frogs demand a live king
J 815 Unpleasant truths must be withheld from the great
J 829 Dealing with the great – miscellaneous
J 1289.10 King cannot destroy the city
J 1492 Trickster artist hoodwinks king: Cuckold’s [illegitimate child’s] eyes cannot see picture, King pretends to see the picture – Courtiers reveal that there is no picture
J 1675 Clever arguing with a king
K 1534 Queen deceives king by unfriendly conversation with lover.
K 1534.1 Queen deceives king by telling him her lover is her enemy.
K 1810.1.3 Taking king’s place by changing dresses
K 1812 King in disguise
K 1812.1 Incognito king helped by humble man. Gives reward
K 1812.4 Incognito king is given hospitality by fisherman. Rewards him with a city
K 1812.15 King disguised as own messenger
K 1851.2 (Bm) “False” letters with false news of king’s death
K 2121.2 King’s faithful servant [champion] falsely accused of familiarity [adultery] with queen
K 2246.1 Treacherous king
K 2357.7.1 (Bm) Disguise as enemy to approach (and slay) enemy king
L 410.1 Proud king humbled
L 410.4 Defeated king must be peddler or beggar [juggler]
L 419 Proud ruler (deity) humbled – miscellaneous
M 161.3 Vow to live and die with the king
M 311.4 Prophecy: unborn child to become king
M 314 Prophecy: man (child) will become king
M 342.1 Prophecy of downfall of king
N 771 King (prince) (lost) on hunt has adventures
N 836 King as helper
N 836.3 King helps prince(s) in exile (to avenge their father and) take their [his] homeland back
P 10 Kings [King’s famous court]
P 11 Choice of kings
P 11.1 Choice of kings by divine will
P 11.2.2 King chosen by contest.
P 12 Character of kings
P 12.2 Injustice deadliest of monarch’s sins
P 12.2.1 Tyrannical king [lord]
P 12.5 Good king never retreats in battle
P 12.9.1 (Bm) King mourns dead enemy
P 12.9.2 (Bm) King honors dead enemy
P 12.10 King is superior to all in strength, beauty, largeness etc
P 12.11 Uxorious king neglects duties
P 12.13 King quick to anger
P 12.14 Modesty of king
P 13 Customs connected with kings
P 13.4 King must marry
P 13.5 Crowning [and making] of kings
P 14 Particular practices of kings
P 14.3 King playing chess when important news arrives
P 14.10 Kings have seat on hills
P 14.15 King has champion to enforce respect
P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council]
P 14.24 (Bm) Emperor wrongly seizes property
P 15 Adventures of kings
P 15.3 King loses his kingdom to impostor
P 15.6 King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes [ascends to the sky by griffins]
P 15.12 (Bm) King is attacked and exiled by treacherous brother-in-law [uncle]
P 15.15 (Bm) King in exile
P 15.15.1 (Bm) King in exile made steward at foreign court
P 16 End of king’s reign
P 16.0.1 (Bm) Regicide
P 16.1 King (prince) retires from world (becomes hermit [monk, pilgrim], swineherd [beggar])
P 16.1.4 Father abdicates in favor of son
P 16.1.5 (Bm) King gives up reign to search for lost wife
P 17 Succession to the throne
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 17.3 Dying king names successor
P 17.3.3 (Bm) King’s rescuer made his heir
P 17.8 Kingship given to younger brother
P 17.10 Three sons each get a kingship, but the youngest [first] the most important in the home country
P 17.11 Slayer of king [sovereign] marries widow [daughter] and inherits kingdom [domain]
P 18 Marriage of kings
P 19 Other motifs connected with kings
P 19.0.1 (Li) King Arthur as leader of outstanding chivalric society (Round Table)
P 19.2.1 King [prince] abducts woman to be his paramour.
P 19.4 Kingly powers (rights) [obligations]
P 19.4.0.1 King’s wand (rod) [regalia]
P 19.4.1 King as judge
P 33 (Bm) Impecunious prince [king]
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 50.0.2 (Bm) Knight who acknowledges no overlord [Allegiance: loyalty and disloyalty of vassals]
P 52 Knight jousts with all comers
P 193 (Bm) Guardian [regent]
P 236.4 Son deposes father and usurps throne
P 500 Government
P 510 Law courts
P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory)
Q 72.1 Reward for loyalty to king
Q 115.1 Reward: any boon that may be asked – king’s wife demanded.
Q 236 Punishment for deceiving (divine) emperor
R 3 King imprisons another king’s embassy
R 74 Defeated warriors [adversaries] go into [are forced to join] the conqueror’s service
R 74.4 (Tu) Defeated king [nobleman, knight] becomes conqueror’s vassal
R 191 King (prince) returns home (from exile) and rescues his native country
R 331 [Christian] Hero takes refuge at [heathen] king’s court
S 262.2 Tribute of youths regularly sent to foreign king.
S 354 Exposed infant (child) reared at strange king’s court [at shepherd’s place]
T 11.1.1 Beauty of woman reported to king causes quest for her as his bride
T 50.2 King likes his daughter so much that he does not wish to marry her to anyone
T 50.2.1 King unwilling to marry his daughter to a man not her equal
T 64 King seeks bride only because counsellors insist
T 68.4 Vanquished king gives hero his daughter and control over his kingdom
T 91.6.2 King (prince) in love with a lowly girl
T 104 Foreign king wages war to enforce demand for princess in marriage
T 104.2 Victor demands defeated King’s daughter (widow) in marriage
T 586.1.2.2 King has six [three] sons all named Lugaid [Dietrich]
W 11.2 Munificent monarch
W 11.5.1 Ruler pardons his enemies
W 11.5.2 Ruler pardons emissary [attacker] who has come to murder him
W 11.5.5 Conqueror spares city
W 40 (Bm) Nobility
Z 182 Symbolic wounding of king.
Z 201.9.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous possessions – Arthur’s Round Table
Z 202 (Bm) Fanciful ancestry of hero

B 221 Animal kingdom – quadrupeds
B 221.1 Kingdom of monkeys
C 939.5 (Bm) Loss of kingdom as punishment for breaking tabu
D 1380.0.1 Magic object protects a city [land]
F 707 Extraordinary kingdom
F 721.3 Underground kingdom
K 1864.1 False tidings of another’s death in order to secure his bride [wife, and usurp kingdom]
M 342 Prophecy of downfall of kingdom
M 369.5 Prophecies concerning invasion and conquest
P 17.11 Slayer of king [sovereign] marries widow [daughter] and inherits kingdom [domain]
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals]
P 233 Father and son
P 236.4 Son deposes father and usurps throne
P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault
Q 112 Half of kingdom as reward
Q 112.0.1 Kingdom as reward
Q 112.0.5 Kingdom and hand of princess as reward (for virtuous life)
T 68.4 Vanquished king gives hero his daughter and control over his kingdom
T 243 Fight between husband and lover for kingdom and wife

H 30 Recognition through personal peculiarities
H 1381.2 Quest for unknown father
P 200 The family
P 205 Refusal to fight relatives
P 525.3 He nearest to blood of slain man must avenge his death [Blood-revenge]
Q 211.0.2 Enormity of kin murder.
T 617.2 Hero learns his name at time of first [particular] adventure.

D 735 Disenchantment by kiss.
D 1794 Magic results from kissing
K 2021 Betrayal by a kiss
T 99 Love – additional motifs

L 131 Hearth abode of unpromising hero (heroine)
L 113.1.2 Stable [kitchen]-boy as hero

B 270.1 Lawsuit between animals [Th.: Lawsuit between the owl and kite]

F 838.1 Extraordinarily sharp knife.
H 331.7 Suitor contest: aiming with missile [knife]

D 926.3 (Bm) Knight guards magic well [body of water]
F 252.5 (Bm) Fairy knight.
F 527.1.1 Red knight
F 527.2 Green knight
F 527.5 Black man [knight; wild woman]
F 818.2 Five demons [twelve knights] keepers of marvelous garden and palace
H 310.3 (Bm) Suitor tasks: knight must perform (three) feats of valor
H 1232.1 Directions on quest given by herdsmen (peasants) [knight, warrior]
H 1232.6 (G) Directions on quest given by knight
H 1316 Quest for the strongest [best] knight
H 1335 Quest for lost knight
H 1381.8 (Bm) Quest for champion [helper]
H 1568 Test of the champion.
J 1089 (Bm) Courteous knight obtains food rude knight was denied
J 1089.1 (G) Courteous knight obtains what rude knight was denied
J 1113 Clever boy [youth, knight]
J 1766.2 (Bm) Child thinks knights are gods.
K 1837.6 Disguise of Woman as a soldier [knight]
K 2126 Knight falsely accused of sedition
K 2247.3 (Bm) Treacherous knight
K 2265 Treacherous red knight [man]
L 112.4 Dirty boy as hero [Loathsome knight]
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 166.9.2 (Bm) Vow to revenge unknown wronged (killed) knight
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper
P 19.0.1 (Li) King Arthur as leader of outstanding chivalric society (Round Table)
P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry]
P 52 Knight jousts with all comers
P 52.0.3 (Bm) Knight demands tribute of all who pass through his domain
P 52.1 Knight’s duty to perform as lady bids
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady
P 53 (Bm) Obtaining knighthood
P 53.1 (Bm) Knighthood as prerequisite to marriage
P 54 (Bm) Knighting custom
P 55.1 (Bm) Broken-hearted knight neglects self
P 56 (Bm) Knight [noble] becomes hermit
P 58 (Bm) Knight aids man [woman] unjustly besieged [assailed]
P 59.1 (Bm) Impecunious knight
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms
P 110.0.1 (Bm) Faithful steward [knight] as regent
P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory)
P 556.3 (Bm) Feast interrupted by man offering challenge.
P 561 Tournaments
P 632 Customs concerning recognition of rank
Q 113 Knighthood as reward
R 10.6 (Bm) Knight abducted
R 52.2 (Bm) Captive knight in care of captor’s mistress [wife]
R 74 Defeated warriors [adversaries] go into [are forced to join] the conqueror’s service
R 74.4 (Tu) Defeated king [nobleman, knight] becomes conqueror’s vassal
R 169.1.1 (Bm) Knight rescues abducted lady.
R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament)
T 31.0.1 (Bm) Knight places himself in would-be lady’s service
T 91.6.4.1.1 Princess falls in love with knight [Knight falls in love with princess]
T 91.6.4.4 (Bm) Heroine will not marry knight of lower rank
T 121.1 Knight weds peasant girl
T 331.2 Knight unsuccessfully tempted by host’s wife [daughter].
T 331.2.1 (G) Knight unsuccessfully tempted by hostess
W 11.5.14 King [knight] will not arm, since opponent is unarmed [young, inexperienced]
Z 200 Heroes
Z 254 Destined hero

H 35.3 Recognition by unique needlework

D 1300 Magic object gives supernatural wisdom
D 1810 Magic knowledge
D 1810.0.2 Magic knowledge of magician
D 1810.0.3 Magic knowledge of saints and holy men
D 1810.0.4 Magic knowledge of fairies.
D 1810.0.10 Magic knowledge (wisdom) of Solomon [biblical prophet]
D 1810.2 Magic knowledge from devil
D 1810.5 Magic knowledge from angel
D 1810.8 Magic knowledge from dream
D 1810.9 Magic knowledge from God
D 1811 Magic wisdom
D 1812.0.2.1 Foreknowledge of unwished guests [coming of certain person]
D 1812.4 Future revealed by presentiment: “knowledge within”
D 1813 Magic knowledge of events in distant place
D 1813.1 (Allegorical) Dream shows events in distant places
D 1815 Magic knowledge of strange tongues [language]
D 1815.2 Magic knowledge of language of animals
D 1819 Magic knowledge – miscellaneous
H 16 Recognition by describing or producing object of common knowledge
H 19 Recognition through common knowledge – miscellaneous
H 502 Test of learning
J 50 Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from observation
J 80 Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable
J 151 Wisdom from old person
J 165 Tree of knowledge
J 179 Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge) – miscellaneous
K 1956.7 Sham wise man [woman] pretends knowledge from dream (:really overheard conversation)
M 302.4 Horoscope taken by means of stars
N 456 Enigmatical smile (laugh) reveals secret knowledge
N 762 Person accidentally met unexpectedly knows the other’s name
T 4 Person wants to learn art of love
T 258.2 Wife insists upon knowing husband’s secret
T 381 Imprisoned virgin to prevent knowledge of men (marriage, impregnation) usually kept in a tower.
V 223 Saints have miraculous knowledge