Index of Keywords
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VALLEY
D 7 Enchanted valley D 937 Magic plain [valley]. F 151.1 Perilous [narrow] path to otherworld. F 151.1.1 Perilous valley. F 160.2 Otherworld as valley F 756 Extraordinary valleys and plains R 40 Places of captivity. R 49 Other places of captivity
VALOR
H 30 Recognition through personal peculiarities H 310.3 (Bm) Suitor tasks: knight must perform (three) feats of valor H 1223 Quest to undertake feats of valor H 1561 Tests of valor H 1561.1 Tests of valor: tournament 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 M 155 Vow to perform act of prowess M 161.4 Vow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace P 12 Character of kings P 52 Knight jousts with all comers
VALUE
J 230 Choice: real and apparent values
VANISHING
D 863 Magic object mysteriously disappears D 2095 Magic disappearance D 2188 Magic disappearance D 2188.2 Person vanishes F 771.6 Phantom house: disappears at dawn G 303.16.3.4 Devil made to disappear by making sign of the cross G 303.17.2.3 Devil goes out with great noise H 1385.4 Quest for vanished husband M 155.2 Vow to find vanished sister [queen]
VANITY
W 116 Vanity
VARIEGATION
F 527 Person of unusual color
VARLET
K 2250.1 Treacherous servant
VASSAL
F 451.5.1.7 Dwarfs serve mortals F 531.5.10 Giant as servant to man K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] M 100.0.1 (Li) Oath of allegiance N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper P 12.2.1 Tyrannical king [lord] P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council] P 19 Other motifs connected with kings 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 110 Royal ministers P 317.1 Refusal to believe that friend will harm one P 360 Master and servant P 361 Faithful servant [vassal] P 550 Military affairs P 550.1 (Li) Battle. War P 550.1.2 (Li) Defense of legitimate rights by war Q 42 Generosity rewarded R 74.4 (Tu) Defeated king [nobleman, knight] becomes conqueror’s vassal W 34 Loyalty
VAULT
F 778 (Bm) Extraordinary tomb R 49 Other places of captivity R 49.4 (G) Captivity in grave, tomb
VEIL
H 115 Identification by veil K 1521.5.1 Lover escapes behind the sheet which wife holds up to show her husband K 1821.3 Disguise by veiling face
VENOM
B 11.2.11.2 Breath of Dragon kills man [venomous fiery and fetid breath of dragon] B 776 Venomous animals B 776.7 Venomous serpent G 125 Fire-[venom-] spewing giantess
VENUS
A 156.2 God’s crown A 475 God of love A 475.1 Goddess of love K 1828.2 Disguise as goddess T 10 Falling in love Z 137 (Li) Love personified: “Frau Minne”
VERACITY
P 12 Character of kings W 24 Man speaks no evil [lie]
VERMIN
B 16 Devastating animals D 1447 Magic object expels animals F 989 Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals – miscellaneous R 41.3 Captivity in dungeon S 180 Wounding or torturing
VESSEL
D 1171 Magic vessel D 1171.6 Magic cup. D 1172 Magic dish. D 1380.17 Magic cup protects D 1472.1.14.1 Magic food-providing cup [Grail] D 1472.1.14.1 Magic food-providing cup [grail] D 1503.8 Magic goblet (Grail) heals wounds D 1645.2 Incandescent cup D 1652.5 Inexhaustible vessel F 166.1.1 “Silver bowl”: Grail in otherworld. V 140 Sacred relics
VICES
V 465 Clerical vices.
VICTIM
D 2176.3.2 Devil cast out of man possessed F 402.1.8 Spirits put corpse (man) into river F 912.2 Victim kills swallower from within by cutting F 913 Victims rescued from swallower’s belly G 303.9.5.6 Man temporarily abducted by devil G 303.12.6 Devil in form of woman woos man K 811 Victim lured into house and killed K 812 Victim burned in his own house or hiding place K 833 Man lured into aiding trickster who has feigned an accident or needs help K 834 Victim killed while asleep in killer’s house K 839.3 Victim enticed into drinking [by over-salting his food] K 925 Victim pushed into fire M 348 Murderer warned by God’s voice [by victim] that murder will be avenged [will come out]
VICTORY
B 147.2.1.1 Raven as bird of good omen D 1381.18 Magic belt assures victory D 1400.1.14 Magic stone (jewel) gives victory. D 1400.1.15 Armor gives victory D 1400.1.17 Magic helmet gives victory D 1812.5.2 Favorable omens D 1812.5.2.2 Meeting certain person (animal) a good omen H 217.1 Decision of victory by single combat between army leaders K 1953 Sham brave man 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 M 323 Prophecy: victory against great odds M 369.5 Prophecies concerning invasion and conquest N 131 Acts performed for changing luck P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals] P 551 Army P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory) P 634 Feasts Q 11 (Bm) Victory in single combat rewarded T 104.2 Victor demands defeated King’s daughter (widow) in marriage V 11.9 Sacrifice to deity V 52.3 Prayer before battle brings victory V 515.2 Allegorical visions – political Z 110 Personifications Z 132.1 Victory personified Z 139 Personifications – miscellaneous
VILLAIN
F 510 Monstrous persons F 527.2 Green knight K 1930 Treacherous impostors K 2200 Villains and traitors. K 2247.3 (Bm) Treacherous knight K 2270 Deformed villain. K 2299 Other villains and traitors – miscellaneous Q 581 Villain Nemesis.
VINDICATION
H 218 Trial by combat H 218.0.1 Vindication by champion. Usually noble lady or king accused P 52 Knight jousts with all comers
VINE
A 433.3 God of the vine E 631.0.1 Twining branches grow from graves of lovers F 815.7.4 (Bm) Silver vines
VINEGAR
D 766.1 Disenchantment by bathing (immersing). D 766.4 Disenchantment by bathing in milk
VIOLATION
C 118 Tabu – violating woman C 929 Death for breaking tabu – miscellaneous M 108 Violators of oaths M 205 Breaking of bargains and promises P 324.3 Guests’ life inviolable P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory)
VIOLENCE
L 350 Mildness triumphs over violence W 185 Violence of temper
VIRGIN
B 13.1 (Li) Unicorn captured by virgin. D 1502.4.2.1 Blood of children (innocent maidens) as cure for leprosy D 1714.1 Magic power of chaste women J 1545.10 (Tu) Small cause for complaint – One-eyed groom rebukes his bride for loss of virginity K 1843.1 Bride has maid sleep in husband’s bed to conceal pregnancy [lost virginity]. M 131 Vow of chastity [fidelity] M 132 Vow of virginity P 551.1 Army of young men [virgins] S 262.2.1 Youths and maidens as yearly tribute to monsters T 50.1.2 Girl carefully guarded by father T 165 Girl may remain virgin for three days after marriage T 300 Chastity and celibacy T 320 Escape from undesired lover T 381 Imprisoned virgin to prevent knowledge of men (marriage, impregnation) usually kept in a tower.
VIRGIN MARY
G 303.16.2.2 Person saved from devil [sin] by prayer to Virgin N 819 Supernatural helpers – miscellaneous Q 32 Reward for offering food to crucifix (Madonna) [for taking care of Madonna] V 70 Religious feasts and fasts V 250 The Virgin Mary V 256 Miraculous healing [rescue] by Virgin Mary V 282 Stella maris. Virgin Mary as protectress of sailors V 363.1 Jewish child resurrected (saved by power of Virgin Mary) after being burned [from being burned] to ashes for eating consecrated bread in Christian church
VIRILITY
H 493 Virility test for husband
VIRTUE
H 360 Bride test H 1550 Tests of character H 1556.4 Fidelity in love tested H 1573.6 Test of righteousness H 1573.6.1 Ability to cross bridge as test of righteousness K 2050 Pretended virtue M 185 Vow to abide by laws [decree] P 12.10 King is superior to all in strength, beauty, largeness etc P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry] P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady Q 60 Other good qualities rewarded T 200 Married life U 60 Wealth and poverty V 81 Baptism V 331.10 Conversion to Christianity because of admiration for Christian virtue V 440 Other religious virtues W 26 Patience W 46 (Li) Modesty W 200 Traits of character – miscellaneous Z 150 Other symbols
VISIBILITY
F 235 Visibility of fairies. F 235.3 Fairies [dwarfs] visible to one person alone F 235.6 Fairies [dwarfs] visible through magic ring
VISION
D 1810.8 Magic knowledge from dream D 1810.8.3 Warning in dreams D 1812.5.0.13 Magic manifestation as omen E 721.2 Body in trance while soul is absent F 1 Journey to otherworld as dream or vision F 159 Other means to reach the otherworld T 576 Prenatal influences V 39.4 Vision of sacrament in form of young child [three giants] V 510 Religious visions V 510.1 God speaks in Vision to devotee V 511.1 Visions of heaven V 511.2 Visions of hell V 511.3 Visions of purgatory V 514 Non-religious visions V 515 Allegorical visions V 515.1 Allegorical visions – religious V 515.2 Allegorical visions – political
VISIT
D 1731.2.3 (Bm) Dream of visit by god E 721.7 Soul leaves body to visit hell (heaven) F 302.3.0.1 Fairy visits mortal and becomes his mistress F 374 Longing in fairyland to visit home. H 81.3 Clandestine visit of lover to queen betrayed by token K 1811 Gods (saints) in disguise visit mortals K 1811.2 Deity disguised as old man (woman) visits mortals K 1813 Disguised husband visits his wife T 35.5 Lover goes to see his beloved in her husband’s (or her father’s) house, defiant of the danger V 227 Saints have divine visitors V 235 Mortal visited by angel V 522 Sinner reformed after visit to heaven and hell
VOICE
B 53.4.1 (Bm) Sirens’ irresistible [beautiful] song B 739 Fanciful color, smell etc. of animals – miscellaneous C 811 Tabu: heeding persuasive voices. D 1275 Magic song D 1316.5.1 Voice comes forth from tree, revealing truth [future] D 1359.3.1 Magic music causes joy F 556 Remarkable voice F 688 Man with marvelous voice F 688.3 Voice heard over whole land F 966 Voices from heaven (or from the air) H 79.3 Recognition by voice J 951.2 Jay [crow] in peacock’s skin [feathers] unmasked K 1832 Disguise by changing voice M 311.0.4 Heavenly voices proclaim birth of future (child) hero N 819.7 (Bm) Voice from heaven encourages hero V 550 (Bm) Voice from heaven
VOLUNTEERING
H 945 Tasks voluntarily undertaken H 1220 Quests voluntarily undertaken
VOW
K 1513 The wife’s equivocal oath. M 100 Vows and oaths M 100.0.1 (Li) Oath of allegiance M 105 Equivocal oaths M 108 Violators of oaths M 110 Taking of vows and oaths M 114 Oath taken on sacred object M 114.4 Swearing on sacred relics M 119 Taking of vows and oaths – miscellaneous M 121 Vow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time M 125 Vow not to change clothes till a certain time M 131 Vow of chastity [fidelity] M 132 Vow of virginity M 135 Vow never to remarry M 146 Vow to marry a certain woman [man] M 146.8 (Bm) Vow to marry lady who helps achieve task M 149 Vows concerning sex – miscellaneous M 149.1 Lovers vow to marry only each other M 149.2 Vow to die rather than marry unwelcome suitor M 150 Other vows and oaths M 151 Vow not to eat before hearing of adventure M 151.2 Vow not to marry until quest is concluded 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 151.2.3 (G) Vow not to sleep two nights in the same place until quest’s end M 151.5.2.1 (Bm) Vow not to eat or be happy until opponents are destroyed [revenge is taken] M 151.7.1 (Bm) Vow not to be happy until conquest is achieved [revenge is taken] M 151.9 Vow not to see friends until quest is completed M 155 Vow to perform act of prowess M 155.2 Vow to find vanished sister [queen] M 161 Vow never to flee in fear of death M 161.1 Vow to attack (kill) the enemy or die M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) M 161.3 Vow to live and die with the king M 161.4 Vow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace M 161.7 (Bm) Vow not to leave certain place until foe is defeated M 162 Vow not to be killed by [not to fight] a single opponent. M 166 Other vows about fighting M 166.9 (Bm) Vow to avenge wronged queen M 166.9.2 (Bm) Vow to revenge unknown wronged (killed) knight M 168 Vow not to devastate country or take revenge after release M 168.1 Vow not to deceive the man who spared one’s life M 171.7.1 (Bm) Vow not to be happy until (con)quest is achieved M 177.1 Vow to become a Christian M 183 Religious vows M 183.3 Vow to find Holy Grail before returning to Round Table. M 183.5 (Bm) Vow to avenge Christ M 185 Vow to abide by laws [decree] M 195 (Bm) Vow to see particular marvel. M 223 Blind promise (rash boon) P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals] Q 269.1 (Bm) Breaking vows (non-religious) punished T 61 Betrothal T 61.2 (Bm) Parting lovers pledge not to marry for seven years [swear faithfulness] V 470 Clerical vows W 34 Loyalty
VULNERABILITY
Z 311 Achilles heel
VULTURE
A 1074.4 Fettered monster [giant] preyed upon by vulture [birds] B 264 Single combat between animals S 139.2.2 Other indignities to corpse
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