Index of Keywords

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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

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

J 230 Choice: real and apparent values

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]

W 116 Vanity

F 527 Person of unusual color

K 2250.1 Treacherous servant

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

F 778 (Bm) Extraordinary tomb
R 49 Other places of captivity
R 49.4 (G) Captivity in grave, tomb

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

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

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”

P 12 Character of kings
W 24 Man speaks no evil [lie]

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

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

V 465 Clerical vices.

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]

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

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.

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

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

D 766.1 Disenchantment by bathing (immersing).
D 766.4 Disenchantment by bathing in milk

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)

L 350 Mildness triumphs over violence
W 185 Violence of temper

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.

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

H 493 Virility test for husband

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

F 235 Visibility of fairies.
F 235.3 Fairies [dwarfs] visible to one person alone
F 235.6 Fairies [dwarfs] visible through magic ring

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

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

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

H 945 Tasks voluntarily undertaken
H 1220 Quests voluntarily undertaken

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

Z 311 Achilles heel

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