Motif Index of German Secular Narratives                 
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Aamanz    

F 577 Persons identical in appearance. (HvdTCr)
K 1864.2.1 (Bm) Corpse falsely said to be hero’s by treacherous rival [knight] (HvdTCr)
R 51.4 Prisoner[s] [hostages, messengers] massacred [killed] (HvdTCr)
S 133 Murder by beheading (HvdTCr)

Abakuk    

P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault (HvNAp)

Abdalominus    

J 191 Wise men (RvEAlx)
P 11 Choice of kings (RvEAlx)

Abel    

S 73.1 Fratricide (UvEAlx)

Abfan    

D 925 Magic fountain (Wiga)
D 1338.1.1 Fountain of youth (Wiga)
D 1664 Summer/winter garden (Wiga)
F 162.1.1 Everblooming garden in otherworld (Wiga)
F 162.3.3 Tree in otherworld in perpetual fruit [foliation]. (Wiga)
F 756.2 Plain that is earthly paradise [locus amoenus] (Wiga)
F 811 Extraordinary tree (Wiga)

Abigal    

F 531.4.5 Giant’s enormous weapons (GoTK)
F 531.4.5.2 Giant with iron bar as weapon (GoTK)
F 531.5.7.0.1 Giant woos mortal woman (GoTK)
F 531.5.7.0.2 Giant demands girl but is killed in duel about her (GoTK)
F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (GoTK)

Abigie    

F 112 Journey to land of women (RvEAlx)
F 707 Extraordinary kingdom (RvEAlx)


Abor    

D 813.1 Magic object received from river nymph [mermaid] (Abor)
D 1052 Magic garment (robe, tunic) (Abor)
D 1381.3 Magic garment protects against attack (Abor)
D 1815.2 Magic knowledge of language of animals (Abor)
D 1840 Magic invulnerability (Abor)
F 302 Fairy mistress (Abor)
F 340 Gifts from fairies (Abor)
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (Abor)

Abraham    

K 1839.11 Disguise as older brother to obtain blessing (UvEAlx)

Abrocte    

V 69 Funeral rites – miscellaneous (HvNAp)

Absichiton    

F 899 Other extraordinary objects (RvEAlx)

Absolon    

N 746 Accidental meeting of cousins (HvNAp)
P 311.1 Combatants become sworn brethren (HvNAp)
P 557.0.3 (Li) Military aid (alliance) (HvNAp)

Acastus    

Q 285 Cruelty punished (HvFLvT)
S 70 Other cruel relatives (HvFLvT)
W 195 Envy (HvFLvT)

Achanaysz    

C 686.1 Tabu- to refuse help to a woman (GoTK)
N 760 Other accidental encounters (GoTK)
R 111.1 Princess (maiden) rescued from captor (GoTK)

Acheloyde    

F 950.8 Princess cured by seeing her lost lover dance [by realizing that assertedly dead lover is still alive] (BvHCra)
H 19 Recognition through common knowledge – miscellaneous (BvHCra)
H 1556.1.2 (Bm) Heroine’ sincerity [love] tested by false report of lover’s death (BvHCra)
P 29 Queens – miscellaneous (BvHCra)
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals] (BvHCra)
T 35 Lovers’ rendezvous (BvHCra)
T 68.7 (Bm) Princess [maiden] as prize in tournament [single combat] (BvHCra)
T 91.6.4.1.1 Princess falls in love with knight [Knight falls in love with princess] (BvHCra)
T 131.0.1 Princess has unrestricted choice of husband (BvHCra)
W 34 Loyalty (BvHCra)

Achilles    

B 551.1 Fish carries man accross water (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 1840 Magic invulnerability (KvWTK)
D 2126 Magic underwater journey (KvWTK, TrojEl)
E 412.3 Dead without proper funeral rites cannot rest (TrojEl)
F 560 Unusual manner of life (KvWTK)
F 610 Remarkably strong man (KvWTK)
F 611.2.1 Strong hero suckled by animal (KvWTK)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (HMvNT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 628.2.1 Strong man kills many men at once (HvFLvT)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (HvFLvT)
F 636 Remarkable thrower (KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 679.5 Skillful hunter (KvWTK)
F 681 Marvelous runner [extraordinary speed of runner] (KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 684 Marvelous jumper (KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 852 Extraordinary coffin [sarkophag] (TrojEl)
F 873.0.1 Battle rage (KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 1041.21.4 Man cries at hearing of friend’s death (KvWTK, TrojEl)
H 1562 Test of strength (KvWTK)
H 1578 Test of sex: to discover person masking as of other sex (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 514 Disguise as girl to avoid execution [danger] (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 811 Victim lured into house and killed (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 914 Murder from ambush (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 1321 Seduction by man disguising as woman (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 1836 Disguise of man in woman’s dress (KvWTK, TrojEl)
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) (KvWTK, TrojEl)
M 205 Breaking of bargains and promises (HMvNT, HvFLvT)
M 236.1 (Bm) Bargain: warrior will remove troop if he can wed enemy princess (HMvNT)
M 341.2.18 Prophecy: death in battle (KvWTK, TrojEl)
M 341.3 Prophecy: death in particular place (KvWTK, TrojEl)
M 370 Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy (KvWTK, TrojEl)
N 738 Accidental meeting of nephew and uncle (Orend)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (KvWTK)
P 231 Mother and son (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 233 Father and son (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 310 Friendship (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 340 Teacher and pupil (KvWTK)
P 550.1 (Li) Battle. War (TrojEl)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (HvFLvT)
S 139.2.2.9 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse, headless body of enemy dragged through camp (HMvNT, TrojEl)
S 139.2.2.10 (Bm) Body of dead enemy hero left in street for all to see (HMvNT)
S 139.2.2.11 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse: body of enemy thrown to dogs in street (TrojEl)
T 15 Love at first sight (HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
T 24 The symptoms of love (KvWTK, TrojEl)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (HvFLvT)
T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love (KvWTK, TrojEl)
T 51 Wooing by emissary (HvFLvT)
T 95.0.3 Man loves sister [widow] of warrior he has slain (HMvNT)
T 400 Illicit sexual relations (KvWTK, TrojEl)
V 153 (Hi) Heroes’ grave (HvFLvT, UvEAlx)
W 33 Heroism (HvFLvT, TrojEl)
W 33.1 Badly wounded warrior continues fighting (TrojEl)
W 212 Eagerness for combat (KvWTK)
Z 200 Heroes (KvWTK, UvEAlx)
Z 231 Boyish exploits of hero (KvWTK)
Z 252 Hero at first nameless [unaware of birth] (TrojEl)
Z 254 Destined hero (KvWTK)
Z 292 Death of hero [heroine] (HMvNT, KvWTK)
Z 311 Achilles heel (GoTK)

Achiron    

B 21 Centaur: man-horse (HvNAp)
D 1086 Magic lance (HvNAp)
F 836 Extraordinary bow (HvNAp)

Achute    

P 361 Faithful servant [vassal] (BvHCra)
T 68.7 (Bm) Princess [maiden] as prize in tournament [single combat] (BvHCra)
T 85 Woman mourns [supposedly] dead lover (BvHCra)

Ackerin    

W 11.2 Munificent monarch (AlbJT)

Aclervis    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (WCRPa)
N 711.1 King, prince finds maiden in the woods and marries her (WCRPa)
N 737.1 (Bm) Accidental encounter leads to eventual reuniting of lovers (WCRPa)
T 11 Falling in love with person never seen (WCRPa)
T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman (WCRPa)
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures (WCRPa)
T 400 Illicit sexual relations (WCRPa)
T 471 Rape (WCRPa)

Acurteis    

H 218 Trial by combat (BvHCra)
K 2211.1 Treacherous brother-in-law (BvHCra)

Adam    

A 1210 Creation of man by creator (UvEAlx)
A 2571.0.1 Adam gives name to all animals (ReivB, WvEP)
F 645 Marvelously wise man [woman]. (WvEP)
H 706.1 How many days have passed since the time of Adam? The seven days of the week (StrPA)
M 340.6 Prophecy of great misfortune (ReivB)

Adan    

M 234 Life spared in return for life-long service [material compensation, peace treaty] (WvGW)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (WvGW)
P 110.0.1 (Bm) Faithful steward [knight] as regent (WvGW)
R 74 Defeated warriors [adversaries] go into [are forced to join] the conqueror’s service (WvGW)
V 301.1 (Li) The high-minded, noble heathen (WvGW)
V 331 Conversion to Christianity (WvGW)

Ade    

F 1041.21.7 Swooning from grief (UvZLa)
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (UvZLa)
P 298 Niece (UvZLa)
R 162 Rescue by captor’s daughter (wife, mother) [niece] (UvZLa)
T 127 (Bm) Woman weds husband’s [father’s, uncle’s] slayer (UvZLa)
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love] (UvZLa)

Adelheid    

N 735 Accidental meeting of mother and son (HerEA, HerEB)
T 250 Characteristics of wives and husbands (Adelh)
T 251 The shrewish wife (Adelh)
T 254 The disobedient wife (Adelh)
T 255 The obstinate wife (Adelh)
T 255.2 The obstinate wife sought for up-stream (Adelh)
U 11 Small trespasses punished, large crimes condoned (BeicA)

Adragarys    

P 56 (Bm) Knight [noble] becomes hermit (Lanc1)
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Q 241 Adultery punished (KvWTK)
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love] (KvWTK)
T 481 Adultery (KvWTK)

Aeneas    

A 180 Gods in relation to mortals (HvVEn)
A 182.3 God (angel) speaks to mortal (HvVEn)
A 185 Deity cares for favorite individuals (HvVEn)
A 185.2 Deity protects mortal (HvVEn)
A 185.6 Deity particular friend to one mortal (HvVEn)
A 511.1.5 Culture hero son of mortal (half-mortal) father [and goddess mother] (HvVEn)
A 528 Culture hero has supernatural helpers (HvVEn)
A 566 Culture hero returns to upper world (HvVEn)
A 1541.2 Origin of feast in honor of certain god (goddess) (HvVEn)
C 400 Speaking tabu (HvVEn)
C 500 Tabu- touching (HvVEn)
D 1364.22 Sleep-charm (HvVEn)
D 1400 Magic object [twig] overcomes person (HvVEn)
D 1794 Magic results from kissing (HvVEn)
E 327 Dead father’s friendly return (HvVEn)
F 80 Journey to lower world (WvEP)
F 81 Descent to lower world of dead [hell} (HvVEn)
F 81.1.2 Journey to land of dead to visit deceased (HvVEn)
F 159.4 Demon guide to otherworld journey (HvVEn)
F 831.3 Poisoned arrows (HvVEn)
F 833.4.1 Sword shines as fire or as the sun (HvVEn)
F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (HvVEn)
F 1099.8 Man meets (sees) his future descendants (HvVEn)
H 82.3 Tokens between lovers (HvVEn)
H 971.1 Task performed with help of old woman (HvVEn)
H 1224 Quest to distant king for military aid (HvVEn)
H 1410 Fear test: staying in frightful place (HvVEn)
J 740 Forethought in provision for shelter (HvVEn)
K 2114 Man falsely accused of infidelity (HvVEn)
K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (TrojEl)
K 2299 Other villains and traitors – miscellaneous (HMvNT)
M 101.3 Death as punishment for broken oath (HvVEn)
M 119.2 Swearing by (clan) gods (HvVEn)
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) (HvVEn)
M 302.3 Descent into hell [lower world] to learn future (HvVEn)
M 314.4 Prophecy of future empire for fugitive hero (HvVEn)
M 331 Prophecy: princess to marry prince [hero] (HvVEn)
N 101 Inexorable fate (HvVEn)
N 130 Changing of luck or fate (HvVEn)
N 332 Accidental poisoning (HvVEn)
N 731 Unexpected meeting of father and son (HvVEn)
N 810 Supernatural helpers (HvVEn)
N 817.0.1 God as helper (HvVEn)
N 838 Hero (culture hero) as helper (HvVEn)
P 14.10 Kings have seat on hills (HvVEn)
P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry] (HvVEn)
P 233 Father and son (HvVEn)
P 310.2 Friends avenge each other (HvVEn)
P 557.0.4 (Li) Siege (HvVEn)
P 558 (Bm) Truce (HvVEn)
Q 113.0.1 High honors as reward (HvVEn)
Q 114.2 Gifts as reward for gifts (HvVEn)
Q 211.5 Suicide punished (HvVEn)
Q 261 Treachery punished (HvFLvT)
Q 269.1 (Bm) Breaking vows (non-religious) punished (TrojEl)
Q 270 Misdeeds concerning property punished (HvVEn)
Q 411 Death as punishment (HvVEn)
Q 413.1 Hanging as punishment for theft (TrojEl)
Q 431 Punishment: banishment (exile) (HMvNT, TrojEl)
R 220 Flights (HvVEn)
R 242 Flight carrying friend (girl) on back [having father carried] (HvVEn)
R 331 [Christian] Hero takes refuge at [heathen] king’s court (HvVEn)
T 0 Love (HvVEn)
T 2 The relative pleasures of love (HvVEn)
T 15 Love at first sight (HvVEn)
T 22 Predestined lovers (HvVEn)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (HvVEn)
T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love (HvVEn)
T 30 Lovers’ meeting (HvVEn)
T 41 Communication of lovers (HvVEn)
T 72 Woman won and then scorned (HvVEn)
T 75.2.1 Rejected suitors’ revenge (HvVEn)
T 80 Tragic love (HvVEn)
T 81.2 Death from unrequited love (HvVEn)
T 92.7 Rival lovers do battle for girl (HvVEn)
T 133.4 Bridegroom and his men come for the bride (HvVEn)
T 134 Conduct of bridal couple before ceremony (HvVEn)
T 136.4 Gifts at wedding (HvVEn)
T 463 Homosexual love (male) (HvVEn)
V 65 Commemoration of death (HvVEn)
V 69 Funeral rites, misc. (HvVEn)
W 35 Justice (HvVEn)
W 121 Cowardice (HvVEn)
Z 175.2 Lover’s assignation by symbolic [secret] messages (HvVEn)
Z 202 (Bm) Fanciful ancestry of hero (HvVEn)
Z 216 Supernatural origin of hero (magic conception) (HvVEn)
Z 703 (Bm) Eponymous account of city’s founding (HMvNT)

Aeson    

D 1880 Magic rejuvenation (TrojEl)
D 1882.3 (Bm) Rejuvenation by magician (sorceress) (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 233 Father and son (KvWTK)

Aetes    

N 111.3 Fortune’s wheel. (KvWTK)

Affeleir    

B 301.4.8 Faithful horse fights together with its master [saves master’s life] (KM1)
Z 201.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous horse (KM1)

Affrosydones    

K 2217 Treacherous uncle [stepfather] (Wiga)
P 527 (Li) Problems of inheritance (legacy) (Wiga)

Agamemnon    

K 1510.1 Adulteress kills home-coming husband (TrojEl)
M 341 Death prophesied (HvFLvT)
N 361 Sacred animal unwittingly killed (KvWTK, TrojEl)
Q 241 Adultery punished (TrojEl)
V 10 Religious sacrifice (HMvNT)

Agez    

K 301 Master thief (AlbJT)

Agly    

M 149.2 Vow to die rather than marry unwelcome suitor (JvWW)
N 710 Accidental meeting of hero and heroine (JvWW)
T 10 Falling in love (JvWW)
T 11.3.1 Lovers meet in their dreams (JvWW)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (JvWW)
T 24.2 Swooning for love (JvWW)
T 24.2.1 Fainting away for love (or sexual desire) (JvWW)
T 81.7 Woman dies on hearing of lover’s or husband’s death (JvWW)
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures (JvWW)
T 108.1 (Bm) Girl (to be) married against her will [without her consent] (JvWW)
T 131.1.2.1 Girl must marry father’s choice (JvWW)

Agorlin    

K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name (BvHCra)


Agorlot    

K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name (BvHCra)

Agrafens    

N 733 Accidental meeting of brothers (WCRPa)

Agrant    

V 331.1 Conversion to Christianity through miracle (JvWW)

Agremuntin    

F 750 Extraordinary mountains and other land features (WvEP)
F 753 Mountain of fire (WvEP)

Aguisel    

K 2246.1 Treacherous king (Lanc1)

Aiax    

F 628.2 Strong man kills men (KvWTK)
N 733.1 Brothers unwittingly fight each other (KvWTK)
N 746 Accidental meeting of cousins (KvWTK)
P 295 Cousins (KvWTK)
P 324.1 Host treats guest with food and everything possible (GoTK)
S 110 Murders (KvWTK)

Aifaies    

F 141 Water barrier to otherworld (HvdTCr)

Ainune    

P 28 Marriage of queen (Ain)
T 42 Conversation of lovers (Ain)

Ajax    

H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (GoTK)
M 451.1 Death by suicide (GoTK)
N 733.1 Brothers unwittingly fight each other (TrojEl)
N 746 Accidental meeting of cousins (TrojEl)
P 295 Cousins (TrojEl)
S 139 Miscellaneous cruel murders (HvFLvT)
W 20 Other favorable traits of character (HvFLvT)
W 32 Bravery (HvFLvT)
Z 292 Death of hero [heroine] (HMvNT)

Alan    

P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault (RvEWO)

Alardin    

D 813 Magic object received from fairy (WCRPa)
D 2145 Magic control of seasons (WCRPa)
F 252.5 (Bm) Fairy knight. (WCRPa)
K 2233 (Bm) Treacherous suitors (WCRPa)
T 75.2.1 Rejected suitors’ revenge (WCRPa)
T 99.4 (Bm) Defeated warring suitor at lady’s mercy is forgiven (WCRPa)

Alba    

B 268.2.1 War-Dogs (GrAlx)
K 2369 Military strategy misc. (GrAlx)

Alban    

F 451.5.8 Dwarfs associate with mortals (Orend)
F 451.5.18 Dwarf loves mortal girl (Orend)
F 451.6.11 Dwarfs betray (Orend)
T 75.0.1 Suitors ill-treated (Orend)

Albedacus    

B 339 Death of helpful animal – miscellaneous (HvNAp)
D 1266.1 Magic writings (gramerye, runes) (HvNAp)
D 1410.5 Serpent [animal] charmed into helplessness by magic formula (HvNAp)
D 2156 Magic control over animals (HvNAp)
D 2198 Magic control of spirits (angels, [gods]) (HvNAp)
M 302.4.2 (Bm) Future read in stars (HvNAp)
M 310.1 Prophecy: future greatness and fame (HvNAp)
M 314 Prophecy: man (child) will become king (HvNAp)
M 340.6 Prophecy of great misfortune (HvNAp)
M 341.2.19 Prophecy: death at hands of certain person (HvNAp)
M 341.6 Prophecy: person foretells own death (HvNAp)
M 358 Prophecies connected with journeys (HvNAp)
N 101 Inexorable fate (HvNAp)
P 481 Astrologer (HvNAp)

Alberich    

D 862 Magic object taken away by force [recovered by fighting] (NL)
F 451.2.3.1 Long-bearded dwarf (NL)
F 451.3.8 Dwarfs are strong (NL)
F 451.5.1.7 Dwarfs serve mortals (NL)
F 451.7 Possessions of dwarfs (NL)

Albewin    

D 812.12 Magic object received from dwarf (PlGar)
D 1053 Magic mantle (cloak) (PlGar)
D 1361.12 Magic cloak of invisibility (PlGar)
D 1520.6 Magic transportation by cloak (cape) (PlGar)
D 1980 Magic invisibility (PlGar)
D 2122 Journey with magic speed. (PlGar)
F 347 Fairy advisor [advice from dwarf] (PlGar)
F 451.3.3.8 Dwarfs made invisible by magic caps [cloaks] (PlGar)
F 451.3.4 Dwarfs as workmen (PlGar)
F 451.4.5.1 Dwarfs are ruled by a king (PlGar)
F 451.5.1 Helpful dwarfs (PlGar)
F 451.5.1.6 Other gifts from dwarfs (PlGar)
F 451.5.1.7 Dwarfs serve mortals (PlGar)
F 451.7 Possessions of dwarfs (PlGar)
H 973.3 Task performed by [with help of] dwarfs (PlGar)
N 810 Supernatural helpers (PlGar)

Albiun    

F 451.4.5.1 Dwarfs are ruled by a king (PlTand)
F 707 Extraordinary kingdom (PlTand)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (PlTand)

Albyn    

V 229 Saints – miscellaneous (KM3)

Alderot    

F 628.2 Strong man kills men (StrKG)

Aldrian    

F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (RosGF)
H 1561.1 Tests of valor: tournament (RosGF)

Alene-Ohnegleichen    

F 574.1 Resplendent beauty (Lanc1)
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (Lanc1)
N 90 Wagers and gambling – miscellaneous (Lanc1)
P 29.4 Queen becomes nun (Lanc1)
P 252.1 Two sisters (Lanc1)
R 41.2 Captivity in tower (Lanc1)
T 69.1.1 Three (two) brothers married to three (two) sisters (Lanc1)
T 91 Unequals in love (Lanc1)
T 121 Unequal marriage (Lanc1)
T 131.1.3 Marriage against will of parents (Lanc1)
T 200 Married life (Lanc1)
T 211.5.1 Wife becomes hermit (nun) after husband’s death (Lanc1)
T 211.9 Excessive grief at husband’s or wife’s death (Lanc1)
T 252 The overbearing wife (Lanc1)
T 257.12 (Bm) Jealous husband confines wife to tower (Lanc1)
W 116 Vanity (Lanc1)

Alexander    

A 182.3 God (angel) speaks to mortal (SeAlx)
B 103.2.1 Treasure-laying bird (GrAlx, SeAlx)
B 542.2.1 Transportation to fairyland on griffin’s back (AlbJT)
B 771.6 (Bm) Only hero able to tame wild horse (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
D 1731.2.3 (Bm) Dream of visit by god (GrAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
D 1812.3.3.5 Prophetic dream allegorical (RvEAlx)
D 1814.2 Advice from dream (SeAlx, StrAlx)
D 1814.3 Advice from God (or the gods) (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
D 2161.3.3 Magic cure of broken limbs (BaAlx, PLVAlx)
F 110 Journey to terrestrial otherworlds (BaAlx, StrAlx)
F 511.1 Person unusual as to his face (GrAlx)
F 512 Person unusual as to his eyes (BaAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
F 513.1 Person unusual as to his teeth (SeAlx)
F 535 Remarkably small man (Pygmie) (SeAlx, StrAlx)
F 541.6 Eyes remarkable as to colour (SeAlx)
F 555 Remarkable hair (BaAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
F 555.4 Very thick hair (PLVAlx, StrAlx)
F 575.2 Handsome man (RvEAlx)
F 575.3 Remarkably beautiful child (PLVAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
F 610 Remarkably strong man (BaAlx, UvEAlx)
F 610.4 Man with strength of many men (SeAlx)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
F 852.2 Golden coffin (SeAlx)
F 959 Marvelous cures – miscellaneous (BaAlx, StrAlx)
F 960.1.1 Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of royalty (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
F 960.1.1.1 Thunder report at birth of king (SeAlx)
F 960.2 Extraordinary nature phenomena at death of holy [pious] person (hero) (BaAlx, GrAlx, SeAlx)
F 965.2 Sun darkened at death of holy [pious] person (SeAlx)
F 1041.16.6 Extraordinary physical reactions of angry warriors in battle (StrAlx)
H 41 Recognition of royalty [nobility] by personal characteristics or traits (StrAlx)
H 71.6.1 Luminous face as sign of royalty (GrAlx)
H 79 Recognition by physical attributes – miscellaneous (RvEAlx, SeAlx)
H 150 Circumstances of recognition (UvEAlx)
H 171.3 Horse indicates election of emperor (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
H 607 Discussion by symbols (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
H 1257 Quest for the location of paradise (SeAlx)
H 1371.1 Quest for world’s end (SeAlx)
H 1371.5 (Hi) Quest for the sky (GrAlx, SeAlx)
J 141 Youth educated by seven [six] sages (PLVAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx)
J 191 Wise men (RvEAlx, StrAlx)
J 628 Dissuasion from suicide (UvEAlx)
J 1600 Practical retorts – miscellaneous (BaAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
J 1625 Armies like seeds and peppercorns (BaAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
K 199 Other deceptive bargains (SeAlx)
K 1810 Deception by disguise (SeAlx)
K 1812.15 King disguised as own messenger (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name (KvWTK)
K 2010.2 Friendship feigned to avenge murder (BaAlx, GrAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
K 2312 Oath literally obeyed (SeAlx)
K 2378.5 Hero sleeps during the first part of battle and emerges only later [Hero sleeps late on day of battle] (UvEAlx)
L 112.2 Very small hero (SeAlx)
L 410.1 Proud king humbled (StrAlx)
L 419 Proud ruler (deity) humbled – miscellaneous (BaAlx, GrAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
M 119.2 Swearing by (clan) gods (SeAlx)
M 150 Other vows and oaths (SeAlx, UvEAlx)
M 200 Bargains and promises (SeAlx)
M 202 Fulfulling of bargain or promise (BaAlx, GrAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
M 205.0.1 Promise kept [oath fulfilled] in deed, not in spirit (SeAlx)
M 361 Fated hero (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
M 500 (Bm) Threats (SeAlx)
N 338.4 (Bm) Son unwittingly slays father (Slays teacher who was rumored to be his father, finds rumor is true) (BaAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
N 838 Hero (culture hero) as helper (BaAlx, GrAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
P 12 Character of kings (PLVAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
P 12.5 Good king never retreats in battle (BaAlx, StrAlx)
P 12.9.1 (Bm) King mourns dead enemy (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
P 12.10 King is superior to all in strength, beauty, largeness etc (GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
P 12.13 King quick to anger (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, StrAlx)
P 12.14 Modesty of king (StrAlx)
P 13 Customs connected with kings (RvEAlx, UvEAlx)
P 13.5 Crowning [and making] of kings (RvEAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
P 14 Particular practices of kings (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
P 15.6 King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes [ascends to the sky by griffins] (BaAlx, GrAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
P 16.0.1 (Bm) Regicide (BaAlx, GrAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
P 18 Marriage of kings (RvEAlx)
P 19 Other motifs connected with kings (BaAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals] (GrAlx, SeAlx)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (AlbJT)
P 233.6 Son avenges father (PLVAlx)
P 233.9 Son chastizes father for scorning mother (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
P 317.1 Refusal to believe that friend will harm one (SeAlx)
P 320 Hospitality (SeAlx)
P 340 Teacher and pupil (PLVAlx, StrAlx)
P 532 Payment of tax (tribute) [toll] (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault (SeAlx)
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat (SeAlx)
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (GrAlx)
P 634 Feasts (SeAlx)
P 720 Population (OttEr)
R 41.1 Captivity in castle (PlGar)
S 11.4.4 Cruel father seeks to kill infant son (GrAlx)
S 110.10 (Bm) City and inhabitants willfully destroyed (SeAlx)
T 24 The symptoms of love (ArPhy)
T 24.6 Lover refuses food and drink (GrAlx)
T 29 Falling in love – miscellaneous (SeAlx)
T 68.4 Vanquished king gives hero his daughter and control over his kingdom (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
T 69 Wooing – miscellaneous motifs (GrAlx)
T 576 Prenatal influences (PLVAlx, StrAlx)
T 585 Precocious infant (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
V 11.9 Sacrifice to deity (SeAlx)
V 50 Prayer (SeAlx)
V 153 (Hi) Heroes’ grave (GrAlx, SeAlx)
V 246 Angel counsels mortal (SeAlx)
W 10 Kindness (SeAlx)
W 11 Generosity (SeAlx, UvEAlx)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (RvEAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
W 11.5 Generosity toward enemy (SeAlx)
W 11.5.2 Ruler pardons emissary [attacker] who has come to murder him (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx)
W 11.5.12 Hero in battle refuses to slay charioteers, women or physicians [Hero refuses to slay suicidal attacker] (UvEAlx)
W 24 Man speaks no evil [lie] (PLVAlx, StrAlx)
W 32 Bravery (UvEAlx)
W 40 (Bm) Nobility (SeAlx, UvEAlx)
W 45 Honor (UvEAlx)
W 46 (Li) Modesty (UvEAlx)
W 137 Curiosity (KvWTK, TrojEl)
Z 201.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous horse (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
Z 202 (Bm) Fanciful ancestry of hero (PLVAlx, StrAlx)
Z 230 Extraordinary exploits of hero (RvEAlx)
Z 254 Destined hero (UvEAlx)
Z 292 Death of hero [heroine] (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)

Alexandria    

D 1380.0.1 Magic object protects a city [land] (RvEAlx)
Z 703 (Bm) Eponymous account of city’s founding (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)

Alibons    

K 1980 Other impostures (Lanc1)

Aliers    

P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault (HvAIw)

Alkmeina    

A 171 Gods ride through air (HvNAp)

Allecto    

A 486 The Furies (HvFLvT)

Alogare    

F 1041.1.1 Death from broken heart (UvTRW)

Alphart    

F 611.3.2 Hero’s precocious strength (AT)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (AT)
H 1561 Tests of valor (AT)
K 959.4 Murder from behind (AT)
K 2357.0.1 Disguise to spy on enemy (AT)
N 738.1 Uncle and nephew unwittingly about to kill one another (AT)
P 557.0.2 (Li) Spy. Messenger (AT, DietF)
W 32 Bravery (AT)
W 33.1 Badly wounded warrior continues fighting (AT)
Z 292 Death of hero [heroine] (AT, DietF)

Alpheolan    

H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (GoTK)

Altistrates    

F 1041.21 Reactions to excessive grief (HvNAp)
N 836 King as helper (HvNAp)

Amadas    

N 843 Hermit as helper (Lanc1)

Amadryades    

A 434 Goddess (god) of flowers (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Amanar    

D 1664 Summer and winter garden (UvTAr)
F 708 Countries with one conspicuous lack (UvTAr)
F 709.4 (Bm) Land of two summers and no winters [without extreme weather elements] (UvTAr)
F 759 Extraordinary mountains and valleys – miscellaneous (UvTAr)

Amangon    

Q 244 Punishment for ravisher [rape]. (WCPap)

Amazonia    

F 707 Extraordinary kingdom (GrAlx)
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (ReivB)

Amelgart    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (DietF)

Amelie, Amalie    

F 575.3 Remarkably beautiful child (RvEWO)
R 225.2 Lovers elope to prevent girl’s marriage to undesired fiancé (RvEWO)
R 355 Eloping girl recaptured by parents (RvEWO)
T 75 Man scorned by his beloved (RvEWO)
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures (RvEWO)
T 108.1 (Bm) Girl (to be) married against her will [without her consent] (RvEWO)
T 311 Woman averse to marriage (RvEWO)

Amelolt    

K 755.2 (Bm) Capture of city by using city’s own banner to enter it (DietF)
P 50.0.2 (Bm) Knight who acknowledges no overlord [Allegiance: loyalty and disloyalty of vassals] (DietF)
P 361.2 Faithful servant remains at home and fights for exiled hero (DietF)
P 533.1 Hostages (DietF)

Amelot    

N 836 King as helper (RvEWO)


Amelunc    

P 17 Succession to the throne (DietF)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (DietF)

Amena    

N 659 Life saved by accident – miscellaneous (WvGW)

Amide    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (Lanc1)

Amiral    

S 62 Cruel husband (KFFB)

Amire    

S 110 Murders (WvGW)
S 139.2.2.11.2 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse: body of dead hero left in field for wild beasts to eat. (WvGW)
T 86 Lovers buried in same grave [coffin] (WvGW)

Amis (Âmîs)    

D 1810.9 Magic knowledge from God (StrPA)
D 1811.2 Magic wisdom received from supernatural being (StrPA)
E 419.6 Lovers buried apart found in one grave each morning [Friends buried apart found united the following day] (KM3)
H 682.1 Riddle: how far is it from earth to heaven (StrPA)
H 682.2.1 How wide is heaven? So and so wide and if you don’t believe it, go measure it yourself (StrPA)
H 696.1.1 Riddle: How much water is in the sea? Stop all the rivers and I will measure it (StrPA)
H 1024.4 Task: teaching an ass to read (StrPA)
J 620 Forethought in prevention of others’s plans (StrPA)
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 (StrPA)
K 3.4 Wise man [ clerical trickster] disguised as monk beats learned heretic [clerics] in debate (StrPA)
K 233 Trickster escapes without paying (StrPA)
K 330 Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner (StrPA)
K 332 Theft by making owner drunk (StrPA)
K 343.1 Owner sent on errand and goods stolen (StrPA)
K 491.2 Horse [donkey] to be taught to speak (StrPA)
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 (StrPA)
K 1817.4 Disguise as merchant (StrPA)
K 1955 Sham physician (StrPA)
K 1955.1 Sham physician cures people by threatening them with death (StrPA)
K 1961.1.5 Sham holy man (StrPA)
K 1962 False prophet (StrPA)
K 1968 Sham prowess in hunting (fishing) (StrPA)
K 1970 Sham miracle (StrPA)
M 291 Trickster undertakes impossible bargains and collects his part: trusts that in the year he is given either he or the other will die (StrPA)
P 320 Hospitality (StrPA)
P 531 Taxation and payment of fines and tribute (StrPA)
V 19 Religious sacrifices – miscellaneous (StrPA)
W 11 Generosity (StrPA)
X 1156 Lie: other unusual methods of catching fish (StrPA)
X 1788 Lie: the realistic painting (StrPA)
Z 292.1 (Bm) Hero’s corpse embalmed (KM3)

Ammon    

A 182.3 God (angel) speaks to mortal (RvEAlx)
D 1731.2.3 (Bm) Dream of visit by god (BaAlx, RvEAlx)


Amon    

A 123.12 (Bm) God with horns of silver and gold (SeAlx)
A 132.14 Ram-god (UvEAlx)
D 1731.2.3 (Bm) Dream of visit by god (BaAlx, GrAlx, SeAlx)
D 1814.3 Advice from God (or the gods) (GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
M 301.16 Gods prophesy both good and evil about hero’s fate (GrAlx)
M 306 Enigmatical prophecy. (GrAlx)
M 341.1.2 Prophecy: early death (GrAlx)
V 11.9 Sacrifice to deity (GrAlx)
V 17.0.1 Sacrifice to deity in order to obtain favors (GrAlx)
V 112 Temples (GrAlx)

Amonta    

R 220 Flights (GrAlx)

Amor    

A 475 God of love (HvVEn, PlMel)
F 855 Extraordinary image (PlMel)

Ampflise    

P 52 Knight jousts with all comers (WvEP)
T 51 Wooing by emissary (WvEP)
T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman (WvEP)
T 92 Rivals in love (WvEP)

Amur    

P 557.4 Customs concerning single combat (GoTK)
W 181 Jealousy (GoTK)

Amurfina    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (HvdTCr)
H 1381.8 (Bm) Quest for champion [helper] (HvdTCr)
K 2212 Treacherous sister. (HvdTCr)
P 252.1 Two sisters (HvdTCr)
P 527 (Li) Problems of inheritance (legacy) (HvdTCr)
T 10 Falling in love (HvdTCr)
Z 65.1 Red as blood, white as snow (HvdTCr)

Anamor    

F 833.3 Sword extraordinarily bright, sharp (GoTK)

Anastasius    

V 221.0.1 Relics of saint cure disease [exorcise] (OttEr)
V 229 Saints – miscellaneous (OttEr)
V 463 Religious martyrdom (OttEr)

Anaxarete    

T 75 Man scorned by his beloved (AvHMC)

Anaximenes    

J 151 Wisdom from old person (RvEAlx)

Anchenor    

K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (TrojEl)

Anchises    

A 511.1.5 Culture hero son of mortal (half-mortal) father [and goddess mother] (HvVEn)
A 528 Culture hero has supernatural helpers (HvVEn)
C 500 Tabu- touching (HvVEn)
E 323.4 Advice from dead mother [father] (HvVEn)
E 327 Dead father’s friendly return (HvVEn)
F 81.1.2 Journey to land of dead to visit deceased (HvVEn)
F 1099.8 Man meets (sees) his future descendants (HvVEn)
H 1410 Fear test: staying in frightful place (HvVEn)
M 302.3 Descent into hell [lower world] to learn future (HvVEn)
N 731 Unexpected meeting of father and son (HvVEn)
N 810 Supernatural helpers (HvVEn)
P 233 Father and son (HvVEn)
Q 113.0.1 High honors as reward (HvVEn)
Q 114.2 Gifts as reward for gifts (HvVEn)
V 65 Commemoration of death (HvVEn)

Ancipater    

K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (SeAlx)

Andragais    

H 421 Tests for true lover (Lanc1)

Andromache    

D 1812.3.3 Future revealed in dream (TrojEl)
D 1812.3.3.5 Prophetic dream allegorical (TrojEl)
D 1812.3.3.11 Death of another revealed in dream (HMvNT)
D 1812.5.1.2 Bad dream as evil omen (TrojEl)

Andromeda    

F 1041.21.6 Tearing hair and clothes from excessive grief (HvFLvT)
T 131.1.2 Father’s consent to son’s (daughter’s) marriage necessary (HvFLvT)

Anfole    

F 1041.1.2 Death from grief for death of lover or relative (PlGar)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (PlGar)
P 252.1 Two sisters (PlGar)
T 211.9.1 Wife dies of grief for death of husband (PlGar)

Anfortas    

C 100 Sex tabu. (WvEP)
C 111 Tabu: loss of chastity (WvEP)
C 940 Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. (WvEP)
D 789.6.1 Disenchantment by speaking proper words. (WvEP)
D 1380.11 Magic jewel protects (WvEP)
D 2161.2 Magic cure of wound. (WvEP)
F 184 Otherworld king (WCRPa)
F 184.1 Wounded otherworld king (in Ireland) . (WvEP)
F 575.2 Handsome man (WvEP)
F 899.4 (Li) Enormous treasure (WvEP)
F 959.3 Miraculous cure of wound (WvEP)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (AlbJT, WvEP)
Q 243 Incontinence punished – miscellaneous (WvEP)
T 300 Chastity and celibacy (WvEP)
Z 182 Symbolic wounding of king. (WvEP)

Angaras    

H 1219.5 Quest assigned [to] prisoner. (HvdTCr)
P 19.0.1 (Li) King Arthur as leader of outstanding chivalric society (Round Table) (HvdTCr)
P 525.3 He nearest to blood of slain man must avenge his death [Blood-revenge] (HvdTCr)

Angelburg    

C 111 Tabu: loss of chastity (FvS)
C 312 Tabu: man looking at woman (FvS)
D 114.1.1.1 Transformation: girl to deer (fawn) (by druid) (FvS)
D 154.1 Transformation: man [woman] to dove (FvS)
D 621.1 Animal by day; man [woman] by night (FvS)
D 661 Transformation as punishment. (FvS)
D 721 Disenchantment by removing skin (FvS)
D 753 Disenchantment by accomplishment of tasks. (FvS)
D 791 Disenchantment possible under unique conditions (FvS)
D 794 Enchanted person attracts attention of rescuer (FvS)
D 1980 Magic invisibility (FvS)
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (FvS)
H 94 Identification by ring (FvS)
K 2123 Innocent woman accused of using witchcraft (FvS)
M 255 Deathbed promise concerning the second wife (FvS)
P 234 Father and daughter (FvS)
P 282 Stepmother (FvS)
T 35 Lovers’ rendezvous (FvS)
T 92.1 The triangle plot and its solutions (FvS)
T 210 Faithfulness in marriage (FvS)
T 298 Reconciliation [reunion] of (separated) couple (FvS)
T 350 Chaste sleeping together (FvS)

Annore    

F 1041.1.2 Death from grief for death of lover or relative (WvEP)
T 211.9.1 Wife dies of grief for death of husband (WvEP)

Anshelm    

B 16.2.5 Devastating bear killed (KvWP)

Antanor    

F 569.3 Silent person. (WvEP)
M 301.9.1 Fool (entertainer) as prophet. (WvEP)
Q 470 Humiliating punishments (WvEP)

Antelan    

F 451 Dwarf (KoAnt)
F 451.2.1.1 Dwarfs are small (KoAnt)
F 451.3.1 Power of dwarf in his belt (KoAnt)
F 451.3.3.8 Dwarfs made invisible by magic caps [cloaks] (KoAnt)
F 451.3.8 Dwarfs are strong (KoAnt)
F 451.5 Dwarfs and human beings (KoAnt)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (KoAnt)

Antenor    

J 1358 No thanks to the messenger (HvFLvT)
K 449 (Bm) Bribe (HMvNT)
K 2299 Other villains and traitors – miscellaneous (HMvNT)
M 119.2 Swearing by (clan) gods (TrojEl)
P 14.15.2 Court messenger (HMvNT, HvFLvT, KvWTK)
Q 431 Punishment: banishment (exile) (HvFLvT)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (HMvNT, HvFLvT)
Z 703 (Bm) Eponymous account of city’s founding (HMvNT)

Antheo    

D 1833 Magic strength by touching earth (UvEAlx)
F 610.4 Man with strength of many men (UvEAlx)

Antikonie    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (WvEP)
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (WvEP)
P 63 (Bm) Lady in armor (and battle) (WvEP)
T 50 Wooing (WvEP)

Antilocus    

V 153 (Hi) Heroes’ grave (HvFLvT)

Antioch    

H 540.3 King propounds riddles (PLVAlx, StrAlx)
T 411 Father-daughter-incest (BaAlx, PLVAlx, StrAlx)

Antiochus    

H 540.3 King propounds riddles (HvNAp)
H 541.1 Riddle propounded on pain of death (HvNAp)
K 231.2 Reward for accomplishment of task deceptively withheld (HvNAp)
K 2246.1 Treacherous king (HvNAp)
T 411.1 (Lecherous) [Unnatural] father [wants to marry his daughter] (HvNAp)

Antiopolis    

H 79 Recognition by physical attributes – miscellaneous (SeAlx)

Antipater    

P 193 (Bm) Guardian [regent] (RvEAlx, UvEAlx)

Antipodes    

F 707 Extraordinary kingdom (HvAEr)

Antonie    

J 1111 Clever girl (PlTand)
K 640 Escape by help of confederate (PlTand)
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (PlTand)
P 253 Sister and brother (PlTand)
P 510 Law courts (PlTand)
R 53 Captivity as refuge for the captive (PlTand)
R 162 Rescue by captor’s daughter (wife, mother) [niece] (PlTand)
T 10 Falling in love (PlTand)
T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman (PlTand)
T 71 Woman scorned in love (PlTand)
T 92 Rivals in love (PlTand)


Antret    

K 1271 Amorous intrigue observed and exposed (UvTTr)
K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (EvOTr)
K 2297 Treacherous friend (EvOTr)

Anzansnuse    

F 668.0.1 Skillful physician (HvdTCr)
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (HvdTCr)
P 424.5 Female physician [healer] (HvdTCr)

Apolisz    

F 833.3 Sword extraordinarily bright, sharp (GoTK)

Apollo    

A 102.17 Anger of God (HMvNT)
A 178 God as prophet (HMvNT, HvFLvT)
A 182.3 God (angel) speaks to mortal (HMvNT, HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
A 182.3.5 God advises mortal (HMvNT, HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
A 454 God of healing (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 1810.9 Magic knowledge from God (HvFLvT)
V 215 (Hi) Heathen gods (ReivB)

Apollonius    

A 185 Deity cares for favorite individuals (HvNAp)
B 11.11.6 Dragon fight in order to free lion (HvNAp)
B 557.5 Person carried by lion [panther] (HvNAp)
B 771 Wild animal miraculously tamed (HvNAp)
D 1086 Magic lance (HvNAp)
D 1361.17 Magic ring renders invisible (HvNAp)
D 1821.3.7.3 Crystal-gazing. Clairvoyance by looking into crystal. (HvNAp)
D 1887 Rejuvenation by bathing (HvNAp)
F 575.2 Handsome man (HvNAp)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (HvNAp)
F 679.9 Skillful musician (plays nine mouth harps at once) (HvNAp)
G 450 Falling into ogre’s power – miscellaneous (HvNAp)
G 610 Theft from ogre (HvNAp)
H 11.1 Recognition by telling life history (HvNAp)
H 41 Recognition of royalty [nobility] by personal characteristics or traits (HvNAp)
H 1381 Quest for unknown person (HvNAp)
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (HvNAp)
K 324 Theft by use of coat [ring] of invisibility (HvNAp)
K 1380 Seductions – miscellaneous (HvNAp)
K 1831 Service under a false name (HvNAp)
L 123 Pauper hero (HvNAp)
M 121 Vow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time (HvNAp)
M 150 Other vows and oaths (HvNAp)
M 310 Favorable prophecies (HvNAp)
M 310.1 Prophecy: future greatness and fame (HvNAp)
M 358 Prophecies connected with journeys (HvNAp)
M 369.5 Prophecies concerning invasion and conquest (HvNAp)
N 338.5 (Bm) Friendly troops attacked in error (HvNAp)
N 732 Accidental meeting of father and daughter (HvNAp)
N 741 Unexpected meeting of husband and wife (HvNAp)
N 746 Accidental meeting of cousins (HvNAp)
N 770.0.1 Feast as occasion for the beginning of adventures or the arrival of questers (HvNAp)
N 774.3 Adventures from pursuing animal (not magic) (HvNAp)
P 17 Succession to the throne (HvNAp)
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms (HvNAp)
P 311.1 Combatants become sworn brethren (HvNAp)
P 557.0.3 (Li) Military aid (alliance) (HvNAp)
Q 53.3.4 (Bm) Lady weds rescuer (HvNAp)
Q 112.0.1 Kingdom as reward (HvNAp)
Q 112.0.5 Kingdom and hand of princess as reward (for virtuous life) (HvNAp)
Q 241 Adultery punished (HvNAp)
Q 263 Lying (perjury) punished (HvNAp)
Q 328 (Bm) Cowardice punished (HvNAp)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (HvNAp)
R 110 Rescue of captive (HvNAp)
R 111.1 Princess (maiden) rescued from captor (HvNAp)
T 31 Lovers’ meeting: hero in service of [given as playmate to] heroine (HvNAp)
T 211.9 Excessive grief at husband’s or wife’s death (HvNAp)
W 11 Generosity (HvNAp)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (HvNAp)
W 32 Bravery (HvNAp)
Z 201.9.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous possessions – Arthur’s Round Table (HvNAp)

Appatris    

V 301.1 (Li) The high-minded, noble heathen (KvWP)

Aptor    

D 931 Magic rock (stone) (Wiga)
D 1336 Magic object gives weakness. (Wiga)
D 1359.3 Magic object causes joy (Wiga)
D 1360 Magic object effects temporary change in person (Wiga)
D 1561.1.7 Magic stone brings good luck. (Wiga)
D 1687 Object magically becomes heavy. (Wiga)
D 1788 Magic results from bathing (Wiga)
F 807 Rock of extraordinary color. (Wiga)
H 411.1 Magic stone as chastity test. (Wiga)

Aquitain    

F 451.3.12 Dwarfs are intelligent. (EvOTr)
F 451.5.2 Malevolent dwarf (EvOTr)
F 451.8.2 Proper names for dwarfs (EvOTr)
K 2277 Treacherous dwarf. (EvOTr)

Arabadille    

T 211.10 Wife dies shortly after husband (AlbJT)

Arachne    

A 451.3.1 Goddess of weaving and spinning (HvVEn)
D 181 Transformation: man [goddess] to spider (HvVEn)

Araffel    

P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (ReivB)

Araphin    

B 172 Magic bird (JvWW)

Arbasan    

J 1141.1 Guilty person deceived into gesture (act) which admits guilt (BaAlx, StrAlx)
K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (BaAlx, StrAlx)

Arbasones    

K 2248 Treacherous minister (SeAlx)
P 50.0.2 (Bm) Knight who acknowledges no overlord [Allegiance: loyalty and disloyalty…] (SeAlx)
R 4 Surprise capture (SeAlx)

Archilan    

P 311.5 Covenant of friendship (HvNAp)
Z 201.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous horse (HvNAp)

Archilochus    

S 139.2.2.10 (Bm) Body of dead enemy hero left in street for all to see (HMvNT)

Archilon    

P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms (HvNAp)

Ardenne    

F 151.1.3 Perilous forest. (KvWP)
F 812 Extraordinary forest (KvWP)

Arfaxat    

Q 328 (Bm) Cowardice punished (HvNAp)

Argo    

F 841 Extraordinary boat (ship) (HMvNT, HvFLvT)

Argus    

A 1445.1.1 (Bm) Argus as first ship builder (TrojEl)
F 671 Skillful ship-builder (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 456 Carpenter (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Ariadne    

R 121.5 Ariadne thread (GoTK)

Ariolus    

D 1712.3 Interpreter of dreams (RvEAlx)

Aristander    

D 1712 Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.) (RvEAlx)
D 1812.3.3.0.4 (Bm) Interpretation of dream by second party (UvEAlx)
P 481 Astrologer (UvEAlx)

Aristoteles    

J 50 Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from observation (SeAlx)
J 141 Youth educated by seven [six] sages (PLVAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx)
J 152 Wisdom (knowledge) from sage (teacher) (GrAlx, StrAlx, UvEAA)
J 152.3 Philosopher instructs youth regarding conduct (RvEAlx, UvEAlx)
J 229 Choice between evils – miscellaneous (ArPhy)
K 1215 Aristotle and Phyllis: philosopher as riding horse for woman. The philosopher warns the king against uxoriousness, In revenge the queen beguiles the philosopher into letting her ride him on all fours. The king comes and sees (ArPhy)
P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council] (RvEAlx)
T 10 Falling in love (ArPhy)
T 24 The symptoms of love (ArPhy)
T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman (ArPhy)

Armenia    

F 709 Other extraordinary countries (HvNAp)

Arnive    

N 837 Queen as helper (WvEP)
P 292 Grandmother (WvEP)

Arnold    

K 1349.1.2 Disguise as madman to enter girl’s room (PKvWB)
T 75.2.1 Rejected suitors’ revenge (PKvWB)
T 331 Man unsuccessfully tempted by woman (PKvWB)

Arnolt of Senlys    

P 14.15.2 Court messenger (KM1)

Arofel    

V 301.1 (Li) The high-minded, noble heathen (WvEW)

Arruns    

Q 211 Murder punished (HvVEn)

Artaxerses    

P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault (SeAlx)

Artus ( Arhtur. Arthur)    

A 570 Culture hero [King Arthur] still lives (HvAIw, MaAm)
A 571.1 Culture hero still alive in hollow hill (Lohe)
A 580 Culture hero’s (divinity’s) [king’s] expected return (MaAm, UvZLa)
A 581 Culture hero (divinity) returns (UvLFD)
B 17.2.1.3 Hostile sea-cat (MaAm)
B 73 Sea-cat (MaAm)
D 1960.2 Kyffhäuser. King asleep in mountain (Lohe)
D 1960.4 Deathlike sleep (MaAm)
D 2064 Magic sickness (Lanc1)
E 366.4 (Bm) Revenant in dream advises king (Lanc3)
F 184 Otherworld king (Lohe)
F 312 Fairy presides at child’s birth (WCRPa)
F 312.1.1 Fairies make good wishes for newborn child (WCRPa)
F 317 Fairy predicts future greatness of newborn child (WCRPa)
F 575.2 Handsome man (Lanc2)
F 575.3 Remarkably beautiful child (WCRPa)
F 628 Strong man as mighty slayer (StrDan)
F 989.15 Hunt for extraordinary (magic) animal (HvAEr, HvdTCr, UvZLa)
F 1041.21.6.1 Wounding self because of excessive grief (WCRPa)
H 51 Recognition by scar (HvdTCr)
H 1224 Quest to distant king for military aid (Lanc1)
H 1385.15 (Bm) Quest for lost mother (WvEP)
H 1550 Tests of character (WvGW)
H 1552 Tests of generosity. (HvAIw, WvGW)
H 1564 Test of hospitality (PlMel)
H 1592 Hunting contest (HvdTCr)
K 100 Deceptive bargain (HvAIw)
K 1550.1 Husband discovers wife’s adultery (Lanc3)
K 1551 Husband returns home secretely and spies on adulteress and paramour (Lanc3)
K 2246.1 Treacherous king (Lanc1)
L 410.1 Proud king humbled (Lanc1)
M 151 Vow not to eat before hearing of adventure (HvdTCr, HvdTM, PlMel, PlTand, StrDan, UvZLa, WCRPa, WvEP, WvGW)
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 (WCRPa)
M 195 (Bm) Vow to see particular marvel. (HvAIw)
M 223 Blind promise (rash boon) (HvAIw, HvdTM, PlGar, UvZLa, WCRPa, WvGW)
M 301.12 (Three) Fates prophesy at child’s birth (WCRPa)
M 302.4 Horoscope taken by means of stars (HvdTCr)
M 311.0.1 Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child (WCRPa)
M 312.2.1 Prophecy: son to be more powerful than father (WCRPa)
M 342.1 Prophecy of downfall of king (Lanc3)
N 120 Determination of luck or fate (HvdTCr)
N 203 Lucky person. (HvdTCr)
N 730 Accidental reunion of families (HvdTCr)
N 734 Accidental meeting of brother and sister (HvdTCr)
N 735 Accidental meeting of mother and son (HvdTCr)
N 738 Accidental meeting of nephew and uncle (PlMel)
N 760 Other accidental encounters (HvdTCr)
N 836 King as helper (Wiga)
P 10 Kings [King’s famous court] (HvdTCr, Lanc1, Lanc2, PlGar, PlMel, PlTand, UvZLa)
P 12 Character of kings (HvAIw, HvdTCr, Lanc1, Lanc3, PlGar, StrDan, WCRPa, WvGW)
P 12.11 Uxorious king neglects duties (Lanc1)
P 13 Customs connected with kings (PlGar)
P 13.3 Royal purple (golden diadem) [crown] as sign of royalty (WCRPa)
P 14 Particular practices of kings (HvAEr, HvdTCr, HvdTM, Lanc2, Lanc3, PlMel, PlTand, StrDan, UvZLa, WCRPa, WvEP, WvGW)
P 15 Adventures of kings (WCRPa)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (Lanc1)
P 19.0.1 (Li) King Arthur as leader of outstanding chivalric society (Round Table) (HvdTCr, HvFTr, PlGar, PlMel, PlTand, UvLFD, UvZLa, WCPap, WCRPa, WvEP, WvGW)
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals] (Lanc1)
P 233 Father and son (Lanc3, UvZLa)
P 236.4 Son deposes father and usurps throne (Lanc3)
P 253.0.1 Sister’s son (WvEP)
P 293 Uncle (PlMel, UvZLa, WCRPa)
P 293.1 Mother’s brother as foster father (PlMel)
P 297 Nephew (PlMel)
P 510 Law courts (Wiga)
P 531.1.1 Tribute required of conquered foreigners (Wiga)
P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory) (PlMel)
P 557.0.3 (Li) Military aid (alliance) (Wiga)
P 634 Feasts (HvAIw, HvdTCr, HvdTM)
Q 436 Excommunication as punishment (Lanc1, Lanc3)
Q 551.6 Magic sickness as punishment (Lanc1)
R 10.6 (Bm) Knight abducted (StrDan)
R 39.1 Abduction by magician. (StrDan)
R 41.1 Captivity in castle (Lanc1)
S 62 Cruel husband (Lanc1)
T 11 Falling in love with person never seen (Lanc1)
T 92 Rivals in love (UvZLa)
T 92.1 The triangle plot and its solutions (HvdTCr, Lanc3)
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love] (Lanc1)
T 298 Reconciliation [reunion] of (separated) couple (Lanc1, Lanc3)
T 415 Brother-sister incest (Lanc3)
T 615.3 Precocious wisdom [virtue] (HvdTCr)
V 84 Excommunication (Lanc1)
W 11 Generosity (HvAIw)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (HvdTCr, HvdTM, HvNAp, Lanc1, Lanc2, PlGar, PlMel, StrDan, UvZLa, Wiga, WvEP, WvGW)
W 11.15 Generous person refuses no man anything (AlbJT)
W 46 (Li) Modesty (HvAIw)
W 225 Taciturn [pensive] man (Lanc1)
Z 201.9.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous possessions – Arthur’s Round Table (HvAEr, HvdTCr, HvFTr, Lanc3, PlGar, PlMel, PlTand, StrDan, TrMo, UvLFD, UvZLa, WCRPa, WvEP, WvGW)
Z 292 Death of hero [heroine] (MaAm)
Z 293 Return of the hero (MaAm)

Ascalon    

G 303.15 Places haunted by the devil (Lanc1)

Ascanius    

B 192 Magic animal killed (HvVEn)
B 331 Helpful animal killed through misunderstanding (HvVEn)
D 1794 Magic results from kissing (HvVEn)
D 1900 Love induced by magic (HvVEn)
N 330 Accidental killing or death (HvVEn)
N 334 Accidental fatal ending of game or joke [hunt] (HvVEn)
P 233 Father and son (HvVEn)
P 310.1 Friends want to divide good and evil (HvVEn)
P 557 Military customs (HvVEn)
R 75 Surrendering (HvVEn)
R 316 Refuge on rock (in sea) (HvVEn)

Aspinde    

F 812.8 Wood which cannot be consumed by fire (StrAlx)

Aspjol    

P 110.0.1 (Bm) Faithful steward [knight] as regent (UvZLa)
P 293 Uncle (UvZLa)

Asprian    

F 531.5 Giants and men (DukH)
F 531.5.10 Giant as servant to man (DukH)
F 531.6.8 Mutual relations of giants (DukH)
W 212 Eagerness for combat (DukH)

Aspynogres    

P 231 Mother and son (WCRPa)
S 22 Parricide (WCRPa)
S 133 Murder by beheading (WCRPa)

Assiles    

F 531.3.2.4 Giant hurls mountain. (HvdTCr)
F 531.3.5.1 Giant bestrides mountain. (HvdTCr)
F 531.4.5 Giant’s enormous weapons (HvdTCr)
F 531.4.5.4 Giant has stone shield. (HvdTCr)
F 531.5 Giants and men (HvdTCr)
F 531.5.11 Giant in contest [combat] with man (HvdTCr)
F 531.6.2 Haunts of giants (HvdTCr)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (HvdTCr)
F 531.6.16 Attendants of the giants (HvdTCr)
F 621.2 Trees pulled up by giant (HvdTCr)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (HvdTCr)
F 771.5.2 Castle guarded by giants (ogres) (HvdTCr)
G 100 Giant ogre Polyphemus (HvdTCr)
P 531.1.1 Tribute required of conquered foreigners (HvdTCr)
S 262.2 Tribute of youths regularly sent to foreign king. (HvdTCr)

Assundin    

N 760 Other accidental encounters (BvHCra)
P 16 End of king’s reign (BvHCra)
P 17 Succession to the throne (BvHCra)
P 50.2 Marshall [Court officials: marshall, steward, etc.] (BvHCra)
P 193 (Bm) Guardian [regent] (BvHCra)
P 361 Faithful servant [vassal] (BvHCra)


Assur    

Q 328 (Bm) Cowardice punished (HvNAp)
W 121 Cowardice (HvNAp)

Athanais    

C 169 Tabu connected with marriage – miscellaneous (OttEr)
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (OttEr)
P 29 Queens – miscellaneous (OttEr)
R 41.2 Captivity in tower (OttEr)
T 34 Lovers meet at social gathering (OttEr)
T 91.7 Unequals in love – miscellaneous (OttEr)
T 233 Wronged wife goes to wronged husband [becomes unfaithful] (OttEr)
T 381.0.2 Wife imprisoned in tower (house) to preserve chastity (OttEr)

Athis    

F 1041.21 Reactions to excessive grief (AtPro)
T 89 Tragic love – miscellaneous motifs (AtPro)
T 92.7 Rival lovers do battle for girl (AtPro)

Atroclas    

H 1385.1 Quest for stolen princess. (Wiga)
P 527 (Li) Problems of inheritance (legacy) (Wiga)

Atwin    

K 2250.1 Treacherous servant (GeRo)

Austria    

P 12 Character of kings (UvLFD)
P 510 Law courts (UvLFD)
T 210.1 Faithful wife (Bestr)
V 10 Religious sacrifice (JvWW)

Avalon    

F 129.4 Journey to otherworld island (WCRPa)
F 134 Otherworld on island (HvAEr, WCRPa)
F 213 Fairyland on island. (HvAEr, WCRPa)
F 252.2 Fairy queen (HvdTCr)

Avenis    

T 108.1 (Bm) Girl (to be) married against her will [without her consent] (RvEWO)

Aveniun    

Q 261 Treachery punished (GeRo)

Aventius    

A 511.1.5 Culture hero son of mortal (half-mortal) father [and goddess mother] (HvVEn)
Z 202 (Bm) Fanciful ancestry of hero (HvVEn)

Avinör    

F 833.3 Sword extraordinarily bright, sharp (GoTK)