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Falcidron    

P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms (HvNAp)
P 311.5 Covenant of friendship (HvNAp)
Z 201.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous horse (HvNAp)

Fallen    

F 730 Extraordinary island (Lanc3)

Falzone    

F 833 Extraordinary sword (AlbJT)

Fama    

A 489 Gods of abstractions – miscellaneous (KvWTK)

Famurgan    

D 100 Transformation: man to animal. (HvAEr)
D 813 Magic object received from fairy (HvAEr)
D 1711 Magician (HvAEr)
D 1711.5 Fairy as magician. (HvAEr)
D 1719.5 Magic power of fairy. (HvAEr)
D 2122 Journey with magic speed. (HvAEr)
D 2135.0.1 Levitation (HvAEr)
D 2151 Magic control of waters (HvAEr)
D 2158 Magic control of fires (HvAEr)
D 2197 Magic dominance over animals (HvAEr)
D 2198 Magic control of spirits (angels, [gods]) (HvAEr)
E 121.7 Resuscitation by magician. (HvAEr)
F 250 Other characteristics of fairies. (HvAEr)
F 253 Extraordinary powers of fairies (HvAEr)
F 302.3.1.3 Man is carried to fairyland by fairy and marries her. (WvEP)

Farracuc (Ferracuc, Farruck )    

F 531.2.1 Extremely tall giant (KM3)
F 531.5 Giants and men (KM3)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (KM3)
Z 311 Achilles heel (KM3)

Färtes    

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

Faufaserat ( Faufasarat)    

P 233 Father and son (UvTRW)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (UvTRW)
V 335 (Bm) Refusal to change religion (UvTRW)

Feimorgan    

D 1500.1.19 Magic healing salve. (HvAIw)
D 1719.5 Magic power of fairy. (HvAIw)

Feirafîz (Feirefiz)    

F 527 Person of unusual color (UvEAlx, WvEP)
F 575.2 Handsome man (WvEP)
H 151.10 Combat of unknown brothers [relatives, unrecognized friends] brings about recognition (WvEP)
H 1381.2 Quest for unknown father (WvEP)
H 1381.2.2.1 Son seeks unknown father (WvEP)
N 733.1 Brothers unwittingly fight each other (WvEP)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (WvEP)
P 150 Rich men (WvEP)
P 251.5 Two brothers (WvEP)
T 10 Falling in love (WvEP)
T 59 (Bm) Love tokens (WvEP)
V 301.1 (Li) The high-minded, noble heathen (WvEP)
V 331 Conversion to Christianity (WvEP)
V 331.5 Conversion to Christianity through love (WvEP)
V 332 Baptism of heathen (WvEP)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (WvEP)

Felix    

F 11.1 Journey to heaven [or hell] in trance (MoeF)
V 311 Belief in the life to come (MoeF)
V 511.1 Visions of heaven (MoeF)
W 47 (Hi) Humility and modesty (MoeF)
W 48 (Ha) Piety (MoeF)

Fenix    

B 32 Phoenix (BaAlx, GrAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
B 32.1 Phoenix renews youth (GrAlx)

Feroz    

F 567 Wild man (WvGW)

Ferrugius    

F 531 Giant (TundFr2)

Fidegart    

F 531.0.4 Giant woman (PlGar)
F 531.6.3.1 Giants live in castles (raths, duns) (ruins of which may still be seen) (PlGar)
F 531.6.8.1 Giant in love with giantess (PlGar)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (PlGar)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (PlGar)
G 111 Giant ogre (s) possess (es) castle (PlGar)
G 440 Ogre [giant] abducts person (PlGar)

Filledamur    

N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (HvAEr)

Filomacia    

F 576 Extraordinary ugliness (HvNAp)
P 274 Foster sister (HvNAp)

Filominus    

E 100 Resuscitation by medicines (HvNAp)
F 668.0.1 Skillful physician (HvNAp)
J 146.2 (Li) The educated youth (HvNAp)
P 424 Physician (HvNAp)

Fimbeus    

D 813 Magic object received from fairy (HvdTCr)
D 859.2.1 Magic object received from other world. (HvdTCr)
D 1057 Magic belt (HvdTCr)
D 1381.18 Magic belt assures victory (HvdTCr)
F 301 Fairy lover [husband]. (HvdTCr)
F 302 Fairy mistress (HvdTCr)
F 340 Gifts from fairies (HvdTCr)

Fiolede    

F 399 Other fairy motifs (BvHDa)
N 815 Fairy as helper (BvHDa)

Flanea    

K 2215 (Bm) Treacherous stepmother [foster mother] (FvS)
P 282 Stepmother (FvS)
Q 411.4 Death as punishment for treachery (FvS)
Q 414 Punishment: burning alive (FvS)
S 31 Cruel stepmother (FvS)
S 112 Burning to death (FvS)
T 471 Rape (FvS)
T 481 Adultery (FvS)

Flata    

F 531 Giant (HvNAp)
F 531.0.4 Giant woman (HvNAp)
F 531.1.0.2 Hideous giant (HvNAp)
F 531.1.6.3 Giants with shaggy hair on their bodies (HvNAp)
F 531.1.6.11 Giant (giantess) [wild woman] with hump (HvNAp)
F 531.2.1.6 Giantess is twice as tall as tall man (HvNAp)
G 157 Giant ogre’s prodigious speed (HvNAp)
G 512 Ogre killed (HvNAp)

Flegedin    

G 308 Sea-monster (HvNAp)

Flegetanis    

J 191 Wise men (WvEP)

Flogrisite    

R 41.1 Captivity in castle (Wiga)

Flois    

P 532 Payment of tax (tribute) [toll] (HvdTCr)


Floraete    

P 270.4 (Bm) Hero raised by foster parents (GvSTr)
P 272 Foster mother (GvSTr)

Floramie    

T 50.1.2 Girl carefully guarded by father (AlbJT)
T 68 Princess offered as prize (AlbJT)

Floranda    

W 11.2 Munificent monarch (GoTK)

Flordelise    

H 218 Trial by combat (HvNAp)

Flordiane    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (PlGar)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (PlGar)
T 68 Princess offered as prize (PlGar)

Flordibel    

J 1111 Clever girl (PlTand)
K 523 Escape by shamming illness (PlTand)
K 2312 Oath literally obeyed (PlTand)
M 131 Vow of chastity [fidelity] (PlTand)
P 40 Princesses (PlTand)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (PlTand)
P 510 Law courts (PlTand)
P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory) (PlTand)
Q 213 Abduction punished (PlTand)
Q 260 Deceptions punished (PlTand)
R 225 Elopement (PlTand)
R 310 Refuges (PlTand)
T 10 Falling in love (PlTand)
T 23 (Bm) Childhood sweethearts (PlTand)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (PlTand)
T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love (PlTand)
T 92 Rivals in love (PlTand)
T 131 Marriage restrictions (PlTand)
T 311 Woman averse to marriage (PlTand)


Flore    

F 575.2 Handsome man (KFFB)
F 679.8 Skill at chess-playing (KFFB)
F 1041.21.7 Swooning from grief (KFFB)
F 1088.1 Hero (heroine) spared for his (her) beauty (KFFB)
H 11.1 Recognition by telling life history (KFFB)
H 41 Recognition of royalty [nobility] by personal characteristics or traits (KFFB)
H 71 Marks of royalty (KFFB)
H 82.3 Tokens between lovers (KFFB)
J 628 Dissuasion from suicide (KFFB)
K 100 Deceptive bargain (KFFB)
K 1340 Entering into girl’s [man’s] room by trick (KFFB)
K 1342.0.1 Man carried into woman’s room hidden in a basket (KFFB)
K 1812 King in disguise (KFFB)
K 1812.14.1 King [prince] in disguise of merchant (KFFB)
K 1817.4 Disguise as merchant (KFFB)
M 290 Bargains and promises – miscellaneous (KFFB)
N 2.0.2 Stakes not claimed by winner (KFFB)
N 6 Luck in gambling (KFFB)
N 737 Accidental reunion of lovers (KFFB)
T 22.4 Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time (KFFB)
T 23 (Bm) Childhood sweethearts (KFFB)
T 24 The symptoms of love (KFFB)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (KFFB)
T 24.2 Swooning for love (KFFB)
T 24.6 Lover refuses food and drink (KFFB)
T 61.5.2 Children ten [five] and twelve [five] years old betroth themselves (KFFB)
T 84 Lovers treacherously separated (KFFB)
T 89.2 Woman [man] sacrifices herself [himself] to save beloved (KFFB)
T 91.6.2 King (prince) in love with a lowly girl (KFFB)
T 94 (Bm) Heroine [hero] attempts suicide on (false) reports of hero’s [heroine’s] death (KFFB)
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures (KFFB)
T 596 Naming of children (KFFB)
V 301.1 (Li) The high-minded, noble heathen (KFFB)
V 331.5 Conversion to Christianity through love (KFFB)
W 11 Generosity (KFFB)

Floren    

F 533 Remarkably tall man (Lanc2)

Florette    

K 1817.2 Disguise as palmer (pilgrim) (KM1)
P 60 Noble (gentle) ladies (KM1)
T 99 Love – additional motifs (KM1)
V 332 Baptism of heathen (KM1)

Flori    

H 411.4 Magic drinking horn (cup) as chastity test. (HvdTCr)

Florian    

P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (HvNAp)

Floridanz    

M 302.4.2 (Bm) Future read in stars (KvWP)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (KvWP)

Florie    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (WvGW)
F 1041.1.2 Death from grief for death of lover or relative (PlGar, WvETi)
F 1041.1.3 Death from sorrow or chagrin (WvGW)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (PlGar)
P 231 Mother and son (WvGW)
T 111 Marriage of mortal and supernatural being (WvGW)
T 211.9.1 Wife dies of grief for death of husband (PlGar, WvETi)
T 311 Woman averse to marriage (PlGar)

Florine    

P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (AlbJT)
T 80 Tragic love (AlbJT)

Floris    

H 1385.0.1 Unspelling quest: journey to disenchant (free) captives. (PlGar)
H 1385.8 Quest for lost brother (s) (PlGar)
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms (ReivB)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (ReivB)
R 41.1 Captivity in castle (PlGar)
T 61.5.2 Children ten [five] and twelve [five] years old betroth themselves (MBFuB)

Fluratrône    

F 148 Wall around otherworld (KvSGM)
F 150.2 Entrance to other world guarded by monsters (or animals) (KvSGM)
F 150.2.4 (Li) Extraordinary porter at entrance to otherworld castle (KvSGM)
F 707 Extraordinary kingdom (KvSGM)
F 771.5 Extraordinary guard for castle (land) (KvSGM)
F 777 (Bm) Extraordinary wall (KvSGM)

Flursensephin    

P 252.1 Two sisters (HvdTCr)

Focas    

C 169 Tabu connected with marriage – miscellaneous (OttEr)
H 1210.2 Quest assigned by king (OttEr)
H 1381.3.1.1 Quest for bride for king (prince) (OttEr)
J 652 Inattention to warnings (OttEr)
J 2199 Absurd short-sightedness – miscellaneous (OttEr)
P 16 End of king’s reign (OttEr)


Fontamer    

P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (HvNAp)

Fontanagris    

P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (ReivB)

Fore    

H 1381.3.1.1 Quest for bride for king (prince) (SaMor)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (SaMor)
R 41 Captivity in tower (castle, prison) (SaMor)
T 11.1.1 Beauty of woman reported to king causes quest for her as his bride (SaMor)
T 32.1 Lovers’ meeting: hero in heroine’s father’s [husband’s] prison from which she helps him to escape (SaMor)
T 41 Communication of lovers (SaMor)
T 92 Rivals in love (SaMor)
T 104 Foreign king wages war to enforce demand for princess in marriage (SaMor)

Fortuna    

H 1281 Quest to Fortune to seek fortune (HvdTCr)
N 111 Fortuna (UvEAlx)
N 111.1.1 Home of Fortuna in otherworld. (HvdTCr)
N 111.3 Fortune’s wheel. (HvdTCr)
N 200 The good gifts of fortune (HvdTCr)
Z 134 Fortune personified (HvdTCr)

France    

H 35.3 Recognition by unique needlework (Buss)
K 1812 King in disguise (HKBK)
K 2112 Woman slandered as adulteress (prostitute) [concubine] (SchKF)
K 2245 Treacherous marshal. (SchKF)
Q 482.1 Princess serves as menial (Buss)
R 24.2 Princely suitor in minstrel disguise carries princess away (Buss)
R 225.2 Lovers elope to prevent girl’s marriage to undesired fiancé (Buss)
R 312.1 Forest as refuge for eloping lovers (Buss)
S 442 Outcast wife [queen] and her son live in poverty (SchKF)
T 34 Lovers meet at social gathering (Buss)
T 57 Declaration of love (Buss)
T 75.2.1 Rejected suitors’ revenge (SchKF)
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures (Buss)
Z 701 (Bm) Eponymous account of nation’s founding (HMvNT)
Z 702 (Hi) Eponymous account of place name (KM6)

Francus    

Z 701 (Bm) Eponymous account of nation’s founding (HMvNT)

Frant    

B 301 Faithful animal (EvOTr)

Frians-of-Ponterteis    

M 108 Violators of oaths (PlGar)

Friedrich (Friderîch)    

C 312 Tabu: man looking at woman (FvS)
C 910 Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu (FvS)
C 943.2 Loss of one eye for breaking tabu (FvS)
D 753 Disenchantment by accomplishment of tasks. (FvS)
D 794 Enchanted person attracts attention of rescuer (FvS)
F 305 Offspring of fairy [dwarf] and mortal (FvS)
F 451.5.2.4 Dwarfs kidnap mortals (FvS)
F 451.5.18 Dwarf loves mortal girl (FvS)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (SaMor)
H 94 Identification by ring (FvS)
H 1222 Prince a-hunting enters on quest (FvS)
H 1321 Quest for marvelous water [fountain] (FvS)
H 1385.3 Quest for vanished wife (mistress) (FvS)
K 640 Escape by help of confederate (FvS)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (FvS)
P 14.15 King has champion to enforce respect (FvS)
P 16 End of king’s reign (UvLFD)
P 59.1 (Bm) Impecunious knight (FvS)
P 234 Father and daughter (FvS)
P 510 Law courts (VolAM)
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (UvLFD)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (DietF)
R 41.1 Captivity in castle (FvS)
R 45 Captivity in mound (cave, hollow hill) (FvS)
R 52 (Bm) Benevolent captivity (FvS)
T 10 Falling in love (FvS)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (FvS)
T 35 Lovers’ rendezvous (FvS)
T 92.1 The triangle plot and its solutions (FvS)
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love] (FvS)
T 298 Reconciliation [reunion] of (separated) couple (FvS)
T 350 Chaste sleeping together (FvS)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (FvS)

Friedrich of Telramunt    

H 218 Trial by combat (Lohe)

Frimutel    

F 184 Otherworld king (WvEP, WvETi)
P 16.1.4 Father abdicates in favor of son (WvETi)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (AlbJT, WvETi)

Fruote    

P 10 Kings [King’s famous court] (KvWE)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (KvWE)

Fruote    

H 919 Assignment of tasks in response to suggestion – miscellaneous (Kudr)
H 1381.3.1.1 Quest for bride for king (prince) (Kudr)
P 551 Army (Kudr)

Fukart    

D 1812.3.3.0.4 (Bm) Interpretation of dream by second party (KM2)
K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (KM2)
Q 236 Punishment for deceiving (divine) emperor (KM2)
Q 413.8 Hanging as punishment for treachery (KM2)
R 350 Recapture of fugitive (KM2)

Fuquinet (Volquin)    

P 297 Nephew (KM2)

Fursin    

F 558 Man covered with horn (JohV)
F 610 Remarkably strong man (JohV)
F 1041.21.6 Tearing hair and clothes from excessive grief (KvWP)
F 1041.21.7 Swooning from grief (KvWP)
K 2370 Miscellaneous deceptions (KvWP)
N 832 Boy as helper (KvWP)
P 30 Princes (KvWP)
S 139.2.1.1 Head of murdered man taken along as trophy (JohV)
T 600 Care (education) of children (KvWP)
V 301 (Li) Heathens and Christians (KvWP)
V 331 Conversion to Christianity (KvWP)
V 332 Baptism of heathen (KvWP)

Fyses    

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