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Laamorz    

D 1184.1 Magic ball of thread. (HvdTCr)
D 1830 Magic strength (HvdTCr)
K 2294 Treacherous host (HvdTCr)
P 52 Knight jousts with all comers (HvdTCr)
R 75 Surrendering (HvdTCr)

Labort    

N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (Lanc3)

Lac    

D 925 Magic fountain (WvEP)
P 16.1.4 Father abdicates in favor of son (HvAEr)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (HvAEr)
Z 730 (Bm) Eponymous account of personal name (WvEP)

Lacedonia    

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

Lady    

F 575 Remarkable beauty (KvWW)
F 576 Extraordinary ugliness (KvWW)
G 243 Witch’s sabbath (DbF)
Z 100 Symbolism (KvWW)

Lady World (Frau Welt)    

F 575 Remarkable beauty (KvWW)
F 576 Extraordinary ugliness (KvWW)
Z 100 Symbolism (KvWW)
Z 139 Personifications – miscellaneous (KvWW)

Lambegus    

P 293 Uncle (Lanc1)
R 110 Rescue of captive (Lanc2)
W 34 Loyalty (Lanc1)

Lambore    

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


Lamelot    

F 628.2 Strong man kills men (JohV)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (JohV)
V 331 Conversion to Christianity (JohV)
W 34 Loyalty (JohV)

Lamer    

D 862 Magic object taken away by force [recovered by fighting] (WvGW)
S 73.1 Fratricide (WvGW)

Lancelot (Lanzilet, Lanzilot, Lancelet)    

D 5 Enchanted person. (Lanc2)
D 700 Person disenchanted (HvdTCr)
D 705 Place [land] disenchanted (Lanc1)
D 810 Magic object a gift (Lanc1, Lanc2)
D 813 Magic object received from fairy (UvZLa)
D 1138 Magic tent. (UvZLa)
D 1317.0.2 (G) Magic ring detects enchantments (Lanc1, Lanc2)
D 1364.22 Sleep-charm (Lanc1)
D 1385.3.2 (Bm) Magic stone in ring protects against witchcraft. (Lanc1)
D 1500.1.10 Sacred objects cure disease (Lanc2)
D 1508.5 (Bm) Magic ointment cures madness. (Lanc1)
D 1836 Magic waxing and waning of strength. (HvdTCr)
D 1837 Magic weakness (UvZLa)
D 2064 Magic sickness (Lanc2)
D 2174 Magic dancing. Enchanted persons dance till released (Lanc2)
E 722.2.10 Soul taken away by God (angel) (Lanc3)
F 152.1.6 Sword bridge to otherworld. (WvEP)
F 311.3 Fairy foster-mother. (Lanc1)
F 324.3 Youth [child] abducted by fairy. (Lanc1, UvZLa)
F 340 Gifts from fairies (Lanc1, Lanc2, UvZLa)
F 371 Human being reared in fairyland. (UvZLa)
F 375 Mortals as captives in fairyland (Lanc1, Lanc2)
F 527.5 Black man [knight; wild woman] (Lanc2)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (UvZLa)
F 575.2 Handsome man (Lanc1, Lanc2)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (JohV)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (UvZLa)
F 775 Extraordinary tent (UvZLa)
F 873.0.1 Battle rage (Lanc1)
F 950 Marvelous cures (Lanc2)
F 959.1 Madness miraculously cured (Lanc1)
F 1041.8.2 Madness from grief (Lanc1, Lanc2)
F 1068 Realistic dream (Lanc1)
H 20 Recognition by resemblance (Lanc1)
H 24 Recognition from dream. (UvZLa)
H 30 Recognition through personal peculiarities (Lanc2)
H 151.10 Combat of unknown brothers [relatives, unrecognized friends] brings about recognition (Lanc1, Lanc2)
H 332.3 Suitor test: duel with father-in-law (UvZLa)
H 411.4 Magic drinking horn (cup) as chastity test. (HvdTCr)
H 421 Tests for true lover (Lanc1)
H 509.3 Chess game as test (Lanc2)
H 1161 Task: killing ferocious beast. (UvZLa)
H 1166 Task: duel. (UvZLa)
H 1166.1 Task: wrestling etc. with giant warrior (UvZLa)
H 1221 Quest for adventure (UvZLa)
H 1228 Quest undertaken by hero for vengeance. (UvZLa)
H 1229.1 Quest undertaken by hero to fulfill promises. (UvZLa)
H 1335 Quest for lost knight (Lanc2)
H 1385 Quest for lost person. (Lanc1, Lanc2)
H 1385.8 Quest for lost brother (s) (Lanc2)
H 1556.4 Fidelity in love tested (Lanc1, UvZLa)
H 1568 Test of the champion. (Lanc1)
H 1591 Shooting contest. (UvZLa)
J 1113 Clever boy [youth, knight] (Lanc1)
J 1730.1 Hero does not learn his name until after first [particular] adventure. (UvZLa)
J 2010 Uncertainty about own identity. (Lanc1)
K 550.1 Escape by equivocal oath. (UvZLa)
K 620 Escape by deceiving the guard. (UvZLa)
K 640 Escape by help of confederate (Lanc2)
K 649 Escape by help of confederate – miscellaneous (Lanc2)
K 736 Snapping door (Lanc2)
K 750 Capture by decoy (Lanc2)
K 1818 Disguise as sick man (Lanc3)
K 1831.0.2 (Bm) Disguise by refusal to reveal name (Lanc1)
K 2312 Oath literally obeyed (UvZLa)
L 101 Unpromising [clumsy] hero (UvZLa)
L 112.4 Dirty boy as hero [Loathsome knight] (UvZLa)
M 105 Equivocal oaths (UvZLa)
M 131 Vow of chastity [fidelity] (Lanc3)
M 166.9.2 (Bm) Vow to revenge unknown wronged (killed) knight (Lanc1)
M 246 Covenant of friendship (Lanc1, Lanc2)
M 311 Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child (Lanc2)
M 311.0.1 Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child (UvZLa)
M 312.9 Prophecy: no people or king will be able to stand up against hero (UvZLa)
M 361 Fated hero (Lanc1)
N 660 Accidental escapes. (Lanc1, Lanc2)
N 746 Accidental meeting of cousins (Lanc1)
P 12 Character of kings (UvZLa)
P 13.5 Crowning [and making] of kings (UvZLa)
P 17 Succession to the throne (UvZLa)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (UvZLa)
P 17.11 Slayer of king [sovereign] marries widow [daughter] and inherits kingdom [domain] (UvZLa)
P 30 Princes (Lanc1)
P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry] (HvdTCr)
P 52.1 Knight’s duty to perform as lady bids (Lanc1)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (Lanc1)
P 56 (Bm) Knight [noble] becomes hermit (Lanc3)
P 231 Mother and son (UvZLa)
P 233 Father and son (Lanc1, Lanc2, Lanc3)
P 251 Brothers [Half-brothers] (Lanc2)
P 275 Foster son (Lanc1, UvZLa)
P 293 Uncle (UvZLa)
P 295 Cousins (Lanc1)
P 310 Friendship (Lanc1, UvZLa)
P 340 Teacher and pupil (Lanc1)
P 426.1 Parson (priest) (Lanc3)
Q 431.8 Banishment as punishment for adultery (Lanc3)
R 4 Surprise capture (Lanc1)
R 10.3 Children abducted (UvZLa)
R 10.3.1 (Bm) Noble child abducted (Lanc1)
R 10.6 (Bm) Knight abducted (Lanc1)
R 41.1 Captivity in castle (UvZLa)
R 41.2 Captivity in tower (Lanc2)
R 41.3 Captivity in dungeon (UvZLa)
R 52 (Bm) Benevolent captivity (UvZLa)
R 111 Rescue of captive maiden. (Lanc1)
R 111.1 Princess (maiden) rescued from captor (PlGar)
R 161.4 Lover rescues his lady from the gallows [stake] (Lanc3)
R 162 Rescue by captor’s daughter (wife, mother) [niece] (UvZLa)
R 169.1.1 (Bm) Knight rescues abducted lady. (PlGar, WvEP)
R 169.5 Hero rescued by friend (UvZLa)
R 169.8 Predestined rescuer (Lanc1)
R 175 Rescue at the stake (Lanc3)
R 210 Escapes (UvZLa)
R 219 Escapes – miscellaneous (Lanc2)
R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament) (Lanc1, UvZLa)
R 316.1 Refuge on island (Lanc2)
T 15 Love at first sight (Lanc1)
T 24 The symptoms of love (Lanc1)
T 26 Attention distracted by sight of (remembering) beloved [because of love] (Lanc1)
T 57 Declaration of love (Lanc1)
T 59.1 (Bm) Rings as love tokens (Lanc1)
T 75 Man scorned by his beloved (Lanc2, UvZLa)
T 89.3 (Bm) Faithless lover (Lanc2, UvZLa)
T 91 Unequals in love (Lanc1)
T 92.1 The triangle plot and its solutions (Lanc3)
T 127 (Bm) Woman weds husband’s [father’s, uncle’s] slayer (UvZLa)
T 210 Faithfulness in marriage (Lanc2)
T 210.2 Faithful husband (UvZLa)
T 211.9 Excessive grief at husband’s or wife’s death (Lanc3)
T 214 (Bm) Husband and wife die at the same time. (UvZLa)
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love] (UvZLa)
T 298 Reconciliation [reunion] of (separated) couple (Lanc1, Lanc2)
T 331 Man unsuccessfully tempted by woman (Lanc1)
T 400 Illicit sexual relations (UvZLa)
T 585 Precocious infant (Lanc1)
T 615 Supernatural growth (Lanc1)
T 615.3 Precocious wisdom [virtue] (Lanc1)
T 617 Boy reared in ignorance of the world (UvZLa)
T 617.2 Hero learns his name at time of first [particular] adventure. (Lanc1, UvZLa)
W 11 Generosity (Lanc1)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (UvZLa)
W 34 Loyalty (Lanc1, Lanc3)
W 46 (Li) Modesty (Lanc1, Lanc2)
W 185 Violence of temper (Lanc1)
W 225 Taciturn [pensive] man (Lanc1)
Z 200 Heroes (UvZLa)
Z 230 Extraordinary exploits of hero (Lanc1, Lanc3)
Z 231 Boyish exploits of hero (Lanc1)
Z 252 Hero at first nameless [unaware of birth] (Lanc1, UvZLa)
Z 254 Destined hero (Lanc1, Lanc2)

Lantzelin    

P 411 Peasant (HRFu)

Laomedon    

F 628 Strong man as mighty slayer (HMvNT)
F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (HvFLvT)
K 231.2 Reward for accomplishment of task deceptively withheld (AvHMB)
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) (HvFLvT)
P 12 Character of kings (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (KvWTK)
P 233 Father and son (KvWTK, TrojEl)
Q 292 Inhospitality punished (KvWTK, TrojEl)
W 158 Inhospitality (KvWTK, TrojEl)
W 185 Violence of temper (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Lar    

D 620 Periodic transformation. (WvGW)
E 413 Murdered person cannot rest in grave. (WvGW)
E 421.3 Luminous [fiery] ghosts (WvGW)
E 423 Revenant in animal form. (WvGW)
E 451.2 Ghost laid when penance is done. (WvGW)
F 574 Luminous [fiery] person (WvGW)
H 1233.4 Supernatural creature as helper on quest. (WvGW)
K 959.2 Murder in one’s sleep (WvGW)
N 819.2 Transformed person as helper. (WvGW)
P 16.0.1 (Bm) Regicide (WvGW)
Q 171.1 Forgiveness of sin for acts of charity. (WvGW)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (WvGW)

Larie    

D 825 Magic object received from maiden. (WvGW)
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (WvGW)
N 659 Life saved by accident – miscellaneous (WvGW)
T 10 Falling in love (WvGW)
T 41 Communication of lovers (WvGW)
T 68 Princess offered as prize (WvGW)
Z 65.1 Red as blood, white as snow (WvGW)

Laris    

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

Latinus    

K 2114 Man falsely accused of infidelity (HvVEn)
K 2369 Military strategy – miscellaneous (HvVEn)
M 119.2 Swearing by (clan) gods (HvVEn)
M 205 Breaking of bargains and promises (HvVEn)
M 314.4 Prophecy of future empire for fugitive hero (HvVEn)
N 817.0.1 God as helper (HvVEn)
P 234 Father and daughter (HvVEn)
P 261 Father-in-law (HvVEn)
P 324 Host greets guest with gifts [Welcome and parting gifts] (HvVEn)
P 557.0.1 (Li) Council of war (HvVEn)
P 558 (Bm) Truce (HvVEn)
P 559 (Li) Peace: making and conditions of peace (ransom, reparations, submission) (HvVEn)
Q 114.2 Gifts as reward for gifts (HvVEn)
Q 266 Punishment for breaking promise (HvVEn)
Q 270 Misdeeds concerning property punished (HvVEn)
T 75.2.1 Rejected suitors’ revenge (HvVEn)
T 92.7 Rival lovers do battle for girl (HvVEn)
T 104.1 Rejected suitor wages war (HvVEn)
W 175 Changeableness (HvVEn)

Laudamie    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (PlGar)
H 82.3 Tokens between lovers (PlGar)
P 20 Queens (PlGar)
P 252.1 Two sisters (PlGar)
T 15 Love at first sight (PlGar)
T 59.1 (Bm) Rings as love tokens (PlGar)
T 68.1 Princess offered as prize to rescuer (PlGar)

Laudelet    

F 141 Water barrier to otherworld (HvdTCr)

Laudin    

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

Laudine    

C 932 Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu. (HvAIw)
D 815.8 Magic object received from wife. (HvAIw)
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (HvAIw)
H 1556.4 Fidelity in love tested (HvAIw)
H 1557 Tests of obedience (HvAIw)
K 1813 Disguised husband visits his wife (HvAIw)
K 2319.4 (Bm) Ambiguous oath forces lady to take back errant husband. (HvAIw)
P 17.11 Slayer of king [sovereign] marries widow [daughter] and inherits kingdom [domain] (HvAIw)
P 20 Queens (HvAIw)
P 28 Marriage of queen (HvAIw)
Q 266 Punishment for breaking promise (HvAIw)
T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman (HvAIw)
T 127 (Bm) Woman weds husband’s [father’s, uncle’s] slayer (HvAIw)
T 200 Married life (HvAIw)
T 211.9 Excessive grief at husband’s or wife’s death (HvAIw)
T 219 (Bm) Wife will no longer love husband if he is gone more than one year. (HvAIw)
T 231 The faithless widow (HvAIw)
T 231.5 Faithless widow marries slayer of her husband. (HvAIw)
T 298 Reconciliation [reunion] of (separated) couple (HvAIw)
Z 72.0.1 (Bm) Year time limit on quest (HvAIw)

Laudorie    

N 770 Experiences leading to adventures (GoTK)
P 253.2.1 Brother faithful to persecuted sister (GoTK)

Laumedon    

Q 411.4 Death as punishment for treachery (UvEAlx)

Laurentum    

P 557.0.4 (Li) Siege (HvVEn)

Laurin    

C 901.1 Tabu imposed by a certain person (Laurin)
F 451.3.2 Dwarf rendered powerless (Laurin)
F 451.4.5.1 Dwarfs are ruled by a king (Laurin)
F 451.5.2.4 Dwarfs kidnap mortals (Laurin)
F 451.5.2.11 Dwarfs attack soldier (hero) (Laurin)
F 451.6.2 Dwarf rides (Laurin)
F 451.6.11 Dwarfs betray (Laurin)
F 451.8 Names for dwarfs (Laurin)
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks (Laurin)
N 738 Accidental meeting of nephew and uncle (Walb)
P 557.0.2 (Li) Spy. Messenger (Walb)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (Laurin)
R 74 Defeated warriors [adversaries] go into [are forced to join] the conqueror’s service (Laurin)
R 75 Surrendering (Laurin)
V 332 Baptism of heathen (Laurin)

Lausus    

F 575 Remarkable beauty (HvVEn)
F 575.2 Handsome man (HvVEn)

Lavinia    

H 82.3 Tokens between lovers (HvVEn)
M 132 Vow of virginity (HvVEn)
M 149.2 Vow to die rather than marry unwelcome suitor (HvVEn)
M 314.4 Prophecy of future empire for fugitive hero (HvVEn)
M 331 Prophecy: princess to marry prince [hero] (HvVEn)
P 232 Mother and daughter (HvVEn)
P 234 Father and daughter (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 24.2 Swooning for love (HvVEn)
T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love (HvVEn)
T 24.6 Lover refuses food and drink (HvVEn)
T 41 Communication of lovers (HvVEn)
T 131.1.3 Marriage against will of parents (HvVEn)
T 134 Conduct of bridal couple before ceremony (HvVEn)
Z 175.2 Lover’s assignation by symbolic [secret] messages (HvVEn)

Layus    

M 343 Parricide prophecy (UvEAlx)
N 323 Parricide prophecy unwittingly fulfilled (UvEAlx)

Lazarus    

E 121.2 Resuscitation by Christ [God] (ReivB)
V 290 Other sacred persons [saints] (ReivB)

Leander    

T 83 Hero and Leander- Lover drowned as he swims to see his mistress (HeroLe)

Lebanon    

F 812.7 Boards of wood from certain forest endure forever (PLVAlx, StrAlx)

Lebermeer    

F 711.2 Sea of unusual substance (HvNAp)

Lemberslint    

K 1916 Robber bridegroom, Robber marries girl under the pretence of being a fine gentleman (WdGMH)

Lemnos    

F 112 Journey to land of women (KvWTK)
F 566 Celibate peoples (KvWTK)
P 715 Particular nations (races, religions) (KvWTK)
S 60 Cruel spouse (KvWTK)
T 310 Celibacy and continence (KvWTK)

Leodagan    

P 10 Kings [King’s famous court] (Lanc1)
P 19.0.1 (Li) King Arthur as leader of outstanding chivalric society (Round Table) (Lanc1)
T 52.4 Dowry given at marriage of daughter (Lanc1)
Z 201.9.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous possessions – Arthur’s Round Table (Lanc1)

Lespia    

F 567.1 Wild woman (Wiga)
F 1041.21 Reactions to excessive grief (Wiga)
Q 413 Punishment: hanging (Wiga)
R 11.3 Abduction by giant [wild woman] (Wiga)

Lespurant    

K 2200 Villains and traitors. (Wiga)
S 110 Murders (Wiga)
S 139.2.2.11.2 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse: body of dead hero left in field for wild beasts to eat. (Wiga)

Levenet    

F 343.0.1 Fairy offers mortal choice of magic objects. (HvdTCr)

Liahturteltart    

Z 202 (Bm) Fanciful ancestry of hero (WvEP)

Liamere    

F 1041.1.2 Death from grief for death of lover or relative (WvGW)
R 10.5 (Bm) Queen abducted (WvGW)
T 86 Lovers buried in same grave [coffin] (WvGW)
T 211.9.1 Wife dies of grief for death of husband (WvGW)

Libanet    

H 1301 Quest for the most beautiful of women (HeidinC)
J 200 Choices (HeidinC)
K 521.4.1.1 Girl [woman] escapes in male disguise (HeidinC)
M 260 Other promises (HeidinC)
N 825.3 Old woman helper (HeidinC)
R 18 Abduction by rejected suitor (HeidinC)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (HeidinC)
T 31.0.1 (Bm) Knight places himself in would-be lady’s service (HeidinC)
T 35 Lovers’ rendezvous (HeidinC)
T 57 Declaration of love (HeidinC)
T 72 Woman won and then scorned (HeidinC)

Liberian    

F 531.5 Giants and men (Orend)
M 500 (Bm) Threats (Orend)

Libers    

H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (PlMel)
P 52 Knight jousts with all comers (PlMel)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (PlMel)
P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault (PlMel)
P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory) (PlMel)

Liddamus    

P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council] (WvEP)

Liebgart    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (DietF)
H 335.3 Suitor task: killing ferocious animal (DietF)
T 50.1.2 Girl carefully guarded by father (DietF)

Liechtenstein    

F 527.2 Green knight (UvLFD)
F 824 Extraordinary [part of] armor (UvLFD)
F 899 Other extraordinary objects (UvLFD)
H 314 Suitor’s sincerity tested (UvLFD)
H 328 Suitor test: power of endurance (UvLFD)
H 336 Suitors assigned quests (UvLFD)
H 1561.1 Tests of valor: tournament (UvLFD)
K 1227 Lover put off by deceptive respite (UvLFD)
K 1343 Man drawn up into female apartment on rope (UvLFD)
K 1810.1 Disguise by putting on clothes (carrying accoutrements) of certain person (UvLFD)
K 1817.2 Disguise as palmer (pilgrim) (UvLFD)
K 1818.1 Disguise as leper (UvLFD)
K 1828.2 Disguise as goddess (UvLFD)
P 19.0.1 (Li) King Arthur as leader of outstanding chivalric society (Round Table) (UvLFD)
P 52 Knight jousts with all comers (UvLFD)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (UvLFD)
P 53 (Bm) Obtaining knighthood (UvLFD)
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms (UvLFD)
P 320 Hospitality (UvLFD)
Q 95 Reward for musician (UvLFD)
Q 111.4 Gold ring as reward (UvLFD)
R 41.1 Captivity in castle (UvLFD)
R 70 Behavior of captives (UvLFD)
R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament) (UvLFD)
S 160.1 Self-mutilation (UvLFD)
T 24 The symptoms of love (UvLFD)
T 30 Lovers’ meeting (UvLFD)
T 35.5 Lover goes to see his beloved in her husband’s (or her father’s) house, defiant of the danger (UvLFD)
T 41 Communication of lovers (UvLFD)
T 46 Suitor outwits watchman to meet lady (UvLFD)
T 59 (Bm) Love tokens (UvLFD)
T 75 Man scorned by his beloved (UvLFD)
T 75.3 Unrequited love expressed in song (poem) (UvLFD)
T 81.2.1.1 Scorned lover (woman) threatens to kill self (UvLFD)
T 91.6 Noble and lowly in love (UvLFD)
T 99 Love – additional motifs (UvLFD)
T 600 Care (education) of children (UvLFD)
Z 201.9.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous possessions – Arthur’s Round Table (UvLFD)

Lielfant    

P 14.15.2 Court messenger (HvNAp)


Lignaloe    

F 812 Extraordinary forest (UvEAlx)

Ligronite (Lygronite)    

R 41.1 Captivity in castle (Wiga)

Liguridis    

P 361 Faithful servant [vassal] (HvNAp)

Limburg    

F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (FTurn)

Limors    

F 771 Extraordinary castle (house, palace) (UvZLa)

Limosches    

F 166.1.1 “Silver bowl”: Grail in otherworld. (WCRPa)
F 771 Extraordinary castle (house, palace) (WCRPa)

Linier    

P 293 Uncle (UvZLa)
W 185 Violence of temper (UvZLa)

Liodarz    

N 765 Meeting with robber band (PlTand)

Lion    

K 2221 Treacherous rival lover [suitor] (WvGW)
S 110 Murders (WvGW)

Lionel    

D 141 Transformation: man (boy) to dog (Lanc1)
F 575.2 Handsome man (Lanc1)
K 629 Escape by deceiving the guard – miscellaneous (Lanc1)
K 649 Escape by help of confederate – miscellaneous (Lanc1)
N 746 Accidental meeting of cousins (Lanc1)
P 30 Princes (Lanc1)
P 275 Foster son (Lanc1)
P 295 Cousins (Lanc1)
R 10.3.1 (Bm) Noble child abducted (Lanc1)
R 41 Captivity in tower (castle, prison) (Lanc1)
R 41.2 Captivity in tower (Lanc1)
T 563.3 Child born with figure of serpent [lion] on his body (Lanc1)
T 615.3 Precocious wisdom [virtue] (Lanc1)
W 185 Violence of temper (Lanc1)
Z 231 Boyish exploits of hero (Lanc1)
Z 730 (Bm) Eponymous account of personal name (Lanc1)

Lipolt    

J 1358 No thanks to the messenger (KRot)
P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council] (KRot)
T 51 Wooing by emissary (KRot)

Lis    

F 771.4.3 Abandoned castle (WCRPa)

Lisabel    

T 127 (Bm) Woman weds husband’s [father’s, uncle’s] slayer (HvNAp)

Lisamont    

F 771 Extraordinary castle (house, palace) (HvNAp)

Lischoys    

M 161.4 Vow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace (WvEP)

Lisias    

F 531 Giant (RvEAlx)

Lisus    

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

Lit-marveile    

D 1154.1 Magic bed (WvEP)
D 1641 Object removes itself. (WvEP)
F 846.1 Perilous bed (WvEP)

Liudegast    

P 533.1 Hostages (NL)
P 550.1.3 (Tu) Declaration of war (NL)

Liudeger    

P 533.1 Hostages (NL)
P 550.1.3 (Tu) Declaration of war (NL)

Liupolt (Liutpolt)    

P 510 Law courts (UvLFD)
V 10 Religious sacrifice (JvWW)

Lixa    

P 270.2 Peasant and his wife as foster parents of exposed king’s son (GoTK)

Locedia    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (BvHDa)

Logres    

C 934.2 Land made sterile because of broken tabu (WCRPa)
F 709 Other extraordinary countries (WCPap)
M 474 Curse on land (WCPap)

Lohengrin    

C 32 Tabu: offending supernatural husband (Lohe)
C 32.2.1 Tabu: asking name of supernatural husband (Lohe)
C 32.2.2 Tabu: asking where supernatural husband comes from (Lohe)
F 252.5 (Bm) Fairy knight. (Lohe)
F 301 Fairy lover [husband]. (Lohe)
F 305 Offspring of fairy [dwarf] and mortal (Lohe)
F 575.2 Handsome man (Lohe)
H 218 Trial by combat (Lohe)
R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament) (Lohe)
T 15 Love at first sight (Lohe)
W 11 Generosity (Lohe)
W 11.5 Generosity toward enemy (Lohe)

Lohenis    

D 1710 Possession of magic powers. (HvdTCr)
K 1240 Deception into humiliating position – miscellaneous (HvdTCr)
K 1800 Deception by disguise or illusion. (HvdTCr)
K 1818 Disguise as sick man (HvdTCr)
K 2247.3 (Bm) Treacherous knight (HvdTCr)
Q 244 Punishment for ravisher [rape]. (HvdTCr)
Q 431.6 Banishment for rape. (HvdTCr)
Q 478.2 Adulterer [ravisher, rapist] compelled to eat with dog[s]. (HvdTCr)
T 471 Rape (HvdTCr)

Loherangrin    

C 32.2.1 Tabu: asking name of supernatural husband (WvEP)
C 932 Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu. (WvEP)
C 952 Immediate return to otherworld because of broken tabu (WvEP)
F 301 Fairy lover [husband]. (WvEP)
F 305.1 Fairy relative makes gifts (to half-mortal child) (WvEP)
F 1068 Realistic dream (AlbJT)
T 111 Marriage of mortal and supernatural being (WvEP)
T 211.9.1 Wife dies of grief for death of husband (AlbJT)

Lohot    

T 640 Illegitimate children (Lanc1)

Loifiol    

T 23 (Bm) Childhood sweethearts (UvZLa)

Loimont    

F 771 Extraordinary castle (house, palace) (HvNAp)

Lolff    

F 531.1.0.2 Hideous giant (HvNAp)
F 531.5.7.0.1 Giant woos mortal woman (HvNAp)
F 531.6.8.5.1 Giants have king, queen (HvNAp)
T 104 Foreign king wages war to enforce demand for princess in marriage (HvNAp)

Lorin (Loryn)    

F 614.10 Strong hero fights whole army alone (KM1)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (KM1)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (KM1)

Lot    

C 961.1 Transformation to pillar of salt for breaking tabu (ReivB)

Lout    

A 580 Culture hero’s (divinity’s) [king’s] expected return (UvZLa)
P 30 Princes (UvZLa)
P 233 Father and son (UvZLa)

Lucifer    

G 303.8.3 Devil in hell (AlbTund)
V 236 Fallen angels (AlbTund)

Lucina    

E 1 Person comes to life (HvNAp)
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (HvNAp)
N 659 Life saved by accident – miscellaneous (HvNAp)
N 741 Unexpected meeting of husband and wife (HvNAp)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (HvNAp)
T 55.7 Princess elects herself husband from the young men present (HvNAp)
T 131.0.1 Princess has unrestricted choice of husband (HvNAp)
T 310 Celibacy and continence (HvNAp)
T 589 Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs (HvNAp)

Luckart    

P 29 Queens – miscellaneous (KM3)

Lucrete    

D 1355.2 Magic love-philtre (KvWP)
K 2215 (Bm) Treacherous stepmother [foster mother] (KvWP)
P 231 Mother and son (KvWP)
T 53 Matchmakers (KvWP)

Ludwig (Ludewîc, Ludewich, Ludewig)    

P 11.1 Choice of kings by divine will (Ludw)
P 13.5 Crowning [and making] of kings (KM6)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (KM6)
P 251.5 Two brothers (Ludw)
P 253.0.1 Sister’s son (KEmd)
W 185 Violence of temper (Kudr)
Z 292 Death of hero [heroine] (Kudr)

Lumer    

J 50 Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from observation (GoTK)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (GoTK)

Lunete    

D 817 Magic object received from grateful person (HvAIw)
D 825 Magic object received from maiden. (HvAIw)
H 218.0.1 Vindication by champion. Usually noble lady or king accused (HvAIw)
H 1381.8 (Bm) Quest for champion [helper] (HvAIw)
J 1111.6 Clever maidservant. (HvAIw)
K 2110.1 Calumniated wife (HvAIw)
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (HvAIw)
P 14.15.2 Court messenger (HvAIw)
P 361 Faithful servant [vassal] (HvAIw)
Q 411 Death as punishment (HvAIw)
R 41.2 Captivity in tower (HvAIw)
R 175 Rescue at the stake (HvAIw)
T 53 Matchmakers (HvAIw)
T 66 Help in wooing (HvAIw)

Lüthild    

B 251.2 Animals honor saint (cleric) . (Merl)
D 471.1 Transformation: bread to stone (Merl)
D 1713 Magic power of hermit (saint, yogi) (Merl)
E 121.4 Resuscitation by saint (Merl)
V 220 Saints (Merl)
V 229.2 Sancticity of saints (Merl)
V 400 Charity (Merl)

Lybials    

H 218.0.1 Vindication by champion. Usually noble lady or king accused (PlMel)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (PlMel)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (PlMel)
Z 72.0.1 (Bm) Year time limit on quest (PlMel)

Lyonel    

D 2065.1 Madness from demonic possession (WCRPa)
E 728 Evil spirit possesses person (WCRPa)
H 1385.8 Quest for lost brother (s) (WCRPa)
N 340.0.1 (Bm) Erroneous news of death (WCRPa)
P 251.5 Two brothers (WCRPa)
P 251.5.3 Hostile [half-] brothers (WCRPa)
R 10.6 (Bm) Knight abducted (WCRPa)
R 110 Rescue of captive (WCRPa)
T 331.2.1 (G) Knight unsuccessfully tempted by hostess (Lanc2)

Lypondrigrunt (Lypondrigun, Lympontrogron)    

K 917 Treacherous murder during hunt (Wiga)
S 110 Murders (Wiga)

Lyppaut    

P 271 Foster father (WvEP)
W 34 Loyalty (WvEP)