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Nabarzanes    

K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (RvEAlx)
P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council] (RvEAlx)

Nagelrinc    

Z 201.2 (Bm) Hero’s famous sword (AT)

Naiades    

A 427.1 Goddess of springs and wells (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Nampotanis (Nampetenis, Nampotenis)    

T 257 Jealous husband or wife. (EvOTr, UvTTr)
T 257.12 (Bm) Jealous husband confines wife to tower (EvOTr, HvFTr)
W 181 Jealousy (HvFTr, UvTTr)

Narison    

N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (HvAIw)

Nasamones    

F 709.3 Country of thieves and impostors (RvEAlx)

Nasiens    

P 426.2 Hermit (Lanc3)

Naulus    

Q 211 Murder punished (TrojEl)

Nazareth    

P 555.8 (Bm) Avenging defeat in battle (HvNAp)

Nazarus    

G 303.9.7 The devil advises human beings (Lohe)

Nebuchadnezzar (Nabuchodonosor)    

D 1812.3.3.5 Prophetic dream allegorical (RvEAlx)
L 419 Proud ruler (deity) humbled – miscellaneous (UvEAlx)
N 170 The capriciousness of luck (HvNAp)
P 12.2.1 Tyrannical king (RvEAlx)
P 19 Other motifs connected with kings (UvEAlx)
V 1 Objects of worship (UvEAlx)

Nectanabus (Nektanabus, Nectanibus, Neptanabus)    

D 199.2 Transformation: man to dragon (SeAlx)
D 658 Transformation to seduce (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
D 1311.6.0.1 Divination by looking upon astrolabe [astrological instrument] (SeAlx)
D 1311.19 Divination by water (SeAlx)
D 1711 Magician (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, UvEAlx)
D 1712 Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.) (RvEAlx)
D 1712.0.1 Astrologer-magician (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
D 1810.0.2 Magic knowledge of magician (SeAlx)
D 1812.0.1.2 Foreknowledge of means of death (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
D 1812.0.1.3 (Bm) Magician flees when he foresees his own doom (BaAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
D 1812.3 Means of learning future (SeAlx)
J 192.2 Wisdom from Egypt (SeAlx)
K 1315.1 Seduction by posing as a god (SeAlx)
M 306 Enigmatical prophecy. (GrAlx)
N 338.4 (Bm) Son unwittingly slays father (Slays teacher who was rumored to be his father, finds rumor is true) (BaAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
P 15.15 (Bm) King in exile (UvEAlx)
Q 581.0.1 Loss of life as result of one’s own treachery (GrAlx)
R 220 Flights (SeAlx)
T 15 Love at first sight (SeAlx)
T 75 Man scorned by his beloved (UvEAlx)

Nectarius    

W 27 Gratitude (GoTK)

Negûsar    

F 628.2 Strong man kills men (UvEAlx)


Nemrot    

H 931 Tasks assigned in order to get rid of hero (HvNAp)
K 2246.1 Treacherous king (HvNAp)

Neoptolemus    

P 53 (Bm) Obtaining knighthood (HMvNT)
S 260.1 Human sacrifice (HMvNT)

Neptunus    

A 197 Deity controls elements (KvWTK, TrojEl)
A 421 Sea-god (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 1816.11 Disguise as carpenter (UvEAlx)

Nereja    

H 1381.8 (Bm) Quest for champion [helper] (WvGW)
N 770.0.1 Feast as occasion for the beginning of adventures or the arrival of questers (WvGW)
P 14.15.2 Court messenger (WvGW)

Nero    

J 2370 Inquisitive fool (MovC)
T 463 Homosexual love (male) (MovC)
T 578 Pregnant man (MovC)
W 137 Curiosity (MovC)

Nessus    

B 21 Centaur: man-horse (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 1052 Magic garment (robe, tunic) (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 1402.0.5 Nessus-shirt. Magic shirt burns wearer up (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 1330 Girl tricked into man’s room (or power) (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 2295 Treacherous animals (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Nestor    

F 628 Strong man as mighty slayer (KvWTK)
S 460 Other cruel persecutions (KvWTK, TrojEl)
W 185 Violence of temper (HvFLvT)

Nibelot    

F 610 Remarkably strong man (BitD)

Nibelunc    

Q 114.0.1 Gifts made to advisor [umpire] (NL)

Nicanor    

F 614.10 Strong hero fights whole army alone (UvEAlx)
T 685 Twins (UvEAlx)

Nicholas    

V 19 Religious sacrifices – miscellaneous (HerED)

Niclas (Nycolaus)    

L 410.1 Proud king humbled (GrAlx)
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals] (GrAlx)
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat (SeAlx)
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (GrAlx)
P 556 Challenge to battle (SeAlx)

Nile    

F 715 Extraordinary river (RvEAlx)

Nineveh    

F 769.4 (Bm) City three days’ journey wide and long (HvNAp)
Z 703 (Bm) Eponymous account of city’s founding (RvEAlx)

Ninienne    

D 1738 Magic arts studied (Lanc1)
F 311.3 Fairy foster-mother. (Lanc1)
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (Lanc1)
P 272 Foster mother (Lanc1)

Niobes    

P 29 Queens – miscellaneous (UvEAlx)

Nisus    

A 1468.1 Invention of chess game (KvWTK)
J 494 Choice: death and revenge preferred to life (HvVEn)
K 871.2 Slaughter of drunken enemies in banquet hall [army-camp] (HvVEn)
P 310.1 Friends want to divide good and evil (HvVEn)
P 311 Sworn brethren (HvVEn)
P 315 Friends offer to die for each other (HvVEn)
P 681 Mourning customs (HvVEn)

Noah    

A 1021 Deluge: escape in boat (ark) (ReivB, RvEAlx, UvEAlx)
P 233 Father and son (UvEAlx)
W 154 Ingratitude (UvEAlx)
Z 356 Unique survivor (ReivB)

Normandy    

T 50.1.1 Girl carefully guarded from suitors by mother (Dulc)
T 548.1 Child born in answer to prayer (Dulc)

Norpreht    

N 862 (Tu) Ferryman as helper (RosGD)
P 413 Ferryman [fisherman] (RosGD)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (RosGD)

Nyfrogar    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (Wiga)
H 331.2 Suitor contest: tournament (Wiga)
T 68 Princess offered as prize (Wiga)