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Palamedes    

P 551 Army (HMvNT)
Q 211 Murder punished (TrojEl)

Paligan (Baligain)    

V 350 Conflicts between religions (KM5, PKRL, StrKG)
Z 201.2 (Bm) Hero’s famous sword (KM5, PKRL, StrKG)

Palladium    

D 811.2 Magic object falls down from the heaven (HMvNT)
D 1380.0.1.1 Palladium- city impregnable while statue remains (HMvNT)

Pallas    

A 163 Contests among the gods (KvWTK, TrojEl, UvEAlx)
A 182 God reveals himself to mortals (GoTK)
A 185 Deity cares for favorite individuals (HvNAp)
A 187.2 Mortal as umpire of quarrel between gods (KvWTK)
A 461.1 Goddess of wisdom (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 1814.3 Advice from God (or the gods) (GoTK)
F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (HvVEn)
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (HvVEn)
H 1596 Beauty contest (HvFLvT)
H 1596.1 Golden apple as prize in beauty contest. Judgment of Paris. (GoTK, KvWTK, TrojEl)
H 1596.3 Women to appear naked in beauty contest (HMvNT)
M 114 Oath taken on sacred object (HvFLvT)
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father) (or die) (HvVEn)
M 260 Other promises (GoTK)
P 53 (Bm) Obtaining knighthood (HvVEn)
P 54 (Bm) Knighting custom (HvVEn)
P 310.2 Friends avenge each other (HvVEn)
P 681 Mourning customs (HvVEn)
Q 114.2 Gifts as reward for gifts (HvVEn)
Q 411 Death as punishment (HvVEn)
R 10.1 Princess (maiden) abducted (HvNAp)
R 111.1 Princess (maiden) rescued from captor (HvNAp)
V 69 Funeral rites – miscellaneous (HvVEn)

Palmer    

D 1821.3.7.3 Crystal-gazing. Clairvoyance by looking into crystal. (HvNAp)
P 193 (Bm) Guardian [regent] (HvNAp)

Palmina    

K 1380 Seductions – misc. (HvNAp)
Q 53.3 Maiden queen offers her hand as reward for rescuing her town (HvNAp)
T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman (HvNAp)

Palterius    

D 1812.3.3 Future revealed in dream (GoTK)
N 730 Accidental reunion of families (GoTK)

Paltriot    

H 11.1 Recognition by telling life history (Wiga)
N 731 Unexpected meeting of father and son (Wiga)
P 16.1.4 Father abdicates in favor of son (Wiga)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (Wiga)
P 233 Father and son (Wiga)
P 527 (Li) Problems of inheritance (legacy) (Wiga)

Pan    

A 163 Contests among the gods (AvHMB)

Pandarus    

F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (HvVEn)

Panpeloin    

D 2093 Walls overthrown by magic (Jericho) (KM3)

Pansamurs    

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

Pant    

P 12.2.1 Tyrannical king [lord] (UvZLa)
P 16.0.1 (Bm) Regicide (UvZLa)
W 188 Contentiousness. (UvZLa)

Pantanys (Pantanis)    

V 332 Baptism of heathen (UvTRW)

Paramedes    

F 562.6 (Bm) People who live in caves (RvEAlx)

Parides    

T 34 Lovers meet at social gathering (OttEr)
T 91.7 Unequals in love – miscellaneous (OttEr)

Paris    

A 182 God reveals himself to mortals (GoTK)
A 182.2 God gives name to child (GoTK)
A 182.3 God (angel) speaks to mortal (KvWTK)
A 182.3.4 God makes promises to mortal (GoTK, KvWTK, TrojEl)
A 182.3.5 God advises mortal (KvWTK)
A 185.3 Deity teaches mortal (GoTK)
A 187.2 Mortal as umpire of quarrel between gods (HMvNT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
B 535 Animal nurse- Animal nourishes abandoned child (KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (GoTK)
F 575.2 Handsome man (GoTK, HMvNT, HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 611.2.1 Strong hero suckled by animal (GoTK, KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 611.3.2 Hero’s precocious strength (GoTK)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (GoTK)
F 638 Mighty archer (HMvNT)
F 813.1.1 Golden apple (GoTK)
F 829.3 Extraordinary belt (GoTK)
F 1041.8.2 Madness from grief (HvFLvT)
F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (GoTK)
H 20 Recognition by resemblance (GoTK)
H 32 Recognition by extraordinary prowess [virtue] (GoTK)
H 41 Recognition of royalty [nobility] by personal characteristics or traits (KvWTK)
H 71 Marks of royalty (KvWTK)
H 945 Tasks voluntarily undertaken (GoTK)
H 1162.1 Task: overcoming robbers (GoTK)
H 1221 Quest for adventure (GoTK)
H 1223 Quest to undertake feats of valor (GoTK)
H 1381.3.6 Quest for persecuted woman (GoTK)
H 1410 Fear test: staying in frightful place (GoTK)
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (GoTK, KvWTK)
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (GoTK)
H 1596.1 Golden apple as prize in beauty contest. Judgment of Paris. (GoTK, HvFLvT, HvVEn, KvWTK, TrojEl, UvEAlx)
J 21.2.3 “Do not draw your sword against the innocent”: counsel proved wise by experience (GoTK)
J 175 Wisdom from young man (GoTK)
J 410 Association of equals and unequals (GoTK)
J 414 Marriage with equal or with unequal (GoTK)
J 1113 Clever boy [youth, knight] (KvWTK)
J 1750 One animal mistaken for another (GoTK)
K 782 Capture by lying in wait in enemy’s haunt (GoTK)
K 914 Murder from ambush (HMvNT)
K 1240 Deception into humiliating position – miscellaneous (GoTK)
K 1332 Seduction [abduction] by taking aboard ship to inspect wares (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 2357 Disguise to enter enemy’s camp (castle) (KvWTK, TrojEl)
L 111.2 Foundling hero (GoTK, KvWTK, TrojEl)
L 210 Modest choice best (GoTK)
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) (HvFLvT)
M 242 Bargains and promises between mortals and supernatural beings (HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
M 260 Other promises (GoTK)
M 356.3 Prophecy: unborn (new-born) child (girl) to bring evil upon land (KvWTK, TrojEl)
M 371.0.1 Abandonment in forest to avoid fulfillment of prophecy (KvWTK, TrojEl)
N 131.4 Luck changing after change of name (GoTK)
N 399 Additional unlucky accidents (GoTK)
N 650 Life saved by accident. (GoTK)
N 731.1 Unknown son returns to father’s court (KvWTK, TrojEl)
N 733.1 Brothers unwittingly fight each other (KvWTK)
N 760 Other accidental encounters (GoTK)
N 765 Meeting with robber band (GoTK)
N 770 Experiences leading to adventures (GoTK)
N 838 Hero (culture hero) as helper (GoTK)
P 19.2.1 King [prince] abducts woman to be his paramour. (HvVEn)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (GoTK)
P 90 Royalty and nobility – miscellaneous (KvWTK)
P 233 Father and son (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 251.3.1 Brothers strive to avenge each other (HvFLvT)
P 251.3.1.1 (Bm) Man asked to avenge dying brother before latter dies (HMvNT)
P 270.2 Peasant and his wife as foster parents of exposed king’s son (GoTK, KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 275 Foster son (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 310.2 Friends avenge each other (GoTK)
P 324.1 Host treats guest with food and everything possible (GoTK)
P 361 Faithful servant [vassal] (GoTK)
P 412 Shepherd (KvWTK)
P 475.2 Robbers defeated and killed (GoTK)
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat (GoTK)
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (GoTK)
P 555.2.1.1 “Publication of slaying”. Heads of slain enemies displayed (GoTK)
P 556 Challenge to battle (GoTK)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (GoTK)
Q 53 Reward for rescue (GoTK)
Q 113 Knighthood as reward (GoTK)
Q 285.1 Cruelty to animals punished (GoTK)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (KvWTK)
R 10.5 (Bm) Queen abducted (HMvNT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
R 12.4 Girl enticed into boat and abducted [by lover] (KvWTK, TrojEl)
R 51 Mistreatment of prisoners (GoTK)
R 74 Defeated warriors [adversaries] go into [are forced to join] the conqueror’s service (GoTK)
R 110 Rescue of captive (KvWTK)
R 131 Exposed or abandoned child rescued (GoTK)
R 131.3 Herdsman rescues abandoned child (GoTK, KvWTK)
S 133 Murder by beheading (GoTK)
S 139.2 Slain person dismembered (HMvNT)
S 139.2.2.11 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse: body of enemy thrown to dogs in street (TrojEl)
S 143 Abandonment in forest (GoTK, KvWTK, TrojEl)
S 301 Children abandoned (exposed) (KvWTK)
S 351.2 Abandoned child reared by herdsman (GoTK, KvWTK, TrojEl)
S 352 Animal aids abandoned child (ren) (KvWTK, TrojEl)
S 354 Exposed infant (child) reared at strange king’s court [at shepherd’s place] (GoTK)
T 10 Falling in love (HvFLvT)
T 15 Love at first sight (HvFLvT, KvWTK)
T 24 The symptoms of love (KvWTK)
T 24.2 Swooning for love (KvWTK)
T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love (KvWTK)
T 50 Wooing (KvWTK)
T 57 Declaration of love (KvWTK, TrojEl)
T 75 Man scorned by his beloved (KvWTK)
T 89.3 (Bm) Faithless lover (KvWTK)
T 211.9 Excessive grief at husband’s or wife’s death (HvFLvT)
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love] (KvWTK)
T 233 Wronged wife goes to wronged husband [becomes unfaithful] (TrojEl)
T 481 Adultery (KvWTK, TrojEl)
T 611 Suckling of children (KvWTK, TrojEl)
T 615.5 Precocious young child demands weapons (GoTK)
W 10 Kindness (GoTK)
W 11 Generosity (GoTK)
W 27 Gratitude (GoTK)
W 31 Obedience (GoTK)
W 32 Bravery (GoTK)
Z 231 Boyish exploits of hero (GoTK)
Z 292 Death of hero [heroine] (HMvNT)
Z 730 (Bm) Eponymous account of personal name (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Parklise    

M 211.9 Person sells soul to devil in return for granting of wishes (JvWW)

Parlant    

H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (GoTK)

Parlus    

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

Parmeneis    

K 2129 Slanders – miscellaneous (SeAlx)
K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (SeAlx)
Q 421 Punishment: beheading (SeAlx)

Parmenion    

K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (RvEAlx)
L 420 Overweening ambition punished (RvEAlx)
P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council] (RvEAlx)
Q 236 Punishment for deceiving (divine) emperor (RvEAlx)
Q 411.4 Death as punishment for treachery (RvEAlx)

Partinias    

K 910 Murder by strategy (WCRPa)
K 1839.17 (Bm) Disguise by changing armor (WCRPa)
K 2247.3 (Bm) Treacherous knight (WCRPa)
Q 211 Murder punished (WCRPa)
Q 261 Treachery punished (WCRPa)
Q 421.0.4 Beheading as punishment for murder (WCRPa)
S 110 Murders (WCRPa)

Partonopier    

C 31.1 Tabu: Looking at supernatural wife (KvWP)
C 901.1.5 Tabu imposed by fairy (KvWP)
C 920 Death for breaking tabu (KvWP)
D 1162.1 Magic lamp (KvWP)
D 1355.2 Magic love-philtre (KvWP)
D 1365.2 Drink causes magic forgetfulness. (KvWP)
D 1520.15 Transportation in magic ship (KvWP)
D 2004.3.1 Forgetfulness by drinking (KvWP)
F 374 Longing in fairyland to visit home. (KvWP)
F 575.2 Handsome man (KvWP)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (KvWP)
F 1041.2 Horripilation. Hair rises on end in extraordinary fashion from [fear,] joy, anger, or love (KvWP)
F 1041.17 Extraordinary result of fear (KvWP)
F 1041.21.6 Tearing hair and clothes from excessive grief (KvWP)
F 1041.21.7 Swooning from grief (KvWP)
F 1041.21.8 (Bm) Suicide from grief (KvWP)
G 303.16.2 Devil’s power over one avoided by prayer [and sign of the cross] (KvWP)
H 217.1 Decision of victory by single combat between army leaders (KvWP)
H 1222 Prince a-hunting enters on quest (KvWP)
H 1556.4 Fidelity in love tested (KvWP)
J 146.2 (Li) The educated youth (KvWP)
J 1113 Clever boy [youth, knight] (KvWP)
K 1813 Disguised husband visits his wife (KvWP)
K 1821 Disguise by changing bodily appearance (KvWP)
K 2370 Miscellaneous deceptions (KvWP)
M 131 Vow of chastity [fidelity] (KvWP)
N 781 Hero [heroine] embarks in rudderless boat (KvWP)
P 13.5 Crowning [and making] of kings (KvWP)
P 30 Princes (KvWP)
P 53.1 (Bm) Knighthood as prerequisite to marriage (KvWP)
P 231 Mother and son (KvWP)
R 162 Rescue by captor’s daughter (wife, mother) [niece] (KvWP)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (KvWP)
T 24.5 Boy [girl] turns red and white from love (KvWP)
T 30 Lovers’ meeting (KvWP)
T 61 Betrothal (KvWP)
T 61.2 (Bm) Parting lovers pledge not to marry for seven years [swear faithfulness] (KvWP)
T 91 Unequals in love (KvWP)
T 93 Fate of disappointed lover (KvWP)
T 93.1 Disappointed lover becomes wild man in the woods. (KvWP)
T 100 Marriage (KvWP)
T 294 Husband (wife) of supernatural being longs for old home and visits relatives. (KvWP)
T 298 Reconciliation [reunion] of (separated) couple (KvWP)
T 475 Unknown (clandestine) paramour (KvWP)
V 301 (Li) Heathens and Christians (KvWP)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (KvWP)
W 46 (Li) Modesty (KvWP)
Z 200 Heroes (KvWP)

Parzival (Parceval, Parcifal)    

A 185.2 Deity protects mortal (WCRPa)
B 11.11.6 Dragon fight in order to free lion (Lanc3)
B 301.8 Faithful lion follows man who saved him. (Lanc3)
C 651 The one compulsory question. (WvEP)
C 980 Miscellaneous punishments for breaking tabu [for failing unique compulsion]. (WvEP)
D 785.1 Disenchantment produced by hero winning contests with demons (WCRPa)
D 789.6.1 Disenchantment by speaking proper words. (WvEP)
D 791.2 Disenchantment by only one person. (WCRPa)
D 1812.5.1.2 Bad dream as evil omen (WvEP)
D 1976.1 Transportation during magic sleep (WCRPa)
D 2161.2 Magic cure of wound. (WCRPa)
D 2161.5.5 Cure by angel (WCRPa)
F 184 Otherworld king (WvEP)
F 527.1.1 Red knight (WvEP)
F 575.2 Handsome man (WCRPa, WvEP)
F 628 Strong man as mighty slayer (StrDan)
F 775 Extraordinary tent (ReivB)
G 303.9.5.6 Man temporarily abducted by devil (WCRPa)
G 303.9.6.1 Devil fights with man (WCRPa)
G 303.12.6 Devil in form of woman wooes man (WCRPa)
G 303.16.2 Devil’s power over one avoided by prayer [and sign of the cross] (WCRPa)
G 303.16.3.4 Devil made to disappear by making sign of the cross (WCRPa)
G 303.16.7 Devil is chased by holy water (WCRPa)
H 11.1 Recognition by telling life history (WvEP)
H 41 Recognition of royalty [nobility] by personal characteristics or traits (WvEP)
H 105 Parts of slain animal as token of slaying (WCRPa)
H 151.10 Combat of unknown brothers [relatives, unrecognized friends] brings about recognition (WvEP)
H 195 (Bm) Failure to recognize (WCRPa)
H 335.0.2 Girl assigns tasks to her suitors (WCRPa)
H 411.4 Magic drinking horn (cup) as chastity test. (HvdTCr)
H 602.3 Symbolic interpretation of names. (WvEP)
H 933 Princess sets hero tasks (WCRPa)
H 941 Cumulative tasks: second assigned so that first can be done (WCRPa)
H 1154.0.1 Task: bringing head of animal (WCRPa)
H 1223 Quest to undertake feats of valor (Lanc2)
H 1223.1 Quest to recover one’s honor through feats. (WvEP)
H 1241 Series of quests. One quest can be accomplished when a second is finished, etc. (WCRPa)
H 1320.1 Quest for magic object: [grail]. (WCRPa, WvEP)
H 1322 Quest for marvelous pillar (WCRPa)
H 1331 Quest for remarkable animal (WCRPa)
H 1345 Quest for magic spear (WCRPa)
H 1385.13 (Bm) Quest for lost friend (WCRPa)
H 1387 (G) Quest for lost animal (horse, dog) (WCRPa)
H 1400 Fear test (WCRPa)
H 1550 Tests of character (WvEP)
H 1561.2.3 Combats at fords (WCRPa)
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (WCRPa)
H 1561.13 (G) Test of valor: fight with ferocious animals (WCRPa)
H 1573.6.1 Ability to cross bridge as test of righteousness (WCRPa)
J 1730 Absurd ignorance (WvEP)
J 1766.2 (Bm) Child thinks knights are gods. (WvEP)
J 2450 Literal fool. (WvEP)
J 2460 Literal obedience (WvEP)
K 1812.8 Incognito queen (princess) (WvEP)
K 1839.17 (Bm) Disguise by changing armor (WCRPa)
L 101 Unpromising [clumsy] hero (WvEP)
L 111.3 Widow’s son as hero (WvEP)
L 225 Hero refuses reward (WCRPa, WvEP)
L 325.4 (Bm) Victory over superior force: victory over devils (WCRPa)
M 151.2 Vow not to marry until quest is concluded (WCRPa)
M 151.2.3 (G) Vow not to sleep two nights in the same place until quest’s end (WCRPa)
M 151.7.1 (Bm) Vow not to be happy until conquest is achieved [revenge is taken] (WvEP)
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) (WvEP)
M 183.3 Vow to find Holy Grail before returning to Round Table. (WvEP)
M 314 Prophecy: man (child) will become king (AlbJT)
M 361 Fated hero (WCRPa)
N 118 Issues left to fate (luck) . (WvEP)
N 320 Person unwittingly killed (WvEP)
N 733.1 Brothers unwittingly fight each other (WvEP)
N 734 Accidental meeting of brother and sister (WCRPa)
N 737 Accidental reunion of lovers (WCRPa)
N 746 Accidental meeting of cousins (WvEP)
N 760 Other accidental encounters (WvEP)
N 762 Person accidentally met unexpectedly knows the other’s name (WvEP)
N 767.1 (Bm) Unwitting combat between friends. [Unwitting attack on friend] (WvEP)
N 770 Experiences leading to adventures (WvEP)
N 771 King (prince) (lost) on hunt has adventures (WvEP)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (WCRPa, WvEP)
P 12 Character of kings (WvEP)
P 16.1.4 Father abdicates in favor of son (WvEP)
P 17.3.3 (Bm) King’s rescuer made his heir (WCRPa)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (WvEP)
P 58 (Bm) Knight aids man [woman] unjustly besieged [assailed] (WvEP)
P 231 Mother and son (Lanc2, WvEP)
P 231.3 Mother-love (WvEP)
P 251.5 Two brothers (WvEP)
P 340 Teacher and pupil (WvEP)
Q 53 Reward for rescue (WCRPa)
Q 53.3 Maiden queen offers her hand as reward for rescuing her town (WvEP)
Q 82 Reward for fearlessness (WCRPa)
Q 85 Reward for asking proper questions. (WvEP)
Q 112.0.1 Kingdom as reward (WCRPa, WvEP)
Q 211.0.2 Enormity of kin murder. (WvEP)
Q 470 Humiliating punishments (WvEP)
R 10.6 (Bm) Knight abducted (StrDan)
R 11.2 Abduction by devil (WCRPa)
R 161 Lover [unwelcome suitor] rescues his lady (WCRPa)
R 169.8 Predestined rescuer (WCRPa)
R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament) (WCRPa, WvEP)
S 73.1 Fratricide (WvEP)
T 26 Attention distracted by sight of (remembering) beloved [because of love] (WvEP)
T 68.1 Princess offered as prize to rescuer (WvEP)
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures (WCRPa)
T 200 Married life (WvEP)
T 350 Chaste sleeping together (WvEP)
T 617 Boy reared in ignorance of the world (WvEP)
T 682 Hero a posthumous son (WvEP)
V 5 Negligence in religious exercise. (WvEP)
V 235 Mortal visited by angel (WCRPa)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (WvEP)
W 48 (Ha) Piety (Lanc2)
Z 183 Symbolic names. (WvEP)
Z 252 Hero at first nameless [unaware of birth] (WvEP)
Z 254 Destined hero (WCRPa, WvEP)
Z 730 (Bm) Eponymous account of personal name (HvdTCr)

Passiguweiz    

T 24.1 Love-sickness (UvTRW)
T 29 Falling in love – miscellaneous (UvTRW)
T 61.4 Betrothal ceremony (UvTRW)
T 75 Man scorned by his beloved (UvTRW)
T 135 Wedding ceremony (UvTRW)
V 332 Baptism of heathen (UvTRW)

Passilifrier    

B 731.0.1 Animals of strange and varied coloring (WvEW)

Patelamunt    

P 557.0.4 (Li) Siege (WvEP)

Patrices    

P 193 (Bm) Guardian [regent] (Lanc1)

Patrick    

V 220 Saints (AlbTund)
V 229.3 Saint banishes snakes (AlbTund)
V 331 Conversion to Christianity (AlbTund)

Patrochel    

P 311.5 Covenant of friendship (HvNAp)

Patroclus    

F 852 Extraordinary coffin [sarkophag] (KvWTK)
P 310 Friendship (KvWTK, TrojEl)
S 139.2.2 Other indignities to corpse (HvFLvT)

Patron    

K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (UvEAlx)
K 2250.1 Treacherous servant (UvEAlx)
K 2297 Treacherous friend (UvEAlx)
S 111 Murder by poisoning (UvEAlx)

Paulus    

D 2095 Magic disappearance (Lohe)
D 2188 Magic disappearance (Lohe)
F 11.1 Journey to heaven [or hell] in trance (ReivB)

Pausanias (Pausonias)    

P 550.2 (Li) Single combat (SeAlx)
Q 213 Abduction punished (BaAlx, PLVAlx, UvEAlx)
Q 411.6 Death as punishment for murder (PLVAlx)
Q 421 Punishment: beheading (GrAlx)

Peilnetosi    

K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name (HvFTr)

Pelarie    

T 211.9.1 Wife dies of grief for death of husband (AlbJT)

Peleon    

F 562 People of unusual residence (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Peleus (Peleas)    

A 145 Champions of the gods (KvWTK)
A 188 Gods and goddesses in love with men (KvWTK, TrojEl)
F 821 Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.) (KvWTK)
F 824 Extraordinary armor (KvWTK)
H 217.1 Decision of victory by single combat between army leaders (KvWTK)
H 1210.2 Quest assigned by king (HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
H 1211 Quests assigned in order to get rid of hero (HMvNT, HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 2211.0.1 Treacherous elder brother (s) (HMvNT)
K 2217 Treacherous uncle [stepfather] (KvWTK, TrojEl)
K 2246.1 Treacherous king (HvFLvT)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (KvWTK)
P 17.8 Kingship given to younger brother (HMvNT)
P 233 Father and son (KvWTK)
P 293 Uncle (KvWTK, TrojEl)
R 45.3 Captivity in cave (HvFLvT)
S 71 Cruel uncle (HvFLvT, KvWTK)
W 171 Two-facedness (HvFLvT)
W 195 Envy (HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)

Pelian    

F 531.5 Giants and men (Orend)
F 531.5.7.0.2 Giant demands girl but is killed in duel about her (Orend)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (Orend)
F 824 Extraordinary [part of] armor (Orend)
M 500 (Bm) Threats (Orend)

Pelise    

F 451 Dwarf (UvTRW)

Pelrapeire    

F 969.7 Famine (WvEP)
P 557.0.4 (Li) Siege (WvEP)

Penefrec    

B 845 Wild animals herded (HvAEr)
F 812 Extraordinary forest (HvAEr)

Penelope    

T 50 Wooing (HvFLvT)

Penile    

J 910 Humility of the great (GoTK)
Q 53.3 Maiden queen offers her hand as reward for rescuing her town (GoTK)
R 111.1.9 Princess rescued from undesired suitor (GoTK)
T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman (GoTK)

Penille    

F 531.5.7.0.1 Giant woos mortal woman (GoTK)
J 414 Marriage with equal or with unequal (GoTK)

Penthesilea (Penteselie, Pentesalie, Penteseli)    

A 182.3 God (angel) speaks to mortal (UvTRW)
D 1714.1 Magic power of chaste women (UvTRW)
D 2161.3 Magic cure of physical defect (UvTRW)
F 565.1 Amazons. Women warriors (HMvNT, KvWTK, TrojEl, UvTRW)
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (UvTRW)
F 707 Extraordinary kingdom (UvTRW)
P 28 Marriage of queen (UvTRW)
P 557 Military customs (UvTRW)
S 139.2 Slain person dismembered (HMvNT)
S 139.2.2.9 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse, headless body of enemy dragged through camp (KvWTK, TrojEl)
S 139.2.2.12 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse, warrior queen’s corpse cast into lake [river] (HMvNT, KvWTK)
T 22 Predestined lovers (UvTRW)
T 30 Lovers’ meeting (UvTRW)
T 211.9.1 Wife dies of grief for death of husband (UvTRW)
T 571 Unreasonable demands of pregnant women (UvTRW)
T 584 Parturition (UvTRW)
V 520 Salvation (UvTRW)
Z 252 Hero at first nameless (TrojEl)

Perchtold    

J 2311.0.1 Wife makes her husband believe that he is dead (HKLFb)
J 2311.4 The dead man speaks up. [A numskull who has lain down thinks he is dead. The wife and the servant are committing adultery before his eyes. He speaks up: “I would have been taken revenge for this, when I was alive”.] (HKLFb)
J 2324 Wife persuades her husband to have a good tooth pulled (HKLFb)

Permenio    

F 628.2 Strong man kills men (UvEAlx)

Perminus    

K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (BaAlx, RvEAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)

Persida    

D 1710 Possession of magic powers. (WvEP)

Persides    

N 90 Wagers and gambling – miscellaneous (Lanc1)
P 52 Knight jousts with all comers (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 257.12 (Bm) Jealous husband confines wife to tower (Lanc1)

Peter    

D 2095 Magic disappearance (Lohe)
D 2188 Magic disappearance (Lohe)
F 301.1.1.1 Girl [hero] summons fairy lover [mistress] by wishing for him [her] (EvSPS)
F 304 Sexual relations with fairy (EvSPS)
H 970 Help in performing tasks (Orend)
V 19 Religious sacrifices – miscellaneous (HerED)
W 11 Generosity (EvSPS)
W 45 Honor (EvSPS)

Peticriu    

B 182.1 Magic dog (GvSTr, PlGar)
B 731.6.0.1 Polychromatic dogs (GvSTr)
D 810 Magic object a gift (GvSTr)
D 812 Magic object received from supernatural being. (GvSTr)
D 855 Magic object acquired as reward. (GvSTr)
D 1359.3.1.3 Grief dispelled by sound of bell attached to magic fairy dog. (GvSTr, PlGar)
F 241.6 Fairy dogs (GvSTr, HvFTr, PlGar)
Q 196.1 (Bm) Marvelous dog as reward. (GvSTr, PlGar)
Z 201.3 (Bm) ()

Pfetan    

B 11.2.1 Dragon as compound animal (WvGW)
B 11.2.2.2 (Bm) Dragon of diverse colors. (WvGW)
B 11.2.6 Wings of dragon (WvGW)
B 11.2.11.2 Breath of Dragon kills man [venomous fiery and fetid breath of dragon] (WvGW)
B 11.5.4 Dragon’s miraculous speed. (WvGW)
B 11.6.8 Dragon flies to its nest with human being (WvGW)
B 11.11.5 Dragon fight in order to free man. (WvGW)
B 16.5.1 Giant devastating serpent (WvGW)
D 1840.2 Magic invulnerability of animals. (WvGW)
G 510.4 Hero overcomes devastating animal (WvGW)
H 1174.2 Task: overcoming dragon (WvGW)
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (WvGW)

Phanatides    

V 112 Temples (GrAlx)

Phares    

K 1271.1 Threat to tell of amorous intrigue used as blackmail (KvWP)
K 2110 Slanders (KvWP)
K 2200 Villains and traitors. (KvWP)
K 2220 Treacherous rivals (KvWP)
P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council] (KvWP)
U 119.3 Handsome exterior does not indicate beautiful soul (KvWP)

Phariens    

J 620 Forethought in prevention of others’s plans (Lanc1)
K 1550.1 Husband discovers wife’s adultery (Lanc1)
N 839.1.1 (Bm) Faithful steward [marshal] as foster father (Lanc1)
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality] (Lanc1)
P 271 Foster father (Lanc1)
P 293 Uncle (Lanc1)
P 310.5 Defeated enemy turns true friend (Lanc1)
T 257.12 (Bm) Jealous husband confines wife to tower (Lanc1)
W 34 Loyalty (Lanc1)

Phebus    

K 1816.11 Disguise as carpenter (UvEAlx)
N 836 King as helper (UvEAlx)

Philip (Philippe, Philippus)    

B 542.2.1 Transportation to fairyland on griffin’s back (AlbJT)
D 1711 Magician (StrAlx)
D 1731.2.3 (Bm) Dream of visit by god (BaAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx)
D 1814.2 Advice from dream (StrAlx)
D 1814.3 Advice from God (or the gods) (BaAlx)
N 397 Accidental self-injury (SeAlx)
P 14.15.2 Court messenger (UvTRW)
P 16 End of king’s reign (PLVAlx, SeAlx)
P 16.0.1 (Bm) Regicide (BaAlx, GrAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
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 424 Physician (RvEAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
P 532 Payment of tax (tribute) [toll] (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
R 220 Flights (SeAlx)
S 11.4.4 Cruel father seeks to kill infant son (GrAlx)
T 232 Woman deserts husband for unworthy lover [Husband repudiates wife for another woman] (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, StrAlx, UvEAlx)
T 298 Reconciliation [reunion] of (separated) couple (BaAlx, GrAlx, PLVAlx, RvEAlx, SeAlx, UvEAlx)
W 11.2 Munificent monarch (UvEAlx)

Philomela    

P 252.1 Two sisters (AvHMA)

Philotas    

F 628.2 Strong man kills men (UvEAlx)
K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (RvEAlx)

Phoebus    

A 163 Contests among the gods (AvHMB)
A 171 Gods ride through air (AvHMB)
A 181 God serves as menial on earth (AvHMB)

Phyllis    

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)
T 55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman (ArPhy)

Phyrrus    

F 628.2 Strong man kills men (TrojEl)
R 111.1.9 Princess rescued from undesired suitor (TrojEl)

Physon    

F 162.2.1 The four rivers of paradise (SeAlx)

Pilatus    

H 931 Tasks assigned in order to get rid of hero (Pila)
L 111.5 Bastard hero (Pila)
M 311 Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child (Pila)
P 233.4 Natural son preferred to legitimate (Pila)
P 251.5.3 Hostile [half-] brothers (Pila)
P 283 Stepbrother (Pila)
P 500 Government (Pila)
Q 211.9.2 Punishment for killing foster brother (Pila)
S 73.1.0.1 Murder of stepbrother (foster brother) (Pila)
T 640 Illegitimate children (Pila)
Z 255.1 (Li) Unknown origin of hero, prophet (Pila)
Z 730 (Bm) Eponymous account of personal name (Pila)

Pilgerin    

P 50.0.2 (Bm) Knight who acknowledges no overlord [Allegiance: loyalty and disloyalty of vassals] (UvLFD)
P 122 (Bm) Archbishop and bishop (NL)
R 4 Surprise capture (UvLFD)

Pilippus    

P 424 Physician (BaAlx, SeAlx)

Piloise    

T 41 Communication of lovers (EvOTr)

Pioles    

N 318 Accidental separation of lovers (Wiga)
N 737 Accidental reunion of lovers (Wiga)
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (Wiga)

Pippin    

N 315 Separation by being on different banks of stream (DgF)
N 730 Accidental reunion of families (DgF)
P 13.5 Crowning [and making] of kings (KM3)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (GeRo)
T 587 Birth of twins (DgF)

Pippin der Selige    

P 14 Particular practices of kings (KM1)
P 16 End of king’s reign (KM1)

Piramort    

B 21 Centaur: man-horse (HvNAp)


Pitipas    

P 361 Faithful servant [vassal] (RvEWO)

Plastines    

Q 411 Death as punishment (HvFLvT)

Plato    

M 301 Prophets (WvEP)
M 363.1 Coming of Christ (Christianity) prophesied (WvEP)

Pliades    

B 21 Centaur: man-horse (HvNAp)
M 234.3 Life bought for gold (HvNAp)

Pligor    

H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (GoTK)
S 133 Murder by beheading (GoTK)

Plippalinot    

F 151.0.1 Hospitable host entertains (guides, advises) adventurer on way to otherworld. (WvEP)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (WvEP)
P 413 Ferryman [fisherman] (WvEP)

Plot    

K 1810.1 Disguise by putting on clothes (carrying accoutrements) of certain person (EvOTr)
K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name (UvTTr)
K 1840 Deception by substitution (EvOTr)

Pluris    

H 331.2 Suitor contest: tournament (UvZLa)
T 68 Princess offered as prize (UvZLa)

Pluto    

A 197 Deity controls elements (HvNAp)

Polidamas    

J 146.2 (Li) The educated youth (HvFLvT)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (HvFLvT)
V 153 (Hi) Heroes’ grave (HvFLvT)

Polimites    

K 2211 Treacherous [half-]brother. Usually elder brother (UvEAlx)
P 251.5 Two brothers (UvEAlx)

Polipercôn    

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

Polippus    

R 131.3.1 Shepherd rescues abandoned child (UvEAlx)

Polixena    

S 133 Murder by beheading (HvFLvT)
S 200 Cruel sacrifices. (TrojEl)
T 15 Love at first sight (HvFLvT, TrojEl)
T 24 The symptoms of love (TrojEl)

Pollux    

A 515.1.1 Twin culture heroes (TrojEl)
A 560 Culture hero’s (demigod’s) departure (TrojEl)
A 761 Ascent to stars. People or animals ascend to the sky and become stars (TrojEl)
F 628 Strong man as mighty slayer (KvWTK)
P 251.5 Two brothers (HMvNT, HvFLvT)
R 169.1.1 (Bm) Knight rescues abducted lady. (HvFLvT)
S 460 Other cruel persecutions (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Polydamas    

R 5 Capture on field of battle (HMvNT)

Polydoros    

S 110 Murders (HMvNT)

Polyphemus    

G 100 Giant ogre Polyphemus (HvFLvT)
G 420 Capture by ogre (HvFLvT)
G 550 Rescue from ogre (HvFLvT)

Polyxena    

F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman (HMvNT, KvWTK)
S 264.1.3 (Bm) Princess slain to abate storm and avenge her lover’s murder (HMvNT)


Pontrafort    

P 475 Robber [thief, outlaw, pirate] (Wiga)
Q 212 Theft punished (Wiga)
Q 413.1 Hanging as punishment for theft (Wiga)

Pontus    

P 531.1.1 Tribute required of conquered foreigners (Pila)

Porrus (Porus)    

F 533 Remarkably tall man (GrAlx)
K 2369 Military strategy – miscellaneous (SeAlx)
M 200 Bargains and promises (SeAlx)
P 552.6 (Tu) Conscription of troops: summoning allies as preparation for war (GrAlx, SeAlx)
P 557.0.3 (Li) Military aid (alliance) (SeAlx)
R 220 Flights (SeAlx)
W 187 Insolence [Self-conceit] (SeAlx)

Potiphar    

K 2111 Potiphar’s wife (Lanc2)

Pragnet    

D 114.1.1 Transformation: man to deer (FvS)
H 1233 Helpers on quest (FvS)
N 831 Girl [woman] as helper (FvS)

Prantzopil    

F 451.3.4.1 Dwarfs as artificers (Wiga)
F 451.8.2 Proper names for dwarfs (Wiga)

Preciosa    

P 557 Military customs (KM5, PKRL, StrKG)
Z 201.2 (Bm) Hero’s famous sword (KM5, PKRL, StrKG, WvEW)

Pregmunda (Brechmunda)    

V 332 Baptism of heathen (KM5, PKRL, StrKG)

Prester    

Z 201.1 (Bm) Hero’s famous horse (HvNAp)

Priamos    

D 1712 Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.) (GoTK)
F 833.2 Sword of Damocles. Sword hung on thin thread immediately above person (TrojEl)
F 1041.8.2 Madness from grief (HvFLvT)
F 1041.21.7 Swooning from grief (KvWTK)
J 652 Inattention to warnings (HMvNT)
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) (HvFLvT)
N 731.1 Unknown son returns to father’s court (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 10 Kings [King’s famous court] (KvWTK)
P 12 Character of kings (HvFLvT)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (KvWTK)
P 233 Father and son (KvWTK, TrojEl)
S 460 Other cruel persecutions (KvWTK)
T 131.1.2 Father’s consent to son’s (daughter’s) marriage necessary (HvFLvT)
W 11 Generosity (HvFLvT)
W 20 Other favorable traits of character (HvFLvT)

Prigant    

G 11.18 Cannibal tribe (HvNAp)

Princian    

K 2357.2 Disguise as pilgrim to enter enemy’s camp (castle) (SaMor)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (SaMor)
T 243.1 (Bm) Man slays wife-stealer (SaMor)

Printzel    

D 1821.3.7.3 Crystal-gazing. Clairvoyance by looking into crystal. (HvNAp)
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms (HvNAp)
R 169.5 Hero rescued by friend (HvNAp)

Priure    

D 813 Magic object received from fairy (HvdTCr)


Procne    

P 252.1 Two sisters (AvHMA)

Prometheus    

Q 501.4 Punishment of Prometheus (HvdTCr)

Pronaias    

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

Prophilias    

P 319 Deeds of friendship – miscellaneous (AtPro)

Proserpina    

A 171 Gods ride through air (HvNAp)

Prothasius    

T 104.1 Rejected suitor wages war (HvNAp)

Protheus    

D 100 Transformation: man to animal. (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 630 Transformation and disenchantment at will (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 1311.7 Oracular image (TrojEl)
D 1711 Magician (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 1712 Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.) (KvWTK, TrojEl)
D 1712.0.1 Astrologer-magician (KvWTK, TrojEl)
M 301 Prophets (KvWTK, TrojEl)
P 481 Astrologer (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Prünhilt    

D 1714.1 Magic power of chaste women (NL)
F 565.1 Amazons. Women warriors (NL)
F 610.0.1 Remarkably strong woman (NL)
H 345 Suitor test: overcoming princess in strength (NL)
K 2112 Woman slandered as adulteress (prostitute) [concubine] (NL)
P 29 Queens – miscellaneous (NL)
P 63 (Bm) Lady in armor (and battle) (NL)
()
B 211.3.4 Speaking parrot (TybFP)
B 582.1 Animal wooer (TybFP)
J 1118.1 Clever parrot (TybFP)
()
F 531.0.3.1 (Bm) Group or tribe or army of giant men (PlMel)
P 475 Robber [thief, outlaw, pirate] (PlMel)
()
E 545 The dead speak (WDieAF)
E 545.10 Corpse exclaims over miracle (WDieAF)
()
F 531.6.3.1 Giants live in castles (raths, duns) (ruins of which may still be seen) (PlGar)
F 531.6.7.1 Giant possesses treasure (PlGar)
F 531.6.8.1 Giant in love with giantess (PlGar)
F 531.6.10.2 (Bm) Giant as porter (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)
R 11.3 Abduction by giant [wild woman] (PlGar)
()
D 1381.10 Magic [part of] armor protects from attack (WvEW)
D 1381.10.3 Magic unpierceable helmet (WvEW)
()
F 531 Giant (HMvNT)
()
F 567 Wild man (HvNAp)
N 820 Human helpers (HvNAp)
()
P 361 Faithful servant [vassal] (HvNAp)

()
N 343 Lover kills self believing his mistress dead. She has been frightened away by a lion (Pyramus and Thisbe) (PyrTh)
R 225 Elopement (PyrTh)
T 10 Falling in love (PyrTh)
T 22.4 Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time (PyrTh)
T 24 The symptoms of love (PyrTh)
T 24.1 Love-sickness (PyrTh)
T 35 Lovers’ rendezvous (PyrTh)
T 41 Communication of lovers (PyrTh)
T 41.1 Communication of lovers through hole in wall (PyrTh)
T 42 Conversation of lovers (PyrTh)
T 80 Tragic love (PyrTh)
()
F 628.2.1 Strong man kills many men at once (HvFLvT)
K 914 Murder from ambush (HvFLvT)
P 17 Succession to the throne (HvFLvT)
P 233 Father and son (KvWTK, TrojEl)
Q 112 Half of kingdom as reward (KvWTK)
Q 285 Cruelty punished (HvFLvT)
T 68 Princess offered as prize (KvWTK)
T 640 Illegitimate children (KvWTK, TrojEl)
W 212 Eagerness for combat (KvWTK, TrojEl)

Pystropus    

B 21.4 (Bm) Half man, half horse as archer (HvFLvT)
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (HvFLvT)

Pythagoras    

P 429.1 Astronomers (WvEP)