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Index of Names
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Index of Names  U 

Ugrym    

N 843 Hermit as helper (EvOTr)
P 426.2 Hermit (EvOTr)

Ulian    

F 531.4.5.2 Giant with iron bar as weapon (PlTand)
F 531.5 Giants and men (PlTand)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (PlTand)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (PlTand)
G 111 Giant ogre (s) possess (es) castle (PlTand)
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (PlTand)

Ulixes (Ulysses)    

D 1812.3.3 Future revealed in dream (TrojEl)
D 1812.3.3.5 Prophetic dream allegorical (TrojEl)
D 1812.5.1.2 Bad dream as evil omen (TrojEl)
G 333 Path between monsters. Scylla and Charybdis (HvFLvT)
G 420 Capture by ogre (HvFLvT)
G 550 Rescue from ogre (HvFLvT)
H 79.3 Recognition by voice (HvFLvT)
J 672.1 Ears stopped with wax to avoid enchanting song. Odysseus and the sirens. (HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
J 1110 Clever persons (KvWTK, TrojEl)
J 1169 Clever pleading – miscellaneous (GoTK)
J 1661 Clever deductions (GoTK)
K 1551.1 Husband returns secretly and kills unwelcome suitor (HvFLvT)
K 2357.0.1 Disguise to spy on enemy (HvVEn)
M 370 Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy (HvFLvT)
P 14.15.1 (Old, wise) Counsellors of court [King’s council] (TrojEl)
P 14.15.2 Court messenger (HvFLvT, KvWTK, TrojEl)
Q 261 Treachery punished (HvFLvT)
Q 431 Punishment: banishment (exile) (GoTK)
Q 431.2 Banishment for treachery (GoTK)

Ulrich    

C 910 Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu (Wuert)
C 948 Mutilation as punishment for breaking tabu (Wuert)
D 2161.3.2 Magic restoration of severed hand (Wuert)
F 527.2 Green knight (UvLFD)
F 824 Extraordinary [part of] armor (UvLFD)
F 899 Other extraordinary objects (UvLFD)
F 950 Marvelous cures (Wuert)
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)

Uodelgart    

F 531.0.4 Giant woman (EckL)
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat (EckL)

Uote    

D 1812.3.3.0.4 (Bm) Interpretation of dream by second party (NL)
F 1041.1.2.2.4 Death from hearing of son’s (sons’, [daughter’s]) death (NLKl)
M 302.7 Prophecy through dreams (NL)
P 29 Queens – miscellaneous (NL)
P 210 Husband and wife (DietF)

Urgan    

D 1518.2 Root restores amputated hands and feet. (GvSTr)
F 531.4.5.2 Giant with iron bar as weapon (GvSTr)
F 531.5 Giants and men (GvSTr)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (GvSTr, HvFTr)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (GvSTr, HvFTr)
F 639.4 Strong man overcomes giant (HvFTr)
G 511 Ogre blinded. (GvSTr)
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (GvSTr)
P 532 Payment of tax (tribute) [toll] (GvSTr)

Urjans    

K 2247.3 (Bm) Treacherous knight (WvEP)
Q 244 Punishment for ravisher [rape]. (WvEP)
Q 478.2 Adulterer [ravisher, rapist] compelled to eat with dog[s]. (WvEP)
T 471 Rape (WvEP)

Ursyan    

H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (GoTK)
N 770 Experiences leading to adventures (GoTK)
P 263 Brother-in-law (GoTK)

Utant    

B 301 Faithful animal (EvOTr)

Uterpendragon (Utepandragun)    

M 312.2.1 Prophecy: son to be more powerful than father (WCRPa)
N 450 Secrets overheard (WCRPa)
P 12 Character of kings (Lanc1)
P 293.1 Mother’s brother as foster father (WvEP)