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B 81.13 Miscellaneous actions of mermaid (DietR)

F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (WDieD)
P 233 Father and son (WDieB)
P 251.5.3 Hostile [half-] brothers (WDieB)
S 110.4 Prince resolves to drive relatives from his domain (WDieB)

N 738 Accidental meeting of nephew and uncle (Walb)

P 110 Royal ministers (BitD)

D 1381.3 Magic garment protects against attack (Ali)
F 527.5 Black man [knight; wild woman] (Ali)
F 533 Remarkably tall man (Ali)
N 733.1 Brothers unwittingly fight each other (Ali)

P 193 (Bm) Guardian [regent] (BitD)
P 311 Sworn brethren (RosGA)
P 311.1 Combatants become sworn brethren (RosGA)
P 320 Hospitality (BitD)
P 427 Druid (poet, learned man) (KvWP)
P 556 Challenge to battle (BitD)

P 310 Friendship (EvOTr)

P 310 Friendship (UvZLa)
Z 200 Heroes (UvZLa)

J 2013 Man made to believe that he is someone else (Wand)
J 2314 Layman made to believe that he is a monk (Wand)
K 1265 Man falsely reported insane. No one will believe him (Wand)

P 14.15.2 Court messenger (NL)
P 428 Musician (NL)
Q 451.1 Hands cut off as punishment (NL)

Z 201.2 (Bm) Hero’s famous sword (NL)

F 531.5 Giants and men (DukH)
F 531.5.10 Giant as servant to man (DukH)
F 591 Person who never laughs (Kudr)
F 610.4 Man with strength of many men (Kudr)
F 639 Extraordinary powers – miscellaneous (Kudr)
F 667 Skillful fencer (swordsman) (Kudr)
F 821 Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.) (Kudr)
F 873.0.1 Battle rage (Kudr)
H 919 Assignment of tasks in response to suggestion – miscellaneous (Kudr)
H 1381.3.1.1 Quest for bride for king (prince) (Kudr)
P 193 (Bm) Guardian [regent] (Kudr)
P 362 Faithful servant entrusted with care (and education) of crown prince (Kudr)
P 424 Physician (Kudr)
P 551 Army (Kudr)
Q 212 Theft punished (Kudr)
W 32 Bravery (Kudr)
W 155 Hardness of heart (Kudr)
W 185 Violence of temper (Kudr)

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

P 281 Stepfather [and stepson] (KM5)

P 550.2 (Li) Single combat (DietW)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (DietW)

Z 702 (Hi) Eponymous account of place name (KM3)

F 628.2 Strong man kills men (HerEA, HerEB, HerED)
P 53 (Bm) Obtaining knighthood (HerEA)
P 54 (Bm) Knighting custom (HerEA)
V 531 Pilgrimage to Holy Land (HerEA, HerEB)

T 104.1 Rejected suitor wages war (DgF)

F 610 Remarkably strong man (KRot)
F 610.1 Wild man of superhuman strength (KRot)
F 639 Extraordinary powers – miscellaneous (KRot)

B 11.11 Fight with dragon (WvGW)
B 11.11.5 Dragon fight in order to free man. (WvGW)
D 815.1 Magic object received from mother. (WvGW)
D 825 Magic object received from maiden. (WvGW)
D 1031.1 Magic bread. (WvGW)
D 1057 Magic belt (WvGW)
D 1086 Magic lance (WvGW)
D 1101 Magic [part of] armor (WvGW)
D 1335.1 Magic strength-giving food (WvGW)
D 1380.2 Tree (plant) protects (WvGW)
D 1578 Magic object keeps off enchantment. (WvGW)
D 1766.1 Magic results produced by prayer (WvGW)
F 305 Offspring of fairy [dwarf] and mortal (WvGW)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (WvGW)
F 575.2 Handsome man (WvGW)
F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (WvGW)
G 303.16.2.3 Devil’s power avoided by blessing [blessed or sacred writing]. (WvGW)
G 303.16.3 Devil’s power avoided by the cross (WvGW)
G 420 Capture by ogre (WvGW)
G 510.4 Hero overcomes devastating animal (WvGW)
H 217 Decision made by contest (WvGW)
H 335.1 Suitor task: avenging bride’s father’s death before marriage. (WvGW)
H 1174.2 Task: overcoming dragon (WvGW)
H 1221 Quest for adventure (WvGW)
H 1381.2.2.1 Son seeks unknown father (WvGW)
H 1550 Tests of character (WvGW)
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (WvGW)
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (WvGW)
J 2010 Uncertainty about own identity. (WvGW)
K 958.1 (Bm) Treacherous attempt to murder by drowning. (WvGW)
N 650 Life saved by accident. (WvGW)
N 731 Unexpected meeting of father and son (WvGW)
N 771 King (prince) (lost) on hunt has adventures (WvGW)
N 817.0.1 God as helper (WvGW)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (WvGW)
P 12 Character of kings (WvGW)
P 13.5 Crowning [and making] of kings (WvGW)
P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry] (WvGW)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (WvGW)
P 231 Mother and son (WvGW)
P 233 Father and son (WvGW)
P 310 Friendship (WvGW)
P 340 Teacher and pupil (WvGW)
R 11.3 Abduction by giant [wild woman] (WvGW)
R 111.1.4 Rescue of princess (maiden) from giant (monster) (WvGW)
S 131 Murder by drowning (WvGW)
T 10 Falling in love (WvGW)
T 41 Communication of lovers (WvGW)
T 615 Supernatural growth (WvGW)
V 52 Miraculous power of prayer (WvGW)
V 53.1 Prayer unfastens (boy’s) fetters. (WvGW)
V 57.3 Prayer on special occasions. (WvGW)
V 86 Sign of the Cross (WvGW)
V 151 Sacred writings. (WvGW)
V 440 Other religious virtues (WvGW)

B 301.8 Faithful lion follows man who saved him. (Wiga)
F 575.2 Handsome man (Wiga)
G 440 Ogre [giant] abducts person (Wiga)
H 11.1 Recognition by telling life history (Wiga)
H 1223 Quest to undertake feats of valor (Wiga)
H 1381.2 Quest for unknown father (Wiga)
H 1385.1 Quest for stolen princess. (Wiga)
J 1730 Absurd ignorance (Wiga)
K 2357 Disguise to enter enemy’s camp (castle) (Wiga)
L 101 Unpromising [clumsy] hero (Wiga)
L 225 Hero refuses reward (Wiga)
N 731 Unexpected meeting of father and son (Wiga)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (Wiga)
P 16.1.4 Father abdicates in favor of son (Wiga)
P 17.0.2 Son succeeds father as king (Wiga)
P 53 (Bm) Obtaining knighthood (Wiga)
P 205 Refusal to fight relatives (Wiga)
P 233 Father and son (Wiga)
P 310.5 Defeated enemy turns true friend (Wiga)
R 10.3 Children abducted (Wiga)
R 11 Abduction by monster (ogre) (Wiga)
R 11.3 Abduction by giant [wild woman] (Wiga)
T 617 Boy reared in ignorance of the world (Wiga)
W 46 (Li) Modesty (Wiga)
Z 235 Hero with extraordinary animal companion (Wiga)
Z 252 Hero at first nameless [unaware of birth] (Wiga)

H 1381.3.1.2 Quest for bride for oneself (JvWW)
M 311.0.1 Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child (JvWW)
N 710 Accidental meeting of hero and heroine (JvWW)
P 322.2 Guest in disguise or under false name (JvWW)
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat] (JvWW)
T 10 Falling in love (JvWW)
T 11.3.1 Lovers meet in their dreams (JvWW)
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures (JvWW)

K 913 Disguised hero attacks enemy at feast (JvWW)

K 913 Disguised hero attacks enemy at feast (JvWW)
K 2116.2 Man falsely accused of murder (JvWW)

F 527.1.1 Red knight (RvEWO)
F 679 Remarkable skill – miscellaneous (RvEWO)
F 1041.21.3 Refusal to eat [drink, sleep] from excessive grief (RvEWO)
M 149 Vows concerning sex – miscellaneous (RvEWO)
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (RvEWO)
P 53 (Bm) Obtaining knighthood (RvEWO)
P 270.4 (Bm) Hero raised by foster parents (RvEWO)
Q 535.1 Penance: not to speak (RvEWO)
Q 590 Miscellaneous punishments (RvEWO)
R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament) (RvEWO)
R 225.2 Lovers elope to prevent girl’s marriage to undesired fiancé (RvEWO)
T 31.1 Lovers’ meeting: Hero in service of lady’s father (RvEWO)
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures (RvEWO)
T 682 Hero a posthumous son (RvEWO)
Z 251 Boy hero (RvEWO)
Z 252 Hero at first nameless [unaware of birth] (RvEWO)

F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (WDieD)
P 556 Challenge to battle (WDieD)

Q 380 Deeds punished – miscellaneous (HvNAp)

N 681 Husband (lover) arrives home just as wife (mistress) is to marry another (RvEGG)
N 741.2 Husband and wife become separated in shipwreck (RvEGG)
T 210.2 Faithful husband (RvEGG)
Z 356 Unique survivor (RvEGG)

N 399 Additional unlucky accidents (RvEWO)
Z 200 Heroes (RvEWO)

P 16.1 King (prince) retires from world (becomes hermit [monk, pilgrim], swineherd [beggar]) (UvEWW)
P 56.1 (Bm) Knight [noble] becomes pilgrim [monk] (UvEWW)
V 301.1 (Li) The high-minded, noble heathen (UvEWW)
V 331 Conversion to Christianity (UvEWW)
V 332 Baptism of heathen (UvEWW)

M 241 Bargain to divide all winnings (DanW)
M 241.1 Dividing the winnings: half of the bride demanded. When the hero shows that he is willing to carry out the bargain his helper relents (DanW)
T 66.1 Grateful dead man helps hero win princess (DanW)

B 81.7.1 Mermaid prophesies (NL)

K 2211 Treacherous [half-]brother. Usually elder brother (StrKG)
P 251 Brothers [Half-brothers] (StrKG)

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

P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady (KvWW)
Q 526 Pilgrimage as penance (KvWW)

K 1826.1 Disguise as monk (TrMo)
K 1831.0.1 Disguise by changing name (TrMo)

F 628.2.3 Strong man kills giant (RosGA)
F 945 Person (gradually) submerged by sea (DietR)
H 56 Recognition by wound (DietR)
H 1301 Quest for the most beautiful of women (HeidinC)
J 200 Choices (HeidinC)
K 959.4 Murder from behind (AT)
K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal] (AT, DietF)
M 108 Violators of oaths (AT, DietF)
M 205 Breaking of bargains and promises (AT)
M 260 Other promises (HeidinC)
P 310.5 Defeated enemy turns true friend (HeidinC)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (HeidinC)
R 18 Abduction by rejected suitor (HeidinC)
T 11.1 Love from mere mention or description (HeidinC)
T 15 Love at first sight (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)
W 121 Cowardice (AT, DietR)

P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion; usurpation; invasion; assault (RvEWO)
T 29 Falling in love – misc. (RvEWO)

V 331.2 Conversion to Christianity on pain of death [by force] (KM3)
V 332 Baptism of heathen (KM3)

F 531.4.5.2 Giant with iron bar as weapon (DukH)
F 531.5 Giants and men (DukH)
F 531.5.10 Giant as servant to man (DukH)
F 531.6.8 Mutual relations of giants (DukH)
F 624.8 Strong man throws opponent into the air [against pillar] (DukH)
F 628.1.1 Strong man kills lion with own hands (DukH)
F 636 Remarkable thrower (DukH)
W 212 Eagerness for combat (DukH)

B 21 Centaur: man-horse (PlGar)
D 1344.9 Magic garment renders invulnerable. (PlGar)
D 1381.3.2 Magic unpierceable (horn) skin protects against attack (PlGar)
D 1381.3.3 A protective garment which spears could not penetrate (PlGar)
D 1840.3 Magic invulnerability of ogres. (PlGar)
D 2061.2.1 Death-giving glance. (PlGar)
F 556 Remarkable voice (PlGar)
F 839.2 Extraordinary shield (PlGar)
G 308 Sea-monster (PlGar)
G 346 Devastating monster. (PlGar)
G 512 Ogre killed (PlGar)
G 512.1.2 Ogre decapitated (PlGar)
H 1561.6 Test of valor: fight with giant [warrior, dwarf-hero, dragon etc.] (PlGar)
Z 730 (Bm) Eponymous account of personal name (PlGar)

S 350 Fate of abandoned child (WDieA)
S 350.2 Child driven out (exposed) brought up in secret (WDieA)
S 351.2 Abandoned child reared by herdsman (WDieA)

B 11.6.8 Dragon flies to its nest with human being (WDieAF)
B 11.11 Fight with dragon (WDieD)
B 11.11.6 Dragon fight in order to free lion (WDieB, WDieD)
D 700 Person disenchanted (WDieB)
D 789 Other means of disenchantment (WDieB)
D 812.12 Magic object received from dwarf (WDieB)
D 1766.1 Magic results produced by prayer (WDieD)
D 2158 Magic control of fires (WDieD)
E 15.2 Resuscitation by sweating (WDieB)
F 451.5.2.11 Dwarfs attack soldier (hero) (WDieB)
F 531.5.8 Giants and Christians (WDieD)
F 531.6.12.6 Giant slain by man (WDieD)
F 571.7 Person hundreds of years old (DietF)
F 610.8 Strong man so heavy that only his own horse can carry him (WDieD)
F 611.3.2 Hero’s precocious strength (WDieA)
F 611.3.3 Strong hero tests weapons. Breaks first sword (WDieD)
F 612 Strong hero sent from home (WDieA)
F 614.10 Strong hero fights whole army alone (WDieD)
F 624.2.0.1 Strong man throws enormous stone (WDieB, WDieD)
F 628.1.3 Strong man kills great serpent [dragon] (WDieB)
F 628.2 Strong man kills men (WDieB)
F 628.2.1 Strong man kills many men at once (WDieB)
F 684 Marvelous jumper (WDieAF, WDieB, WDieD)
F 912.2 Victim kills swallower from within by cutting (WDieAF)
F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (WDieB, WDieD)
G 303.9.6.1 Devil fights with man (WDieB)
G 303.9.6.1.1 Devil is overcome by man in fight (WDieB, WDieD)
G 303.16.2.2 Person saved from devil [sin] by prayer to Virgin (WDieD)
G 510.4 Hero overcomes devastating animal (WDieAF, WDieB, WDieD)
H 11.1 Recognition by telling life history (WDieD)
H 51.1 Recognition by birthmark (WDieB)
H 94.4 Identification by ring dropped into a glass (cup) of wine (WDieAF, WDieB)
H 105.1 Dragon-tongue proof. Dragon slayer cuts out the tongues and uses them later to prove his identity as slayer (WDieAF, WDieB)
H 217.2 Decision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl (WDieB)
H 1161 Task: killing ferocious beast. (WDieA)
H 1161.7 (Bm) Task: slay fire-breathing dragon (WDieA)
H 1162.1 Task: overcoming robbers (WDieA)
H 1174.2 Task: overcoming dragon (DietF)
H 1220 Quests voluntarily undertaken (WDieA)
H 1221 Quest for adventure (WDieA)
H 1224 Quest to distant king for military aid (WDieA)
H 1228 Quest undertaken by hero for vengeance. (WDieA)
J 146.2 (Li) The educated youth (WDieD)
K 1760 Other bluffs (WDieA)
K 1812 King in disguise (WDieB)
K 1817.2 Disguise as palmer (pilgrim) (WDieAF, WDieB)
K 2357.2 Disguise as pilgrim to enter enemy’s camp (castle) (WDieAF, WDieB)
M 161.2 Vow to revenge (king, friends, father, [husband, queen]) (or die) (WDieD)
M 310.1 Prophecy: future greatness and fame (WDieD)
N 838 Hero (culture hero) as helper (WDieB, WDieD)
P 16.1 King (prince) retires from world (becomes hermit [monk, pilgrim], swineherd [beggar]) (WDieD)
P 17 Succession to the throne (WDieB)
P 30 Princes (WDieD)
P 33 (Bm) Impecunious prince [king] (WDieA, WDieD)
P 33.4 (Bm) Impecunious prince fights in borrowed armor (WDieD)
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals] (WDieD)
P 54 (Bm) Knighting custom (WDieB)
P 192 Madmen (fools, professional fools) (WDieB)
P 233 Father and son (WDieB)
P 233.4 Natural son preferred to legitimate (WDieB)
P 251.5.3 Hostile [half-] brothers (WDieB)
P 310.5 Defeated enemy turns true friend (WDieB)
P 311.1 Combatants become sworn brethren (WDieB)
P 550.1.2 (Li) Defense of legitimate rights by war (WDieAF)
P 556 Challenge to battle (WDieD)
P 556.0.1 (Bm) Challenge to single combat [feud] (WDieB)
P 616 Newcomers forced to pass the night with ruling princess. Given sleeping potion. Goods confiscated for failure to consumate marriage. (WDieAF, WDieD)
Q 520 Penances (WDieAF)
R 5 Capture on field of battle (WDieD)
R 51.2 Prisoners confined in chains (WDieD)
R 74.4 (Tu) Defeated king becomes conqueror’s vassal (WDieD)
R 151.1 Husband rescues stolen wife (WDieB)
R 211.8 Rescue from prison by beheading giant keeper (WDieD)
T 160 Consummation of marriage (WDieB)
T 243 Fight between husband and lover for kingdom and wife (WDieB)
T 317.2 Repression of lust through prayer (WDieD)
T 331 Man unsuccessfully tempted by woman (WDieD)
T 351 Sword of chastity (WDieB)
T 615 Supernatural growth (WDieA)
U 90 (Bm) Dispossessed heir (WDieA)
V 52.8 Prayer brings death to enemy (WDieB)
V 81.4 Baptism of infants (WDieB)
V 235 Mortal visited by angel (WDieD)
V 246 Angel counsels mortal (WDieD)
V 340 Miracle manifested to non-believers (WDieD)
V 351 Duel (debate) to prove which religion is better (WDieD)
V 356 Christian hero (saint) overthrows heathen idols (WDieD)
V 511.2 Visions of hell (WDieAF)
V 514 Non-religious visions (WDieD)
V 531 Pilgrimage to Holy Land (WDieD)
V 535 Pilgrimage to Jerusalem (WDieB)

F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (PLVAlx)

B 11.11 Fight with dragon (Virg)
F 824.2 Extraordinarily painted shield (RosGBr)
H 1166 Task: duel. (RosGD)
H 1561 Tests of valor (Virg)
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor (RosGD)
M 500 (Bm) Threats (RosGA)
N 738.1 Uncle and nephew unwittingly about to kill one another (AT)
N 839 (Bm) Noble [vassal, knight] as helper (DietW)
P 14.15.2 Court messenger (DietW)
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms (RosGD)
P 533.1 Hostages (DietF, DietW)
Q 10 Deeds rewarded (RosGA)
W 32 Bravery (DietR)
W 185 Violence of temper (NL)
W 212 Eagerness for combat (DietF, DietR, NL)

P 50.2 Marshall [Court officials: marshall, steward, etc.] (UvLFD)

H 548 Riddle contest (Lohe)

Z 702 (Hi) Eponymous account of place name (PlGar)

P 110 Royal ministers (WDieB)
P 296 Godparents (WDieB)

P 14.15.2 Court messenger (WDieB)
P 557.0.2 (Li) Spy. Messenger (AT)

F 1084 Furious battle [fight] (StrAlx)