src: https://archive.org/details/Thompson2016MotifIndex
Drinking blood teaches animal languages.
Drinking blood teaches animal languages.
Magic object acquired
as reward
for vigil.
Magic object acquired
as reward
for vigil.
Bears
as God's messengers.
Bears
as God's messengers.
Giant horse:
hair
from the tail is seven yards.
Giant horse:
hair
from the tail is seven yards.
Numskull praises his daughter
as being pregnant.
Numskull praises his daughter
as being pregnant.
Tabu:
menstrous woman not
to go near any cultivated field
or crops will be ruined.
Tabu:
menstrous woman not
to go near any cultivated field
or crops will be ruined.
First deer
in Ireland
--introduced
by Tuatha Dé Danann.
First deer
in Ireland
--introduced
by Tuatha Dé Danann.
Habitation
of spirit.
Habitation
of spirit.
Tabu:
leaving capital every ninth night.
Tabu:
leaving capital every ninth night.
Cure
by passing patient through cleft
of tree (other loop).
Cure
by passing patient through cleft
of tree (other loop).
Deer
with string
of pearls around its neck.
Deer
with string
of pearls around its neck.
Tabus connected
with trip
to fairyland.
Tabus connected
with trip
to fairyland.
Giant
with eight eyes.
Giant
with eight eyes.
Question (propounded
on quest):
Why can't the child talk
or the dog bark?
Question (propounded
on quest):
Why can't the child talk
or the dog bark?
Saint causes waters
to be filled
with fish.
Saint causes waters
to be filled
with fish.
Magic object taken away
by force.
Magic object taken away
by force.
Life bound up
with tree.
Life bound up
with tree.
Test
of wife's ability
to keep secret.
Test
of wife's ability
to keep secret.
Flower visible only
to blind man.
Flower visible only
to blind man.
Abandoned child rescued
by dog.
Abandoned child rescued
by dog.
Strong man throws walrus.
Strong man throws walrus.
Where snake got his fangs.
Where snake got his fangs.
Reading
from magic book causes road
to appear.
Reading
from magic book causes road
to appear.
Extraordinary companions are brothers (twins,
triplets).
Extraordinary companions are brothers (twins,
triplets).
Transformation:
normal man
to cannibal.
Transformation:
normal man
to cannibal.