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An asterisk before a number indicates that cross-references to related matters will be found immediately following the item.  Numbers followed by "ff." indicate that the item is general and introduces specific examples not always recorded in this index.  Plurals always immediately follow the singular number of nouns.

Aaron's Aaron's censer (pistol) J1446; rod F971.1. - Miracles cease at A's death F900.3.1.

Abandoned Abandoned castle F771.4.3; child aided by seagulls, doe, angel T611.7; child joins parents in game (recognition) H151.9; child receives magic sight D1821.6; child rescued by dog B549.3; children accidentally discovered N768; or murdered children S300;399; maiden helped by nurse P361.5; queen entertains in forest, recognized H155; son exposed to tiger H105.5.4; souls feed on spiders E752.7.1; wife recognized H152.3. - Child born of woman a. in pit T581.2; father reinstates a. son N731.3; ghost of one a. by lover E334.3; girl a. in tree H151.14.1; girl rescued, then a. R111.6; parent seeks famine relief from a. child H154; rescue of a. persons R130ff.; waves break caul of a. child N655.

Abandoning Abandoning. - Mortal a. world to live in fairyland F373; mother a. beautiful baby F575.1.1.

Abandonment Abandonment to avoid fulfillment of prophecy M371.0.1; on cliff submerged at high tide (punishment) Q466.2; and exposures S140ff.; in forest as punishment Q435; of hero at birth A511.2.1; of hero in lower world *K1931.2; of integrity brings devil G303.6.2.5; on stretching tree K1113; in water *S142. - Step-sisters cause girl's a. in jungle K2129.3.

Abandonments Abandonments and exposures S140ff.

Abbess Abbess caught in sin permits nuns to sin K1274; secretly delivered of her child by Virgin T401.1; and washerwoman (flea and fever) J612.1. - Nun hidden by a. from pursuing knight betrays own hiding place V465.1.2.1; nun rewarded, made a. Q87.3.

Abbey Abbey. - Ghost prevents box's removal from a. E299.2; looking for keys of a. J703.1.

Abbot Abbot burns mouth, excuses crying J1478.1; caught in sin permits monks to sin K1274; escapes from paramour's husband K521.6; and king H561.2; cannot find needle J1651; receives guest in rags J916 - Angel chastizes a. V235.3; fat a. cured by starving K1955.1.1; fire consumes woman slandering a. Q552.13.3; God as surety: a. pays J1559.2; luxury of a. and cardinal J1263.4.1; monk who did not ask for the position made a. Q61.1; self-righteous monk rebuked by a. L435.1.1; sham a. K1961.5; thievish a. to be eaten by wolves Q556.12.1; virgin becomes monastery a. K1837.7.

Abdicating Abdicating. - Father a. in son's favor P16.1.4; king a. after queen's adultery P16.1.2.

Abducted Abducted bride hidden in fairyland F322.4; wife brought back by fakir R165.3; wife leaves needle sign H119.2; - Druid discovers a. wife D1816.5.1; girl a. by fairy F324; girl a. by fairy accidentally drowns N339.9; hero's wife a. N391.0.1; man a. by devil G303.9.5.6; quest as punishment by a. girl's father H1219.3; sacrifice for return of a. person V17.7; statue left instead of a. queen K661.4; thieves carry a. woman on bier, drown out her wailings K419.8; woman a. by giving medicine K1364; youth a. by fairy F325.

Abducting Abducting child by calling self her husband K361.1.1; woman after asking her for fire K762. - Demons a. men G302.9.2; fairy a. men with whom in love F302.3.1.4; fairy a. mortal's wife F301.6; false accusation of a. wife K2127.1; king a. woman P19.2.1; lover a. beloved K1371.4; lover in disguise for a. K1831.2.2; moon a. woman A753.1.1; ogre a. new-born babe G442.1.

Abduction Abduction *R10ff.; by animal for breaking tabu C986; of Christianized fairy F389.2; by devil *G303.9.5; to fairyland *F320; by man disguised as woman K1321.2; by masking as husband K755.1; by mountain-men *F460.4.4.1; by ogre G440ff.; punished Q213; by taking aboard ship to inspect wares K1332. - Banishment for a. of bride Q431.5.2

Abductor Abductor in disguise R24; induces magic sleep D1964.3; pretends lover sent him to princess K1914. - burning to punish a. Q414.0.4.2; lover rescues his lady from a. R161.1; magic sleep induced by a. D1964.3.

Abel Abel slain with camel bone F839.3. - Animals refuse to avenge murder of A. B591.0.1; Cain drinks blood of A. D1812.3.3.7; cry of blood of A. A1344.1.

Abersetus Abersetus as guardian of door of heaven A661.0.1.4.

Abiding Abiding. - Vow on a. laws M185

Ability Ability. - God dislikes offerings beyond one's a. V10.2; person transformed to animal recognized by a. to read H62.2; recognition by unique a. H31; reward for a. to keep secrets Q62; test of a. *H500; test of wife's a. to keep secret H472ff.

Abnormal Abnormal features or growth of changeling F321.1.2.1.

Abnormally Abnormally born child has unusual powers T550.2.

Aboard Aboard. - Capture by taking a. ship K775.1; man magically appears a. ship D2121.11.

Abode Abode, see also Dwelling, Home; of the dead *E480ff.; of devil (between hoofs of swine) G303.8.7; of evil spirits (north) G633; of unpromising hero (heroine) L130ff.

Abortion Abortion T572.2; placed in innocent woman's bed K2112.2.4. - Ghost of a. E225.1; origin of a. A1351.2; punishment for a. Q251.1.

Above Above. - Creator from a. A21; deceptive crop division: a. the ground, below the ground K171.1; dwarfs have homes a. the ground F451.4.2ff.; emergence of gods from a. A115.5; the Lord a., the lord below K1525; region a. the three worlds A651.1.1.2; vehicle travels a. and below ground *D1533.2ff.

Abraham Abraham earns to worship God (cumulative tale) Z42.2; as prophet M301.7.3. - Angel's visit to A. H828.

Abraham's Abraham's. - Land of dead in A's bosom E489.10.

Abridgement Abridgement of freedom as punishment Q430ff.

Abroad Abroad. - Do not marry a girl from a. J21.4; wild hunt a. until cockcrow *E501.11.1.2.

Abscess Abscess breaks when patient laughs at foolish diagnosis N641. - Birth from a. T541.2; tigress grateful for opening of a. B386.

Absence Absence. - Feigned a. tests wife H466.1; in god's a. his function ceases A73.1; obedient husband given leave of a. J2523.

Absent Absent person seems to be present K1881. - Why certain animals are a. from countries A2434.2; bending bow of woman's a. husband (suitor contest) H331.4.2; cannibals advised to be a. while hero is being cooked K619.1; present servant girl preferred to a. mistress J326; sleeper not to be awakened, since soul is a. E721.1.1; body in trance while soul is a. E721.2; wraith looks after a. person E723.4.6; youth a. when entire family wiped out N659.2.

Absent-minded Absent-minded Nurse puts child down well J2175.3.

Absent-mindedness Absent-mindedness, absurd J2000 -J2049.

Absolution Absolution. -Unquiet dead sinner taken to priest for a. E411.0.2.

Absorption Absorption in charms of beloved causes cut finger T26.1.

Abstinence Abstinence from wine by deer after breaking leg J133.3.

Abstract Abstract. - Wanting to see a. quality J2488.

Abstractions Abstractions, gods of A460ff.; personified Z110ff.

Absurd Absurd contest won by deception K60ff.; tasks H1010 - H1049ff.; truth discredits husband J1151.1.2. - King makes a. statement J817.3; wife agrees with husband's a. statements H474.

Absurdities Absurdities based upon false assumptions J2210ff.; cause fool to laugh U15; rebuke another absurdity *J1530ff.; of tight-rope walker's performance J156.2. - Lies: logical a. X1700.

Absurdum Absurdum, reductio ad (of judgment) J1191; (task) H952; (riddle: stallions of Babylon) H572.

Abundance Abundance in otherworld F169.8. - Fairy promises a. to mortal F349.4.

Abuse Abuse of dwarfs by mortals F451.5.11; of fairy gifts tabu F348.7.1; of hospitality punished Q292.3; of live stock by fairies F366; of mother punished (devils carry off girl) Q281.1.1; of property by witch *G265; of stepchildren punished by return of dead mother *E221.2.1; of women, children tabu C867.1. - Ears stopped to avoid hearing a. J672.2.

Abused Abused and pampered horses B316; son becomes hero L10.2; step-daughter L55.1; youngest daughter L52.

Abuses Abuses. - Repartee concerning clerical a. J1263ff.; twelve a. of world Z71.8.2.

Abusive Abusive speeches drive ogres away G571. - Woman's a. lover T232.4.

Abyss Abyss at end of Milky Way A778.10. - Bodies of water in primitive a. sink A910.3; tree appears to save saint from a. V222.10.

Access Access to lower world F90ff.; to other world F150ff.; to upper world *F50ff.

Accident Accident. - animal warns against a. B521.2; ghost haunts a. scene E275; E334.2.2; injury from reënacting a. J21133.14; knockers' appearance as a. warning F456.1.2.2.4; luring victim by feigning a. K833; magic object protects from a. on journey D1384; mountains from a. to primeval lizard A 961.3; plant characteristics from a. to original plant A2741; sound of a. reënact tragedy E337.1.2; treasure discovered by a. N534; who is guilt of a.? Z49.11.

Accidental Accidental action of ancient animal produces animal characteristics A2211; arrival in lower world *F102; calling on god's name held to outweigh a life of wickedness V91; cannibalism (man eats the dried meat of a Jew on shipboard) X21; death of woman scorned in love T71.1; discharge of gun kills much game X1124.3; discovery of crime N610ff.; discovery of riddle answer H575; drinking of love philtre produces mutual love *T21; encounters N700 - N799; and intentional fire J1175.2; killing as bad omen D1812.5.1.23; success in hunting or fishing N620ff.; - Detection by a. remark N275.2; recognition through a. encounter H152; victim of a. death cannot rest in grave E411.10.

Accidentally Accidentally. - Bride wounded a. on way home T152; cobold a. acquired F481.0.1.4; hasty condemnation of man who a. becomes suspected of crime N342; magic a. found D841; objects a. picked up used to overawe ogre N691; princess defeated in repartee by means of objects a. picked up H507.1.0.1; sham wise man a. unmasks robbers K1956.1; villain a. killed by own order K1612.1; youth a. knocks old woman over M301.2.1.

Accidents Accidents. - Birds fight, cause series of a. Z49.6.1; bungling fool has succession of a. J2661; lucky a. *N400ff.; unlucky a. N300ff.

Acclamation Acclamation of saint by miraculous manifestation *V222.

Accompanying Accompanying. - Animal a. man on journey B579.1; marvelous light a. saint V222.1; sea dragon in serpent form a. hero D659.4.2.

Accomplishment Accomplishment of quests H1230ff.; of tasks D753; H950ff.; of vigilance test H1480ff.

Account Account book of dead E481.8.1; book of mistakes J1371; of common experiences demanded as identity-test H15. - Giving a. of what happened in princess's bedchamber H344.1.

Accountants Accountants. - God's a. tally human acts A189.8.

Accounting Accounting to be given afterward J1627.

Accounts Accounts squared by shaving the wife J2082; straightened by ignorant steward L144.1. - Cutting paper of a. J2489.4.

Accoutrements Accoutrements. - Disguise by carrying other's a. K1810.1.

Accursed Accursed, see also Cursed; dancers C94.1.1. - What are most a. things? H659.18.

Accusation Accusation admitted and accuser discomfited J1162; admitted but fool pleads mistakes in the details. J2499.3; of murder from blood smeared on innocent person K2155.1. - Bishop's nose bitten off for false a. Q451.5.3; criminal in church mistakes service as a. N275.5; guilty man sentenced for false a. J1141.12; reductio ad absurdum of a. J1191.5.

Accusations Accusations, false * K1200 - K2199.

Accused Accused. - Benefactor falsely a. of theft W154.13; criminal confesses because he thinks himself a. N275; congregation a. of sins by devil G303.24.1; falsely a. maiden dies F1041.1.3.1; falsely a. man's suicide N347.6; foster brother falsely a. of seduction P273.2.3; heavenly voice test: lying for a. H216.2.

Accuser Accuser, envious J1351.2. - Proverb on winning over a. J171.3.2.

Accusing Accusing conspirators to confiscate their estates K487. - Thief a. companion of mutual theft K401.0.1.

Accustomed Accustomed. - Longing for a. living V135.

Achikar Achikar *H561.5.

Achilles Achilles, see *K1836; heel Z311.

Acid Acid bath for unwelcome lover K1227.4.1.

Acknowledgement Acknowledgement of son brings disenchantment of monster D741.1.

Acorn Acorn crop (payment to be made at harvest of first crop) K221.

Acorns Acorns. - Magic a. D985.4; D1667.2; pseudo-magic a.: protect pigs K119.2.

Acquisition Acquisition of culture A1400 - A1499; of familiar spirit F403.2.1; of helpful animal B310; of food supply for human race A1420ff.; of magic objects D810ff.; of magic powers *D1720ff.; of magic strength D1835; of strength by strong hero F611.3; of extraordinary skill by brothers *F660.1; of treasure or money (accidental) N630ff.; of wisdom (knowledge) J0 - J199.

Act Act of truth H252. - Respite from death until performance of certain a. *K551.

Acteon Acteon transformed to deer and eaten by dogs Q415.1.1.

Action Action. - Confession induced by bringing unjust a. against accused J1141.1; continuous a. started by breaking tabu C916; extraordinary a. explained H591; inappropriate a. from misunderstanding J1820ff.; magic statue of archer put into a. by picking up precious object from ground D1620.1.5.1.

Actor Actor * P471; forgets and speaks in his own person J2041ff.

Acts Acts of charity bring forgiveness for sin Q171.1; performed for changing luck *N131. - Clever a. J1100ff.; short-sighted a. J2050ff.

Adam Adam names all animals A2571.0.1; named from first letters of four stars A1577.1; learns animal languages from Eve B217.8; names male animals, Eve, female A2571.0.2; at first nameless A1281.6; spat on tobacco plant A2854; story false since skeleton has all his ribs J1262.8. - First walk by A. A1392; five devils created by A. create other devils in same manner G303.1.5; God sends A. to earth to father mankind A1285.1.1.; Mother Earth pregnant with A. A401.1; ravens show A. how to bury dead D2223.7; riddles concerning A. H706; H812; H813; Satan jealous of A. A63.5.1; souls presented to A. E755.0.3; tears of A. and Eve leaving paradise become trees A2612.1; why Eve not made with A. A1275.8.

Adam's Adam's Apple, origin of A1319.1; body made of eight things A1260.1.3; burial place N774.3.1; clothes of light F821.7; corpse talks with God E545.22; disobedience blamed H1557.2; tears of repentance bring flood A1012.1; wisdom D1811.0.1; work destroyed by devil by night G303.14.1.1. - Earth created from A's body A831.9; fairies not A's children F251.10; heavenly bodies mourn A's death F961.0.3.1; tree from Christ's crucifixion planted by A's son A2632.2.

Adaptability Adaptability J800ff.

Adder Adder grows in heart of man F559.7.2; kills bird hunter just as he is shooting bird N335.1; transformed to blindworm *A2145.5.

Adders Adders in hell A671.2.1.1.

Adder's Adder's - Why a's tail tastes like liver A2378.9.4.

Address Address of fool (a big high house) J1742.2. - Modesty has no a. J91.

Addressing Addressing the dead E545.19; saints to win contest K18.1.2; spirit compels it to speak F404.1; woman in verse betrays changeling's maturity F321.1.1.3. - Pardon for a. courtier as king P15.1.2; use of second plural in a. anyone A1599.5.

Adhesion Adhesion of blood test of paternity H486.1; for breaking tabu C994. - Magic a. *D2171ff.; (to object as punishment) Q551.2.1.

Adhesive Adhesive stone (magic) D1413.17.

Admiration Admiration of beautiful things causes thief's capture J2136.5.1.

Admirers Admirers. - Poet vaults away from a. J1224.1

Admission Admission of accusation discomfits accuser J1162; of theft by many, real thief concealed K415.1; to heaven Q172; to heaven (faultfinding forbidden) *F13; denied to both heaven and hell *Q565; A1942.1; of sale of kisses provoked by rival's over strict conduct K1275.1; to woman's bed brings disenchantment of animal D734; to woman's room bought T45. - Test for a. to warrior band H1566.

Adopted Adopted son plots parents' death S22.1.1. - Abandoned child a. by queen S354.1; hill as a. child A969.6; mermaid ruins her a. daughter's seducer B81.13.9; mortal god's a. son A189.11.

Adoption Adoption of children J21.27; *T670ff.; as sister by dwarfs F451.5.1.2; by fairies F311; of hero by king *N836.1; by old couple N825.1; of own son by king N731.1.1; by rich man K2015; by transforming self to child D646.2.

Adrift Adrift. - Ghost sets boats a. E299.5; imposter casts foster brother a. on seas K1931.1.1; punishment: setting a. in a boat Q466.0.2.

Adult Adult transformed to child D55.2.5

Adulterer Adulterer can't rest in grave E411.2; cause sun to stand still D2146.1.1.2; killed Q411.0.1.1; punished by madness Q555.2. - Magic cup sticks to a. H411.4.2.

Adulteress Adulteress betrayed by child J125.2; blackmailed by lover K1582; charges pair of shoes as fee, prepares for old age J761.3; chooses loathly paramour T232.2; on death-bed reveals children's illegitimacy T238; discredits scorned suitor's testimony J1151.4; ejected into street clad only in shirt Q432.2; escapes in old-woman's disguise K521.4.5; explains child born by suggestion J2338; feigns unusual sensitiveness K2051; forced to wear symbolic dress Q487; hurled from high rock escapes injury: she may not be punished again J1184.1; kills lover K2231.1; lures husband to his death K778.5; outwits husband K1510ff.; and paramour outwitted by husband *K1550ff.; and paramour outwitted by trickster K1570ff.; and paramour plot against her stepson S31.1; persuades husband she has not been away J2315.1; plots own abduction R10.2; rebuked for absurdity J1532; tells lover, I can see whole world K1271.4; tricks husband into killing lover K2111.4. - Animal as confederate of a. B598; chaste woman an a. K2063; paramour exposes a. naked K1213.1; veiled a. flees with paramour K1821.3.1; wife as a. K1500ff.; woman slandered as a. K2112; woman slandered as a. is thrown into lion pit: lions do not harm her B522.3.

Adulterous Adulterous love changed into chaste one T372; person cannot rest in grave E411.2; wife plots own abduction R10.2. - Animal as confederate of a. wife B598; coarse living sends a. king back to wife V146.1; devil as messenger to the a. G303.9.4.5.2; god from a. union A112.8; whimbrel's a. mate sent to death K813.1.

Adultery Adultery *T230; *T481ff., see also Infidelity; among the gods A164.2; betrayed by riddling answers H582.2; detected by spit marks J1142.3; in primeval family A1556.3;punished *Q241ff.; revealed by child in mother's womb T575.1.1.2; tests H400ff.; tabu C115. - Animal reveals mistress's a. *A2237.1; J551.1; the bag of lies: threat to tell of queen's a. K1271.1.1; deception connected with a. *K1500ff.; fairy banished for a. F252.4.1; fairies commit a. F254.5; father causes death of son innocent of a. N334.2; fool discloses woman's a.; killed J2365; foster son commits a. with foster father's wife P275.1; husband as God behind tree forces his wife to confess a. *K1971.5; husband refuses to believe in wife's a. J2342; husband relates wife's a. in dream J1147.1; husband takes wife's place and receives punishment for her a. T261.1; husband's jealousy forces wife to a. T257.7; king abdicates after queen's a. P16.1.2; man dies at wife's a. F1041.1.3.5; overlooking a. for reputation's sake J221.1.1; princess disguised as man accused of a. with queen K2113; queen commits a. with husband's foster son P29.2; rich woman accuses ascetic of a. K2113.2; senator overlooks wife's a. rather than impair his reputation J221.1.1; sun-god commits a. A220.0.1; unwitting a. with blood-brother's wife N766; wife's a. to aid husband in battle T455.2.1.

Advancement Advancement. - Worshipping devil to secure a. V55.

Advantage Advantage temporarily gained by pretending to yield in combat K2378.

Advent Advent. - Time of Messiah's a. tabu C428.

Adventure Adventure told as dream J1155. - Animal cries recall ancient a. A2275.4; casting lots for a. N126.1; going home before a. completed tabu C756.3; quest for a. H1221; vow not to eat before hearing of a. M151.

Adventurers Adventurers, twin T685.1.

Adventures Adventures, experiences leading to N770ff.; of kings P15ff.; related by old robber frees his three sons R153.3.3; result from promise to dying father M258.1; of thumbling F535.1.1. - Clever wife advises husband how to succeed on a. J1112.3.

Adversary Adversary pushed into ground F942.2.1. - Animal overcomes man's a. B524; ground cut from under a. F942.2; quest for strong a. H1225.

Adversity Adversity genius appears to king C14; personified Z135. - Spirit of a. brings bad luck N134.1.4; sultan tries to avoid a. J2488.2.

Advice Advice, see also Counsel; from animal *B560ff.; from bird B122.1; from bodily members D1312.1; to bride T137.1; of cock proves disastrous to himself K1633; from dead mother E323.4; from dervish J152.2; of devil to human beings G303.9.7; from distant sage H1393; from dream D1814.2; from druid P427.3; of your enemy to be disregarded J646; after event valueless J756; from excrements *D1312.1.1; from fairy F347; from God D1814.3; from grateful objects D1658.3.1; from magic object D1312; to marry own daughter secured from priest by unnatural father T411.1.1; sought by Palamides from Ulysses who has injured him J646.1; from supernaturals seen in dreams K2035; from thief for owner to go away K343; from wife behind tree K1971.4.1; of wife scorned leads to disaster J155.3; from a woman in bed T453. - Brother's false a. causes death K991.1; don't take woman's a. J21.37; giant gives reward for a. Q111.5; god gives king a. A182.3.4.1; hero gets a. from peasant P411.4;king sends wise man to give rival a. K1944; magic a. *D1814; prostitute gets a. from customer T453.2; reward for good a. Q113.1; saint gives a. V223.1; spendthrift's a. to thrifty J1363; taking woman's a. tabu C195.

Adviser Adviser. - Beware of following an interested a. J758; creator's a. A40ff.; foster brother as a. P273.1.3; gifts made to a. Q114.0.1; wife as a. J155.4.

Advising Advising. - Animals a. men B569ff.; god a. mortal A182.3.5; heads of slain a. hero E545.21; mortal a. fairy F394.1; trickster a. intercourse K1354.1.1; wife a. husband J1112.3.

Advocate Advocate, devil as G303.22.11; M215.

Adze Adze. - Magic a. D1601.14.2; origin of a. A1446.4.

Aegeus Aegeus and Theseus N344.

Aerial Aerial journey, seduction on K1334.

Aesculapius Aesculapius as magician D1711.6.2.

Aesop Aesop with lantern J1303; with unbent bow J553.1

Affection Affection shown by frightened wife so rare that husband pardons robber T284.

Affiancing Affiancing. See Betrothals, Engagements.

Afire Afire, see also Fire. - Building with enemies inside set a. K925.1; dupe's house set a. K812.1; enemies' forest set a. K2364.1; house seems a. K1889.1; magic object sets things a. D1566.1; murder by setting house a. S113.2.3.

Aforesaid Aforesaid as title J1749.1.

Afraid Afraid, see also Fear. - Sun a. to wander at night A722.6.

African African. - Origin of A. tribes A1611.3

Africans Africans. - Why A. have bad feet A1665.1.

After After. - Advice a. event valueless J756; before, during, and a. J1343.2; dead returns third day a. burial E586.2; devil works with man who continues to work a. night G303.22.9; devil appears when woman looks at herself in mirror a. sunset G303.6.1.4; dwarfs come a. giants have almost died out F451.1.3; ogres powerless a. cockcrow G636; peace before rather than a. war J156.1; prophecy: death a. certain time M341.1.6; tabu: action a. certain time C752ff.; wandering a. death as punishment Q503; E501.3.7; whistling a. sunset brings devil G303.16.18.

Afterbirth Afterbirth. See Placenta.

Afterworld Afterworld. Creator goes to make a. A78.

Again Again. - Shall I tell it a.? Z49.4.

Agaria Agaria are cultivators A1689.10; eat rats A1681.4; not afraid of fire A1689.2.

Agartree Agartree a transformed magician A2731.4.

Agates Agates. - Water becomes a. D475.4.8.

Age Age of dwarfs F451.3.11; of giants F531.6.4; of owl causes it to be killed K1985; is relative J1352.2; of trolls F455.2.10; and youth in love T91.4. - Adulteress prepares for old a. J761.3; changeling calculates his a. by age of forest F321.1.1.5; changeling deceived into betraying a. F321.1.1; effects of a. and size absurdly applied J2212; god of a. A474.2; gods' great a. A191.1; guessing unknown propounder's a. H521.1; finding a. of monster C821; magic change in a. D56; magic object produces immunity from old a. D1349.2; magic peach gives immunity from a. (eternal youth) D1338.3.2; man claims same a. for many years J1218; old a. personified Z114; old a. must be planned for J761; in old a. spirits become gods A117.3; secret a. overheard by eavesdropper N475.1; suffering in youth or old a. J214; trees of extraordinary a. F811.21; youth and a. are alike J2214.2.

Aged Aged, see also Old; man as hero L101.1; people abandoned S140.1; people killed in famine S110.1; person eaten G76. - Disenchanted children a. D799.1.

Ages Ages of animals B841.2; of the world (four) A1101.

Aging Aging retarded D1338.0.1. - Magic a. D1890ff.; premature a. F126; Q551.12.

Agreeing Agreeing. - Flatterer always a. with king J814.2; wife a. with all husband's statements H474.

Agreement Agreement, see also Bargain. - Deceptive a. to kill wives K944; marital continence by mutual a. T315.1; refusal to perform part in mutual a. K231.1.

Agriculture Agriculture. - Acquisition of a. A1441; god of a. A432; A541.2; goddess of a. A432.1; sacrificial rite for a. S274.

Aid Aid, see also Help; of animal summoned by using part of its body as talisman *B501; to children brought by dead mother *E323.2; from deer, opossum, and snake J461.4; from ghost to living E363ff.; of God not used in creating devil G303.1.3; of hidden informant in solving riddle H573.1; to ogre brings about hero's capture G411; from ogre's relative G530ff.; of owner's daughter to capture castle K781; of supporting forces not asked J1169.3; to thief by owner J1392; from wild man released from captivity G671. - Asking king for military a. H1224; call for a. heard from distance D1827.2; fairy offers a. for marriage F302.3.2.1.

Ailments Ailments, see also Diseases. - Eclipses due to sun's a. A737.11.

Air Air fragrant at Nativity V211.1.1; magically made fragrant D1599.2. - Angels fill a. above druid's grave V238.4; castle in a. F771.2.1; H1133.2; climbing into a. on magic rope D1582; dupe takes prisoner's place in a. K842.1; eagles carry castle in a. F982.1; F771.2.1.2; extraordinary flights through a. F1021ff., (by magic) *D2135; (on animal) B542ff., (on geese - lying tale) X1258.1; (dwarf on wooden horse) F451.6.2.2; (inflated giant) F531.6.17.2; (god on wind-swift horse) A171.1; (girl being rescued) *R111.3.1; (mountain-folk on horses) F460.2.2; (Wild Hunt) E501.14.1; fairies take persons into a. F329.3; fairies travel through a. F282; god rides through a. A171.1; god of the a. A216; gods nourished by a. A153.9; image flies through a. D1626; object magically raised in a. D2135.0.2; object rises into a. *F1083; object thrown into a. causes enemies to fight over it K1082.2; magic shears clip garments from a. D1601.12.1; paradise in a. over mountain F132.1.1; refuge in a. R324; same a. at home as abroad J2274.2; spirits in a. E587.4; F407.2; F411.2; F418; F966; voices from the a. F966; witch rides through a. G241.3.2.

Air-castles Air-castles J2060ff.

Airship Airship. - Magic a. *D1118; person killed from magic a. K988.

Aladdin Aladdin D845; D1662.2; D1470.1.16.

Alarm Alarm by cackling geese B521.3.2; from bells rung backward P651.3; given by captured animal which asks respite K551.7; given by magic bell *D1317.7; of king by flea's bite B521.3.3; raised in order to cheat *K484; raised puts cheater out of countenance J1216; raised by stolen magic object D1612.5ff.; sounded foolishly J2199.1.

Alba Alba. - Prophecy: death between Erin and A. M341.3.2.

Albatross Albatross. - Bad luck follows killing a. C841.10.1; N250.1; mythical white a. B30.1.

Albino Albino twins cannibals G11.11.1.

Alcestis Alcestis dies so that husband's death may be postponed T211.1. - Death postponed if substitute can be found for A. *D1855.2; Hercules fights with Death and rescues A. R185.

Alchemist Alchemist K1966; fox as B121.2.

Alder Alder. - Magic a. tree D950.11.

Ale Ale, magic D1045.1; serves itself D1601.23. - Acquisition of a. A1426.3; brewing a. from milk H1021.10; consecrated a. as magic cure D1500.1.10.5; inexhaustible barrel of a. is fairy gift F348.9; making a. from single grain H1022.6.1; poison flows from a. vessel F1092; saint purifies poisoned a. V229.6.2; transformation: water to a. D478.2; wives compete in a.-brewing T145.3.

Alehouses Alehouses. - Devil sings in a. G303.13.4; tabu for chief to enter a. C564.1.

Alexander Alexander carried by two birds B552.1; drinks cup poisoned by friend P317.1; orders feast for those who have not known sorrow N135.3.1.; Cynic praises reason to A. J1442.1.1.

Alexius Alexius K1815.1.1.

Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (bakes cakes) K521.4.1.2; (punished for late rising) P15.1.

Ali Baba Ali Baba and the forty thieves K312.

Alibi Alibi by thief who plays all night for dance K411. - Thief cuts off own arm as a. K407.2.1.

Alike Alike. - Brothers so a. wrong one killed P251.5.2; twins look exactly a. T685.3.

Alive Alive. - Dead made to appear a. K1885; dog buried a. to prevent ghosts from walking E431.8; hero still a. A570ff.; hero taken to heaven a. D1856.1; man kept a. by consecrated sword E163; marriage to man a. only at night T113; person dead during day, a. at night E155.4.

All All depends on how you take it J555.1; H588. - Cruel father puts to death a. children S11.3.4; murderers kill a. coming to certain spot S110.5; queen copulating with a. men T492; treasure finders must not take a. money N553.3; tree bearing a. fruits F811.7.

All Saints' Day All Saints' Day. - Death for worshipping idols on A. A558.12.

Allah Allah. - Escaping A. by moving away from Moslem land J1823.4.

Allegorical Allegorical quests H1376ff.; riddles H767; visions V515. - Prophetic dream a. D1812.3.3.5.

Allegory Allegory, see Symbolism, Symbolic.

Allerleirauh Allerleirauh K1815.

Allies Allies erroneously slain at night N349.1; and possessions of the devil G303.10ff. - Animal a. B267ff.; demigods fight as mortals' a. A536; foolishness of attacking real a. J683; foxes desert their a., the hares J682.1.

Alligator Alligator. - Enmity of jackal and a. A2494.5.4; friendship of jackal and a. A2493.11.1; man becomes a. D194.1; prophecy: death by a. M341.2.24.

Alligator's Alligator's rough back A2356.2.11; scales A2315.2; stripes A2413.5; short tongue A2344.1.2.

Ally Ally. - Former a. helps king in disguise K1812.18; mortal as a. of gods A189.1ff.

Almond Almond tree, transformation to D215.7.

Alms Alms obtained thrice by disguised ubiquitous beggar K1982; to be returned hundredfold so parishioner steals them J1262.5. - Arm grows from giving a. F1095; ghost asks a. as before death E599.4; giving a. in God's name brings tenfold return J1262.5.1; man to marry first woman giving him a. T62.1; nurse begs a. to keep child R131.0.1; poor people given a. H152.1; pupils eat a. given master W125.4; refusal to accept a. from barren woman V436; saint refuses pearls as a. V462.2.2.1; seven to whom a. are given Z71.5.6.11; tabu misuse of money in a. box C51.1.4; tabu not to give a. to Brahmins C94.1.2; three reasons for not giving a. J2225; women giving a. to each other reincarnated as wells H1292.1.1; wager: woman can be forced to give a. N67.

Almsgiving Almsgiving. - Practical retorts connected with a. J1580ff.; reward for a. Q44; saint saves a. king from hell V229.15.

Aloes Aloes, island of F732.2.

Aloft Aloft, magic object bears person *D1532ff.

Alone Alone. - Animals that live a. A2433.2.3; animal or object expected to go a. J1881; are you a. at home? H583.1.1; bathe a. and not in common bathing place J21.33; don't go a. on journey J21.36; don't rob women a. J647.2;eating a. tabu C284; escaping sin by living a. J495; hero fights whole army a. F614.10; husband frightened into sleeping a. K1514.17.2; king's traveling a. tabu C563.1; I am not a.! W211.3; magic sight by standing a. D1821.10; rescue a. from shipwreck chosen over drowning with goods J222; sleeping children not left a. A1579.1; symbolism shows not good to fight a. Z161; why leopard walks a. A2433.2.3.1; woman a. in house makes Indians think men are home K548.1.

Aloof Aloof. - Jews keep a. A1689.13.

Alp Alp (nightmare) F471.1.

Alphabet Alphabet to be said to restrain anger J571.1; written on cake learned by eating it D1819.4.2. - Magic a. D1273.6; origin of a. A1484.2; reading without learning the a. F695.1.

Altar Altar V116; as best of stones H659.3.1; bleeding F991.4.1; casts away host with louse baked in it V31.4; cloths F962.12.2; V135; floats in air F1083.0.1.1; magic D1166; in otherworld F166.5; as refuge R325; shakes at unworthy F1009.3; smoke from sacrifice tabu for chief C564.5. - Celibacy at the a. J1264.2; chalice on a. tests guilt H233.1; devil won't stoop to a. V298; drop must not fall on a. C51.1.8; false swearer not allowed to approach a. M101.1; Jinns frequent sacrificial a. F499.3.3; leaf falls on a. F962.12.5; olive branch laid on a. of Mercy V15; Satan entangles ram's horns on a. G303.9.9.20; tabu: using a. for secular purposes C51.1.1; transformation: man to a. D261.

Altarcloths Altarcloths V135; from heaven F962.12.2.

Altered Altered letter of execution gives princess to hero *K1355.

Alternate Alternate biting and caressing of hares by dog K2031; punishments of sinners in hell Q562. - Fairies become birds in a. years D624.2.

Amalekites Amalekites as magicians D1711.10.6.

Amaranth Amaranth. - Contest between rose and a. J242.1.

Amazon Amazon bride T173.1; overcomes enemies singly K778.1; sets task for hero H1149.5.

Amazons Amazons F565; control river issuing from cave D915.5; kill all male children F565.2. - Fear test: fighting with a. and horrible spirits H1423.

Amazon's Amazon's curse M411.11.1; daughter loves hero T91.6.4.1.2.

Ambassador Ambassador from dogs to Zeus A2232.8; from Turkey misunderstands Christian ceremonies J1825. - Disguise as foreign a. K1839.7; queen makes lowly man a. Q56.3.

Amber Amber originates in poplar trees A2755.3.1. - Island of a. F731.5.

Ambergris Ambergris made from bitumen eaten by fish F826.2.

Ambiguous Ambiguous oath K1513; oracle M305; questions trick dupe K493.

Ambition Ambition as ever-increasing paradox answer H1075. - Prudence in a. J510ff.; overweening a. punished *L420ff.

Ambitions Ambitions. - Father's a. transferred to child at conception T597.

Ambrosia Ambrosia A153; pond F713.1. - Resuscitation by a. E102.2.

Ambush Ambush revealed by bird's movements J53. - Attacking animal killed by another in a. N335.6.1; murder from a. K914; transformation to escape a. D642.4.

Ambushed Ambushed enemy deceived into declaring himself K607; trickster killed by intended victim K1641.

Amen Amen. - Stones say A. V229.2.10.

American American. - Origin of A. Indian tribes A1611.1.

Ammunition Ammunition saved till enemy uses his K2378.4.

Amonites Amonites as magicians D1711.10.6.

Amorous Amorous, see also Love; intrigue observed and exposed K1271. - Transformation for repulsing a. advances D661.1; woman restrains a. king J816.4.

Amour Amour of bishop preached about by truth-telling peasant J1211.1.

Amours Amours of king with great men's wives teach him secrets J155.2.

Amphibia Amphibia. - King of a. B245; magic a B177; origin of a. A2160ff.

Amphibian Amphibian vehicle D1533. - Devil as a. G303.3.3.7; helpful a. B493ff.; marriage to person in a. form B645ff.; reincarnation as a. E615; soul in form of a. E736; witch as a. G211.6.

Amphibious Amphibious monster G346.3. - Why tortoise is a. A2214.5.

Amputated Amputated. - Root restores a. hands, feet D1518.2.

Amulet Amulet against attack D1381.16; brings love T11.4.7; enlarged to become cloak D489.2; of leaves for menses C146.1; preserves chastity D1387.1; rendered efficacious by charm D1577.2; renders invulnerable D1344.3. - Identification by a. H96; magic stone as a. D931.0.4; magic a. D1070;f, D1273;f, D1392.1.

Amyous Amyous defeated in boxing match K13.

Ananias Ananias Z71.1.5.

Añan's Añan's. - Stealing A.s bait H1151.17.

Anatomy Anatomy, fatal disregard of J1910ff.

Ancestor Ancestor of gods A111.3; worship V1.3. - Creator as a. of heaven and earth A75; culture from tribes' a. A1405; giant ox a. of all animals A1791; magic knowledge from mythical a. D1810.11; quest for news of a. H1252.1.1; quest to other world for a. H1252.1.

Ancestors Ancestors claimed to want hero rewarded K362.11. - Ancient and modern a. (from Troy and Nuremberg) J1357; barber killed: king's a. need him in heaven K964; bribed judge's a. J1192.3; dwarfs are a. of mortals F451.5.3; game with bones of a. P203; gods as a. of mankind A188.2; robber innocent: follows traditions of his a. J1179.4.

Ancestress Ancestress. - Prophecy: woman as a. of David and Messiah M363.2.1.

Ancestry Ancestry boasted of by lowly J954. - Tracing a. brings recognition H11.1.4.

Anchor Anchor catching in submarine monastery N786; falls on fairies F285; floats on water F1047; stolen by fairies F365.2; of wood would hold if only large enough J2212.3.

Anchorite Anchorite, see also Hermit; consumes tree D2082.2; falsely accused of murder K2116.2.1; immune to magician's powers V228.2; prophesies at childbirth M301.5.1; saved by dove T331.5; tempted by money V475.5. - Beast-like a. F526.4; body of a. rises from river E379.2; lover disguised as a. K1826.3; scorned lover becomes a. T75.5; treacherous a. K2285.2; vow concerning dead a. M151.5.1; woman wagers that she can seduce a. T337.

Anchorites Anchorites under temptation *T330ff. - It town too full of a.? H607.4.

Anchorite's Anchorite's curse M411.14.2; son hero L111.6. - Conception after a. blessing T514.1; dove flies out of a. mouth V345.

Anchors Anchors. - Needles and a. as fox's excuse J1391.8.

Anchovies Anchovies. - Spoiled a. K344.1.2.

Ancient Ancient and modern ancestors J1357. - Animal characteristics from change in a. animal A2210ff.; treasure buried in a. settlements N511.1.2; wild huntsmen in a. costume E501.8.4.

Androcles Androcles and the Lion B381.

Andromeda Andromeda B11.11.

Angel Angel *V230; assigns task H927.2; assists childbirth T584.0.4; of the bush A419.1.1; causes earthquake D2148.1; confers power of self-transformation D630.2.1; as creator A17; of Death's sword F833.11; of the deserts A419.2.1; for each animal B1.1; of earth A400.2; forbids armies to fight F1097.1; gives soul information E759.2; guards treasure N583; of hell A302; helpers in religious tests H1573.0.1; helps find lost pin N211.3; helps perform task H983; holds mass in church V49.2; holds nose when handsome sinner passes V119.3; of lightning A285.0.1; of love compels falling in love T10.2; of mountains A418.1; names child T596.1; rescues abandoned child R131.16; reveals relics V140.1; suckles children T611.5.3; takes form of certain person K1811.4.2; takes mortal to heaven F63.2; of thunder A284.0.1; warns of Christ's danger V211.2.3.0.1; works, prays as lesson to monk H605. - Ability to see a. of God D1825.3.4.1; captive protected by a. R85; cloud-a. A283.1; contest between man and a. H1598.1; cure by a. D2161.5.5; devil becomes white a. G303.8.1.2.1; disguise as a. K1828; disguise as a. of death K1828.1; girl's face resembles an a. D1865.3; locality sanctified against pestilence by a. as result of prayer and fasting D2162.3; magic from A. of Death D1725.1; magic object from a. D812.10; man transformed to a. D44.1; marriage of mortal and a. T111.6; mortal deceived a. of death R185; otherworld journey with a. F7; seduction by alleged orders from a. K1315.1.2.1; suitors as corpse, a., and devil K1218.4; tabu for a. to remain on earth too long C761.4.3; wind-a. A282.0.2; wisdom from a. J158.

Angels Angels *V230ff.; accompany sun's chariot A724.1.2; appear where saint is born V222.0.2; arrange course of heavenly bodies A703; battle Leviathan and Behemoth A1082.7; change size D631.4.2; of the day A1171.3; of death cannot bring soul to heaven E754.2.2.1; defend road to heaven V511.1.2; feed exposed child S353.2; as God's messengers A165.2.3; oppose man's creation A1217.1; in otherworld F167.13; as rescuers R168; of Satan G303.10.18; set over clouds, winds, rains, A1130.1; separate souls for heaven, hell E755.0.2. - Creation of a. A52ff.; demons partly like a. G302.4.1; figtree stays with a.: rewarded A2711.7; god dealing with a. A195.1; humility of a. J902; journey with speed of a. D2122.4; magic invisibility of a. D1981.6; magic knowledge of a. D1810.0.6; man created by a. A1291.1; man's strength equals a. D1830.1; planets supervised by a. A780.1; rebel a. A54; riddle about a. visiting Abraham H828; sight of a. over heads of the good D1825.3.2; souls of pious as a. E754.7;stars supervised by a. A769.3; time of creation of a. A52.2ff.; wings of a. protect earth A1128.1; worship of a. V1.2.4.

Anger Anger aroused so master may win fight J1682; bargain K172; F613.3; as cure for sickness F950.2; of God A102.17; is sin J153.2. - Animal bursts from a. F981.1.1; army faces enemy rather than a. of their king J216.1; when in a. say the alphabet J571.1; avoiding punishing in a. J571.4; control your a. J21.2.6; dwarfs in a. F451.6.8; explanation of a. from hermit J153.2; extraordinary nature phenomena at saint's a. F960.4; extraordinary physical reaction to a. *F1041.16; hero's contortions in a. A526.6; incurring animal's a. H1156; king quick to a. P12.13; king struck in a., life saved N656; minister in a. leaves king H1385.12; ogre's a. at killing his livestock G614; pretended a. K1772; quest for the a. of God H1376.3.1; quest: learning what a. is H1376.3; sign of a. (nudity) Z181; (red garment) Z141.1; strong man bites, powders brass in a. F639.10; test of valor: rousing servant's a. H1561.4.

Angleworm Angleworm B491.4.2.

Animal Animal aids abandoned child(ren) S352; army B268; behavior as evil omen D1812.5.1.12; behavior teaches man what to avoid J134; betrays thief K427; -birth slander K2115; bride B600ff.; brothers-in-law B314; buried alive to cure disease D2161.4.6; burned to cure disease D2161.4.7; cannot change his nature J512; captor appeased by being fed captive’s family K614; characteristics A220 - A2599; comes to life E3; as creator A13ff.; as creator’s companion A33; cries misunderstood J1811; as culture hero A522; by day, man by night D621.1; -descent slander K2115.1; disguises as human being K1822; indicates election of ruler H171; escapes by shamming as another K521.7; escapes by slipping out of skin F1088.4; executed for crime B275.1; faithful B301ff.; fight as suitor contest H331.15; foot on human being F551.1; ghosts *E520ff.; helpful B300ff.; hides sun behind body, causes eclipse A737.6; husband C36ff.; horns bloom, bear man as fruit A1263.5; in human form recognized H48; killed from within K952; kills ogre G512.9; king B240ff.; kingdom (community) *B220ff.; languages B215ff.; languages learned *B165ff., *B217ff.; learns to fear men J17; magically paralyzed D2072.0.2;f; with unusual members B15; as messenger *B291ff.; mistaken for something else J1760ff.; nurse B535; offspring from marriage to animal B632; ogres *G350ff.; overawed K1710ff.; paramour B610ff.; parliament B230ff.; performs spinning task H1092.1; punishes broken promise M205.1; raises future hero L111.7; recognizes his returned master first H173.1; reincarnated as god E657; reincarnated as man E656; reports master wealthy and wins girl K1917.3; rescuer B540ff.; retains other animal’s powers E780.2; reveals substitution of false bride *K1911.3.1; saved from pit B301; sent to go by itself J1881.2; serving only certain man H172; sinks into earth F949.1; skin grows on man’s back Q551.2; statue F855.3; substituted for child served at meal K512.2.1; substituted for human sacrifice A1545.2; suckles strong hero F611.2.1; suitor B620ff.; swallowed F911; swallows man (not fatally) F911.3; thought to be a person J1762ff.; transformed to god D43.1; transformed to object D420ff.; transformed to person D300ff.; warfare B260ff.; wedding B280ff.; wounds self to blame other animal for eating young K2153.1. - Abduction by a. R13; adventure from following a. to cave N773; adventures from pursing a. N774.3; animal characteristics: change in ancient a. A2210ff.; ascent from lower world on a. F101.6; attacking a. killed by another in ambush N335.6.1; bringing a. heads H1154.0.1; bringing the devil an unknown a. K216.2; capture by hiding in artificial a. *K754; child born with a. head T551.3; child promised to a. S215; conception from eating a. T511.5; cooked a. comes to life E168; creation of a. life A1700 - A2199; criminal confesses because of misunderstood a. cries N275.1; cure by transferring disease to a. *D2161.4.1; curse by a. M411.19; dead a. comes to life E3; death as a. Z111.3.1; unexpected death at hands of an a. N335; deity takes form of a. to visit mortals K1811.5; demon as a. G303.3.2; demons on a. feet F401.3.0.1; descent to lower world on a. F98; detection through aid of a. J1145; the devil in a. form G303.3.3ff.; divination from a. activity D1812.5.0.8; dragon as compound a. B11.2.1ff.; earth from body of slain a. A831.6; entrance to woman’s room in hollow artificial a. K1341; fairy in form of an a. F234.1; fairy as giant a. F234.1.0.1; faithful a. B301ff.; familiar spirit in a. form F403.2.2.1; fettered monster as ferocious a. A1072.2; flesh of a. reveals guilt D1318.7.1; foolish imitation by a. J2413; fools and the unknown a. J1736; free a. saves captured friend F642; ghost a. guards treasure E291.2.2; ghost transformed into a. E453; giant as a. F531.1.8; gift or sale to a. J1850ff.; god in a. form *A132; gods with a. features A131; the great a. *X1201; helpful a. B300ff.; helpful a. aids fugitives R243; hero follows a. into lower world F102.1; hero son of a. A511.1.8; human and a. offspring from marriage to animal B633; illusory a. shapes on hilltops K1886.6; injury to a. kills witch G275.12; journey to underground a. kingdom *F127; killing a. in refuge tabu C841.0.3; killing an a. revenged Q211.6; lame a. magically cured D2161.3.7.1; life bound up with that of a. E765.2; looking at certain a. tabu C316; magic adhesion to a. *D2171.3ff.; magic a. proof against burning D1841.3.1; magic a. proof against drowning D1841.6.1; magic a. proof against hound D1841.7; magic a. proof against weapons D1841.5.2; magic image of a. relieves from plague D1586.1; magic object teaches a. languages *D1301; magic object found on grave of slain helpful a. D843.3; magic power from christening an a. D1766.4; magic powers from baptizing an a. *D1766.3; magic skin of a. D1025; magic strength from helpful a. D1834; magic treasure a. killed D876; man by day: a. by night D621.1.1; man disguised as a. sent among enemy K2358; man disguises as a. K1823; man transformed to a., kept as pet by heroine T33; mankind from human-a. mating A1221.6; marriage of person to a. *B600ff.; mountain-man in a. shape F460.1.1; mountains from primeval a. A961; mysterious a. punishes penitent Q554.5; offending a. wife tabu C35; ogre captured while transformed to a. G514.4.;ne a. mistaken for another J1750ff.; origin of a. sacrifice A1545.3; origin of a. worship A1546.7; person with a. face F511.1.3; person returns to original a. form when tabu is broken C963.1; person has small a. within his body F529.4; person thought to be a. J1765; person transformed to a. refuses human food D686.1; pestilence in a. form F493.0.1; poisoned food fed to a. instead of to intended victim K527.1; prophesying through knowledge of a. languages M302.1; pursuing certain a. forbidden C812; pursuit of a. leads to ogre’s house G402.1; quest to a. realm H1289.1; quest assigned because of hero’s knowledge of a. languages H1214; quest for remarkable a. H1331; quest for unknown a. H1383; recognition by overheard conversation with a. H13.1; recognition of person transformed to a. H62; reincarnation as a. *E610ff.; reincarnation: a. to man E656; resuscitation by passing helpful a. over corpse E79.1; revealing help of a. tabu C427; revealing knowledge of a. languages forbidden C425; revenant in a. form *E423ff.; riddles on a. qualities H842; runner captures two of every a. F681.8; sacrifice to a. V11.7; secret remedy revealed by departing a. N452.2; secrets overheard from a. conversation *N451; seduction disguise as a. K1328; separable soul kept in a. E715; sickness transferred to a. D2064.3; simultaneous birth of a. and child T589.7.1; small a. overcomes large L315; soul in a. form E730ff.; spirit in a form F401.3; spirit protects each a. species F419.3; automatic statue of a. D1620.2; stolen a. returns to owner K423.0.1; task: capturing pair of every wild a. in the land H1154.9; task: selling an a. and keeping him H1152; test: guessing unknown a. H522ff.; theft by trickster’s trained a. K366; thief disguised as a. K311.6; transformation to act as helpful a. D659.4; transformation to a. (devil) D102; (god) D101; (man) D100ff., (object) D440ff., (another animal) D410ff., (for breaking tabu) C962; (to seduce woman) *D658.1; transformation by helpful a. D684; transformation by magic a. D684.0.1; transformation: fern to a. D441.4.1.;transformation for nourishing a. D518; troll in a. form F455.2.8; G304.1.1ff.; true bride in a. form reveals false K1911.3.1.1; ungrateful a. returned to captivity J1172.3; wife flees a. husband R227.1; wish for a. husband realized C26; witch in a. form G211ff.; witch burned by burning bewitched a. G275.3.1; witch rides unusual a. G241.1ff.; woman gives birth to a. T554; wounding a. without killing it tabu C841.0.2; youngest a. overcomes adversary L72.

Animals Animals B (entire chapter); abused to cause person’s death D2061.2.2.7; advise men B560ff.; in the ark A1853.1; A2031.2; A2145.2; A2214.3; A2232.4; attacked under illusion that they are men K1883.2; as attendants of gods A165; avenge injury Q597; blessed for good services at crucifixion A2221.2; borrowed by fairies F391.1; build road A2233.1; buried with the dead V67.5; called magically D2074.1; carry extraordinary burden F982; carry men B550ff.; change color F985; climb on one another’s back and cry out: frighten robbers K335.1.4; compete as messengers to call father of newborn child H486; created by magic D2178.4; cursed M414.8; cursed by saint M411.8.4; die for desecrating holy place Q558.14.1; duped into fighting each other K1082; eaten by fairies become whole again *F243.3.1; enticed over precipice K891.5.1; exchange duties J512.7; escape when forbidden basket is opened C915.2; as extraordinary companions F601.7; fear men J17; follow wild huntsman *E501.4ff.; friendly B300ff.; gigantic B870ff.; give power of inducing love D1903; glowing B19.4; gnaw on moon A755.4.3; of the gods A155ff.; as gods’ messengers A165.2.1; grateful *B350ff.; grateful and ungrateful men W154.8; headless B15.1.1; help hero on quest H1233.6; help man in contest K2; help men at task H982; help in military victory K2351; helpful B300 - B349; helpless in sea-voyage together J1711.1; in human form retain animal ways D682.3.1; with human traits B200ff.; hybrid B1114; journey together B296; in legal relations B270ff.; magic B100ff.; magically shriek, frighten enemy D2091.12; magically stricken dead D2089.3; miraculously multiplied D2106.1.2; mistaken for ghosts, killed J1782.4; mythical *B0ff.; nourish men B530ff.; oracular *B150ff.; with jeweled ornaments F826.1; in otherworld *F167.1; in otherworld pass in and out of church and become human beings *F171.5; overcome man’s adversary by strategy B524.2; preying on one another teach death’s universality J52.1; produced when forbidden drum is beaten C916.2; give prophecy of future greatness M312.0.2; prophetic *B140ff.; pull up trees F621.1; pursued in wild hunt E501.5.5; ransom themselves B278; rejoice at Christ’s birth B251.1; religious B250ff.; retort concerning their dangers J1420ff.; reveal how to become saint V229.25; as sacrifice V12.4; sacrificed so that dead have food on way to otherworld E433.3; save person’s life B520ff.; speak to one another at Christmas B251.1.2; speaking B210ff.; steal back magic D882.1; stolen from saint miraculously replaced V224.3; swallow animals F911.2; thought to be devils J1785; transformed to stones D471.8; treacherous K2295; bear treasure *B100ff.; treated as if human J1850 - J1899; truth-telling B130ff.; unjust decision against man J1172.3.2; war between wild and domestic B262; wisdom-giving *B160ff.; wise B120ff. - Abode of dead a. E480.1; absurd sympathy for a. or objects J1870ff.; absurdities concerning birth of a. J1533ff.; assignment of edible a. A1422; bargains between men and a. M244; bridge to otherworld guarded by a. F152.0.1; captured a. avenge themselves Q385; capturing a. (task) H1154; catching wild a. as suitor task H336.2; chain tale: a. killing each other in man’s field provide meat Z43.6; covenant of friendship between a. M246.1; creation of a. A1700ff.; cruelty to a. S481; cruelty to a. punished Q285.1; curses on a. M471; deception into killing own a. K940ff.; descent of man from a. A1224; devil’s a. G303.25.15; the devil’s a. and God’s *A1751; devil’s a devour God’s A2286.2.1; devil and God create a. *A63.4; division of the a. (riddle) H841; domestic a. fight as owners compete H1588.2; dupe’s a. destroyed or maimed K1440ff.; entrance to otherworld guarded by a. F150.2; extraordinary occurrences concerning a. F980ff.; fairies’ a. F241; fanciful traits of a. *B700ff.; father rescues son stolen by a. R153.3.2; festival of a. B299.7; fighting a. seen in otherworld F171.4; food kept for a. tabu C248; fool makes shoes for a. J1873.1; foolish attempt of second man to overhear secrets from a. *N471; former friendship between domestic and wild a. A2493.0.1; formerly a. talked A1101.2.3; game a. magically made overwary D2085; giant’s enormous a. F531.4.11;giants’ a. F531.6.7.1.1; giants’ a help him in fight F531.6.16.2; god of A. A440ff.; goddess protects a. from hunters A189.12; healing by a. B510ff.; helpful a. lost in wager W2.4; hero’s extraordinary a. A524.1; hidden a. attack owner of house K1161; images of a. ridden (driven) D1631; magic invulnerability of a. D1840.2; kindness to a. rewarded Q51; kinds of helpful a. B400ff.; king of a. B240ff.; magic control over a. D2156ff.; magic dominance over a. D2197; magic knowledge of a. language D1815.2; magic object gives power over a. D1440ff.; magic power from a. B500ff.; magic sight as gift of grateful a. D1821.11; man rules all a. H1421.1.1; men and a. readjust span of life A1321; origin of domesticated a A1443; pairs of a. in ark *A1021.1; parts of slain a. as token of slaying H105; pestilence sent upon a. D2094; princess brought to laughter by small a. H341.2; punishment of lazy a. A2233.1; punishment: being eaten by a. Q415; miraculous punishment through a. Q557; quest for dangerous a. H1360ff.; quest for devastating a. H1362; quest over path guarded by dangerous a. H1236.2; rakshasa eats domestic a. at night G369.1.3; recognition by overheard conversation with a. H13ff.; rescue from ogre by helpful a. G552; resuscitation by a. E122; resuscitation of a. devouring each other E32.2; sacrifice of a. to dragon B11.10.0.1; sale of worthless a. K130ff.; secret remedy overheard in conversation of a. N452; services of helpful a. B500ff.; short pregnancy in a. T573.0.1; small a. dupe larger into trap L315.15; souls of a. E730.1; strong hero sent for wild a. F615.2; strong man kills a. with own hands F628.1; sun, moon carried by a. A728.4; sun’s a. A732; tabu to eat live a. C221.5; tabu to kill sacred a. C92.1; talkative a. incense master J2362; taming wild a. H1155;tasks contrary to the nature of a. H1024; theft of fire by a. A1415.2; topographical features caused by a. A903; troll’s a. G304.3.2; unique survivor from destruction of a. Z356.1; what a. are to be eaten by man A1422.0.2; why a. serve man A2513; why a. sources of food A1422.0.1; why certain caste is kind to a. A1599.13; wisdom acquired from a. *J130ff.; witch brings death, disease to a. G265.4; witch causes a. to behave unnaturally G265.6; witch causes a. to die G267; witch transforms her lovers into a. G263.1

Animal's Animal’s characteristics acquired by eating it D1793.1; extraordinary death F981; extraordinary growth F983; extraordinary protection F984; size changed at will D631.2. - Attention drawn by helpful a. theft of food from wedding table: recognition follows H151.2; earth rests on a. back A844; eating courageous a. heart makes courageous D1358.1; eating ferocious a. heart makes person cruel D1357; magic a. heart renders invisible D1361.29; soul leaves man’s body and enters a. E725.1.

Animation Animation of body by soul E726; of jar beneath banyan tree A199.1; of statues by water or wind F855.2.

Ankles Ankles of exposed child pierced S333; tied to lay ghost E442.1. - Deluge reaches giant's a. F531.2.1.3.

Annihilating Annihilating army single-handed (task) H1135.

Anniversaries Anniversaries, royal P13.7.

Announcement Announcement of own death by dead E545.3; of death of Pan F442.1; of prohibition by mysterious voice C601; of time for sunrise and sunset by bird B122.4. - Wraith as a. of death E723.6.

Annoyance Annoyance. - How can people be freed from a.? H1292.19; when will animal be freed from a.? H1292.9.

Annual Annual resuscitation of a god E155.2.

Annulment Annulment of witch's spells by drawing her blood D1741.2.1.

Anointing Anointing with honey protection against ghosts E439.10; of kings P13.5.1; for magic invulnerability D1846.1. - Quest for a. oil H1265.

Another Another. - Animal characteristics: obtaining qualities of a. A2240ff.; betrothed girl can never marry a. T65.1.1; devil enters body of a. G303.18; fairy in likeness of a. F234.2.4; punishment: carrying corpse of murdered man until a. can be induced to take it Q511.2; reincarnation in a. human form E605; sacrifice of child to save a. life S260.1.4; shrew tamed by setting a. shrew against her T251.2.1; transformation: one animal to a. D410ff.; transformation to likeness of a. person *D40ff.

Answer Answer to cry mandatory C681; to all foreigner's questions: I don't understand J1802.1; rewarded with gold ring Q91.4; to three questions in rhyme secures devil's help G303.22.3. - Animal characteristics: punishment for discourteous a. to God (saint) A2231.1ff.; child born in a. to prayer T548.1; cobold avenges uncivil a. F481.1; finding a. to certain question (test) H508; plant punished for ungracious a. to holy person A2721.3; princess gives right a., monkey, wrong H343.2; princess's a. to all questions is No K1331; quest: a. to certain question H1388; quest for riddle a. H1278; ridiculous a. at end of each tale Z13; soft a. turneth away wrath J817; tabu: uncivil a. to holy (or supernatural) being C94.1; unwelcome a. given by man hidden behind image K1971.8; wall of snow around hut in a. to prayer D2143.6.2.

Answering Answering call when asleep tabu C811.3; fool's questions next day J571.7; only yes and no J1255; question only when on throne J1189.1; question just like woman settles her ownership J1153.2. - Hero not a. questions until dressed P644; man a. all questions F645.1; single speech a. many questions H501.2.

Answers Answers to devil's riddle permit escape H543; in foreign language C495.2.2; found in other world to questions propounded on the way H1292; (riddles) H544; (to questions) given magic object D1311ff., (coconut shell) D1331.9; (mirror) D1311.2; (sun) D1311.6.1. - Baffling malice with ready a. J1251; deaf men and their a. X111; king and peasant vie in riddling questions and a. H561.6; lady a. queen so straightforwardly she gets light punishment J751.1.1; magic object gives a. for fugitive *D1611;f,; prearranged a. bring comic results C495.2; J1741.3; X111.9; quest to morning star for a. to questions H1282; quibbling a. J1252; riddling a. H583ff.; oracular images occupied by spirits or priests who give the a. K1972; woman who asked for news from home gets many impossible a. J2349.4.

Ant Ant bites as punishment Q453.1; bites tongue, voice made smooth F556.1.2; carries load as heavy as himself A2251.1; collects incense and myrrh for Christ A2221.4; and lazy cricket (grasshopper) J711.1; grateful for preventing destruction of nest B365.2.1; helpful B481; keeps stored grain in sun J711.5; keeps house with animals J512.7.1; language B215.6.1; neither man, beast nor bird (riddle) H862; oracular B154.2; pinching frog causes accidents N381.1; thieving K366.3; thrown from heaven: hence narrow waist A2214.2. - Beetle makes immoderate request, a. modest: inverse awards A2232.3; child taken to defecate over a. hole K1461.2; creation of a. A2011; devil as a. G303.3.3.8; dupe persuaded to sit on a. hole K1023.3; enmity of bear and a. A2494.8.2; enmity of elephant and a. A2493.11.3; fairy as a. F234.1.16.3; friendship between a. and pheasant A2493.29; giant a. B873.4; man becomes a. D182.2; man hears a. leave nest fifty miles away F641.2; man transformed as a. N453; little a. finds a penny (cumulative tale) Z32.3; reward to a. for industry Q86.1; man rides on a. F535.2.5; speaking a. B211.4.1; spider hands box to a. and refuses to take it back A2243.1; spirit in a. form F401.3.4.2; transformation: a. to person D382.2; transformation: man to a. D182.2; transformation: monkey to a. D411.5.3; transformation to a. to gnaw bow-strings of enemy D651.4; wedding of a. B285.1; why a. collects resin A2453.1; why a. has small waist A2355.1.2; why a. lives in ant-hill A2432.1.

Antaeus Antaeus invincible in wrestling K12.3.

Ant-bear Ant-bear eats insects A2435.3.8.

Anteater Anteater created A1896; deceives jaguar K1721.2

Anteater's Anteater's proboscis, origin of A2355.3.1.

Antediluvians Antediluvians. - Wisdom from a. J166.2.

Antelope Antelope becomes goat D411.4.2; hostile to other animals A2494.1; sends leopard for fire, eats game K345.4; transformed (to another animal) D411.4; (to nut) D421.2.1; (to dog) D411.4.1. - Fool tries to shoot dead a. until it will come to him J1909.2; friendship between a., woodpecker and tortoise A2493.32; helpful a. B443.2; killing a. tabu C841.8.1; many-eyed a. B15.4.1; mythical a. B19.8.

Antelopes Antelopes. - King of a. B241.3.13.

Antelope's Antelope's. - Origin of a. long neck A2351.4.3; why a. antlers reach backward A2326.3.3.

Ant-hill Ant-hill. - Boy lives in a. F562.5; digging alleged treasure from a. K1125; K1388.1; man becomes a. D287.1; rainbow from a. A791.8; transformation to a. C961.5; why ant lives in a. A2432.1.

Anthony Anthony crosses river on cape D1520.6. - Fish come to hear A. of Padua preach B251.2.7.1.

Antichrist Antichrist a one-eyed monster A1075; uproots trees F621.2.1.

Antichrist's Antichrist's coming prophesied M363.1.1; flat body F525.4. - Signs before A. birth A1075.1.

Anticipatory Anticipatory whipping J2175.1.

Antidote Antidote. - Magic a. for poison *D1515; moly as a. to spells and enchantments D1385.2.

Antigone Antigone buried alive as punishment for disobedience Q456.0.3. - Funeral rites forbidden A. V62.1.

Antimony Antimony D1331.3.3.

Antipathies Antipathies, see also Dislike, Enmity; of giants F531.6.11; of trolls G304.2.4.

Antique Antique. - Spirits dressed in a. clothes F401.1.

Antler Antler. - Deer with giant a. B15.3.3.

Antlers Antlers. - How stag got long a. A2326.3.2; magic transportation on a. D1520.32; stag with golden a. and silver feet B101.4.1; stag proud of a. L461; suitor contest: splitting a. H331.8; why antelope's a. reach backward A2326.3.3; why deer has a. A2326.1.1.1.

Ants Ants ask God for wings: wind blows them away A2232.9; burrow into elephants' brains B524.1.8; carry silk thread to prisoner R121.4; overcome serpent L315.14. - Creation of man from a. A1224.7; dupe persuaded to pick up biting a. K1023.2; giant man-eating a. B16.6.1; gold-digging a. B756; helpful a. sort grains H1091.1; how a. can secure longer life H1291.11; king of a. B246.1; kingdom of a. B224.1; man kills nest of a. J96; nest of a. thrown on ogre K621.1; war between elephants and a. B263.2; why a. carry large bundles A2451.1; why a. fall upon every man A2479.7; why a. don't live on hare's back A2584.2; why a. are lords of the bush A2433.5.5; why black a. are everywhere A2434.1.4; why small a. live in houses, driver ants in bush A2433.2.1.1; why white a. are a pest A2522.3.

Anus Anus. - Dupe puts hand up animal's a. K1036.1; golden a. F521.3.3.2; monster swallows people through a. F917; resuscitation by pricking a. E29.3.

Anuses Anuses. - People without a. F529.2.

Anvil Anvil driven into ground by strong man F614.1; salvager to be king H1574.3.1; to which one sticks D1413.10; swims river (lie) X1741.4. - Bewitched child struck on a. G271.9; dispute of hammer, a. J461.6; hill from a. A963.6; magic a. *D1202; D2143.1.6; shower of fire from magic a. D1566.1.5; shower of gems from magic a. D1469.3.

Anxiety Anxiety, see also Worry; of dwarfs to speak F451.2.0.4; prevents resuscitation E186.1.

Ape Ape, see also Monkey; creation of A1862; plucks feathers from heron who has carried him across water W154.5.1.3; pretends to louse heron, but plucks out his feathers K874.1; throws away nut because of its bitter rind J369.2; tricked into jumping on to stakes K891.2; tries to flee with favorite child: neglected child saves himself L146.1. - Ass tries to jump on the roof like a. J2413.2; dispute of elephant, a. J461.8; fight between a. and tortoise B264.5; flying a. B49.2; fox spoils food rather than divide with the a. W152.1; helpful a. B441.1.1; man transformed to a. D118.1; man-a. B29.9; person with a. face F511.1.3.1; why a. has red back A2411.1.5.1.1.

Aper Aper K836.

Apertures Apertures of animal's bodies closed up F988.3.

Apes Apes. - Army of a. B268.1; liar rewarded by the a. J815.1; raven killed by a. who will not receive his teachings J1064.1.

Aphrodisiac Aphrodisiac given naked woman in stream K1395. - Magic a. D1355.

Aphrodite Aphrodite. - Plants from tread of A. A2621.2.

Aphrodite's Aphrodite's team of sparrows (doves) A136.2.1.

Apia Apia (bird) is flat-chested A2353.1.

Apostacy Apostacy. - Punishment of Jew for a. Q232.2.

Apostles Apostles of Christ V292.

Apparent Apparent injustice over greater wrong J225; and real values J230ff.

Apparitions Apparitions, see also Ghosts. - Owner frightened from goods by a. of the dead K335.0.5; punishment: meeting frightful a. Q552.11.

Appeal Appeal of dying lawyer X315.

Appearance Appearance of angel V231; of brownie F482.1; and disappearance of garment in reply to command D2188.1.1; of devil G303.3ff.; of dwarf F451.2; of fairies F230ff.; of Fortuna N111.2; of giant F531.1ff.; of the gods A120ff.; of mermaid B81.9; of mountain-men F460.1; of object when tabu is broken C917; of revenant E420ff.; of spirits F401; of trolls F455.2; G304.1; of wild huntsmen E501.7;f; of witches G210ff. - Causes of animal a. A2400 - A2499; choice between worth and a. J260ff.; circumstances of the devil's a. G303.6; disguise by changing bodily a. K1821; friends identical in a. F577; hero (heroine) of unpromising a. L112; magic a. D2188.1; magic change to different a. *D52; person changes a. at will *D631.1.1; personal a. of various peoples A1660ff.; professions according to bodily a. A1650.3.2; time of a. of wild hunt E501.11ff.; vows concerning personal a. M120ff.

Appearances Appearances deceive U110ff.; kept up to deceive suitors as to girls' undesirability K1984.

Appearing Appearing before king unsummoned tabu C563.5. - Banished devil a. on earth A106.2.1.1; demons a. at stated times G302.6.1; house a. overnight to shelter priest V229.21; person a. many places at once D2031.18.

Appeasing Appeasing enemies with women's breasts K774.1; giants by feeding them G582; ogre by calling him uncle Q41.1.

Appetite Appetite magically diminished D1927. - Curse: a. of twelve men M416.1; prospective bride shams small a. K1984.2; two monks renew their a. J1606; strong hero's enormous a. F612.1; unnaturally large a. cured by saint V221.10.

Applauding Applauding music when told W116.6.

Apple Apple as chastity index *H434.1; as chastity test *H411.14; divided and eaten as love charm D1905.2; extraordinary *F813.1ff.; followed to otherworld F159.3; slays Cain F839.3.1; test (worthiness for friendship) H1558.0.1.1; (innocence) H256; (obedience of sons) H1557.1; (suitor) H316; (unknown father) H481.1; thrown in race with bride *H331.5.1.1; tree grateful for being shaken D1658.1.5; trees bear after saint's blessing D2157.3.1. - Bride test: thrifty peeling of a. H381.2.1; conception from eating a. T511.1.1; disenchantment by eating a. D764.4; fatal a.-throwing game K864; first man born from a. A1253.1.2; golden a. as prize in beauty contest H1596.1; golden a. thrown to remind merman's wife not to forget to return to him C713.4; infant indicates his unknown father by handing him an a. H481.1; love letter hidden in a. K1872.3; magic a. *D981.1; (as fairy gift) F343.15; magic a. tree D950.10; F162.3.4; man becomes a. D211.5; murder with poisoned a. S111.4; pomegranate and a. tree dispute J466.1; pursuit of rolling golden a. H1226.3; quest for marvelous a. H1333.3.1; recognition by unique ability to break iron a. with first stone cast H31.6; resuscitation by magic a. E106; resuscitation by removal of poisoned a. E21.1; skillful marksman shoots a. from man's head F661.3; soul in golden a. E711.8; soul hidden in a. in salmon E713.1; statue of infant Jesus takes a. V128.1; suitor test: a. thrown indicates princess's choice H316; tabu: touching a. C621.2.1; test of innocence: a. and gold offered H256; throwing a. to test sex H1578.1.4.1; transformation: man to a. tree D215.5.

Apples Apples at Christmas F971.5.2; immovable D1654.2; impaled on stiff hair F555.8; transformed to grain D451.3.1; transformed to pig bristles D451.3.4; of youth D1338.3.1. - Ash tree bears a. F971.4.1; bridge of a. F842.1.3; demon formed from charmed a. F402.5.1; fugitives sustain selves on a. R257; magic a. cause horns to grown on person D1375.1.1.1; magic a. under sea F162.3.4.1; recovery of magic object by use of magic a. D881.1; souls as golden a. E745.5.1; stealing magic healing a. H1151.20; task: stealing golden a. H1151.1; test of girl masking as man: nuts and a. offered H1578.1.5; three golden a. as identification H91.3.

Appraisal Appraisal. - Trickster's a. sells worthless glass as diamond K451.4.

Appraiser Appraiser of horse a one-eyed man X122.

Apprentice Apprentice received magic D829.1. - Devil promises to help mistreated a. G303.22.12; hungry a. attracts master's attention by telling lies on him J1341.5; magician's a. D1711.0.1.

Approach Approach. - Brass (copper) statue at city gates blows on trumpet at stranger's a. *D1317.9.1; escape by falsely reporting a. of rescuers K545; fairy prevents mortal's a. F395; ghostly warner of wild hunt's a. E501.6; too familiar a. to danger J655.

Appurtenances Appurtenances. - All a. demanded on buyer J1293.5.

Apricot Apricot. - Transformation by eating a. D551.1.2.

Apron Apron. - Devil drops stones from a. A977.3.1; hero formed from mother's a. A511.1.4.2.

Aquatic Aquatic. - Hero kills a. animal F628.1.4.

Aquila Aquila, origin of A779.2.

Arabia Arabia. - Gold appears in A. at Christ's birth N529.1.

Arabians Arabians as liars X661.

Arachne Arachne transformed to spider A2091.1.

Arbitrator Arbitrator. - Don't be a. without being asked J21.45; tree appealed to as a. D1311.4.1.

Arch Arch. - Sea waters a. over people F931.9.1; stream forms a. over otherworld isle F162.2.9.

Archangels Archangels drive Satan from heaven G303.8.1.2; as porters of heaven A661.0.1.3. - When a. created A52.2.4.

Archbishop Archbishop. - Fool asks a. about his family J1747; man magically made to believe himself a. D2031.5.

Arched Arched. - Why cat has a. back A2356.2.3; river a. over saint's body like a vault F932.2.

Archer Archer. - Magic statue of a. D1620.1.5; mighty a. F638.

Archer's Archer's skill in shooting eggs F661.4.1; skill as suitor test H326.1.2.

Architect Architect kills pupil surpassing him W181.2.1. - Hawk as sky palace a. J2060.3; king kills a. after completion of great building, so that he may never again build one so great W181.2; thief enters treasury through passage made by him as a. of the building K315.1.

Argo Argo, origin of A779.3.

Argonauts Argonauts H1332.1.

Argument Argument. - No a. good without witness K1655.1; princess offered to man who can defeat her in a. H507.1.1; princess skillful in a. J1111.1; queen banished for defeating king in a. S416; trickster steals during a. K341.27.

Argus Argus has eyes all over body F512.2.2; D1961.

Ariadne Ariadne abandoned on an island S145; rescues lover R162.

Ariadne-thread Ariadne-thread given as a clue out of the labyrinth R121.5.

Ariel Ariel. - Archangel A. as porter of heaven A661.0.1.3.

Arion Arion B551.1.

Aristotle Aristotle and Phyllis K1215; rises from sick bed to battle for country P711.7.

Aristotle's Aristotle's. - Cause of A. wife's death K987.

Ark Ark as God's home A151.10.1; suspended in air F1083.0..1.2; of the temple V112.0.1. - Animals in the a. (flies) A2031.2; (griffin) A2232.4; (mouse) A1853.1; (snake) A2145.2; (unicorn) A2214.3; deluge: escape in a. A1021; the devil and the a. *G303.23ff., K485; C12.5.1; dove returns to a. in obedience to Noah A2221.7; the giant on the a. F531.5.9; helpful animal stops leak in Noah's a. *B527.2; magpie refuses to get into a., sits outside jabbering A2542.1.1; raven does not return to a.: black color as punishment A2234.1.1; those excluded from Noah's a. build another A1021.0.1.

Arm Arm broken by Christ's image J1823.1.2; to fall off (curse) M431.4; grows from giving alms F1095; shortened for breaking tabu C946. - Birth from an a. T541.6; companion's a. allowed to be cut off so as to prevent detection K407.2; compulsion to bend a. D2069.2; earth rests on God's a. A849.2; giant's a. pulled off G512.6.1; god's marvelous a. A123.5.2; man carries his head under his a. F511.0.4; monster's a. token of dog's innocence H105.3; new a. from another's arm bone F668.5; new moon with old moon in her a. a sign of storm D1812.5.1.5.1; ogre's long a. thrust down chimney G369.5; pressing hundreds beneath a. H599.4; return from dead to punish theft of golden a. from grave E235.4.1; magic sight by looking under a. D1821.3.1; substituted a. E782.3.1; sun at night lowers a. A722.5; thin a. indicates desire for human flesh G95; wife sacrificing a. for husband's safety T211.1.3; wild huntsman carrying skull under a. E501.7.4; witch withers a. G269.11.2.

Armadillo Armadillo as creator's companion A33.4.1; with silver plate over fore-head B119.3. - Creation of a. A1897; giant a. B871.2.9; horned a. B15.3.4.2; sacred a. B811.7.

Armageddon Armageddon A1080ff.

Armed Armed vagina F547.1.1. - Combat with one-a. opponent P557.4.4.1; devil is a. G303.9.6.0.1; man must enter spirit world a. E480.3; one-a. hero L112.10; poorly-a. hero overcomes well armed L311.2.

Armies Armies like seeds and peppercorns J1625; miraculously separated F1097; separated by magic illusion D2031.8.

Armless Armless deity A128.3; people F516.1; revenant E422.1.2.

Armor Armor ordered thin in front and thick in back J673; rattles as owner dies E761.7.1.0. - Air-tight a. F824.1; child born with complete a. T552.5; disenchantment by ripping a. D712.8; dwarf's magic a. D838.7; extra-ordinary a. F824; hero buried in a. V61.3.0.1; husband in a. establishes mastery T251.2.2; husband traps wife and paramour with magic a. K1563; magic a. *D1101; (protects from attack) D1381.10; quest for a. from a grave mound H1392; warrior buries oversized a. to prove prowess K1969.2; widow in a. routs would-be ravisher T320.2.1.

Arm-pit Arm-pit as hiding place F1034.4. - Fairies' hole in a. F232.1.1; familiar spirit acquired by carrying egg under left a. F403.2.1.1; god born from mother's a. A112.7.2; vagina in a. F547.5.7.

Arm-pits Arm-pits. - Lightning from hero's a. A526.9; man vulnerable only in a. N476.2; Z311.4.

Arm-ring Arm-ring transformed to serpent D444.7. - Recognition through a. H94.6.

Arms Arms, see also Weapons; cut off as punishment Q451.1.5; of fairy F231.1; restored E782.3. - Bringing a. to capital tabu after sunset C752.1.1; cutting off a. for sleeveless sweater J2131.3.1.1; falling in love at seeing woman's a. T16.1; fighting with opponent's a. P643; giant peculiar as to a. F531.1.6.7; giving a. in pledge tabu C855.6; god with many a. A123.5; identification by coat of a. H126; keeping the measure by stretching out the a. J2036; learning feats of a. from woman in bed T453.1; magic causes a. to fall from shoulders D1403.3; magic flaming a. D1645.8; magic drink restores a. D1518.1; man with luminous a. F574.2; men with seven a. F526.5; mutilation: cutting off a. S161; no ransom of captured without a. P557.1; oath taken on a. M113; person unusual as to his a. F516; spirits with heads under a. F401.4; test of sex of man masking as girl: a. placed among baskets H1578.2; woman instructs in art of a. P461.4.

Arm-tassel Arm-tassel compels woman to follow ogre D1427.2.

Army Army P551; of animals B268ff.; appears like forest K1872.1; of cannibal monsters G11.16; destroys giant F531.6.12.6.1; drowned by unnoticed tide N339.7; extraordinary F873; faces enemy rather than anger of king J216.1; of the gods A165.7; of half-animals, half-men B20.1; intoxicated and overcome K871.1; leaders in single combat for victory H217.1; origin of A1596; saved from ambush by observation of birds' movements J53; of spirits, ghosts F403.2.3.7; stopped by saint's curse D2091.13; of strong men F628.2.4. - Animals from Pharaoh's drowned a. A1715.1; arrow indicates attacking a. D1314.1.7; birds from Pharaoh's drowned a. A1901; creation of sandpiper: Pharaoh's cook calls drowned a. to dinner A1944.1; enchanted a. tabu C549.2; fairy a. F252.3; fairy a. on Hallowe'en F255.4; groom has to fight bride's a. H322.4; helpful bees (hornets) sting opposing a. B524.2.1; hero fights a. alone F614.10; magic a. of snakes, frogs D2091.2.1; magic oath stops invading a. D1400.1.11.1; magic object summons a. for rescue D1421.5; making broth for a. H1022.5.1; phantom a. attacked K1883.1; phantom a. created out of puffballs and withered leaves F585.1; river rises to prevent a. from crossing F932.8.2; saint drives away a. with cloud V229.7.1; soldiers of magic a. resuscitated E155.1.2; sleeping a. *E502; task: annihilating a. single-handed H1135; task: clothing an a. from one hank of flax H1022.2; task: feeding a. from one measure of meal H1022.5; task: making ladder which whole a. cannot set up H1147; transformed soldiers of fairy a. disenchanted when overcome F383.5; treasure hidden by retreating a. N511.1.7; Virgin Mary's shift as banner causes blindness to opposing a. D1331.2.3; witch's a. of dragons, lions, bears G225.5.

Aroma Aroma of God A139.7.

Around Around. - Riding three times a. the hill to free captive confined within R112.2; tabu: looking a. C332; walking a. by magic (circumambulation) *D1791.

Arrested Arrested farmer maligns sons H581.4; men tell who they are H581ff. - Silence wagerers a. as thieves J2511.2.

Arrival Arrival. - Accidental a. in lower world *F102; rejoicing at a. of rich man in heaven E758.

Arrogance Arrogance comes with wealth J1085.2; repaid L430ff.; toward deity tabu C53.2. - Peacock given ugly feet so as to prevent too great a. A2232.7; world-fire from a. A1031.5.

Arrow Arrow accidentally grazes woman's breast N331.1.2; accidentally makes prize shot N621.1; accidentally slays man in church M381; as boomerang F661.11; extraordinary *F831; falls at death E761.7.1.2; kills one-eyed giant G511.1; made to appear crooked D2031.9; magic *D1092; as man's message shows lion how terrible man himself must be J32; shoots sky rope F51.0.1; shot to heaven returns bloody F1066; shot into leg of sun's horse A732.2.1; splits khijur leaves A2741.5. - Ascent to upper world on a. F65.1; ascent to upper world on a. chain *F53; dragon swallows a. (thunderbolt) intended for hero B529.2; eagle killed with a. made with own feather U161; god with a. of flames A137.14.1.1; island created by shooting a. A955.2; lucky shot with a.: foot and ear of deer N621; luring man by securing his a. K1399.4; magic a. flight D1526.1; mighty feats with a. F638; murder by burning a. K955.3; one a.-shot kills many tigers F679.5.3; pursuit of magic a. leads to adventures H1226.2; resuscitation by shooting a. E61; resuscitation by striking with a. E11.2; riddle about a. H751; shooting a. through iron H1562.13; shooting a. to win race deceptively K11.8; shooting game: blind man's a. aimed K333.1; K863; soul in a. E711.13; spring from sacred tree shot by a. A941.7.2; Virgin Mary intercepts an a. in battle D2163.3; woman wins a. contest F610.0.1.1.

Arrows Arrows darken sky J1453; of fire F831.2; (as punishment) Q552.13.0.1; from magician's fingers D2091.14; invisible D1655.1.1; substituted *K1617; turn aside for king H71.10.7. - Chain of a. transformed to bridge D469.3; Cupid with a. of lead and gold A475.0.1; god's a. A157.2; numskulls try to kill mosquitoes with bows and a. J2131.0.1; origin of bows and a. A1459.1.1; people choose bows and a. instead of guns and horses A1614.4.3; precocious hero demands bows and a. F611.3.3.0.1; shooting rope of a. F661.7.3; splintering a. with sword F667.2; stars from a. shot at sky A763.1; victim's a. made harmless K818.3; wind returns a. shot against Christians F963.2; wounds from poisoned a. D2161.4.14.1.1.

Arsenic Arsenic. - Devil chased by a. fumes G303.16.14.2.

Arson Arson. - Judgments concerning a. J1175; thieving innkeepers guilty of a. J1149.9.

Art Art. - Fantastic beasts, birds, etc. in a. B5; origin of decorative a. A1465; possessing an a. admits one to king's hall P14.7; wanting to learn a. of love T4.

Artemis Artemis goddess (of hunting) A452.1; (of chastity) A476; as leader of wild hunt E501.1.8.2. - Flesh of A. eaten as quail or bear V30.1.1.

Arteries Arteries severed instead of feeling pulse K1017.

Arthur Arthur and Excalibur D813.1.1; D878.1.

Articles Articles, see also Objects. - Household a. act at command D1601.9; magic a. made during mass D1766.5.2; magic household a. answer for fugitive D1611.9; recovered magic a. dropped by rescuing animals into the sea D882.2.

Artificers Artificers, dwarfs as F451.3.4.1.

Artificial Artificial heavens F792; paradise and hell to punish and reward F705; whale made as strategem K922. - Capture by hiding in a. animal *K754; child of a. impregnation abandoned S312.4; flight on a. wings *F1021.1; oracular a. head *D1311.7.1; recognition by a. hands H57.5.

Artillery Artillery. - Sound of a. simulated to overawe enemy K2368.1.

Artisan Artisan blinded to prevent duplication S165.7.

Artisan-god Artisan-god A451.

Artisans Artisans P440ff.

Artist Artist hoodwinks king: cuckold can't see picture J1492; loses results of labor in moment of procrastination J1071.1; punished for foul portrayal of Jesus Q222.3. - Why a. painted too few birds J1491.

Arts Arts taught to man by angel A1460.1. - God of the a. A465; god of many a. A450.1; culture hero teaches a. and crafts A541; origin of literary a. A1464.

Aryan Aryan. - Baptismal water vanishes before A. bishop V325.

Ascending Ascending. - Dragon king a. to sky H1292.14; god a. to heaven A171.0.2; hero a. to heaven A566.2; male sun-god while a., female while setting A227.1.

Ascent Ascent of mankind from under the earth A1232; to sky on cloud *F61.1; to stars A761; to upper world on arrow chain *F53.

Ascetic Ascetic aids quest H1233.3.1; carries woman in his hair F1034.2.1; imitates Brahmin, goes to hell J2415.5; kills son born after seduction T338.1; plows field, it turns to gold D2102.2.1; sees scorpions as gold D1825.8; as villain K2285.1. -Austerities of a. sacred C94.9; birds mock a. B787; elephants look after a. in jungle B530.2; disguise as a. K1826.2; domestic vs. a. life H659.21; hospitality to a. rewarded Q45.3; lovely a. (disguised girl) wins rich woman's love K1322.1; magic object from a. D812.14; magic power through a. practices D1733.3; rich woman accuses a. of adultery K2113.2; villain disguised as a. or nun K2285.

Asceticism Asceticism *V462ff.; rewarded Q39.1.

Ascetics Ascetics beg alms of won mother N735.1. - Chastity methods of a. T302; women disguised as a. K521.9.

Ascetic's Ascetic's. - Seven rooms in a. house F771.11.

Aschenputtel Aschenputtel L52; L55.1; L131.

Ash Ash pole appears at death E767.1; stakes driven through slain S139.2.2.7. - Sacred a. V1.7.1.2; snake avoids white a. B765.18.1; transformation: a. to hazel D451.1.2; white a. stick protects against snakes D1447.3.

Ashen Ashen. - Driving horses over a. yoke tabu C833.4.

Ashes Ashes become gold D475.1.1.1; blown into face of scoffer Q554.3; of corpse put through sieve S139.2.2.8; of dead dog speak E521.2.1; of dead thrown on water to prevent return E431.9; dissolve animals F981.5; as eye remedy K1011.2; falling form path K321.1; form trail R267; of hero revive E174.1; as hero's abode L131.1; on moon's face A751.5.2; sold as gold K121; transformed into animals D441.6.1; transformed into insects, snakes protect hero K2351.2.2. - Blowing a. in animals' faces K621.2; burning houses to sell a. K941.3; burning and scattering a. (punishment) Q414.3; detection by strewing a. J1146; dupe burns house because trickster reports high price paid for a. K941.2; falling to a. for breaking tabu C927.2; ghost detected by strewing a. *E436.1; heart's a. cast into river F932.7.1; hot a. poured by gods on kingdom Q552.13.0.3; magic a. *D931.1.2; magic glance reduces tree to a. D2082.1; man created from a. A1268; man transformed to a. D286; milky way as a. A778.8; money turns to a. D475.2.3; (devil's) G303.21.1; mosquitoes from a. of bad woman A2034.3; mustard-seed reduces man to a. D1402.16; ogre's a. cast on stream cause rapids to stop G655; person magically reduced to a. D2061.1.1; (hunter by heroine's chastity) *D2061.2.5; punishment: eating a. Q478.5; resuscitation from a. E42; resuscitation of cremated man by blowing on the a. E66.1; resuscitation through a. thrown on funeral pyre E132; serpent's gaze reduces man to a. B765.14.1; sham miracle: rupees turn to a. K1975.2; sugar transformed to a. D476.2.4; sun throws hot a. on moon's face A751.5.2.1; thief learns location of dupe's food supply by strewing a. *K321; trail of a. R135.0.6; transformation by throwing a. D575.1; wind raised by throwing traitor's a. on lake D2142.1.4.1; women throw a. in eyes of attacking soldiers K2356.

Ashore Ashore. - Crab comes a.: killed by fox J512.1; giant mermaid cast a. B81.13.13.

Ash-tree Ash-tree bears apples F971.4.1; becomes hazel D451.1.1; late at distribution of qualities at creation: therefore buds last A2725.1; A2771.1. - Magic a. *D950.6; man transformed to a. D215.3.

Asinus Asinus vulgi J1041.2.

Asking Asking costs nothing J1338; questions (counseled against) J21.6; (forbidden) C410ff., (rewarded) Q85. - Effects of wild hunt remedied by a. the huntsmen E501.19.2ff.

Asleep Asleep, see also Sleep, Sleeping. - Answering call when a. tabu C811.3; boy learns lesson while a. in saint's lap V223.4.1; castle in which everyone is a. F771.4.4; cuckold feigns to be a. K1501.2; culture hero a. in mountain *A571; death respite until victim a. K551.27; don't fall a. in strange place J21.41; falling a. on rock which shoots upwards N314; hero a. while sweetheart marries another T92.4.1; importunate lover put a. in street Q473.4; lover a. at rendezvous D1972; undesired suitor killed a. Q411.2.1; victim killed while a. K834; when one is a. the soul is wandering E721.1ff.; witch recognized by seeing waspx enter her mouth while a. *G251.1.

Asmodeus Asmodeus F402.2.1.

aspxen aspxen cursed for serving as cross A2721.2.1.1. - All trees except a. refuse to make Christ's cross Z352; devil throws sand at a.: hence rough bark A2734.1; A2751.2.1; why a. leaves tremble A2762.1.

Ass Ass associates with lion, disdains own family W165.2; beheaded (first thing king meets) J1169.4; betrays deity's secret: hence ugly bray A2239.3; brays on hearing conch shell J2211.4; brays to warn of thieves J2413.1.1; tries to caress master J2413.1; who carried divine image thinks people bow before him J953.4; claims to have killed cow, frightens tiger K1715.10; consulted about the loan J1552.1; has cross on shoulders from being struck by Baalam A2239.6; deprived of his saddle (punishment) J1862; determines road to be taken B151.1.1.2; envies horse in fine trappings J212.1; falls into water and catches fish in his ear N626; follows after lion and is punished J952.2; avoids food eaten by animals before being slaughtered J12; foolish to kick against the pricks J833; -god A132.3.3; gold-producing *B103.1.1; good living but not dead (riddle) H841.1; thought to be hare J1754; without a heart K402.3; helpful B402; is not at home when man wants to borrow him J1552.1.1; with human intelligence B22.2; indifferent to enemy's approach U151; insults dying lion W121.2.1; is jealous of the horse until he learns better L452; tries to jump on the roof J2413.2; knows where to find hidden wind B133.0.1.1; laughing J1169.5; in lion's skin unmasked when he raises his voice J951.1; loaded and commanded to go home J1881.2.1; tries in vain to play lyre J512.4; with magic wisdom B121.4; gets progressively worse masters N255.2; as mayor J1882.2; who has worked with ox thinks himself equal to ox J952.4; in the potter's shop J973; predicts weather B141.3; punished for stealing mouthful of grass U11.1; refuses to drink after it has enough J133.2; as sacrifice V12.4.8; with silver nose hunts hares (lie) X961.32; speaking B211.1.3.1; as tollkeeper B292.13; thought to be devil J1785.3; transformed into horse D412.6; transformed to person D332.1; turns on his driver who would save him from falling over the precipice J683.1; insists upon payment of tithes B259.1; of twenty older than man of seventy J1352.2; carries usurer's body to the gallows B151.1.1.2.1; worship V1.8.10. - Baalam's a. V237; (advises that angel is barring way) B151.1.1.2.2; (perceives angel) B733.1; boar refuses to fight with lowly a. J411.1; body of man, hoofs of a. B22; breeding fine horses from an a. J1909.4; buyer returns a. which has associated with lazy companions J451.1; person calls another an a. J1352; camel and a. together captured because of ass's singing J2137.6; camel with a. on his back dances J2133.1; St Christopher and the a. J1269.9; how much the a. cost J1601; death respite for teaching a. to speak K551.11; devil rides away on an a. G303.7.2; what is difference between you and an a. (counterquestion) H571.1; enmity of hyena and a. A2494.3.1; fairies steal a. F365.1; ferocious animal frightened by a. braying K2324.1; numskull cannot find a. he is sitting on J2022; fool thanks God that he was not sitting on the a. when it was stolen J2561; fox leads a. to lion's den but is himself eaten *K1632; friendship between wolf and a. A2493.15; frogs reprove a. for lamenting when he falls into morass J2211.1; guests call each other ox, a.: given appropriate food J1563.4; hard-hearted horse allows a. to be overburdened W155.1; king's capriciousness censured: the a. in the stream J1675.3; the lazy a. loaded with sponges J1612; lion as king makes a. his lieutenant J421.1; lost a. offered as reward to the finder J2085.1; marriage to person in a. form B641.4; miller, his son, and the a. (trying to please everyone) J1041.2; mourning dead a.: cumulative tale Z32.5; numskull knocks figure of Jesus from the a. J1823.1.4; old lady reminded of a. by priest's singing X436; peasant ashamed of being thrown off by a. J411.4; pseudo-magic money-dropping a. K249.3; teaching an a. to read H1024.4; *K491; red pepper for the slow a. (man tries it on himself) X11; revenant as a. E423.1.4; rider relieves the a. of his burden J1874.1; man scolds his a. and frightens robber away N612.1; shepherd taken to be a. J1765.1; stick fast: fool seizes a. J2489.9; strong man lifts a. F624.1; the tailless and earless a. J2373; thief claims to have been transformed into a. K403; monster three-legged a. B15.7.2; tiger frightened off by threatening with a. K547.8; tiger mistaken for a. J1758.3; transformation to a. Q551.3.2.6; man transformed to a. D132.1; (by putting on bridle) D535; (plays lyre) *D693; truth-telling a. B133.0.1; wager: will jackal howl or a. bray first? N92; wedding of a. B281.7; why a. does not have cloven hoof A2376.1.1; why a. has cross on back A2356.2.7; why a. smells his own excrements A2495.2; why a. is stupid A2537.2; why dung of a. is triangular A2385.1; wild a. envies tame ass until he sees his burdens L451.2; why a. has long ears A2325.3.

Assailant Assailant. - Girl slays brother's a. P253.4.

Assailants Assailants. - Man pardons his a. W11.5.1.1.

Assassin Assassin. - King frees would-be a. P15.5; moon warns of a. F961.3.3; sun warns of a. F961.1.4; suspected a. given murder opportunity H1556.3.

Assassination Assassination. - Father orders son's a. S11.3.7; king takes measures against a. J634.

Assassinator's Assassinator's friend asks to die with him P319.2.

Assaulting Assaulting. - Animals punished for a. women A2239.5.

Assembly Assembly of fairies at milestone F217.2; of gods A167; or group transformed to animals D103. - Don't uncover weapon in a. J21.2.4; tabus concerning entry into a. C853.

Asses Asses. - The burden of two a. J1352.1; Egyptians fond of a. A1689.12; lies about a. X1242.0.1; lions despise what a. admire V149.1.

Assignation Assignation. - Lovers' a. by symbolic messages Z175.2; maid substitutes for mistress at a. H1556.4.3.

Assigners Assigners of tasks H920ff.

Assignment Assignment of bride to another T141; of crafts and professions by creator A1440.1; of edible animals A1422; of food to animal A2435.1; of quest H1210ff.; of superhuman task to determine true husband of woman J1176.5; of tasks H900ff., (to suitors) H335.0.2.

Assistance Assistance, see Aid, Help.

Assistant Assistant. - Thief's numskull a. prevents theft J2136.5.4.

Associates Associates, choice of *J400ff.

Association Association of dwarfs with mortals F451.5.8; with fools J1710ff.; of equals and of unequals J410;f; of great and lowly J412; with those of another faith punished Q431.18.

Ass's Ass's behavior predicts the weather B141.3; charter in his hoof J1608; jawbone supplies water D1472.1.24.2; magic jawbone kills D1402.3.4. - Deduction: horse drinks a. milk J1661.1.5; person with a. ears F511.2.2; girl bewitched into thinking lover has a. head G269.22; magic a. head *D1011.0.2; (fulfills wishes) D1470.1.7; man's body, a. head B22.1; pumpkin thought to be an a. egg J1772.1; too much a. flesh eaten (foolish diagnosis) J2412.4; vampire with a. ears E251.4.2.

Assumption Assumption by divine beings of their own shape in sleep D796; of human forms by demons in order to deceive F402.1.4; of various shapes by wandering soul E721.5.

Assumptions Assumptions. - Logical absurdity based upon certain false a. J2210ff.

Astonishment Astonishment of God that I sit on horse and king on ass H787.2. - Dumbness magically cured by a. D2025.4; expressing a. at marvel (forbidden) *C491; (causes transformation) D512.

Astray Astray. - Fairies lead travelers a. F369.7; importunate lovers led a. K1218; people led a. (by mermaid) B81.3; (by mists) K1886.2; (by spirit) F402.1.1; (By Will o' the Whisp) F491.1.

Astride Astride. - Exposure a. wood in river S141.3; giant a. a church-roof F531.3.3.

Astrolabe Astrolabe, divination by D1311.6.0.1.

Astrologer Astrologer P481; -magician D1712.0.1. - Devil as a. G303.3.1.22; disguise as a. K1825.8; magic object from a. D818; man deriding faith in stars becomes a. N186; sham a. K1964; treacherous a. K2299.1.

Astrology Astrology M302.4.1. - Origin of a. A1487.1.1.

Astronomer Astronomer shoots down falling star J2275.1. - Farmer surpasses a. in weather prediction L144.2.

Astronomers Astronomers P429.1.

Astronomy Astronomy. - Absurd theories in a. J2270ff.; origin of a. A1487.1.

Asunder Asunder. - Corpse drawn a. S139.2.2.6; life token: ring springs a. E761.5.3.

Atalanta's Atalanta's race *H331.5.1.1; *R231.

Atheists Atheists V323.

Athena Athena chooses olive tree J241.1. - Why raven sacrifices to A. J821.1.

Atlantis Atlantis A692.

Atlas Atlas supports earth on shoulders A842.

Atonement Atonement V315.

Attack Attack on hare (crayfish) J2612; by hypocrite who pretends friendship K2010ff.; on intruders by ogre G475ff.; on soldier by dwarfs F451.5.2.11; on saints by Satan G303.9.6.2. - Amulet against a. D1381.16; animal's means of a. A2463; animals warn against a. B521.3; girl aids brother against a. P253.4; magic a. against enemy D2091; magic object protects from a. D1381ff.; retreat in return for cessation of a. M263; wandering ghost makes a. E261.

Attacker Attacker. - Escape by making a. believe there are many defenders K548; moon interferes between a. and person attacked A737.5; witch impervious if she looks at a. G221.4.

Attacking Attacking. - Advice on not a. hastily J21.2.1; bears a. men A2524.3; demons a. men G302.9.1; fish a. anything they find A2524.4; foolishness of a. real allies J683; hospitality repaid by a. enemy Q45.5; kill man a. you J21.52.6; vow on a. enemy M161.1; wise man considers whom he is a. J612.

Attar Attar river in otherworld F162.2.5.

Attempts Attempts (vain) to circumvent theft of fire A1415.4; to escape fulfillment of prophecy M370ff.; of fettered monster to reach sword A1074.2; to kill hero *H1510ff.; of devil to vivify creations A1217.

Attendance Attendance of dwarfs at weddings F451.5.1.7; of human midwife on fairies F372.1; at mass outweighs evil deeds V44. - Reward for a. on holy man Q38.

Attendant Attendant. - Animal as constant a. of man B575; dead arises when shroud bursts and pursues a. E261.2; hero's faithful a. A515.4.

Attendants Attendants around God's throne A152.4; disenchanted D799.3; of the gods A165; of silver king F576. - Giants' a. F531.6.16; wife's a. chase wrong man, miss lover K1549.6.

Attention Attention attracted (king's in clever ways) J1675.1; (recognition follows) H151ff., (by telling lies) J1341.5; (by trickery) *K477; (by magic object) D1420ff., (by magic) *D2074ff., (of sweetheart) T56; (of men by women) A1373; distracted (by sight of beloved) T26; (by repeating strange action till it becomes commonplace) J1075.1; (from misgovernment by beginning war) K2381; to warnings J1050ff. - Attracting girl's a. by breaking her head J2461.9; cleverly attracting king's a. J1675.1; enchanted person attracts a. of rescuer D794; gambler's a. distracted by women N8; ogre attracts a. by whistling G653.

Attractiveness Attractiveness to men tested H1596.0.1.

Attributes Attributes. - Recognition by physical a. H50ff.; sun's a. A738.

Auction Auction in hell draws Jews from heaven X611. - Owner bids up goods at a. K465.

Auctioneer Auctioneer praises worthless cow till owner buys her back J2087.

Audacious Audacious water bolder than continent husband T315.2.1.

Audhumla Audhumla (cow) B19.2.1; B715.

Audible Audible. - Giant a. to man only when resting on elbow F531.2.10; ghost a. only to person summoning him E389.2.

Audience Audience of one hired to hear bad singer X145.1; secured with the pope by rudeness K477.1. - Escape by pleading for larger a. K579.8; using lamb to get a. J1653.

Augean Augean stable H1102.

Auger Auger, magic D1187.1.

Augurer Augurer, see Divination, Oracle.

Auk Auk. - Darkness from a. swallowing sun A721.2.1; giant a. B872.4.

Auks Auks. - Stones become a. D565.9.

Aunt Aunt P294; marries nephew T421. - Cruel a. S72.

Aunt's Aunt's. - God Vishnu torments a. lover K1578.

Aurora Borealis Aurora Borealis as bridge to otherworld F152.1.8. - Origin of a. A795; souls of dead as a. E742.3.

Ausgelohnt Ausgelohnt F451.5.10.9.

Auspicious Auspicious days N127. - Delaying birth until a. day T589.8; wager: it is a. day N53.

Austerities Austerities. - Magic object acquired by religious a. D855.2; reward for a. of hermit Q34; vow to destroy kingdom by a. M193.

Authenticity Authenticity. - Deity attests a. of sacred writings A1996; testing a. of relics V140.4.

Author Author, see also Writer; believes his book stupid, fools praise it J1714.4.

Automata Automata. - City of wooden a. D1628; God makes a. and vivifies them A141.1; magic a. *D1620ff.

Automatic Automatic oar D1523.2.1; object *D1600ff.; service in otherworld F183.1. - Alleged a. object K119.1;constructing a. peacock H326.1.1.

Automaton Automaton. - Jewish a. will not work on Saturday V71.1.

Automobile Automobile, see also Car. - Ghost rides in a. E332.3.3.

Autumn Autumn is richest (riddle) H636.1. - Goddess of a. leaves A430.1.2; sitting on sepulchral mounds tabu in a. C755.5; why days shorten in a. A1156.

Avalon Avalon as abode of gods A151; as happy otherworld where dead are healed *E481.4.1; journey to *F111.

Avarice Avarice punished *Q272.

Avaricious Avaricious man given gift of benevolence by fairies F343.4; man transformed to ant A2011.2.

Ave Ave on the tongue V254.3. - Flower with A. on leaves E631.0.2.1.

Avenging Avenging bride's former fiancé H335.1.1; father's brother P293.5; murder (bride's father's as suitor task) H335.1; (faithful animal at grave) B301.2; (magic horse) B184.1.7; (warning by God's voice) M348; by nearest blood relation P525.3; scorned love (by fairy) F302.3.3; self by feigning dullness J1675.7; uncivil answer (by cobold) F481.1. - Animal a. injury B857; blood-brethren a. each other P312.2; brothers a. each other P251.3.1; external soul a. murder E710.2; faithful servant a. master P361.6; foster brothers a. each other P273.1.1; friends a. each other P310.2; girl in man's clothes a. father K1837.4; god a. self on giant A162.5; prophecy on a. own death M322; quest a. king H1228.1; return from dead for a. E234.3; sister a. brother's death P253.5; son a. father P233.6; tournament a. king P561.2; woman a. scorned love T71.2.

Aversion Aversion of Evil Eye D2071.1ff.; of fairy spell by turning coat F385.1; of woman to marriage T311.

Aves Aves. - Efficacy of saying A. V254ff.; Virgin Mary refuses to help wife against her rival who has always said her A. T285.

Avis Avis J1154.1.

Avoidance Avoidance of devil's power G303.16ff.; of evil spirits at childbirth T582.1; of fatigue by magic D2032; of men by young sparrows J13; of others' power J640ff.; of places which have been fatal to others J644; of all pronouns in the tale Z15; of prophecy fulfillment M391.1; of punishment J1180ff.; of religious ceremonies by witches G285; of things harmful by nature J656; of shrewish wife T251.1; of wild hunt E501.17.5ff.

Awake Awake. - Driving insane by keeping a. S191; he who lies a. gains J21.41.3.

Awakening Awakening of dead after three days E489.1; of fearless hero by cold water H1441; in morning by magic ring D1317.5.2; of sleeper forbidden since soul is absent E721.1.1; of sleepers prevented by hand-of-glory D1575.1. - Friar a. girl for seduction K1354.3.1.

Away Away. - Guardian enticed a. K629.2; impregnation from far a. husband T539.5; ogre vulnerable only if face turned a. Z315.

Awkward Awkward servant J2665.

Awl Awl, magic *D1187.

Axe Axe becomes golden D475.1.17; dropped in water: modest choice Q3.1; in stump removed by finger F614.2.3; thrown at one animal misses, kills another N337.3; turns into tiger D1594.5. - Boot mistaken for a. sheath J1772.11; breaking iron with wooden a. H1116.2; cat in wood-pile prevents a. from cutting D2186; cutting rocks with brass a. H1116.1; extraordinary a. F837; finger becomes a. handle D457.9; two giants with one a. G151; god with a. A137.1.1; identification by a. H131; iron a. becomes silver D475.3.4; magic a. *D1206; man invulnerable from a. D1841.5.3; milk transferred from another's cow by a. handle D2083.3.1; murder by a. S139.4; origin of the a. A1446.2; quest for a. which sticks in beam outside a tower H1338; man searches for a. which he carries on shoulders J2025.1; sight of wild hunt causes one to stick a. or knife in food E501.18.9; soul in a. E711.14; squaring lumber without blunting a. H1199.13; teeth like a. heads F531.2.12; tooth becomes a. head D457.8; tree cut down with a. for which it has furnished a handle U162.

Axeman Axeman, skillful F666ff.; (lie) X986.

Axes Axes ground on rolling boulders X1012.1; thrown away J2171.4. - Animal killed by a. left in tree K897.2; father ties a. to fool abandoned daughter S338.

Axle Axle. - Carrying a wagon a. which has broken a wheel (task) H1183; crooked a. accused H659.18.1.

Ay ay Ay ay. - Buying eggs and a. H1185.1.

Ayikha Ayikha bush. - Why a. is firmly rooted A2774.1.

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