Motif-Index of Folk-Literature

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  1. object will fit only one thing (or person)
  2. objects with mistaken identity
  3. occasional cannibalism
  4. occasional cannibalism
  5. occasional cannibalism – deliberate
  6. officiousness or foolish questions rebuked
  7. offspring of marriage to animal
  8. ogre (large animal) overawed
  9. ogre abducts person
  10. ogre deceived into releasing prisoner
  11. ogre deceived into self-injury
  12. ogre defeated
  13. ogre defeated
  14. ogre killed, maimed, or captured
  15. ogre otherwise subdued
  16. ogre overawed
  17. ogres
  18. ogres
  19. ogres with characteristic methods
  20. ogres with monstrous features
  21. ogres – miscellaneous
  22. ogre’s relative aids hero
  23. one absurdity rebukes another
  24. one animal mistaken for another
  25. one man’s food is another man’s poison
  26. one thing mistaken for another
  27. one thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous
  28. oracular animals
  29. ordaining of human life – miscellaneous
  30. ordaining the future
  31. ordeals
  32. ordering of human life
  33. origin of amphibian
  34. origin of amphibians and other animal forms
  35. origin of animal characteristics: body covering
  36. origin of animal characteristics: face
  37. origin of animal characteristics: head
  38. origin of animal characteristics: trunk
  39. origin of customs
  40. origin of customs connected with birth
  41. origin of customs of courtship and marriage
  42. origin of different classes – social and professional
  43. origin of eating customs
  44. origin of flowers
  45. origin of hunting and fishing customs
  46. origin of laws
  47. origin of mental and moral characteristics
  48. origin of miscellaneous animal forms
  49. origin of night and day
  50. origin of other bodies of water
  51. origin of other customs
  52. origin of other plant forms
  53. origin of particular places
  54. origin of particular stars
  55. origin of plant characteristics
  56. origin of plants
  57. origin of regulations within the family
  58. origin of religious ceremonials
  59. origin of rocks and stones
  60. origin of sex functions
  61. origin of social ceremonials
  62. origin of streams
  63. origin of the creator
  64. origin of the culture hero (demigod)
  65. origin of the gods
  66. origin of the land
  67. origin of the seas
  68. origin of trees and plants
  69. origin of tribal subdivisions
  70. origin of various plant characteristics
  71. origin of various plants and trees
  72. origin of various tribes
  73. origin of water features – general
  74. origin tabu
  75. other absurd disregard of facts
  76. other absurd scientific theories
  77. other accidental encounters
  78. other animal characteristics
  79. other animals with human traits
  80. other aspects of married life
  81. other aspects of wisdom
  82. other aspects of wisdom or foolishness
  83. other automatic objects
  84. other bargains
  85. other bluffs
  86. other characteristics of fairies
  87. other characteristics of magic objects
  88. other characteristics of magic power
  89. other cheats
  90. other choices
  91. other circumstances of quests
  92. other compulsions
  93. other contests won by deception
  94. other cruel persecutions
  95. other cruel relatives
  96. other deceits connected with adultery
  97. other deceptions
  98. other deceptions
  99. other deceptions in the payment of debt
  100. other deceptive bargains
  101. other deceptive captures
  102. other destructive magic powers
  103. other extraordinary events
  104. other extraordinary human beings
  105. other extraordinary objects and places
  106. other fanciful traits of animals
  107. other fatal deceits
  108. other favorable traits of character
  109. other forms of the soul
  110. other forms of transformation
  111. other formulistic motifs
  112. other good qualities rewarded
  113. other habits of animals
  114. other helpful animals
  115. other impostures
  116. other indications of chastity
  117. other judgments and decrees
  118. other land features
  119. other logical absurdities
  120. other logical absurdities
  121. other lucky accidents
  122. other magic animals
  123. other malevolent revenants
  124. other manifestations of magic power
  125. other marriage tests
  126. other marvelous powers
  127. other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge)
  128. other means of creating the universe
  129. other means of creation of earth
  130. other means of escape
  131. other means of resuscitation
  132. other means of theft
  133. other motifs dealing with cannibals.
  134. other mythical animals
  135. other ogre motifs
  136. other ogres
  137. other ogres
  138. other permanent magic characteristics
  139. other physical disabilities
  140. other plant characteristics
  141. other promises
  142. other prophecies
  143. other reasons for friendly return from the dead
  144. other relatives
  145. other riddles
  146. other sacred objects connected with worship
  147. other sacred persons
  148. other short-sighted acts
  149. other social orders
  150. other social orders – miscellaneous
  151. other social relationships
  152. other speaking tabus
  153. other spirits and demons
  154. other symbols
  155. other tabus in connection with sacred beings
  156. other tall tales
  157. other temporary magic characteristics
  158. other tests
  159. other tests of truth
  160. other trades and professions
  161. other types of plant origins
  162. other unique exceptions
  163. other unlucky accidents.
  164. other vigilance tests
  165. other villains and traitors
  166. other vows and oaths
  167. other wagers
  168. otherworld journeys
  169. otherworld – miscellaneous motifs
  170. overweening ambition punished
  171. overweening punished
  172. ownership of magic objects