Motif-Index of Folk-Literature

  1. tabu
  2. tabu confined to one sex
  3. tabu connected with childbirth
  4. tabu connected with husband’s or wife’s relatives
  5. tabu connected with marriage
  6. tabu connected with menses
  7. tabu connected with puberty
  8. tabu connected with supernatural beings
  9. tabu: asking questions
  10. tabu: attending toilet needs
  11. tabu: boasting
  12. tabu: buying, selling, etc.
  13. tabu: calling on ogre or destructive animal
  14. tabu: contact with supernatural
  15. tabu: doing deed of mercy or courtesy
  16. tabu: drinking
  17. tabu: drinking at certain place
  18. tabu: drinking certain things
  19. tabu: eating (general)
  20. tabu: eating at certain time
  21. tabu: eating certain things
  22. tabu: eating food of certain person
  23. tabu: eating in certain place
  24. tabu: finding certain secret
  25. tabu: heeding persuasive person or thing
  26. tabu: kissing
  27. tabu: looking at certain person or thing
  28. tabu: looking in certain direction
  29. tabu: looking into certain receptacle
  30. tabu: miscellaneous eating and drinking tabus
  31. tabu: offending other sacred beings
  32. tabu: offending spirits of water, mountain, etc.
  33. tabu: offending supernatural relative
  34. tabu: offending the gods
  35. tabu: other vocal expressions
  36. tabu: overweening pride
  37. tabu: partaking of the one forbidden object
  38. tabu: profanely calling up spirit (devil, etc.)
  39. tabu: resting
  40. tabu: sexual intercourse
  41. tabu: the one forbidden time
  42. tabu: things not to be done by certain class
  43. tabu: touching
  44. tabu: touching
  45. tabu: touching (miscellaneous)
  46. tabu: touching ground
  47. tabu: touching tree (plant)
  48. tabu: uttering secrets
  49. tabus connected with other-world journeys
  50. taking of vows and oaths
  51. talkative fools
  52. tall tales about miscellaneous objects
  53. tasks imposed
  54. tasks requiring miraculous speed
  55. tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying
  56. teacher and pupil
  57. tedious punishments
  58. tedious tasks
  59. temporary magic characteristics
  60. test of cleverness or ability
  61. test of guilt or innocence
  62. test: vigil at tomb
  63. tests
  64. tests connected with marriage
  65. tests in guessing
  66. tests of character
  67. tests of character
  68. tests of cleverness
  69. tests of endurance
  70. tests of endurance and power of survival
  71. tests of fear
  72. tests of guilt or innocence
  73. tests of power to survive
  74. tests of prowess: quests
  75. tests of prowess: tasks
  76. tests of truth
  77. tests of vigilance
  78. thankful fools
  79. the capriciousness of luck
  80. the cheater cheated
  81. the dead
  82. the earth
  83. the easy problem made hard
  84. the family
  85. the family
  86. the gods in general
  87. the good gifts of fortune
  88. the heavenly lights
  89. the heavens
  90. the learning of fear
  91. the lower world
  92. the moon
  93. the nature of life
  94. the nature of sin
  95. the one compulsory thing
  96. the one compulsory thing
  97. the one forbidden place
  98. the one forbidden thing
  99. the planets (comets, etc.)
  100. the power of habit
  101. the present preferred to the past
  102. the scorned lover
  103. the soul
  104. the soul
  105. the stars
  106. the sun
  107. the universe
  108. the universe as a whole
  109. the unpromising surpasses the promising
  110. the unquiet grave
  111. the unsolved problem: enigmatic ending of tale
  112. the upper world
  113. the virgin mary
  114. the ways of luck and fate
  115. the wise and the foolish
  116. theft from fairies
  117. theft from ogre
  118. thefts
  119. thefts and cheats
  120. thefts and cheats – general
  121. thief escapes detection
  122. thief loses his goods or is detected
  123. things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc.
  124. time tabu
  125. topographical features if the earth
  126. topography – general considerations
  127. trades and professions
  128. trades and professions
  129. tragic love
  130. traits of character
  131. traits of character -- miscellaneous
  132. traits of character – miscellaneous
  133. transformation
  134. transformation and disenchantment at will
  135. transformation by breaking tabu
  136. transformation by eating or drinking
  137. transformation by putting on skin, clothing, etc.
  138. transformation by various means
  139. transformation for breaking tabu
  140. transformation man to mammal
  141. transformation of man to different man
  142. transformation through power of the word
  143. transformation to likeness of another person
  144. transformation to person of different race
  145. transformation to person of different sex
  146. transformation to person of different social class
  147. transformation: animal to object
  148. transformation: animal to person
  149. transformation: bird to person
  150. transformation: domestic beast (mammal) to person
  151. transformation: fish to man
  152. transformation: insect to person
  153. transformation: mammal to person
  154. transformation: man to animal
  155. transformation: man to bird
  156. transformation: man to different man – miscellaneous
  157. transformation: man to domestic beast (mammal)
  158. transformation: man to fish
  159. transformation: man to insect
  160. transformation: man to manufactured object
  161. transformation: man to mineral form
  162. transformation: man to object
  163. transformation: man to object – miscellaneous
  164. transformation: man to reptiles and miscellaneous animals
  165. transformation: man to vegetable form
  166. transformation: man to wild beast (mammal)
  167. transformation: material of object changed
  168. transformation: object to animal
  169. transformation: object to another object
  170. transformation: object to object
  171. transformation: object to person
  172. transformation: one animal to another
  173. transformation: reptiles and miscellaneous animals to persons
  174. transformation: wild beast (mammal) to person
  175. transportation to or from upper world
  176. treacherous churchmen
  177. treacherous impostors
  178. treacherous lovers
  179. treacherous murder of enemy’s children or charges
  180. treacherous officers and tradesmen
  181. treacherous relatives
  182. treacherous rivals
  183. treacherous servants
  184. treasure animals
  185. treasure animals – general
  186. treasure producing parts of animals
  187. treasure trove
  188. treasure trove
  189. treasure trove – miscellaneous motifs
  190. treatment of helpful animal – miscellaneous
  191. tree of life
  192. trickster outwits adulteress and paramour
  193. triumph of the weak
  194. triumph of the weak
  195. triumph of the weak – miscellaneous
  196. trouble-makers
  197. truth telling animals
  198. types of unpromising heroes (heroines)