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F900. F900. Extraordinary occurrences.
F900.1. F900.1. Miracles at certain times.
F900.1.1. F900.1.1. Wonders occur on Hallowe‘en. Irish myth: *Cross.
F900.1.2. F900.1.2. Miracles on first night of Passover. Jewish: *Neuman.
F900.2. F900.2. All miracles created by God at creation. Jewish: *Neuman.
F900.3. F900.3. Miracles cease.
F900.3.1. F900.3.1. Miracles in the desert come to an end with death of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. Jewish: Neuman.
F901. F901. Repeated death. (Cf. M341.2.4.2.)
F901.1. F901.1. Extraordinary threefold death: falling from rock and tree, drowning. Irish myth: *Cross.
F901.1.1. F901.1.1. Extraordinary threefold death: wounding, burning, drowning. Irish myth: Cross.
F901.2. F901.2. Extraordinary twofold death: burning, drowning. Irish myth: *Cross.
F910. F910. Extraordinary swallowings. *Plenzat Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. ”Fressmärchen“; Irish: Plummer I clxxvi; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 428; West Indies: Flowers 436.
F911. F911. Person (animal) swallowed without killing. Icelandic: *Boberg.
F911.1. F911.1. Men swallow men.
F911.1.1. F911.1.1. God swallows his wife and incorporates her into his own being. (Cf. F1034.2.) Greek: Fox 156, 170, Grote I 9f.
F911.2. F911.2. Animals swallow animals. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 371, (Mpongwe): Nassau 34 No. 4.
F911.2.1. F911.2.1. Raven dwells inside a whale. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 465.
F911.3. F911.3. Animal swallows man (not fatally). *Types 123, 333, 700; Fb ”kat“ II 108b; Saintyves Perrault 227ff.; Persian: Carnoy 302; Hindu: Penzer IX 49.
F911.3.1. F911.3.1. Thumbling swallowed by animals. (Cf. F914.2.) *Type 700; BP I 389.
F911.3.2. F911.3.2. Winged serpent as boat: passengers within. Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447.
F911.3.3. F911.3.3. Animal with men in its belly playing cards, etc. Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447 n. 81.
F911.3.4. F911.3.4. Frog eats a rat, a baker, a man, and a horse. India: Thompson-Balys.
F911.4. F911.4. Jonah. Fish (or water monster) swallows a man. *Frazer Old Testament III 82; *H. Schmidt Jona 127f.; *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Clouston Tales I 403ff. – Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8, Rotunda; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas@2 IV 27, 275, *Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 87; India: *Thompson-Balys, *Penzer II 193, VI 154 n. 3, Keith 173; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 261; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia): Dixon 69, De Vries‘s list No. 211; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 443; Marquesas: Handy 137; S. A. Indian (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 313.
F911.4.1. F911.4.1. Fish swallows ship. Hindu: Tawney II 599.
F911.4.1.1. F911.4.1.1. Party in canoe swallowed by great clam. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 260.
F911.4.1.2. F911.4.1.2. Serpent swallows canoe and occupant. Am. Indian (Ladino, Honduras and Nicaragua): Conzemius BBAE CVI 169.
F911.5. F911.5. Giant swallows man. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17.
F911.5.1. F911.5.1. Man builds boat and sails about in giant‘s belly. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17.
F911.6. F911.6. All-swallowing monster. Has whole towns of people and buildings, etc. inside. Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8 (fish); Africa: Werner African 198, (Zulu): Callaway 55, 78ff., 85ff., 192, 325, 332, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 139f., 176, (Mpongwe): Nassau 34, 46 Nos. 4, 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 70 No. 11, 76 No. 12, 122 No. 17, 214 No. 31, (Ibo Nigeria): Thomas 115, 203 No. 1.
F911.6.1. F911.6.1. Toad (as man) swallows all women’s earthenware. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685.
F911.7. F911.7. Serpent swallows man. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686.
F912. F912. Victim kills swallower from within. Herbert III 196; Oesterley No. 251; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 86; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 291; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 159; Africa: Werner African 199.
F912.1. F912.1. Victim kills swallower from within by burning. *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Hartland Perseus III 15; Finnish: Kalevala rune 17; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia): Dixon 69; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 332ff.
F912.2. F912.2. Victim kills swallower from within by cutting. Irish myth: *Cross; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 55; New Hebrides: Codrington 365; Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 503; Marquesas: ibid 502; S. A. Indian (Eastern Brazil): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 434; Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 60, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 176, (Basuto): Jacottet 122.
F912.3. F912.3. Swallowed person eats on swallower‘s liver (heart) until disgorged. (Cf. F914, F915.1.) India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 140.
F912.3.1. F912.3.1. Swallowed person tickles serpent’s throat and is disgorged. India: Thompson-Balys.
F913. F913. Victims rescued from swallower‘s belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) *Types 123, 333, 450, 700; *BP I 37, 40, 389; *Penzer VI 154 n. 3; Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Saintyves Perrault 227ff. – Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas@2 I 165, 372; Persian: Carnoy 302; Hindu: Keith 173; India: *Thompson-Balys; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia, Australia): Dixon 69, 296; Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 175; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 159a; S. A. Indian (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 313, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686; Africa: Werner African 221, (Zulu): Callaway 55, 78ff., 85ff., 325, 332, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 142, 176, (Basuto): Jacottet 72, 76, 214 Nos. 11, 12, 31; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270 No. 82.
F913.1. F913.1. Smith swallowed by water-monster and rescued by saint. Irish myth: *Cross.
F913.2. F913.2. Deity lights a great fire, and all the children ogress has devoured come out of it. India: Thompson-Balys.
F914. F914. Person swallowed and disgorged. *Frazer Old Testament III 82; *H. Schmidt Jona 127f.; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; Babylonian: Spence 87; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: De Vries’s list No. 211; West Indies: Flowers 436.
F914.1. F914.1. Princess stands in middle of dried-up tank so serpent will release the water, which he had swallowed up completely. India: Thompson-Balys.
F914.2. F914.2. Buffalo sucks hero with water it is drinking and throws him up again in game of hide-and-seek. (Cf. F911.3.1.) India: Thompson-Balys.
F914.3. F914.3. Tigress swallows abandoned baby again and again, but it comes out from behind. India: Thompson-Balys.
F915. F915. Victim speaks from swallower‘s body. *Type 700; BP I 389; Alphabet No. 335; Irish: Plummer cxliii; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8; Indonesia: De Vries’s list No. 58; West Indies: Flowers 436ff.
F915.1. F915.1. Victim pecks on swallower’s stomach. (Cf. F912.3.) Bird eaten by king pecks on his stomach. King vomits and bird escapes. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 37 No. 244; Japanese: Ikeda.
F916. F916. One animal jumps through body of another.
F916.1. F916.1. Monkey jumps through body of tiger. Indonesia: De Vries‘s list No. 46.
F916.2. F916.2. Whelp leaps through body of hound. Irish myth: Cross.
F917. F917. Monster swallows people through anus. India: Thompson-Balys.
F921. F921. Swallowed person becomes bald. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 132, 437; Tuamotu: ibid 503; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 159b.
F921.1. F921.1. Swallowed person becomes boneless. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686.
F922. F922. Swallowed person bereft of clothing. Irish myth: *Cross.
F923. F923. Tent-house folded and swallowed as means of carrying it. Africa (Benga): Nassau 208ff. No. 33.
F929. F929. Extraordinary swallowings – miscellaneous.
F929.1. F929.1. Elephant allows jackal to quench his thirst by entering through his mouth to his stomach. India: Thompson-Balys.
F929.2. F929.2. Man swallows reptiles. Jewish: Neuman.
F929.2.1. F929.2.1. Person unwittingly swallows snake, which kills him. India: Thompson-Balys.
F930. F930. Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters.
F930.1. F930.1. Book dropped in water by saint not wet. *Loomis White Magic 39f. – Irish: Plummer cxxxviii, *Cross.
F930.1.0.1. F930.1.0.1. Dashing sea does not touch saint’s cowl. (Cf. D1067.3.1, F931.3.) Irish myth: Cross.
F930.1.0.2. F930.1.0.2. Robe sent to saint on stream not wet. (Cf. D1052.) Irish myth: Cross.
F930.2. F930.2. Waters rise to drown wrongdoer. Irish myth: *Cross.
F930.3. F930.3. Water sinks to bottom, mud rises to surface to keep prophet from drowning. Jewish: *Neuman.
F930.4. F930.4. Waters transformed to blood for Egyptians but not for Hebrews. (Cf. D474.) Jewish: *Neuman.
F930.5. F930.5. Water stops flowing when no longer needed. Jewish: Neuman.
F930.6. F930.6. Water chants song. (Cf. D1614.4, F931.12.) Jewish: *Neuman.
F930.7. F930.7. Waters dissolve mill-stones. Jewish: *Neuman.
F930.8. F930.8. Chewed nut spread on waters clarifies them. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 436.
F931. F931. Extraordinary occurrence connected with sea.
F931.1. F931.1. Sea rises and changes place. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 89.
F931.1.1. F931.1.1. Sea rises at saint‘s command. Irish myth: Cross.
F931.2. F931.2. Fish disappear from sea. Punishment for woman’s having washed a child with a fish. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 90; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 90.
F931.3. F931.3. Sea does not encroach on burial place of saint. (Cf. F930.1.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross.
F931.3.1. F931.3.1. Sea behaves like solid earth when man is buried in it. Irish myth: *Cross.
F931.4. F931.4. Extraordinary behavior of waves. Irish myth: *Cross.
F931.4.1. F931.4.1. Waves reverberate at preparation for battle. Irish myth: Cross.
F931.4.2. F931.4.2. Waves moan (shriek) during battle. Irish myth: *Cross.
F931.5. F931.5. Extraordinary shipwreck in calm weather. Icelandic: *Boberg.
F931.6. F931.6. Fishing under sea. Irish myth: *Cross.
F931.7. F931.7. Sea changes color. German: Grimm No. 19; Jewish: *Neuman.
F931.8. F931.8. Sea fettered. Icelandic: *Boberg.
F931.9. F931.9. Passing through sea unscathed. (Cf. D1551.) Jewish: *Neuman.
F931.9.1. F931.9.1. Waters of sea arch over people like a vault. (Cf. F932.2.) Jewish: *Neuman.
F931.9.2. F931.9.2. Sea yields people whatever they desire. Jewish: *Neuman.
F931.9.2.1. F931.9.2.1. Sea flows sweet water. Jewish: Neuman.
F931.9.2.2. F931.9.2.2. Sea bears fruits. Jewish: Neuman.
F931.9.3. F931.9.3. Paths open up in sea for each tribe (one for each of Israel‘s tribes). Jewish: *Neuman.
F931.10. F931.10. Sea piles up to height of sixteen hundred miles. Jewish: Neuman.
F931.11. F931.11. Speaking sea. (Cf. D1610, F932.12.) Jewish: *Neuman.
F931.12. F931.12. Seas sing hymns of praise. (Cf. F930.6.) Jewish: Neuman.
F932. F932. Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers.
F932.1. F932.1. River pursues fugitive. Fb ”å“ III 1187a; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 209 n. 8; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 63.
F932.2. F932.2. River arches over saint’s body like a vault. (Cf. F931.9.1, V220.) *Ward Catalogue II 640 No. 17; Crane Miraculis 104 No. 40.
F932.3. F932.3. Stream becomes hot in which saint performs his ascetic devotions. Irish: Plummer cxxxviii.
F932.4. F932.4. Well of oil runs into river. Miracle. Alphabet No. 550.
F932.5. F932.5. River acts as messenger.
F932.5.1. F932.5.1. River carries object to saint. Irish myth: Cross.
F932.6. F932.6. River ceases to flow. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
F932.6.1. F932.6.1. River dries up for a day. Irish myth: Cross.
F932.6.2. F932.6.2. River dries up its waters out of sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys.
F932.6.3. F932.6.3. In dead of night waters of stream cease flowing and stand perfectly still. India: Thompson-Balys.
F932.7. F932.7. River boils. Irish myth: Cross.
F932.7.1. F932.7.1. River boils when ashes of hearts are cast into it. Irish myth: *Cross.
F932.8. F932.8. River rises and overflows.
F932.8.1. F932.8.1. River rises to prevent body’s being carried over it against dying man‘s wish. Irish myth: Cross.
F932.8.2. F932.8.2. River rises to prevent advance of army. Irish myth: *Cross.
F932.8.2.1. F932.8.2.1. River rises to prevent meeting of hostile armies. Irish myth: *Cross.
F932.8.3. F932.8.3. River rises to prevent escape of thieves. Irish myth: Cross.
F932.8.4. F932.8.4. Treacherous river overflows and drowns victims. Irish myth: Cross.
F932.8.5. F932.8.5. Shallow river rushes up to drown man. India: Thompson-Balys.
F932.8.6. F932.8.6. River piles up to a height of three hundred miles. Jewish: Neuman.
F932.9. F932.9. Ford across impassable river created by saint. Irish myth: Cross.
F932.10. F932.10. River divides into two parts after rape in its bed. India: Thompson-Balys.
F932.11. F932.11. Firelike waters of river used by strange beings to cook flesh. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 171.
F932.12. F932.12. Speaking river (brook). (Cf. D1614.4, F930.6, F931.11.) Jewish: Neuman.
F933. F933. Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs.
F933.1. F933.1. Miraculous spring bursts forth for holy person. Dh II 26; *Toldo VI 310ff.; Saintyves Le Miracle de l’apparition des eaux dans ses relations avec les liturgies païennes et chrétiennes (Revue de l‘Université de Bruxelles, 1912, 265 – 94); Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman.
F933.1.1. F933.1.1. Spring bursts forth where saint spills water from his bell. Irish myth: *Cross.
F933.1.2. F933.1.2. Magic spring flows from roots of tree at command of Jesus. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
F933.1.3. F933.1.3. Well rises so holy person does not have to draw from it. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys.
F933.1.3.1. F933.1.3.1. Well rises so maiden can draw without exerting herself. Jewish: *Neuman.
F933.1.3.2. F933.1.3.2. Well rises for pious man’s sheep. Jewish: *Neuman.
F933.2. F933.2. Dry spring restored by removal of certain stone. Christiansen FFC XXIV 87.
F933.3. F933.3. At certain time sheep thrown into well become crimson. Irish myth: Cross.
F933.4. F933.4. Severed head of impious man in well causes water to become bitter during part of each day. Irish myth: *Cross.
F933.5. F933.5. Rushes uprooted reveal spring. Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule.
F933.6. F933.6. Spring miraculously breaks forth against wrongdoer. Irish myth: *Cross.
F933.6.1. F933.6.1. Desecrated well overflows. Irish myth: *Cross.
F933.7. F933.7. Well floods when gazed upon until mass is said over it. Irish myth: Cross.
F933.8. F933.8. Bones of bird constantly thrown up from well. Irish myth: Cross.
F934. F934. Extraordinary occurrences connected with lakes. Irish myth: Cross.
F934.1. F934.1. Gravel rises from bottom as hero enters lake. Irish myth: *Cross.
F934.2. F934.2. Lake rises from bramble bush. Irish myth: Cross.
F934.3. F934.3. Lake petrifies wood. Irish myth: Cross.
F934.4. F934.4. Lake disappears. Irish myth: Cross.
F934.5. F934.5. When dead man‘s body is thrown into lake, water turns pitch black and all living creatures therein die. India: Thompson-Balys.
F935. F935. Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank).
F935.1. F935.1. Huge tank has no water in spite of plentiful rains. India: Thompson-Balys.
F935.2. F935.2. Ice forms while fish leaps from pool. Irish: O’Suilleabhain 74.
F940. F940. Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance. *Fb ”synke“; Icelandic: Örvar-Odds saga 136; Þorsteinssaga Vikingssona 417, 421, 432; Ásmundarsaga Kappabana (Zwei Fornaldarsogur ed. F. Detter, Halle a. S. 1891) 82; Göngu Hrólfssaga 330, 339; Sörla saga sterka (FAS III) 440, 444, 446; Hjálmthèrssaga ok Ölvis 471; Chinese: Graham.
F941. F941. Building sinks into earth. Irish: *Cross, O‘Suilleabhain 79; Jewish: *Neuman.
F941.1. F941.1. Castle sinks into earth. Wesselski Märchen 200; Jewish: Neuman.
F941.2. F941.2. Church sinks underground.
F941.2.1. F941.2.1. Church sinks: song heard from underground. *Fb ”kirke“ IV 258b; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 87; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 134 No. 87.
F941.2.2. F941.2.2. Church and congregation sink to bottom of sea. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 86**; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 134 No. 86.
F941.2.3. F941.2.3. Temple swallowed by earth. Jewish: Neuman.
F941.3. F941.3. Tower sinks into earth.
F941.3.1. F941.3.1. Unfinished Tower of Babel sinks into earth. (Cf. F772.1.) Jewish: Neuman.
F942. F942. Man sinks into earth. U.S.: Baughman; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 372, Rasmussen III 185, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 182; West Indies: Flowers 438.
F942.1. F942.1. Ground opens and swallows up person. Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 327; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 63 (Althaimenes), 227 (Persephone), Frazer Apollodorus II 241 n. 5; Jewish: *Neuman; Africa: Werner African 200.
F942.1.1. F942.1.1. Ground opens to hide fugitive. U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 28.
F942.2. F942.2. Ground cut from under adversary. Irish myth: *Cross.
F942.2.1. F942.2.1. Adversary pushed into ground. Irish myth: *Cross.
F942.3. F942.3. Earth opens at man’s command. India: Thompson-Balys.
F942.3.1. F942.3.1. Earth opens at woman‘s bidding to enclose her. India: Thompson-Balys.
F943. F943. Sinking into mud in duel. Icelandic: Boberg; Czech: Tille FFC XXXIV 96; Lithuanian: Leskien-Brugmann 385 No. 10, 557 No. 14; Greek: Hahn Griechische und albanesische Märchen II 273; Egyptian: Maspero Contes populaire de l’Egypte ancienne (Paris, 1882) 191; Africa: Meinhof Afrikanische 78, Frobenius Atlantis X 212.
F943.1. F943.1. Man sinks into stone. Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 98.
F944. F944. City sinks in the sea. Schmersel Die Sage von der versunkenen Stadt; Schütte Danske Studier (1925) 117; Le Braz Légende de la Mort (Paris, 1902); **Smyser Harward Studies and Notes Phil. and Lit. XV (1933) 49ff.; England: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3610.
F944.1. F944.1. City sinks in sea or lake as punishment. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman.
F944.2. F944.2. Ancient homeland sinks beneath the waves. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 75.
F944.3. F944.3. Island sinks into sea. Tonga: Gifford 185.
F944.4. F944.4. Earth splits and plain sinks to become bottom of lake when tabu is broken. Africa (Congo): Johnson Grenfell 817.
F945. F945. Person gradually submerged by sea. India: *Thompson-Balys.
F947. F947. Ground opens and swallows forest. Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman.
F948. F948. Object sinks into earth.
F948.1. F948.1. Ground opens and swallows heathen idols. Irish myth: *Cross.
F948.1.1. F948.1.1. Earth swallows up Temple vessels. Jewish: Neuman.
F948.2. F948.2. Ground opens and swallows other object. Irish myth: Cross; Chinese: Graham.
F948.3. F948.3. Magic object sinks into earth. Irish myth: Cross.
F948.4. F948.4. Extraordinary sword sinks into earth after use. Icelandic: Boberg.
F948.5. F948.5. City is buried under sand. England: *Baughman.
F949. F949. Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance – miscellaneous.
F949.1. F949.1. Animal sinks into earth. Irish myth: Cross.
F949.1.1. F949.1.1. Ground opens and swallows demoniac wasps. Irish myth: Cross.
F949.2. F949.2. Man falls underground through hole. Chinese: Graham.
F950. F950. Marvelous cures. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys.
F950.1. F950.1. Sickness cured by napkin of Veronica. English: Wells 156 (Temporale).
F950.2. F950.2. Extreme anger as cure for sickness. (Cf. F955.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 358; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller.
F950.2.1. F950.2.1. Wife cures self of catarrh by calling to husband fondling maid at bedside. Heptameron No. 71.
F950.3. F950.3. Measuring sick as means of cure. Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 151; England, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman.
F950.4. F950.4. Sickness (madness) cured by coition. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 55, 90; Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
F950.5. F950.5. Extreme fear as cure for sickness. Irish myth: *Cross.
F950.6. F950.6. Sucking through tubes heals wounds. (Cf. F959.3.) Irish myth: Cross.
F950.7. F950.7. Marvelous cure without seeing person. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
F950.8. F950.8. Princess cured by seeing her lost lover dance. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/10).
F950.9. F950.9. Healing by sprinkling water and replacing flesh. Chinese: Graham.
F952. F952. Blindness miraculously cured. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. ”aveugle“; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 25.
F952.0.1. F952.0.1. Sight miraculously restored while poet writes hymn (poem). Irish myth: *Cross.
F952.0.2. F952.0.2. Blinded prince forces goddess to give him back his sight. India: *Thompson-Balys.
F952.1. F952.1. Blindness cured by tears. *Type 310; BP I 97, 99.
F952.2. F952.2. Blindness healed by sun’s rays. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 32.
F952.3. F952.3. Blindness cured by rubbing sand on eyes. India: Thompson-Balys.
F952.3.1. F952.3.1. Blindness cured by striking eyes. (Cf. F953.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/931).
F952.3.1.1. F952.3.1.1. Blindness cured by striking eyes with shell. Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24.
F952.3.2. F952.3.2. Blindness cured by rubbing eyes with flower. India: Thompson-Balys.
F952.4. F952.4. Blindness cured by striking head violently on tree. India: Thompson-Balys.
F952.5. F952.5. Blindness cured by application of chicken dung. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24.
F952.6. F952.6. Blindness cured by drop of water from side of crucified Saviour. Irish myth: *Cross.
F952.7. F952.7. Eyes restored by bathing in lake (spring). Irish myth: *Cross.
F953. F953. Cripple marvelously cured. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys.
F953.1. F953.1. Hunchback cured by having hump severely beaten. India: *Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 233; Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24.
F954. F954. Dumb person brought to speak. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 438.
F954.1. F954.1. Thread under dumb man’s tongue cut. This permits him to speak. Dickson 217.
F954.2. F954.2. Dumbness cured by question.
F954.2.1. F954.2.1. Dumb princess is brought to speech by tale ending with a question to be solved. *Type 945; BP III 53ff.; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 534.
F954.2.2. F954.2.2. Dumbness cured by saint‘s question. Irish myth: Cross.
F954.3. F954.3. Fainting brings recovery of speech. English: Wells 137 (Sir Gowther).
F954.4. F954.4. Chilli plant so hot it causes dumb man to speak: thus discovered for eating. India: Thompson-Balys.
F954.4.1. F954.4.1. Flea (magic) enters princess’ throat and helps hero make her speak. India: Thompson-Balys.
F954.5. F954.5. Person made to speak by warning of danger. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
F955. F955. Miraculous cure for leprosy. Rage at hearing for first time of Christ‘s passion causes cure. (Cf. F950.3.) Irish: Beal XXI 306; English: Wells 155 (Temporale).
F955.1. F955.1. Blood-bath as cure for leprosy. (Cf. F872.3.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
F956. F956. Extraordinary diagnosis. Irish myth: *Cross.
F956.1. F956.1. Detailed diagnosis by feeling pulse. *Chauvin V 136 No. 64.
F956.2. F956.2. Illegitimacy of child discovered by urinalysis. *Campbell Sages lxxxiv (Medicus).
F956.3. F956.3. Diagnosis based on smoke rising from house of sick. Irish myth: *Cross.
F956.4. F956.4. Physician, by examining wound can tell whether it was inflicted by a man or a woman and describe him or her in detail. Irish myth: *Cross.
F957. F957. Cure by physician’s imitating sick man‘s actions. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 360.
F958. F958. Mountebank undertakes to bring the city’s incurables back to health. Effects marvelous cures. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
F959. F959. Marvelous cures – miscellaneous.
F959.1. F959.1. Madness miraculously cured.
F959.1.1. F959.1.1. Senses regained when person speaks his name. Irish myth: Cross.
F959.2. F959.2. Cross-eyes straighted when hero sets head of slain opponent upon his own. Irish myth: Cross.
F959.2.1. F959.2.1. Deformity cured by waves of sea. Irish myth: Cross.
F959.3. F959.3. Miraculous cure of wound.
F959.3.1. F959.3.1. Dreadful wound healed. Irish myth: *Cross.
F959.3.2. F959.3.2. Gaping wound closed with slab of wood. Irish myth: Cross.
F959.3.3. F959.3.3. Wounds healed by bath of marrow. Irish myth: Cross.
F959.3.4. F959.3.4. Weapon (missile) miraculously removed.
F959.3.4.1. F959.3.4.1. Saint‘s palm over wound causes spearhead to come forth. Irish myth: Cross.
F959.3.5. F959.3.5. Fat of crow as remedy for king’s wounds. India: Thompson-Balys.
F959.4. F959.4. Paunch opened and fat taken out to cure stomach. Icelandic: Boberg.
F959.5. F959.5. Cure for deadly snake bite. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 679.
F959.6. F959.6. Marvelous cure for poison.
F959.6.1. F959.6.1. Enemy cured by poisoned cake he has sent to holy man in order to destroy him. India: Thompson-Balys.
F959.6.2. F959.6.2. Immunity to poison by eating poisons. (Mithridates.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 284.
F960. F960. Extraordinary nature phenomena – elements and weather.
F960.1. F960.1. Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of holy person (hero). *Dh II 11; Toldo I 327, 335; Irish: Plummer cxxxvii, *Cross; Jewish: Gaster Exempla 216 No. 141 (142); Alphabet Nos. 549, 552; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 682, 788, 969, II 325, 1014, 1245, 1339; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 71, 390.
F960.1.1. F960.1.1. Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of royalty. India: Thompson-Balys.
F960.1.1.1. F960.1.1.1. Thunder report at birth of king. (Cf. F968.) Irish myth: Cross.
F960.1.1.2. F960.1.1.2. Shower of gold and silver rains upon king‘s ship at birth of his children. India: Thompson-Balys.
F960.1.1.3. F960.1.1.3. Storm signs betray newly born child’s chiefly rank. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 428.
F960.1.2. F960.1.2. Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of hero. (Cf. T583, V222.) Jewish: *Neuman.
F960.1.2.1. F960.1.2.1. Extraordinary precipitation at birth of hero. (Cf. F962.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys.
F960.1.2.1.1. F960.1.2.1.1. Shower of lotuses at birth of hero. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 131.
F960.1.3. F960.1.3. Exhibition of lights at saint‘s birth. Loomis White Magic 21.
F960.1.4. F960.1.4. Bells ring without human hands when a saint is born. Loomis White Magic 23.
F960.1.5. F960.1.5. Extraordinary nature phenomena at rebirth: nine worlds tremble. India: Thompson-Balys.
F960.1.6. F960.1.6. When girl (princess) is born, earth is filled with light. India: Thompson-Balys.
F960.2. F960.2. Extraordinary nature phenomena at death of holy person (hero). Irish myth: *Cross.
F960.2.1. F960.2.1. Nature fruitless after death of hero. Irish myth: Cross.
F960.2.2. F960.2.2. Rainbow stretches from monastery to heaven at saint’s death. Irish myth: Cross.
F960.2.3. F960.2.3. Rock bursts into flames at hero‘s death. (Cf. F964.3.4.) Irish myth: Cross.
F960.2.4. F960.2.4. Great light appears on night of holy man’s death. Irish myth: *Cross.
F960.2.5. F960.2.5. Earthquake at death of important person.
F960.2.5.1. F960.2.5.1. Earthquake when good man is murdered. Icelandic: *Boberg.
F960.2.5.2. F960.2.5.2. Earthquake at witch‘s death. Icelandic: *Boberg.
F960.2.5.3. F960.2.5.3. Earthquake at dragon’s death. Icelandic: *Boberg.
F960.2.6. F960.2.6. Winter‘s day changes to summer’s day at saint‘s funeral. *Loomis White Magic 96.
F960.2.6.1. F960.2.6.1. Sun shines but two hours the day of hero’s funeral. Jewish: Neuman.
F960.3. F960.3. Extraordinary nature phenomena during furious battle. (Cf. F1084.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
F960.3.1. F960.3.1. Nature‘s lament at the Temple’s destruction. Jewish: *Neuman.
F960.4. F960.4. Extraordinary nature phenomena at anger of saint. Irish myth: Cross.
F960.5. F960.5. Extraordinary nature phenomena at prisoner‘s miraculous release. Irish myth: Cross.
F960.6. F960.6. Extraordinary nature phenomena on night of fratricide. (Cf. S73.1.) Irish myth: Cross.
F960.7. F960.7. Extraordinary nature phenomena at cruel treatment of innocent person. India: Thompson-Balys.
F960.8. F960.8. Extraordinary nature phenomena at moving of saint’s remains. India: Thompson-Balys.
F960.9. F960.9. Earthquake announces victorious return of hero after long absence. India: Thompson-Balys.
F960.10. F960.10. Extraordinary natural phenomena at giving of Tora at Mount Sinai. Jewish: Neuman.
F961. F961. Extraordinary behavior of heavenly bodies.
F961.0.1. F961.0.1. Several suns or moons appearing in sky simultaneously. Hatt Asiatic Influences 73 – 78.
F961.0.2. F961.0.2. Eclipse of sun and moon in God‘s proximity. Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.0.3. F961.0.3. Heavenly bodies lament. Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.0.3.1. F961.0.3.1. Sun, moon, and stars do not shine seven days, mourning Adam’s death. Jewish: Neuman.
F961.0.4. F961.0.4. God‘s praise chanted by the heavenly bodies. (Cf. A659.1, A767.) Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.0.5. F961.0.5. Heavenly bodies bear witness for and against man. Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.0.6. F961.0.6. Heavens bleed. Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.1. F961.1. Extraordinary behavior of sun. (Cf. F965.) Icelandic: Boberg.
F961.1.1. F961.1.1. Sun refuses to shine when murder is done. *BP II 531 n. 1. – Icelandic: Boberg.
F961.1.2. F961.1.2. Sun travels from west to east. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 164 n. 1; Jewish: Gaster Exempla 185 No. 2b, 201 No. 78, *Neuman.
F961.1.2.1. F961.1.2.1. Sun returns to sunrise to help sick man. Irish myth: Cross.
F961.1.3. F961.1.3. Several suns in sky.
F961.1.3.1. F961.1.3.1. Two suns shine in sky. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg.
F961.1.3.2. F961.1.3.2. Three suns shine in sky. Alphabet No. 552.
F961.1.4. F961.1.4. Sun warns man of approaching assassin. Africa (Fang): Trilles 94.
F961.1.5. F961.1.5. Sun shines during night. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.1.5.1. F961.1.5.1. Sun shines for twelve days and nights after death of holy person. Irish myth: *Cross.
F961.1.5.2. F961.1.5.2. Sun reappears after being set. Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.1.5.3. F961.1.5.3. Sun does not set. Jewish: Neuman.
F961.1.5.3.1. F961.1.5.3.1. Sunset delayed many hours. Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.1.6. F961.1.6. Sun does not shine on island of druidry. Irish myth: Cross.
F961.1.7. F961.1.7. Sun turned from one hour to another through the prayer of saint (Moses). Irish myth: *Cross.
F961.1.8. F961.1.8. Sun appears color of blood. Irish myth: Cross.
F961.1.9. F961.1.9. Eclipse of sun at important historical events. (Cf. A737.) Jewish: Neuman.
F961.1.10. F961.1.10. Sun sets early to hide fugitive. (Cf. R310.) Jewish: Neuman.
F961.2. F961.2. Extraordinary behavior of stars. Irish myth: *Cross.
F961.2.1. F961.2.1. Bright star indicates birth of holy person. *Toldo I 327; Matthew 2: 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Babylonian: Spence 53.
F961.2.2. F961.2.2. Hairy star. Irish myth: *Cross.
F961.2.3. F961.2.3. Star shines in day. Irish myth: Cross.
F961.2.4. F961.2.4. Stars and planets speak. Jewish: Neuman.
F961.2.5. F961.2.5. Speaking star. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/191).
F961.2.5.1. F961.2.5.1. Constellations bewail man’s death. Jewish: Neuman.
F961.2.6. F961.2.6. Fighting stars melt iron chariots. Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.2.7. F961.2.7. Star swallows four other stars. Jewish: *Neuman.
F961.2.8. F961.2.8. Star moves from west to east. Jewish: Neuman.
F961.2.9. F961.2.9. Stars drop on grave during conjuration. (Cf. F962.3.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 276.
F961.3. F961.3. Extraordinary behavior of moon. Irish myth: Cross.
F961.3.1. F961.3.1. Moon turns to blood. Irish myth: *Cross.
F961.3.2. F961.3.2. Many moons at the same time. Icelandic: *Boberg.
F961.3.3. F961.3.3. Moon warns sleeping man of approaching assassin. Africa (Fang): Tessman 93.
F962. F962. Extraordinary precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) Irish: *Cross, O‘Suilleabhain 18, 110, Beal XXI 306, 334.
F962.0.1. F962.0.1. Gifts are obtained or fall from heaven: flowers (roses), crown of gold, blossoms or thorns, bells, gems, books, sword, etc. *Loomis White Magic 88.
F962.0.2. F962.0.2. Storm overturns idol. Jewish: Neuman.
F962.1. F962.1. Electric storm breaks island into three parts. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.2. F962.2. Fire from heaven. *Saintyves Essais de folklore biblique 1ff.; Irish: Plummer cxxxvii, cxxxviii, *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Moreno Esdras, *Neuman.
F962.2.1. F962.2.1. Sacrifice consumed by heavenly fire. Jewish: *Neuman.
F962.2.2. F962.2.2. Pillar of fire reaches from heaven to earth. (Cf. F774.2.1.) Jewish: *Neuman.
F962.2.3. F962.2.3. Fire from heaven cannot be quenched by water. Jewish: Neuman.
F962.2.4. F962.2.4. Fire from heaven burns and freezes. Jewish: *Neuman.
F962.2.5. F962.2.5. Extraordinary hot rain. Jewish: *Neuman.
F962.3. F962.3. Star drops from heaven: is money. BP III 233.
F962.4. F962.4. Shower of blood. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Marquesas: Handy 65.
F962.4.1. F962.4.1. Shower of blood for three days and three nights. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.4.2. F962.4.2. Dew of blood from fingers of repentant woman. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.5. F962.5. Extraordinary hailstones.
F962.5.1. F962.5.1. Storm of gigantic hailstones. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.5.1.1. F962.5.1.1. Hailstones, each as large as a crabapple. Irish myth: Cross (F194.1.)
F962.5.2. F962.5.2. Rain of fiery hailstones. Jewish: *Neuman.
F962.5.3. F962.5.3. Triangular hailstones. Irish myth: Cross (F794.2).
F962.6. F962.6. Shower of food. Jewish: Neuman.
F962.6.1. F962.6.1. Shower of wheat. Irish myth: *Cross.
F962.6.2. F962.6.2. Shower of manna. *Loomis White Magic 87; Jewish: Neuman.
F962.6.3. F962.6.3. Shower of honey. Irish myth: *Cross.
F962.6.4. F962.6.4. Shower of oil. *Loomis White Magic 87.
F962.7. F962.7. Extraordinary dew.
F962.7.1. F962.7.1. Sweet dew. Icelandic: Boberg.
F962.8. F962.8. Other extraordinary showers.
F962.8.1. F962.8.1. Shower of silver (money). Irish myth: *Cross.
F962.8.2. F962.8.2. Rain of jewels. Jewish: Neuman.
F962.9. F962.9. Icicles gathered by saint as firewood burn. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.10. F962.10. Extraordinary mist (darkness). Irish myth: *Cross.
F962.10.1. F962.10.1. Mist settles over lake after fight with serpent. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.11. F962.11. Extraordinary snow.
F962.11.1. F962.11.1. Snow has taste of wine. Irish myth: *Cross.
F962.12. F962.12. Holy object falls from heaven. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.12.1. F962.12.1. Crozier falls from heaven for saint. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.12.2. F962.12.2. Altar cloths descend from heaven. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.12.3. F962.12.3. Marvelous picture falls from sky in storm. Pauli (ed. Bolte) 319 No. 558.
F962.12.4. F962.12.4. Written scroll (letter) received from heaven. Irish myth: *Cross.
F962.12.5. F962.12.5. Mysterious leaf falls on church altar. Irish myth: Cross.
F962.13. F962.13. Raindrops as large as man‘s hand. India: Thompson-Balys.
F963. F963. Extraordinary behavior of wind.
F963.1. F963.1. Wind serves Solomon as horse and carries him everywhere. Dh I 321.
F963.2. F963.2. Extraordinary wind blows arrows shot against Christians back against enemy. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
F963.3. F963.3. Extraordinary wind bursts open locked doors of church to show that dead pope is worthy of burial there. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
F963.4. F963.4. Wind carries ogre to his castle. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule.
F964. F964. Extraordinary behavior of fire. Irish myth: Cross.
F964.0.1. F964.0.1. Pillar of fire (in sky). Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
F964.1. F964.1. Fire bends bough to shape of crozier. (Cf. F979.5.) Irish myth: Cross.
F964.2. F964.2. Fire spares saint‘s tunic, though wearer is burned. Irish myth: Cross.
F964.3. F964.3. Fire from extraordinary fuel.
F964.3.1. F964.3.1. Extraordinary lamps burn with urine. India: Thompson-Balys.
F964.3.2. F964.3.2. Extraordinary blood catches fire. India: Thompson-Balys.
F964.3.3. F964.3.3. Extraordinary corpse burns of its own accord. India: Thompson-Balys.
F964.3.4. F964.3.4. Extraordinary stone catches fire. (Cf. F960.2.3.) India: Thompson-Balys.
F964.4. F964.4. Blazing stick continues to burn even in water. India: Thompson-Balys.
F964.5. F964.5. Indra’s tank blazes like gold. India: Thompson-Balys.
F965. F965. Premature darkness. (Cf. F961.1.)
F965.1. F965.1. Darkness comes in daytime in order to save life of maiden about to be executed. Chinese: Werner 266.
F965.1.1. F965.1.1. Premature darkness at time of execution of innocent people. U.S.: Baughman.
F965.2. F965.2. Sun darkened at death of holy person. Usener Kleine Schriften IV 307; Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: *Boberg.
F965.2.1. F965.2.1. Sun does not rise at death of hero. Irish myth: Cross.
F965.3. F965.3. Impenetrable darkness. Jewish: *Neuman.
F965.4. F965.4. Extraordinary darkness not dispelled by artificial means. Jewish: Neuman.
F966. F966. Voices from heaven (or from the air). *Penzer X 220 s.v. ”Heaven“; Alphabet No. 800; *Loomis White Magic 53; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 314, 318, O‘Suilleabhain 38, 49; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas@2 I 367, *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
F967. F967. Extraordinary behavior of clouds.
F967.1. F967.1. Clouds protect fugitives. Jewish: *Neuman.
F967.2. F967.2. Clouds with fragrance from paradise. Jewish: Neuman.
F967.3. F967.3. Conversation between clouds. Jewish: Neuman.
F967.4. F967.4. Thin cloud in form of rainbow. Irish myth: Cross.
F968. F968. Extraordinary thunder and lightning. Irish myth: Cross.
F968.1. F968.1. Electric storm kills a thousand. Irish myth: *Cross.
F969. F969. Extraordinary nature phenomena – miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross.
F969.1. F969.1. Skies open, revealing heavenly company. Irish myth: Cross.
F969.2. F969.2. Earth rises. Irish myth: Cross.
F969.3. F969.3. Marvelous light. Irish myth: Cross.
F969.3.1. F969.3.1. Marvelous light reveals man hiding from saint. Irish myth: Cross.
F969.3.2. F969.3.2. Hero‘s light: appears around head of hero aroused to extraordinary feats of valor. Irish myth: *Cross.
F969.4. F969.4. Extraordinary earthquake.
F969.4.1. F969.4.1. Rumble in earth attends slaying of giant serpent. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 65.
F969.4.2. F969.4.2. Fight with monster child causes earth to rock like waves of the sea. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 66.
F969.5. F969.5. Cultivated places suddenly become desert. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (F964).
F969.6. F969.6. Sandhill grows around lover keeping watch till it covers all but his head. India: Thompson-Balys.
F969.7. F969.7. Famine. Icelandic: *Boberg; Hindu: Bradley-Birt 121.
F970. F970. Extraordinary behavior of trees and plants. Irish: Beal XXI 308, O’Suilleabhain 27.
F971. F971. Miraculous blossoming and bearing of fruit. Krappe Revue Hispanique LVI (1922) 5 – 24.
F971.1. F971.1. Dry rod blossoms. *Type 756 ABC, 757; BP III 463, 465, 471 n. 1; *Dh II 265ff.; Fb ”nåde“ II 726b, ”stav“ III 541b; RTP IX 504, XIII 505, XV 61, XIX 66, 336, 532, XXI 123, XXV 141; **Andrejev FFC LIV 34, LXIX 126, 129ff., 241ff.; Saintyves Essais de folklore biblique 61ff.; Zs. f. Vksk. X 196f., XIII 72, XV 393; Alphabet No. 568; *Loomis White Magic 94, 114; Goebel Jüdische Motive im märchenhafte Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 34ff.; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross, O’Suilleabhain 108, Beal XXI 318, 334; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 186; Jewish: *Neuman; West Indies: Flowers 438.
F971.1.1. F971.1.1. Dry rod blossoms on night of saint’s birth. Irish myth: Cross.
F971.1.2. F971.1.2. Witch‘s horse-switch blossoms. Irish myth: Cross.
F971.1.3. F971.1.3. Moss grows on staff overnight. (Cf. F979.18.) Irish: O’Suilleabhain 49.
F971.2. F971.2. Rose grows from table (stone). Type 755; Fb ”sten“ III 554a, ”rose“ III 80a; P. Saintyves Le Thème du bâton qui reverdit (Revue d‘Histoire et de Littérature religieuses, III [1912] 330 – 49, 421 – 54).
F971.3. F971.3. Thorn growing in wound becomes tree. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. ”épine“.
F971.4. F971.4. Fruitless tree bears fruit. Done at saint’s request. *Dh II 9; Alphabet No. 290; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross.
F971.4.1. F971.4.1. Ash (alder, willow, etc.) tree bears apples (”fair fruit“). Irish myth: *Cross.
F971.5. F971.5. Flowers bloom in winter. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 686; Alphabet No. 475; *Pease Cicero De Divinatione 217 (U. of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature); Stier in Pauly-Wissowa XV (1932) 2026; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 102, MacCulloch Eddic 320; Italian Novella: Rotunda.
F971.5.1. F971.5.1. Fruit produced out of season at saint‘s request. Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.
F971.5.2. F971.5.2. Apples at Christmas. Tree bears apples only at Christmas. Blossoms at midnight and is full of apples by morning. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 559.
F971.5.2.1. F971.5.2.1. Tree blossoms at midnight on Twelfth Night. England: Baughman.
F971.6. F971.6. Flowers spring up when saint strikes ground. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 675.
F971.7. F971.7. Sowing and reaping same day. Fb ”så.“
F971.8. F971.8. Trees put forth leaves on arrival of God in paradise. Jewish: Neuman.
F971.9. F971.9. Creeper which blossoms once only in a thousand years. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 301, 871.
F973. F973. Plants and trees miraculously unbent.
F973.1. F973.1. Trees unbent. Irish myth: *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 317.
F973.2. F973.2. Walking on grass-blades without bending them. Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 189.
F974. F974. Grass refuses to grow in certain spot. Extraordinary event has happened there. Fb ”græs“ I 499b, IV 188a; Taylor Attila and Modern Riddles, JAFL LVI (1943) 136 – 37; Icelandic: Boberg.
F974.1. F974.1. Grass will not grow where blood of murdered person has been shed. England: *Baughman.
F975. F975. Garden becomes wilderness.
F975.1. F975.1. Garden becomes wilderness because of owner’s wickedness. India: Thompson-Balys.
F975.2. F975.2. After persecuted queen has been driven away from palace, trees do not bear fruits, flowers cease to bloom, and birds do not sing. India: Thompson-Balys.
F979. F979. Extraordinary behavior of trees and plants – miscellaneous.
F979.1. F979.1. Sour fruits made sweet by saint. *Loomis White Magic 80; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross; Japanese: Ikeda.
F979.2. F979.2. Leaves of tree open and close to give saint passage. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross.
F979.3. F979.3. Leaves of tree make melody for saints. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross.
F979.4. F979.4. Tree seizes person and lifts him up. Africa (Nago): Trautmann La Littérature populaire à la Côte des Esclaves (Paris, 1927) 6ff.
F979.5. F979.5. Bough miraculously does not burn. (Cf. F964.1.) Irish myth: *Cross.
F979.5.1. F979.5.1. Unconsumed burning bush. Jewish: Neuman.
F979.6. F979.6. Tree grows through handle of saint‘s bell. Irish myth: Cross.
F979.7. F979.7. Hollow in tree grows over, giving sanctuary to relics within. Irish myth: *Cross.
F979.8. F979.8. Forest springs up from twig (twigs). Irish myth: *Cross.
F979.9. F979.9. Flowers pressed yield wine. Irish myth: *Cross.
F979.10. F979.10. Flower from otherworld (Land of Promise) miraculously appears to persons (saints). Irish myth: *Cross.
F979.11. F979.11. Trees spring up to commemorate birth of primitive hero (demigod, deity). (Cf. F960.1.) Irish myth: *Cross.
F979.12. F979.12. Trees spring up from blood spilled on ground. (Cf. D1003.) Irish myth: Cross.
F979.13. F979.13. Convention of trees. Moreno Esdras (F979.4).
F979.14. F979.14. Grub’s urine waters tree. (Cf. D1027.) India: Thompson-Balys.
F979.15. F979.15. Tree sheds all its leaves out of sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys.
F979.16. F979.16. Magic tree will allow person to take only two of its fruits. India: Thompson-Balys.
F979.17. F979.17. Plants grow without being sown. Jewish: Neuman.
F979.18. F979.18. Grass grows anew every night. (Cf. F971.1.3.) Jewish: Neuman.
F979.19. F979.19. Extraordinary tree supports pious man and his family. Jewish: *Neuman.
F979.20. F979.20. Tree‘s branches turn upward when idolators rest beneath it. Jewish: *Neuman.
F979.21. F979.21. Tree which has two singing blossoms. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 284.
F979.22. F979.22. Tree acts as master of ceremonies while gods drink. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 74.
F979.23. F979.23. Trees wither when tragic things happen. Jewish: *Neuman.
F980. F980. Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals.
F981. F981. Extraordinary death of animal.
F981.1. F981.1. Serpent bursts asunder. Dickson 54, 195 n. 78.
F981.1.1. F981.1.1. Animal bursts from anger. India: Thompson-Balys.
F981.2. F981.2. Bull melts away after evil spirit has issued from him. Dickson 197 n. 84.
F981.3. F981.3. Animals killed by trickster‘s breaking wind. Koryak: *Jochelson JE VI 381 No. 68.
F981.4. F981.4. Fiery bolt from heaven kills devastating animal. Irish myth: Cross.
F981.5. F981.5. Ashes thrown into stream dissolve animals. Irish myth: Cross.
F981.6. F981.6. Animal dies of broken heart. Irish myth: *Cross.
F981.6.1. F981.6.1. Animal’s broken heart disgorged. Irish myth: Cross.
F981.7. F981.7. King of cats killed by glowing mass of iron thrown by saint. Irish myth: *Cross.
F981.8. F981.8. Giant magic boar slain by tearing out entrails from behind. Irish myth: Cross.
F982. F982. Animals carry extraordinary burden.
F982.1. F982.1. Eagles carry castle in air. De Vries FFC LXXIII 388; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12.
F982.1.1. F982.1.1. Great flock of birds lift grayhound and garments into air. Irish myth: Cross.
F982.2. F982.2. Four cats carry coffin. Type 326; Fb ”ligkiste“ II 422b.
F982.3. F982.3. Hawk carries hand of man to saint displeased by handclasp. Irish myth: Cross.
F982.4. F982.4. Bird brings flower from foreign land. Irish myth: Cross.
F982.5. F982.5. Crocodile carries extraordinary burden. India: Thompson-Balys.
F982.6. F982.6. Toad carries seven stone mortars on his head. Chinese: Graham.
F982.7. F982.7. Toad carries tree on back. Chinese: Graham.
F982.8. F982.8. Crab carries in his ear cat, tiger, bamboos, river. India: Thompson-Balys.
F983. F983. Extraordinary growth of animal. Icelandic: Boberg.
F983.0.1. F983.0.1. Extraordinary quick growth of animal. (Cf. T585.) Irish myth: Cross.
F983.1. F983.1. Snail grows and fills house entirely. N. A. Indian (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXIV 229 No. 36, (Tlingit): Swanton BBAE XXXIX 151.
F983.2. F983.2. Louse fattened. *Type 621; BP III 483; *Köhler-Bolte I 134, *601a; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XVI 242 No. 23, XVII 229; Polívka Archiv. f. slav. Philol. VII 317 No. 65, XXVI 464; Sébillot France III 334 n. 4; Leskien Balkanmärchen No. 20; *Cosquin Contes indiens 529ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5; Algerian: Desparmet Contes Pop. rec. à Blida 407; India: Thompson-Balys.
F983.3. F983.3. Cat grows as large as a cow in a minute. Chinese: Graham.
F983.4. F983.4. Extraordinary growth of ox horns. German: Grimm No. 112.
F984. F984. Extraordinary protection for animal.
F984.1. F984.1. Horse sewed in buffalo-hides. As protection against a greater horse, hero‘s horse is sewed in nine buffalo-hides. Köhler-Bolte I 469; *Cosquin Contes indiens 417ff.
F985. F985. Animals change color.
F985.1. F985.1. Black sheep turn white. (Cf. H1023.6.) Types 425, 428, 756C*; Andrejev FFC LIV passim; Boberg Classica et Medievalia I 1938.
F986. F986. Extraordinary occurrences concerning fishing. Irish myth: Cross.
F986.1. F986.1. Clerics catch fish with regularity. Irish myth: Cross.
F986.2. F986.2. Salmon caught out of season for saint. Irish myth: Cross.
F986.3. F986.3. Salmon comes every seventh year to certain place. Irish myth: *Cross.
F986.4. F986.4. Stranded fish do not decay for a year. Irish myth: Cross.
F986.5. F986.5. Shores flooded with sea-fish. Irish myth: Cross.
F987. F987. Animal controls sex of offspring.
F987.1. F987.1. Bird controls sex and appearance of offspring. Hatches seven eggs – three under each wing and one under breast. The right wing hatches three red males, the left three green females. The egg under the breast shares the characteristics of both sex and color – but dies. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
F988. F988. Extraordinary limbs of animals.
F988.1. F988.1. Ox’s leg acts as person. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq III 291ff.
F988.2. F988.2. Hoofs of horses drop from their feet because of heat. Jewish: *Neuman.
F988.3. F988.3. Apertures of animals‘ bodies closed up in certain land. Jewish: Neuman.
F989. F989. Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals – miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross.
F989.1. F989.1. Horse jumps over high wall. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. ”cheval“. Cf. Type 530.
F989.1.1. F989.1.1. Horse’s tremendous leap. India: *Thompson-Balys.
F989.2. F989.2. Bird‘s red eye cooks meat. Looks so intently at it that it heats and cooks. N. A. Indian (Maidu): Dixon BAM XVII 65.
F989.3. F989.3. Cuckoo-clock. Bird calls out the hours. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. ”Baum bewacht“.
F989.4. F989.4. Man rides on back of fleeing wild boar. (Cf. B557.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg.
F989.5. F989.5. Sheep never harmed by wild beasts. Jewish: *Neuman.
F989.5.1. F989.5.1. Sheep kill wolves. Jewish: *Neuman.
F989.6. F989.6. One bull, one cow survive plague. Irish myth: Cross.
F989.7. F989.7. Swine kick trees to cause fruit to fall. Irish myth: Cross.
F989.8. F989.8. Mother-love induced in animal. Irish myth: Cross.
F989.9. F989.9. Milk from saint’s cows forms lake. Irish myth: Cross.
F989.10. F989.10. Animals distribute parts of man‘s body in accordance with prophecy. Irish myth: Cross.
F989.11. F989.11. Animal as mighty drinker. Irish myth: *Cross.
F989.11.1. F989.11.1. Cow lowers ocean by drinking. India: Thompson-Balys.
F989.12. F989.12. Sea animal found inland. Irish myth: Cross.
F989.13. F989.13. Animal dives into lake and disappears. Irish myth: *Cross.
F989.14. F989.14. Birds hover over battlefield. Irish myth: *Cross.
F989.15. F989.15. Hunt for extraordinary (magic) animal. Irish myth: *Cross.
F989.16. F989.16. Extraordinary swarms of birds.
F989.16.1. F989.16.1. Swarms of quails serve as food for Israelites. Jewish: Neuman.
F989.16.2. F989.16.2. Swarms of birds darken sun and moon. Jewish: *Neuman.
F989.17. F989.17. Marvelously swift horse. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
F989.18. F989.18. Boar hung in spider’s web. India: Thompson-Balys.
F989.19. F989.19. Cock with enormous silver ears. India: Thompson-Balys.
F989.20. F989.20. Egg becomes crowing cock. Irish myth: Cross.
F989.21. F989.21. Spider spins web across sky. India: Thompson-Balys.
F989.22. F989.22. Animals eat extraordinary food.
F989.22.1. F989.22.1. Fowls eat gold and silver. India: Thompson-Balys.
F989.22.2. F989.22.2. Tiger lives on self-cooking food. India: Thompson-Balys.
F989.22.3. F989.22.3. Pig swallows necklace. India: Thompson-Balys.
F989.22.4. F989.22.4. Animals live on pearls. India: *Thompson-Balys.
F989.23. F989.23. Frog pierces hardest metals and marbles. Jewish: *Neuman.
F989.24. F989.24. Frogs cast themselves into oven-flames and devour bread. Jewish: *Neuman.
F990. F990. Inanimate objects act as if living. Irish myth: *Cross.
F991. F991. Object bleeds.
F991.1. F991.1. Bleeding lance. Stream of blood flows from it into silver cup. (Cf. D1086.) *Brown PMLA XXV (1910) 1; *Gaster FL II 57; Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 202.
F991.1.1. F991.1.1. Bleeding knife. Jewish: Neuman.
F991.2. F991.2. Bleeding bone. Man cuts into dry bone that bleeds. Fb ”høle“ I 747a; Japanese: Ikeda.
F991.2.1. F991.2.1. Dry bone smells as sign of forgiveness. Icelandic: Boberg.
F991.3. F991.3. Bleeding cake. Bleeds when cut. Irish myth: *Cross.
F991.3.1. F991.3.1. Bleeding loaf of bread. German: Grimm No. 205.
F991.4. F991.4. Shrine bleeds. Irish myth: Cross.
F991.4.1. F991.4.1. Desecrated altar bleeds. Irish myth: Cross.
F991.5. F991.5. Bleeding rock. Jewish: *Neuman.
F992. F992. Plant shrieks when uprooted.
F992.1. F992.1. Mandrake shrieks when uprooted. Stark Der Alraun; Taylor JAFL XXXI 561.
F993. F993. Sunken bell sounds. *Sartori Zs. f. Vksk. VII 113, 270, VIII 29; England: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 72 No. 610; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3610.
F993.1. F993.1. Sunken bell sounds at certain times. England, Wales: *Baughman.
F994. F994. Object expresses sorrow. Irish myth: Cross.
F994.1. F994.1. Books show sorrow for owner‘s death by falling from shelf. Irish myth: Cross.
F994.2. F994.2. Chariots, stones, weapons join in keen at hero’s death. Irish myth: Cross.
F995. F995. Shield shrieks in battle. Irish myth: *Cross.
F996. F996. Waters react to words of poet. Irish myth: *Cross.
F997. F997. Sword pierces rock when possessor will break it. Icelandic: Boberg.
F997.1. F997.1. Sword is spoken to as to human being. Icelandic: *Boberg.
F998. F998. Combat with horse‘s sex organ. (Cf. D1469.5.) Icelandic: Boberg.
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