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Prevuius group

Group No. 136


Letter

M. Ordaining the future

Group No.

M300 – M399

Group name

Prophecies

Description

M300.2. Unconscious prophecy. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M300.3. Prophetic gift received from another prophet. Jewish: Neuman.
 
M300.4. Suppression of prophecy. Jewish: Neuman.
 
M301. Prophets. **E. Bass Die merkmale der israelitischen Prophetie nach der traditionellen Auffassung des Talmud (Berlin, 1917); *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 66 – 100; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M301.5. Saints (holy men) as prophets. *Loomis White Magic 71; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M301.7. Biblical worthy as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M301.7.2. David as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M301.7.3. Abraham as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M301.9. Half-wit as prophet. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M301.10. Angels as prophets. (Cf. V230.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M301.20. Child as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M302.4. Horoscope taken by means of stars. *Prato RTP IV 178; *Wesselofsky Romania VI (1877) 161ff.; *Patch Fortuna 76 – 78 and notes; Dickson 33 n. 15; Fb ”lykkestjærne“ II 477, ”stjærne“ III 577b; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. VIII 461ff., IX N. 596 – 762; *Loomis White Magic 52. – Irish: Cross, Beal XXI 313; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Graham.
 
M302.4.1. Astrology forbidden. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M302.7. Prophecy through dreams. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M302.8. Prophecy from book. (Cf. M301.21.) Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Thespis 348.
 
M305. Ambiguous oracle. Dickson 132 n. 108; Frazer Apollodorus I 285 n. 4; Gaster Oldest Stories 205; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M306.1. Enigmatical prophecy: what thou sowest thou shalt not reap, etc. (Thou shalt have children and they shall not die, etc.) Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Exempla 217 No. 144, Gaster Oldest Stories 205.
 
M310.1.1. Prophecy: preeminence of man‘s descendants. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M311.0.4. Heavenly voices proclaim birth of future child hero. Jewish: Neuman.
 
M311.5. Unborn child will become nation‘s deliverer. Jewish: Neuman.
 
M311.6. Prophecy: unborn child will be prophet. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M312. Prophecy of future greatness for youth. *Types 461, 517, 725, 930; *BP I 322; English romance: Malory XI 4; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 531; Korean: Zong in-Sob 72 No. 39, 209 No. 98.
 
M312.0.1. Dream of future greatness. *Type 725; *BP I 324; Cox 500; MacCulloch Childhood 354; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
M312.2. Prophecy: parents will humble themselves before their son. (Vaticinium.) *Type 517; *BP I 324; Köhler-Bolte I 145, 430; *Wesselski Märchen 221 No. 35; Campbell Sages cxii; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
M312.2.2. Prophecy: youngest brother to rule over his brethren. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M312.8. Prophecy: man will make sun and moon stand still. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M312.9. Prophecy: no people or king will be able to stand up against hero. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M314. Prophecy: man (child) will become king. (Cf. M311.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
M318.1. Prophecy: no snakes in Israel. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M324. Prophecy: future Golden Age. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M325. Prophecy: glory and prosperity for a people. Greek: Aeschylus Eumenides 920; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M341.1. Prophecy: death at (before, within) certain time. Irish: Beal XXI 313, O‘Suilleabhain 37, *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda.
 
M341.1.6.3. Prophecy: death after three-year dominion. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M343. Parricide prophecy. In spite of all attempts to thwart the fates, the child kills his father. *Type 931; *Krappe Balor 11 n. 37; *Baum PMLA XXXI 481; Krappe Neuphilologische Mitteilungen XXIV 11ff.; Saintyves Saints Successeurs 268 – 70; Chauvin VI 36 No. 206; Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 33, 48f., 63, Grote I 6, 9, 85, 206, 243, 263, 466; Jewish: Neuman, bin Gorion Born Judas@2 I 166, 372; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 34, 698, II 286, 924; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 414.
 
M356.1.1. Prophecy: loss of battle (combat). Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M356.1.2. Prophecies concerning fate of heroes in battle. (Cf. M341.2.18.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M356.4. Prophecy: evil to come to country. Irish: O‘Suilleabhain 88; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M357. Prophecy: world catastrophe. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 501.
 
M359. Unfavorable prophecies – miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M363.2. Prophecy: coming of Messiah. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M363.2.1. Prophecy: woman to be ancestress of David and the Messiah. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M364. Various prophecies connected with saints (or holy men). Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M369.2.1. Future husband (wife) foretold. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
M369.2.1.2. Prophecy: princess will marry a bastard. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M369.5. Prophecies concerning invasion and conquest. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M369.7. Prophecy about birth of children. (Cf. M365.) Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M369.7.2. Prophecy about birth of heir. Jewish: Neuman.
 
M369.7.3. Prophecy: sex of unborn child. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M370. Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy. (Cf. M341.2.10, M343, M344.) *Type 930; **Aarne FFC XXIII 110ff.; *BP IV 116 n. 10; *Fb “rig” III 55a; *Cosquin Études 27ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Grote I 85; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 109, 428, 598, II 1220; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 202 No. 149; Africa (Wakweli): Bender 103.
 
M371. Exposure of infant to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. *Type 930; **Aarne FFC XXIII 56, 91; *Encyc. Religion and Ethics s.v. “Abandonment and exposure”; *Krappe Revue de l‘Histoire des Religions CVII (1933) 126ff.; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman, bin Gorion Born Judas@2 I 165, 372; Greek: Fox 5, 118; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
M372. Confinement in tower to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. Type 932*; Köhler in Gonzenbach II 222; *Wesselski Mönchslatein 91 No. 77; Chauvin V 253 No. 150, VIII 105 No. 80; Irish myth: *Cross; Russian: Andrejev No. 932*; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda, Basile Pentamerone III No. 3, IV No. 6; Jewish: Neuman.

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