Motif Index
Below follows a table of motifs occurring in Western Yugur folktales, classified according to Thompson's system.
Folktale Motifs B350. Grateful Animals
[The Grateful Animals; The Mouse, the Hare, the Wolf, and the Jewel]B431.2. Helpful Mouse
[The Grateful Animals; The Mouse, the Hare, the Wolf, and the Jewel]B481. Helpful Ants
[The Grateful Animals]B485. Helpful Wasps
[The Grateful Animals]B505. Magic Object Received From Animal
[The Grateful Animals]D882.1. Recovered Magic Objects Dropped by Rescuing Animals into Sea
[The Mouse, the Hare, the Wolf, and the Jewel]G532.1. Ogre Smells Human Flesh
[The Story of the Three Girls; The Story of the Three Girls; The Ogre and the Five Girls]J203. Counting Wrong by Not Counting Oneself
[The Seven Fools]J1873. Absurd Sympathy for Animals or Objects: Animals or Objects Kept Warm
[The Numskull]K1300. Numskull Does Not Care About Endangering His Life
[The Hunter Slaying His Father]J2131.5. Numskull Gets His Head Caught
[The Seven Fools]K251. Deceptive Damage Claims
[The Smart Boy, Who Bartered a Mouse for a Horse and a Beautiful Wife]K512.2. Compassionate Executioner Substitutes Heart
[Khamjimso Puhrchaq; King Vikramaditya. Chapter 13]K735.1. Mats over Holes as Pitfall
[The Story of Inviting Uncle Wolf; The Song of the Fox; The Mangqys and Tutuqash]K811.1. Enemies Invited to Banquet and Killed
[The Story of Inviting Uncle Wolf; The Song of the Fox; The Mangqys and Tutuqash]K971. Wolf Comes in the Absence of the Mother and Eats up the Kids
[The Story of Inviting Uncle Wolf; The Song of the Fox; The Mangqys and Tutuqash, Mangqys Grandmother]K1171. The Fox Tricks the Wolf into Falling into a Pit
[The Wolf]K1300. Marriage Through Ruse
[How the Ugly Boy Pretends to Be Beautiful and Marries a Beauty]K1558. Husband Prepared to Castrate the Crucifix
[The Monk and the Woman]K1715.2. Sheep Chases Wolf
[The Wolf]K2011. Wolf Poses as Grandmother and Eats Child
[The Song of the Fox (Poses as Mother); The Mangqys and Tutuqash (Poses as Mother), Mangqys Grandmother (Poses as Mother)]K1161 Animals Hidden in Various Parts of a House Attack Owner
[The Old Woman and the Cow (Magical Objects Attack Evil Intruder); The Story of the Cow (Magical Objects Attack Evil Intruder); The Male Goat and the Mangqys]K2322. The Three Hunchback Brothers Drowned
[The Smart Woman, or The Living Corpse]R251. Flight on a Tree, Which Ogre Tries to Cut Down
[Mangqys Grandmother]S301. Children Abandoned
[The Story of the Three Girls; The Story of the Three Girls; The Ogre and the Five Girls]S321. Destitute Parents Abandon Children
[The Story of the Three Girls; The Story of the Three Girls; The Ogre and the Five Girls]
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