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)]
K1161Animals 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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