A list of motifs that may appear in thumbling tales.
Type 700 (Thumbling)
B524.2.1.1. Saint sends swarm of bees or wasps against enemies. (Der Angule.)
B558.5. Mice hitched to wagon. (Doll i' the Grass.)
B552. Man carried by bird. (The Hazelnut Child.)
B557. Unusual animal as riding horse. (Tom Thumb.)
B557.7. Person carried by cat. (Der Angule.)
D55. Magic change of person’s size.
D55.1. Person becomes magically larger.
D55.1.3. Pygmy turns into a giant. (The Young Giant.)
D55.2. Person becomes magically smaller.
D1925, fecundity magically induced
D1925.3 barrenness removed by prayer
F239.4.3. Tiny fairy.
F535.1. Thumbling. Person the size of a thumb. *Types 327B, 700.
F535.1.1. Adventures of thumbling.
F535.1.1.1. Thumbling drives wagon by sitting in horse’s ear.
F535.1.1.1.1. Thumbling drives mule.
F535.1.1.2. Thumbling carried up chimney by steam of food.
F535.1.1.3. Thumbling lies by sleeping man. Is blown to window by man’s breath.
F535.1.1.4. Thumbling in danger of being sucked in by man’s breath.
F535.1.1.5. Thumbling lost in animal track.
F535.1.1.6. Thumbling has cat as riding-horse.
F535.1.1.7. Thumbling swallowed by animals.
F535.1.1.8. Thumbling imprisoned in a sausage. (Daumerling; Tom Thumb, imprisoned in pudding)
F535.1.1.9. Thumbling sold as freak.
F535.1.1.10. Thumbling hides in small place.
F535.1.1.10.1. Thumbling hides under thimble in table drawer.
F535.1.1.10.2. Thumbling hides in a snail shell, in a mouse hole.
F535.1.1.11. Thumbling as accomplice to robbers.
F535.1.1.11.1. Thumbling steals by entering keyhole.
F535.1.1.12. Thumbling carries needle as sword.
F535.1.1.13. Thumbling carried in pocket.
F535.1.1.14. Thumbling carried on hat brim.
F611.2.5. strong hero suckled by giant. (The Young Giant.)
F911.3.1: Thumbling swallowed by animals
F912: Victim kills swallower from within
F913: Victims rescued from swallower’s belly
F915, victim speaks from swallower’s body
K335.1.6.2. Robbers frightened from goods by Thumbling. They can hear him but cannot see him.
K565. Thumbling in animal’s belly persuades latter to go to his father’s house for plunder: rescued.
L100. Unpromising hero (heroine).
L112.2. Very small hero.
L181.1, Son born in answer to prayer proves a disappointment to parents
N339.1. Man falls into jar of honey and is drowned. (Tommeliten drowns in butter, Tume suffocates in bread.)
T511.2. Conception from eating plant.
T511.7. Conception from eating food.
T526. Conception because of prayer.
T543.2. Birth from flower.
T548 Birth obtained through magic or prayer
T548.4 Charity rewarded by birth of child
T550.1, Monster child helps mother
T553. Thumbling born as result of hasty wish of parents.
X1723.1. Swallowed person is discovered in animal’s stomach still alive.
Z33.1. The fleeing pancake.
402 (Animal Bride)
B600--B699 Marriage of person to animal.
B313. Helpful animal is an enchanted person.
B437.2. Helpful mouse.
B422. Helpful cat.
B493.1. Helpful frog.
B493.2. Helpful toad.
H383.2.2. Bride test: weaving magic cloth, sewing magic shirt.
H383.2.3. Bride test: sewing a shirt for bridegroom’s father.
H383.4. Bride test: cooking.
D55.1. Person becomes magically larger.
D700. Person disenchanted.
D711. Disenchantment by decapitation.
D735.1. Beauty and the beast. Disenchantment or animal by being kissed by woman (man).
D766. Disenchantment by liquid.
D766.1. Disenchantment by bathing (immersing) in water.
H1242. Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest.
H1210.1. Quest assigned by father.
H1306. Quest for the finest of linen.
H1305. Quest for the best of bread.
H1307. Quest for the smallest of dogs.
H1303. Quest for the finest of chains.
H1301.1. Quest for the most beautiful bride.
AT 510 A (Cinderella) and B (Cap o' Rushes)
H151.5. Attention attracted by hints dropped by heroine as menial: recognition follows.
R221. Heroine’s three-fold flight from ball.
F311.1. Fairy godmother.
F312 Fairy presides at child’s birth
327B (The Boy and the Ogre)
D671. Transformation flight. Fugitives transform themselves in order to escape detection by pursuer.
D672. Obstacle flight. Fugitives throw objects behind them which magically become obstacles in pursuer's path.
D838. Magic object acquired by stealing.
D1521.1 Seven League boots
F771.1.10. Gingerbread house. House made of cake.
G10. Cannibalism.
G84. Fee-fi-fo-fum. Cannibal returning home smells human flesh and makes exclamation.
G100. Giant ogre. Polyphemus.
G401. Children wander into ogre's house.
G412.1. Ogre's gingerbread house lures child.
G422. Ogre imprisons victim.
G501. Stupid ogre.
G532. Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he smells human blood.
K1611, substituted caps cause ogre to kill his own children, of the type, "Deceiver Fall Into Own Trap."
L100. Unpromising hero (heroine).
L112.2. Very small hero.
N776. Light seen from tree lodging place at night leads to adventures.
S140. Cruel abandonments and exposures.
S143. Abandonment in forest.
R135. Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (breadcrumbs, grain, pebble, etc.).
R135.1. Crumb (grain) trail eaten by birds.
R155.1. Youngest brother rescues his elder brothers.
S301. Children abandoned (exposed).
S321. Destitute parents abandon children.
The Suncatcher
A721.3. The stolen sun restored to the sky.
F17. Visit to land of the sun.
F54. Tree to upper world.
F54.1. Tree stretches to sky.
F54.2. Plant grows to sky.
F611.3.3.0.1. Precocious strong hero demands bows and arrows.
F614.2. Strong man uproots tree and uses it as weapon.
R9.1. Sun captured.
R9.1.1. Sun captured during visit to earth.
R9.1.2. Sun and Moon captured by creditor, thus causing eclipse.
B545. Animal rescues from trap (net).
B545.2. Rat (mouse) gnaws net.
B524.2.1.1. Saint sends swarm of bees or wasps against enemies. (Der Angule.)
B558.5. Mice hitched to wagon. (Doll i' the Grass.)
B552. Man carried by bird. (The Hazelnut Child.)
B557. Unusual animal as riding horse. (Tom Thumb.)
B557.7. Person carried by cat. (Der Angule.)
D55. Magic change of person’s size.
D55.1. Person becomes magically larger.
D55.1.3. Pygmy turns into a giant. (The Young Giant.)
D55.2. Person becomes magically smaller.
D1925, fecundity magically induced
D1925.3 barrenness removed by prayer
F239.4.3. Tiny fairy.
F535.1. Thumbling. Person the size of a thumb. *Types 327B, 700.
F535.1.1. Adventures of thumbling.
F535.1.1.1. Thumbling drives wagon by sitting in horse’s ear.
F535.1.1.1.1. Thumbling drives mule.
F535.1.1.2. Thumbling carried up chimney by steam of food.
F535.1.1.3. Thumbling lies by sleeping man. Is blown to window by man’s breath.
F535.1.1.4. Thumbling in danger of being sucked in by man’s breath.
F535.1.1.5. Thumbling lost in animal track.
F535.1.1.6. Thumbling has cat as riding-horse.
F535.1.1.7. Thumbling swallowed by animals.
F535.1.1.8. Thumbling imprisoned in a sausage. (Daumerling; Tom Thumb, imprisoned in pudding)
F535.1.1.9. Thumbling sold as freak.
F535.1.1.10. Thumbling hides in small place.
F535.1.1.10.1. Thumbling hides under thimble in table drawer.
F535.1.1.10.2. Thumbling hides in a snail shell, in a mouse hole.
F535.1.1.11. Thumbling as accomplice to robbers.
F535.1.1.11.1. Thumbling steals by entering keyhole.
F535.1.1.12. Thumbling carries needle as sword.
F535.1.1.13. Thumbling carried in pocket.
F535.1.1.14. Thumbling carried on hat brim.
F611.2.5. strong hero suckled by giant. (The Young Giant.)
F911.3.1: Thumbling swallowed by animals
F912: Victim kills swallower from within
F913: Victims rescued from swallower’s belly
F915, victim speaks from swallower’s body
K335.1.6.2. Robbers frightened from goods by Thumbling. They can hear him but cannot see him.
K565. Thumbling in animal’s belly persuades latter to go to his father’s house for plunder: rescued.
L100. Unpromising hero (heroine).
L112.2. Very small hero.
L181.1, Son born in answer to prayer proves a disappointment to parents
N339.1. Man falls into jar of honey and is drowned. (Tommeliten drowns in butter, Tume suffocates in bread.)
T511.2. Conception from eating plant.
T511.7. Conception from eating food.
T526. Conception because of prayer.
T543.2. Birth from flower.
T548 Birth obtained through magic or prayer
T548.4 Charity rewarded by birth of child
T550.1, Monster child helps mother
T553. Thumbling born as result of hasty wish of parents.
X1723.1. Swallowed person is discovered in animal’s stomach still alive.
Z33.1. The fleeing pancake.
402 (Animal Bride)
B600--B699 Marriage of person to animal.
B313. Helpful animal is an enchanted person.
B437.2. Helpful mouse.
B422. Helpful cat.
B493.1. Helpful frog.
B493.2. Helpful toad.
H383.2.2. Bride test: weaving magic cloth, sewing magic shirt.
H383.2.3. Bride test: sewing a shirt for bridegroom’s father.
H383.4. Bride test: cooking.
D55.1. Person becomes magically larger.
D700. Person disenchanted.
D711. Disenchantment by decapitation.
D735.1. Beauty and the beast. Disenchantment or animal by being kissed by woman (man).
D766. Disenchantment by liquid.
D766.1. Disenchantment by bathing (immersing) in water.
H1242. Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest.
H1210.1. Quest assigned by father.
H1306. Quest for the finest of linen.
H1305. Quest for the best of bread.
H1307. Quest for the smallest of dogs.
H1303. Quest for the finest of chains.
H1301.1. Quest for the most beautiful bride.
AT 510 A (Cinderella) and B (Cap o' Rushes)
H151.5. Attention attracted by hints dropped by heroine as menial: recognition follows.
R221. Heroine’s three-fold flight from ball.
F311.1. Fairy godmother.
F312 Fairy presides at child’s birth
327B (The Boy and the Ogre)
D671. Transformation flight. Fugitives transform themselves in order to escape detection by pursuer.
D672. Obstacle flight. Fugitives throw objects behind them which magically become obstacles in pursuer's path.
D838. Magic object acquired by stealing.
D1521.1 Seven League boots
F771.1.10. Gingerbread house. House made of cake.
G10. Cannibalism.
G84. Fee-fi-fo-fum. Cannibal returning home smells human flesh and makes exclamation.
G100. Giant ogre. Polyphemus.
G401. Children wander into ogre's house.
G412.1. Ogre's gingerbread house lures child.
G422. Ogre imprisons victim.
G501. Stupid ogre.
G532. Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he smells human blood.
K1611, substituted caps cause ogre to kill his own children, of the type, "Deceiver Fall Into Own Trap."
L100. Unpromising hero (heroine).
L112.2. Very small hero.
N776. Light seen from tree lodging place at night leads to adventures.
S140. Cruel abandonments and exposures.
S143. Abandonment in forest.
R135. Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (breadcrumbs, grain, pebble, etc.).
R135.1. Crumb (grain) trail eaten by birds.
R155.1. Youngest brother rescues his elder brothers.
S301. Children abandoned (exposed).
S321. Destitute parents abandon children.
The Suncatcher
A721.3. The stolen sun restored to the sky.
F17. Visit to land of the sun.
F54. Tree to upper world.
F54.1. Tree stretches to sky.
F54.2. Plant grows to sky.
F611.3.3.0.1. Precocious strong hero demands bows and arrows.
F614.2. Strong man uproots tree and uses it as weapon.
R9.1. Sun captured.
R9.1.1. Sun captured during visit to earth.
R9.1.2. Sun and Moon captured by creditor, thus causing eclipse.
B545. Animal rescues from trap (net).
B545.2. Rat (mouse) gnaws net.
