Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America

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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TYPE INDEX -- I. ANIMAL TALES -- II. ORDINARY FOLKTALES -- III. JOKES AND ANECDOTES -- IV. FORMULA TALES -- V. UNCLASSIFIED TALES -- MOTIF-INDEX -- A. MYTHOLOGICAL MOTIFS -- . ANIMALS -- C. TABU -- D. MAGIC -- . THE DEAD -- F. MARVELS -- G. OGRES -- . TESTS -- J. THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH -- . DECEPTIONS -- L. REVERSAL OF FORTUNE -- . ORDAINING THE FUTURE -- . CHANCE AND FATE -- P. SOCIETY -- Q. REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS -- R. CAPTIVES AND FUGITIVES -- S. UNNATURAL CRUELTY -- . SEX -- U. THE NATURE OF LIFE -- V. RELIGION -- W. TRAITS OF CHARACTER -- X. HUMOR. Teil 1 -- X. HUMOR. Teil 2 -- . MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS OF MOTIFS