Miscellaneous groups of motifs

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• Seven gifts of God (Holy Spirit). Z71.5.6.8
• Seven penitential psalms. Z71.5.6.9
• Seven prayers of saint. Z71.5.6.10
• Seven to whom alms should be given. Z71.5.6.11
• Seven fair rivers in Inis Eidheand (Eden) in the East of Africa. Z71.5.6.12
• Seven daughters of Humility. Z71.5.6.13
• King with seven wives and seven mares. The seven wives pregnant for seven years, the seven mares seven years in foal. Z71.5.7
• Seven brothers marry seven sisters. Z71.5.8
• Formulistic number: nine (99, 900, 999, 99,999, etc.). Z71.6
• Three times nine. Z71.6.1
• Nine whirlpools of the world. Z71.6.2
• (Nine) wonders of Ireland. Z71.6.3
• Nine materials used in building Tower of Babel. Z71.6.4
• Formulistic number: eleven. Z71.7
• Formulistic number: twelve. Z71.8
• Twelve articles of faith. Z71.8.1
• Twelve abuses of the world. Z71.8.2
• Formulistic number: "twice twelve years". Z71.8.3
• Formulistic number: twelve plus thirteen. Z71.8.4
• Formulistic number: twelve score. Z71.8.5
• Formulistic number: twenty-four. Z71.8.6
• Formulistic number: thirty-six. Z71.8.7
• Formulistic number: thirteen. Z71.9
• Formulistic number: sixteen. Z71.10
• Formulistic number: thirty. (Cf. Z71.1.0.1.) Z71.11
• Formulistic number: forty. Z71.12
• Formulistic number: sixty. (Cf. Z71.4.) Z71.13
• Formulistic number: seventy-two. (Cf. Z71.8.) Z71.14
• Formulistic number: seventy-seven. (Cf. Z71.5.0.1.) Z71.15
• Formulistic numbers – miscellaneous. Z71.16
• Formulistic number: eight. Z71.16.1
• Eight deadly sins. Z71.16.1.1
• Eight virtues. Z71.16.1.2
• Eight miracles of Christ's body in the sacrament. Z71.16.1.3
• Eight unprofitable types of fasting. Z71.16.1.4
• Formulistic number: ten. Z71.16.2
• Ten plagues. Z71.16.2.1
• Formulistic number: twenty-five. Z71.16.3
• Formulistic number: twenty-six. Z71.16.4
• Formulistic number: thirty-two. Z71.16.5
• Formulistic number: eighty. Z71.16.6
• Formulistic number: sixteen hundred. Z71.16.7
• Formulistic number: eighty thousand. Z71.16.8
• Formulistic number: fifty-two lakhs. Z71.16.9
• Formulistic number: fourteen. Z71.16.10
• Formulistic number: fifteen. Z71.16.11
• Fifteen characteristics of a good (bad) woman. Z71.16.11.1
• The fifteen Oes. Z71.16.11.2
• Fifteen signs before Doomsday. Z71.16.11.3
• Formulistic number: seventeen. Z71.16.12
• Formulistic number: twenty-one. Z71.16.13
• Formulistic number: twenty-two. Z71.16.14
• Twenty-two rooms and twenty-two doors built by skillful carpenter. Z71.16.14.1
• Formulistic number: fifty-three. Z71.16.15
• Formulistic number: fifty-six. Z71.16.16
• Formulas based on the year. Z72
• A year and a day. (Cf. Z71.0.2.) Z72.1
• Seven years, seven months, seven days. Z72.2
• Seven (three) years between feasts. Z72.3
• Seven years as length of course in school. Z72.4
• Every third year as period of tribute. Z72.5
• Three hundred and sixty-five. Z72.6
• Twelve years and thirteen days. Z72.7
• A day and a night. Z73
• After four days – another two days – another day. Z73.1
• Formula: as many children as holes in a sieve. Z75
• Formulistic exaggerations. Z76
• Three-fourths of men of Ireland die in one night. Z76.1
• Testament willing rewards and punishments. Conventional ending of a story. Z78
• Formulistic rimes. Z80
• Blowing the house in. I'll huff and I'll puff till I blow your house in. Z81
• Miscellaneous formulas. Z90
• Formula for other world: "Where no man goes and no crow flies." Z91
• Formulas of distance. Z92
• "A tree on island beyond the seven seas and the sixteen rivers." Z92.1
• Symbolism. Z100
• Names of giants (Fomorians) with sinister significance. Z100.1
• Personifications. Z110
• Death personified. Z111
• Death enclosed in a bottle. Z111.1
• Death imprisoned by a soldier in a magic knapsack, bottle or nutshell. Z111.1.1
• Death magically bound to tree. While he is bound no one can die. Z111.2
• Death stuck to tree. Z111.2.1
• Death (demons) glued to chair. Z111.2.2
• Death as eight-headed monster. Z111.3
• Death allegorically personified as an animal made up of several different animals. Z111.3.1
• Death excluded from sacred grove. Z111.4
• Death (fate) assumes various forms to destroy men. Z111.5
• Death's messengers. Z111.6
• Death's messengers bribed with food. Z111.6.1
• Salt in food given Death's messengers renders them harmless. Z111.6.2
• Sickness personified. Z112
• Fever personified. Z112.1
• Life personified: old woman carrying healing potions and salves. Z113
• Old age personified. Z114
• Wind personified. Z115
• Man takes case against wind for damages. Wanting to have nothing to do with a court, the wind generously makes good the damages, and punishes the judge guilty of bribery. Z115.1
• Sovereignty personified. Z116
• Empire personified. Z116.1
• Poetry personified. (Cf. A465.1.) Z117
• Sea personified. Z118
• Waves as tresses of sea-god's wife. Z118.1
• Waves as sea-god's horses. Z118.2
• River personified (Mother Ganges). Z118.3
• Truth personified. Z121
• Truth leaves city because there is no place left for her. Z121.1
• Time personified. Z122
• "Time" overpowered when weight is taken from his clock. Z122.1
• Mother of Time personified. Z122.2
• Twelve months as youths seated about fire. Z122.3
• The four seasons personified. Z122.4
• Fury personified. (Cf. A486.) Z123
• Fury personified as demon which enters man's heart and counsels evil. Z123.1
• Valor personified. Z124
• Valor personified as bird which flutters over champion's head. Z124.1
• Virtue personified. Z125
• Energy (strength) personified. Z126
• Sin personified. Z127
• Sin personified as the goddess Venus with her train of nymphs. Z127.1
• Lust personified. Z127.2
• Wisdom personified. Z128
• Intelligence personified. Z128.1
• Falsehood personified. Z131
• War personified. (Cf. A485.1.) Z132
• Battle carnage personified. Z132.0.1
• Victory personified. Z132.1
• Defeat personified. Z132.2
• Poverty personified. Z133
• Poverty personified as diseased beggar woman. Z133.1
• Fortune personified. (Cf. N111.) Z134
• Fortune personified as a matron in fine clothing. Z134.1
• Adversity personified. Z135
• Civilization personified. Z136
• Personifications – miscellaneous. Z139
• Sloth personified. Z139.1
• Crime personified. Z139.2
• Wine personified. Z139.3
• Wine personified in person of the god Bacchus. (Cf. A481.) Z139.3.1
• Cold personified. Z139.4
• Cold depreciated and praised. Depreciated, takes revenge by becoming colder; praised, makes reward, gives clothing. Z139.4.1
• Worry personified. Z139.5
• Modesty personified. Z139.6
• Ladder as symbol of upward progress. Z139.7
• Ladder to heaven as symbol of saint. Z139.7.1
• Virginity, Wisdom, and Prophecy personified as three beautiful maidens. Z139.8
• Color symbolism. Z140
• Color of flag (sails) on ship as message of good or bad news. Z140.1
• Colors corresponding to the four world quarters. Z140.2
• Color symbolism of the cardinal points. Z140.2.1
• Symbolism of colors in mass vestments. Z140.3
• Bridegroom inadvertently buys for bride cloth suitable only for widows. She supposes he has died. Z140.4
• Symbolic color: red. Z141
• Red garment to show anger of king. Z141.1
• Red as symbolic of martyrdom. Z141.2
• Martyrs called "red wheat"; saints, "Dei triticum" (God's wheat). Z141.2.1
• Mill in which two men are slain said to grind "red wheat". Z141.2.2
• Red as symbol of falsity. Z141.3
• Symbolic color: white. Z142
• White rose the symbol of death. Z142.1
• White as symbolic of martyrdom. Z142.2
• Symbolic color: black. Z143
• Black as symbol of grief. Z143.1
• Symbolic color: blue. Z144
• Blue as symbolic of martyrdom. Z144.1
• Symbolic color: green. Z145
• Green as symbolic of martyrdom. Z145.1
• Symbolic color: brown. Z146
• Brown hair as sign child is descended from goddess. Z146.1
• Symbolic color: purple. Z147
• Purple is symbol of royalty. Z147.1
• Yellow a lucky color. Z148
• Other symbols. Z150
• Ring broken as token of broken engagement. Z151
• Princess crushes lotus-flower to show that she will be submissive. Z153
• Gray hair the symbol of departed usefulness. Z155
• Cloud (mist) as symbol of misfortune. Z156
• Olive branch symbol of peace. Z157
• Symbolism: not to fight alone. Various figures employed to show it is not good for one warrior alone to fight the battles of a host. Z161
• Arthur's Round Table symbolic of round earth. Z162
• Message or orders given symbolic action. Z174
• Inverted shoes at doors to indicate banishment. Z174.1
• Black dummy to indicate banishment. Z174.1.1
• Sign language. Message delivered by means of the fingers, etc. Z175
• Language of flowers. Z175.1
• Lovers' assignation by symbolic messages. Z175.2
• Symbolism of the mass. Z176
• Lamb as symbol of Christ. Z177
• Allegorical game. Witch, aided by dragon (lion) is vanquished by maiden, aided by lamb (ram). Witch is devil; maiden, church of Christ. Z178
• Nudity as sign of anger. Z181
• Nudity as sign of madness. Z181.1
• Symbolic wounding of king. Z182
• Symbolic names. Z183
• Three trees called "Grief," "Dark," and "Dumb-Mouthless Oak." Z183.1
• Symbols of divinity. Z184
• Mill turned by the water of the grace of God as symbol of saint. Z185
• Symbolism: needle and thread – sexual intercourse. Z186
• Heroes. Z200
• Brothers as heroes. Z210
• Warriors identically equipped (brothers). Z210.0.1
• Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away as joint adventurers. Of brothers (sometimes twins taken from body of slain mother) one is abandoned and becomes wild. Later he joins his brother. Z210.1