Comparative mythology corpus

Sacred Treasures and Power Objects

321 tagged occurrences across 17 traditions.

Objects of divine origin or power # swords, spears, stones, rings, feathers, sandals # that confer authority, protection, or sacred ability on their bearer.

321total occurrences

319child motifs

17traditions present

900 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range

Strongest Child Motifs

Lost Ring Recovered Through A Fish 2 Saint's Tomb As Pilgrimage Center 2 Ancestral Footprint Preserved In Stone 1 Animated Idol Made From Communal Ornaments 1 Animated Or Sounding Calf That Misleads Israel 1 Animated Or Speaking Weapons And Instruments 1 Automated Or Self Moving Sacred Objects 1 Autonomous Magic Weapon Of A God 1 Broken Heirloom Provokes Revenge 1 Captive Released From A Magic Weapon's Spell 1

Densest Traditions

Celtic Irish 60 Greek 38 Roman 32 Hindu 29 Islamic 25 Greek/Roman 21 Norse 21 Finnish/Karelian 17

Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

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Child Motif	Relationship	Occurrences	Traditions
Lost Ring Recovered Through A Fish	functional_variant	2	1
Saint's Tomb As Pilgrimage Center	narrower_than	2	1
Ancestral Footprint Preserved In Stone	symbolic_variant	1	1
Animated Idol Made From Communal Ornaments	functional_variant	1	1
Animated Or Sounding Calf That Misleads Israel	uncertain	1	1
Animated Or Speaking Weapons And Instruments	functional_variant	1	1
Automated Or Self Moving Sacred Objects	functional_variant	1	1
Autonomous Magic Weapon Of A God	functional_variant	1	1
Broken Heirloom Provokes Revenge	functional_variant	1	1
Captive Released From A Magic Weapon's Spell	functional_variant	1	1
Christian Bell As Instrument Of Release From Older Suffering	functional_variant	1	1
Coercive Cutting Of Hair To Overcome Resistance	uncertain	1	1
Concealment By Magic Ring	functional_variant	1	1
Contested Magical Treasure Seized By Talons	functional_variant	1	1
Control Of Waters By Object Boundary	functional_variant	1	1
Crying Or Sounding Shield That Summons Wider Response	functional_variant	1	1
Cult Image As Garden And Vineyard Guardian	functional_variant	1	1
Cursed Treasure Or Ring Brings Bloodshed	functional_variant	1	1
Cursed Victory Giving Weapon Turns Against Its Wielder	functional_variant	1	1
Deification Of Revered Ancestral Or Pious Figures Through Statues	ritual_variant	1	1
Destined Weapon Against An Otherwise Invulnerable Enemy	functional_variant	1	1
Destruction Of Harmful Image Or Statue	functional_variant	1	1
Discordant Object Introduced At A Wedding Feast	uncertain	1	1
Divine Animal Bearing A God's Storm Weapons	role_variant	1	1
Divine Possession Of Cosmic Treasure And True Might	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine War Equipment Resists Attack	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Weapon Or Armor For A Hero	functional_variant	1	1
Effigy Fragments As Fertility Charms	functional_variant	1	1
Fatal Ring As Proof And Catalyst	functional_variant	1	1
Fated Tokens And Persons Required Before A City Can Fall	functional_variant	1	1
Fiery Manifestation Of Powerful Weapons	symbolic_variant	1	1
Final Remaining Weapon Succeeds After Special Preparation	functional_variant	1	1
Flying Car Possessed By A Wealth God	over_specific_label	1	1
Grief Induced Loss Of Sight Followed By Restoration Through A Token	functional_variant	1	1
Guarded Mythic Fruit	narrower_than	1	1
Healing Token From Absent Beloved Son	functional_variant	1	1
Healing Token Restores Sight	functional_variant	1	1
Heaven Sent Protective Object Preserving The City	functional_variant	1	1
Heroic Shield Description	over_specific_label	1	1
Heroic Weapon Destined To Accomplish A City's Fall	functional_variant	1	1
Hidden Treasure Beneath Tree In Cave	over_specific_label	1	1
Hidden Treasure Found By Following Supernatural Advice	functional_variant	1	1
Inseparable Animal Skin With Annual Wool Renewal	uncertain	1	1
Intercessory Divine Images	uncertain	1	1
Invisibility Granting Dark Cap	narrower_than	1	1
Invisible Killer Under A Magical Concealment	functional_variant	1	1
Iron As Apotropaic Protection Against Spirits	functional_variant	1	1
Loss And Replacement Of A Sacred Musical Instrument	functional_variant	1	1
Loss Of A Magical Musical Object To Underwater Powers	functional_variant	1	1
Lost Ring Recovered Through A Salmon	functional_variant	1	1
Lost Talisman Recovered From Animal Body	functional_variant	1	1
Lunar Emblems In Divine Keeping	symbolic_variant	1	1
Magic Objects Controlling Flood And Ebb	functional_variant	1	1
Magic Small Object Becomes Lifesaving Aid	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Binding Or Drawing By Thread	uncertain	1	1
Magical Or Extraordinary Fishing With Simple Natural Objects	heuristic_family_name_match	1	1
Magical Protection Through Otherworldly Gifts	functional_variant	1	1
Marvelous Objects Transform A Household Garden	functional_variant	1	1
Miraculous Garment With Healing And Recognition Power	functional_variant	1	1
Monster Remains Transformed Into Fearsome War Instruments	functional_variant	1	1
Named Supernatural Or Exceptional Weapons In Heroic Combat	functional_variant	1	1
Ominous Cursed Tree As Test Or Dispute Object	uncertain	1	1
Personal Battle Standards As Identity Signs	functional_variant	1	1
Petrifying Head Used As Supernatural Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Petrifying Monster Head Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Privileged Hide As Sleep Place	uncertain	1	1
Providential Gem Formation	symbolic_variant	1	1
Reforged Ancestral Weapon Arms The Hero	functional_variant	1	1
Reminder Tokens Prevent Forgetfulness	functional_variant	1	1
Ritual Handling Of Animal Body Parts To Preserve Powers	ritual_variant	1	1
Rooted Treasure Freed By Plowing	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Emblem Or Ritual Object	broader_label	1	1
Sacred Object Darkened By Human Contact Or Sin	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Object Protected By Duplicate Copies	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Or Dangerous Object Protected From Ground Contact	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Or Ritual Objects Repurposed As Weapons	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Stone Authenticated By Miraculous Property	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Stone From Paradise Mediated By An Angel	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Treasure Housed In A Temple	narrower_than	1	1
Saintly Shrine And Relic Devotion	ritual_variant	1	1
Sanctuary Object Protects A Wrongdoer	functional_variant	1	1
Satanic Objects Causing Social Division And Ritual Forgetfulness	uncertain	1	1
Seal Of Authority Lost To A Demon	functional_variant	1	1
Secret Transport Of Treasure Under Ordinary Goods	over_specific_label	1	1
Secret Treasure Discovered And Stolen By Observer	functional_variant	1	1
Self Moving Divine Artifacts	functional_variant	1	1
Specialized Secret Or Exceptional Weapon Decides Combat	functional_variant	1	1
Substitute Weapon Fashioned From A Tree	functional_variant	1	1
Supernatural Or Unmatched Hunting Hound	functional_variant	1	1
Supernatural Weapon Expanding To Immense Size	functional_variant	1	1
Supernatural Weapon Overcomes Invulnerable Armor	functional_variant	1	1
Supernatural Weapon That Cannot Be Discharged In Vain	functional_variant	1	1
Token Ring As Celestial Sign	symbolic_variant	1	1
Transported Divine Image Establishes A Local Cult Form	functional_variant	1	1
Treasure Hidden In A Cave	narrower_than	1	1
Trident As Divine Power Object	child	1	1
Unfailing Provisioning Implement	functional_variant	1	1
Valuable Object Unrecognized By Its Owners	functional_variant	1	1
Venerated Cult Image With Animal Attribute	uncertain	1	1
Victory Memorial Through Dedicated Arms	ritual_variant	1	1
Warning Against A Deceptive Sacred Object Ignored After Ominous Sign	functional_variant	1	1
Youth Renewing Fruit Guarded On The Tree	functional_variant	1	1
Accumulation Of Wonderful Objects	narrower_than	1	1
Ancestral Or Heroic Weapons Carrying Memory Of Prior Combat	symbolic_variant	1	1
Animal Charm For Protection	functional_variant	1	1
Apotropaic Shield Covered With Terrifying Battle Imagery	functional_variant	1	1
Autonomous Or Enchanted Game Board	functional_variant	1	1
Battle Standard As Emblem Of Martial Dominance	functional_variant	1	1
Beloved Imitators Assume The Hero’s Bodily Mark	uncertain	1	1
Blood Stained Token Falsely Indicating Death	functional_variant	1	1
Captive Refuses Treasure Secret Under Torture	functional_variant	1	1
Celestial Armor For The Hero	child	1	1
Chosen Hero Draws A Divine Weapon From A Tree	functional_variant	1	1
Coerced Removal By Magic Like Rod	functional_variant	1	1
Colored Flags Signal Life Or Death	functional_variant	1	1
Commanded Weapon Executes Distant Killing	functional_variant	1	1
Commanded Weapon That Performs Tasks And Beheading	functional_variant	1	1
Commemorative Or Etiological Stones Marking Violent Events	functional_variant	1	1
Concealed Bodily Mark Revealed By Nature	functional_variant	1	1
Concealed Or Discarded Token Used As Proof	functional_variant	1	1
Contagious Burning From A Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Control Of Waters By Magical Jewels	functional_variant	1	1
Covering Mirrors After Death To Prevent Soul Capture	ritual_variant	1	1
Cure By The Substance Of The Wounding Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Daily Miraculous Renewal Of Weapons For Battle	functional_variant	1	1
Dangerous Fiery Weapon Restrained By Water	functional_variant	1	1
Dangerous Sacred Stone Causing Madness	functional_variant	1	1
Deadly Object In A Courtship Contest	functional_variant	1	1
Deceptive Hollow Image Concealing Enemies	functional_variant	1	1
Deification Of Revered Religious Leaders	uncertain	1	1
Desire For Radiant Treasure From The Wilderness	functional_variant	1	1
Devotional Preservation Of A Holy Person's Bodily Traces	ritual_variant	1	1
Distant Weapon As Messenger Of Greater Power	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Aid Through A Sacred Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Bestowal Of Martial Skill And Weapons	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Bird Vehicle	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Contest Around The Golden Apple	over_specific_label	1	1
Divine Empowerment Through Sanctioned Armor	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Heirloom Passed From Heaven To Father To Son	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Inner Metal Contrasted With Earthly Metal	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine Musician With Magical Instrument	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Or Celestial Weapons Bestowed On The Hero	child	1	1
Divine Or Named Weapons Decide Battle	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Or Paradisal Vehicle	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Or Underworld Tempered Weapon	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine Weapon That Overcomes An Otherwise Resistant Foe	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Weapon Used By The Hero	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Whittled Stick Symbol	uncertain	1	1
Divine Made Equipment Linked To The Hero's Death By Fire	functional_variant	1	1
Divinely Bestowed Weapon And Strength	functional_variant	1	1
Divinely Sourced Heroic Weapons	child	1	1
Dying Parent Gives A Remembrance Token	functional_variant	1	1
Edible Idol Consumed Under Famine	uncertain	1	1
Elaborate Destructive Weapon Of A Champion	functional_variant	1	1
Enchanted Burning Weapon	symbolic_variant	1	1
Enchanted Mill Produces Desired Abundance	functional_variant	1	1
Enchanted Object That Immobilizes The Toucher	functional_variant	1	1
Enchanted Weapon Causing Incurable Wound	functional_variant	1	1
Enchanted Weapons Made From Fragments Of A Felled Tree	functional_variant	1	1
Endangered Hero Aided By Helper With Divine Made Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Etiology Of An Abundance Horn	over_specific_label	1	1
Etiology Of Sea Salt And Whirlpool From Sunken Magic Mill	functional_variant	1	1
Failed Martial Implement Rejected And Consigned To Fire	over_specific_label	1	1
Fatal Demand For The Hero's Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Fatal Gift Or Cursed Ornament	functional_variant	1	1
Fatal Gift Or Garment Sent In Jealousy	functional_variant	1	1
Fatal Gift Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Fatal Poisoned Garment	functional_variant	1	1
Fatal Special Weapon In Heroic Combat	functional_variant	1	1
Fatal Trophy Or Cursed Spoils	functional_variant	1	1
Flight Granting Jewel	functional_variant	1	1
Gifted Divine Horses And Heroic Prestige	functional_variant	1	1
Golden Fruit Used To Delay A Pursuer Or Rival	functional_variant	1	1
Guarded Golden Apples As Treasure Or Marvelous Produce	narrower_than	1	1
Guarded Golden Fruit Beyond Ocean	narrower_than	1	1
Haunted Or Sterile Tomb Of A Saintly Figure	uncertain	1	1
Healing Sign	child	1	1
Healing Skin Of A Wondrous Animal	functional_variant	1	1
Heavenly Garment Transmitted Across Patriarchs	functional_variant	1	1
Helper Prepares Hero's Special Weapon Through Controlled Water	functional_variant	1	1
Hero Armed In Divine Armor For Battle	functional_variant	1	1
Hero Armed With Divine Gifts Before Battle	functional_variant	1	1
Hero Receives Divine Vehicle And Weapons	functional_variant	1	1
Hero Recognized By Distinctive Shield	functional_variant	1	1
Hero Wears Another Hero's Armor As Substitute Image	uncertain	1	1
Hero With Divine Or Legendary Weapon	narrower_than	1	1
Hero's Weapon As Strategic Vulnerability	functional_variant	1	1
Heroic Banners With Emblematic Identities	symbolic_variant	1	1
Hidden Heroic Relics Retrieved From Under A Rock	narrower_than	1	1
Hidden Heroic Weapons Recovered From A Tree	functional_variant	1	1
Hidden Treasure Inside An Object	narrower_than	1	1
Hidden Treasure Search With Unexpected Reward	functional_variant	1	1
Hidden Weapons Concealed In A Tree	functional_variant	1	1
Holy Face Image Impressed On Cloth	symbolic_variant	1	1
Honor Token Bestowed On A Bride Or Maiden	functional_variant	1	1
Honored Humans Becoming Idols	uncertain	1	1
Identity Tested By Hidden Token	functional_variant	1	1
Idol	child	1	1
Idol Made Through Sacred Trace And Then Destroyed	uncertain	1	1
Indistinguishable Combatants Require A Recognition Token	functional_variant	1	1
Inextinguishable Destructive Fire Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Infallible Returning Weapon With Fatal Consequences	functional_variant	1	1
Inherited Named Treasures Of A Hero Sire	narrower_than	1	1
Instrument Of Victory Becomes Instrument Of Control	functional_variant	1	1
Irreplaceable Lost Object	uncertain	1	1
Lost Recognition Token Recovered By Separated Beloved	functional_variant	1	1
Lost Talisman Triggers Separation And Concealment	functional_variant	1	1
Magic Ancestral Weapon Marked By Fire	narrower_than	1	1
Magic Weapon Binds A Powerful Hero	functional_variant	1	1
Magic Weapon Mastery	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Animal Producing Sustenance And Treasure	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Flight By Wish Granting Object	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Furnishing Conferring Invisibility And Sight	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Hunting Aids That Cannot Fail	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Inanimate Objects Grant Power To Their Possessor	alias	1	1
Magical Object Summons An Obedient Supernatural Servant	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Vehicle With Hidden Controls	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Weapon Aid From Sky God	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Weapon Pursues Offender Until Submission	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Weapons Controlled By Formula Or Power	functional_variant	1	1
Magically Potent Plant Implement	functional_variant	1	1
Marvelous Aerial Or Royal Vehicle With Animal Imagery	functional_variant	1	1
Marvelous Branch That Removes Grief And Induces Sleep	functional_variant	1	1
Marvelous Garden Objects	narrower_than	1	1
Marvelous Object Producing Inexhaustible Wealth	functional_variant	1	1
Material Proof Of Supernatural Promise	functional_variant	1	1
Military Victory Commemorated By Divine Statue	over_specific_label	1	1
Miraculous Bodily Sign Without Harm	symbolic_variant	1	1
Miraculous Food Producing Household Object	functional_variant	1	1
Miraculous Staff Swallows Rival Instruments	functional_variant	1	1
Mirror As Medium For The Dead Beloved Parent	functional_variant	1	1
Mirror As Soul And Heart Index	symbolic_variant	1	1
Monumental Cult Image Of The Solar God	symbolic_variant	1	1
Mortal Weapon Failing Against Divine Armament	functional_variant	1	1
Mountain Store House Of Preserved Youthful Treasures	functional_variant	1	1
Named Heroic Weapons	narrower_than	1	1
Named Inherited Weapon Used In Decisive Combat	functional_variant	1	1
Named Weapon Restored To Hero Before Battle	functional_variant	1	1
Natural Fruit Turned Into A Lethal Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Object From Paradise Entering The Realm Of Decay	symbolic_variant	1	1
Omenic Weapon Signaling Victory	functional_variant	1	1
Oracular Remains Of A Hero	child	1	1
Personified Divine Weapons Obey The Hero	functional_variant	1	1
Petrifying Gaze And Severed Head As Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Petrifying Trophy Used Against Hostile Ruler	functional_variant	1	1
Poisoned Garment That Cannot Be Removed	functional_variant	1	1
Precious Stones Obtained Through Animal Intermediaries	functional_variant	1	1
Precious Object Bribe Causing Betrayal	functional_variant	1	1
Proof Token Placed At The Perilous Site	functional_variant	1	1
Prosperity From Marvelous Household Objects	functional_variant	1	1
Protective And Consecrating Sacred Sign	functional_variant	1	1
Protective Concealment From Weapons And War	functional_variant	1	1
Protective Hidden Cult Statue Securing A City	functional_variant	1	1
Protective Mark	child	1	1
Protective Metal Charm	functional_variant	1	1
Protective Object Enabling Monster Combat	functional_variant	1	1
Protective Shield Rescue In Battle	functional_variant	1	1
Public Heroic Boasting Verified By Dangerous Objects	functional_variant	1	1
Punishment Transformed Into Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Recognition By Token And Kinship	functional_variant	1	1
Reconciliation Of Hostile Beings Through A Sacred Wand	functional_variant	1	1
Recovery And Restoration Of A Ring From Water	over_specific_label	1	1
Recovery Of Named Weapon From The Slain Body	functional_variant	1	1
Rescue Summoned By Signal Instrument	functional_variant	1	1
Revenge Through Enchanted Object And Provoked Conflict	functional_variant	1	1
Ritual Plant Preparation Conferring Invulnerability	functional_variant	1	1
Ritual Specialist With Magical Stones	uncertain	1	1
River Exposes Destructive Treasure	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred City Protecting Image Required For Conquest	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Garment As Lineage Sign	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Household Object Determines Settlement Site	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Instrument Mishandled By An Unworthy Possessor	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Protective Object Made From Animal Skin	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Relics Of A Departed Ruler	role_variant	1	1
Sacred Stones Transported From A Holy Place And Worshipped	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Treasures	canonical_group	1	1
Scripture As Oath, Oracle, And Protective Object	functional_variant	1	1
Secret Charms Claimed To Avert Divine Anger	uncertain	1	1
Secret Decisive Weapon Withheld From Shared Martial Knowledge	functional_variant	1	1
Selective Charmed Water Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Self Acting Blood Demanding Sword	functional_variant	1	1
Self Acting Or Inexhaustible Magical Objects	child	1	1
Self Filling Horn Of Abundance	functional_variant	1	1
Sentient Or Obedient Wonder Ship Saves Crew	functional_variant	1	1
Sentient Weapon Refuses Unjust Killing	functional_variant	1	1
Severed Head Or Image That Petrifies Through Terror	functional_variant	1	1
Shipwrecked Outsider Acquires A Magical Object On An Island	functional_variant	1	1
Stolen Object	over_specific_label	1	1
Strength Enhancing Belt Used In Trial	functional_variant	1	1
Submerged Weapon Image	uncertain	1	1
Supernatural Cries From Warriors' Weapons	symbolic_variant	1	1
Supernatural Or Named Weapon Turns Battle	functional_variant	1	1
Supernaturally Made Or Consecrated Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Supernaturally Swift Or Earth Shaking Steeds	functional_variant	1	1
Testing And Choosing The Tireless Steed	functional_variant	1	1
Testing The Supernatural Object By Ordeal Of Fire	functional_variant	1	1
Tide Controlling Royal Objects	functional_variant	1	1
Token Or Reward Associated With Entering Combat	functional_variant	1	1
Token Proving An Otherwise Unbelievable Encounter	functional_variant	1	1
Treasure As Sexual Or Moral Temptation	symbolic_variant	1	1
Treasure Cave	narrower_than	1	1
Treasure Hidden In A River Under Oath Of Secrecy	functional_variant	1	1
Treasure Theft By Eloping Pair	functional_variant	1	1
Tree Fragments Confer Magic And Welfare	functional_variant	1	1
Unexpected Treasure Discovered While Ploughing	functional_variant	1	1
Unfamiliar Mirror Mistaken For Another Person	functional_variant	1	1
Unique Ancestral Weapon Wielded Only By The Hero	narrower_than	1	1
Unique Or Privileged Weapon Of The Hero	functional_variant	1	1
Unique Weapon Needed To Slay A Giant	functional_variant	1	1
Valuable Object Induces Betrayal And Begins A Revenge Cycle	functional_variant	1	1
Venerated Stone Linked To Divine Myth	symbolic_variant	1	1
Violent Revelation By Body Part Token	functional_variant	1	1
Wealth Obtained By Damaging A Sacred Image	uncertain	1	1
Weapon Fails Against Protected Foe	functional_variant	1	1
Weapon Inheritance And Transferred Heroic Prowess	functional_variant	1	1
Wonder Working Abundance Object	functional_variant	1	1
Wondrous Equipment Enabling A Heroic Feat	functional_variant	1	1
Wondrous Hound That Subdues Wild Beasts	functional_variant	1	1
World Revealing Magic Mirror	functional_variant	1	1

Tradition Frequency

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Celtic Irish 60 Greek 38 Roman 32 Hindu 29 Islamic 25 Greek/Roman 21 Norse 21 Finnish/Karelian 17 Japanese 16 Islamicate Folklore 14 Celtic Welsh 13 Buddhist 11 Sufi 11 Comparative 8 Biblical 3 Ainu 1 Indigenous Australian 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

60 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Lost Ring Recovered Through A Fish (2), Animated Or Speaking Weapons And Instruments (1), Christian Bell As Instrument Of Release From Older Suffering (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge. This is a deterministic summary of 60 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13680-13694	high	Inseparable Animal Skin With Annual Wool Renewal	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA / CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL / CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF GABHRA; lines 14070-14133	medium	Enchanted Weapon Causing Incurable Wound	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11733-11826	medium	Magical Or Extraordinary Fishing With Simple Natural Objects	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11828-11918	high	Named Supernatural Or Exceptional Weapons In Heroic Combat	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY / CHAPTER III. THE HOUND; lines 6845-6937	high	Magical Animal Producing Sustenance And Treasure	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2303-2409	high	Daily Miraculous Renewal Of Weapons For Battle	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2303-2409	high	Enchanted Burning Weapon	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2411-2509	high	Animated Or Speaking Weapons And Instruments	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN / CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD / CHAPTER III. BIRTH OF BRAN. / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER.; lines 6249-6275	medium	Coerced Removal By Magic Like Rod	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF TAILLTIN / BOOK FOUR: THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG / CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA; lines 3051-3156	high	Control Of Waters By Object Boundary	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR / CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS; lines 8949-9047	high	Heroic Banners With Emblematic Identities	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR / CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS; lines 8949-9047	high	Named Heroic Weapons	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA / CHAPTER III. ANGUS OG / CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE; lines 3314-3340	high	Dangerous Sacred Stone Causing Madness	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA / CHAPTER III. ANGUS OG / CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE; lines 3314-3340	high	Revenge Through Enchanted Object And Provoked Conflict	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1565-1661	high	Dangerous Fiery Weapon Restrained By Water	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1565-1661	high	Healing Skin Of A Wondrous Animal	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1565-1661	high	Wondrous Hound That Subdues Wild Beasts	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER III. THE LAST OF THE GREAT MEN / BOOK ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE; lines 14547-14650	high	Hidden Heroic Relics Retrieved From Under A Rock	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER. / CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS; lines 6557-6658	high	Colored Flags Signal Life Or Death	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS / CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH; lines 9374-9385	high	Unfailing Provisioning Implement	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN; lines 9906-9957	high	Supernatural Or Unmatched Hunting Hound	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY; lines 6823-6842	high	Rescue Summoned By Signal Instrument	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY / CHAPTER X. HIS CALL TO BRAN; lines 4222-4255	high	Magical Binding Or Drawing By Thread	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7824-7919	medium	Elaborate Destructive Weapon Of A Champion	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7921-7957	high	Contagious Burning From A Weapon	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7921-7957	high	Inextinguishable Destructive Fire Weapon	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7921-7957	high	Named Inherited Weapon Used In Decisive Combat	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY / CHAPTER X. HIS CALL TO BRAN / CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC; lines 4258-4356	high	Marvelous Branch That Removes Grief And Induces Sleep	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY; lines 7960-8038	high	Destined Weapon Against An Otherwise Invulnerable Enemy	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY; lines 7960-8038	high	Fiery Manifestation Of Powerful Weapons	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5477-5602	high	Christian Bell As Instrument Of Release From Older Suffering	record
Gods and Fighting Men	Part One, Book One, Chapter I: The Fight with the Firbolgs; Tuatha de Danaan arrival and four treasures	high	Sacred Treasures	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 5898-6019	high	Specialized Secret Or Exceptional Weapon Decides Combat	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 6021-6196	high	Recovery Of Named Weapon From The Slain Body	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	END OF VOL. I. / VOL. II / PREFACE TO VOL. II / INTRODUCTION IN VERSE; lines 8630-8686	medium	Recovery And Restoration Of A Ring From Water	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 2719-2811	medium	Beloved Imitators Assume The Hero’s Bodily Mark	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 2719-2811	high	Public Heroic Boasting Verified By Dangerous Objects	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	INTRODUCTION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10930-11027	high	Material Proof Of Supernatural Promise	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 9528-9700	high	Lost Ring Recovered Through A Fish	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	PAGE 13 / PAGE 14 / PAGE 15 / PAGE 17; lines 6694-6716	low	Submerged Weapon Image	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	PAGE 37 / PAGE 38 / PAGE 41 / PAGE 42; lines 7085-7136	medium	Magic Weapon Mastery	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	PAGE 47 / PAGE 48 / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / PAGE 57; lines 7243-7261	medium	Supernatural Cries From Warriors' Weapons	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10095-10225	high	Lost Ring Recovered Through A Salmon	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10227-10274	medium	Concealed Or Discarded Token Used As Proof	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10227-10274	high	Lost Ring Recovered Through A Fish	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	CONTENTS / PREFACE / WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK; lines 1469-1620	high	Unique Or Privileged Weapon Of The Hero	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 13803-13902	medium	Omenic Weapon Signaling Victory	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII; lines 15087-15213	high	Named Weapon Restored To Hero Before Battle	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII; lines 15215-15340	high	Crying Or Sounding Shield That Summons Wider Response	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII; lines 15215-15340	high	Supernatural Weapon Expanding To Immense Size	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS; lines 6291-6421	medium	Hero's Weapon As Strategic Vulnerability	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW / THE SCYTHED CHARIOT; lines 8457-8532	high	Magical Protection Through Otherworldly Gifts	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 6423-6554	high	Fatal Demand For The Hero's Weapon	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 6556-6677	high	Commemorative Or Etiological Stones Marking Violent Events	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 7698-7840	high	Fatal Special Weapon In Heroic Combat	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM; lines 4778-4914	high	Substitute Weapon Fashioned From A Tree	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 10353-10475	medium	Supernaturally Swift Or Earth Shaking Steeds	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11171-11287	high	Helper Prepares Hero's Special Weapon Through Controlled Water	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11171-11287	high	Secret Decisive Weapon Withheld From Shared Martial Knowledge	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11435-11617	high	Token Or Reward Associated With Entering Combat	record

Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

38 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Divine Weapon Or Armor For A Hero (1), Guarded Mythic Fruit (1), Heroic Shield Description (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Iliad and Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica. This is a deterministic summary of 38 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE BEAR AND THE FOX / THE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANT / THE OX AND THE FROG / THE MAN AND THE IMAGE; lines 2498-2508	high	Hidden Treasure Inside An Object	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE BEAR AND THE FOX / THE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANT / THE OX AND THE FROG / THE MAN AND THE IMAGE; lines 2498-2508	high	Wealth Obtained By Damaging A Sacred Image	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE BOASTING TRAVELLER / THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER / THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW / THE FARMER AND HIS SONS; lines 1786-1797	high	Hidden Treasure Search With Unexpected Reward	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE CROW AND THE RAVEN / THE WITCH / THE OLD MAN AND DEATH / THE MISER; lines 5010-5026	high	Secret Treasure Discovered And Stolen By Observer	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE DOG AND THE COOK / THE MONKEY AS KING / THE THIEVES AND THE COCK / THE FARMER AND FORTUNE; lines 1852-1865	high	Unexpected Treasure Discovered While Ploughing	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD / THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG / THE CROW AND THE RAVEN / THE WITCH; lines 4982-4993	high	Secret Charms Claimed To Avert Divine Anger	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS / THE STAG AND THE VINE / THE LAMB CHASED BY A WOLF / THE ARCHER AND THE LION; lines 3621-3646	high	Distant Weapon As Messenger Of Greater Power	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE OLD MAN AND DEATH / THE MISER / THE FOXES AND THE RIVER / THE HORSE AND THE STAG; lines 5046-5058	medium	Instrument Of Victory Becomes Instrument Of Control	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 626-712	high	Heroic Shield Description	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9228-9370	medium	Venerated Stone Linked To Divine Myth	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9516-9643	high	Invisibility Granting Dark Cap	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9645-9787	medium	Animal Charm For Protection	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745; lines 4158-4264	medium	Fatal Poisoned Garment	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS / FRAGMENTS OF UNKNOWN POSITION / DOUBTFUL FRAGMENTS; lines 5107-5140	high	Guarded Golden Fruit Beyond Ocean	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES; lines 4410-4510	high	Apotropaic Shield Covered With Terrifying Battle Imagery	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES; lines 4410-4510	high	Hero Armed With Divine Gifts Before Battle	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI / HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601 / FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS; lines 7586-7621	medium	Guarded Mythic Fruit	record
The Iliad	ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12542-12674	high	Weapon Fails Against Protected Foe	record
The Iliad	ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21344-21448	medium	Gifted Divine Horses And Heroic Prestige	record
The Iliad	CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1303-1376	high	Celestial Armor For The Hero	record
The Iliad	THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5814-5955	medium	Failed Martial Implement Rejected And Consigned To Fire	record
The Iliad	THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 4060-4164	high	Divine Bestowal Of Martial Skill And Weapons	record
The Iliad	THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. / BOOK VII. / ARGUMENT / THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX.; lines 7675-7813	medium	Weapon Inheritance And Transferred Heroic Prowess	record
The Iliad	THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15362-15506	high	Hero Wears Another Hero's Armor As Substitute Image	record
The Iliad	THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18608-18748	high	Hero Armed In Divine Armor For Battle	record
The Iliad	THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18608-18748	high	Unique Ancestral Weapon Wielded Only By The Hero	record
The Iliad	THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11305-11425	high	Hero Recognized By Distinctive Shield	record
The Iliad	THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23947-24048	medium	Divine Contest Around The Golden Apple	record
The Iliad	THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17544-17691	high	Divine Weapon Or Armor For A Hero	record
The Iliad	THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17834-17979	high	Self Moving Divine Artifacts	record
The Iliad	THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16587-16719	medium	Divine Heirloom Passed From Heaven To Father To Son	record
The Iliad	THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16721-16857	medium	Divine Empowerment Through Sanctioned Armor	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX / BOOK XX / BOOK XXI; lines 9317-9414	medium	Deadly Object In A Courtship Contest	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII; lines 10119-10211	high	Identity Tested By Hidden Token	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10946-11057	high	Treasure Theft By Eloping Pair	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11379-11488	low	Treasure Cave	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11490-11612	high	Treasure Hidden In A Cave	record
The Republic	The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 1854-1938	medium	Divine Inner Metal Contrasted With Earthly Metal	record

Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

32 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Fated Tokens And Persons Required Before A City Can Fall (1), Heroic Weapon Destined To Accomplish A City's Fall (1), Petrifying Monster Head Weapon (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII. This is a deterministic summary of 32 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 7844-7942	high	Divine Or Underworld Tempered Weapon	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8437-8512	high	Mortal Weapon Failing Against Divine Armament	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 980-1059	high	Deceptive Hollow Image Concealing Enemies	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3046-3130	high	Ancestral Or Heroic Weapons Carrying Memory Of Prior Combat	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6694-6752	high	Fatal Trophy Or Cursed Spoils	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1678-1762	medium	Victory Memorial Through Dedicated Arms	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8008-8099	high	Petrifying Trophy Used Against Hostile Ruler	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH.; lines 7664-7739	high	Petrifying Monster Head Weapon	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH.; lines 7664-7739	medium	Sanctuary Object Protects A Wrongdoer	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH.; lines 5945-6031	high	Blood Stained Token Falsely Indicating Death	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10354-10448	high	Violent Revelation By Body Part Token	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12164-12245	high	Infallible Returning Weapon With Fatal Consequences	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12340-12383	high	Magical Hunting Aids That Cannot Fail	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12386-12480	medium	Fatal Gift Weapon	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393	medium	Guarded Golden Apples As Treasure Or Marvelous Produce	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393	high	Severed Head Or Image That Petrifies Through Terror	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6103-6154	high	Concealed Bodily Mark Revealed By Nature	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2575-2662	high	Fatal Gift Or Garment Sent In Jealousy	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8336-8395	medium	Divine Made Equipment Linked To The Hero's Death By Fire	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5878-5963	medium	Sacred Instrument Mishandled By An Unworthy Possessor	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4104-4203	high	Oracular Remains Of A Hero	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7734-7787	high	Sacred Or Ritual Objects Repurposed As Weapons	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH.; lines 2068-2150	medium	Etiology Of An Abundance Horn	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8455-8538	high	Heroic Weapon Destined To Accomplish A City's Fall	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8540-8622	high	Protective Shield Rescue In Battle	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8770-8858	medium	Fated Tokens And Persons Required Before A City Can Fall	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8965-9091	high	Protective Hidden Cult Statue Securing A City	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH.; lines 7529-7561	high	Cure By The Substance Of The Wounding Weapon	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10987-11030	medium	Venerated Cult Image With Animal Attribute	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3241-3332	high	Valuable Object Induces Betrayal And Begins A Revenge Cycle	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5391-5474	high	Golden Fruit Used To Delay A Pursuer Or Rival	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6507-6591	medium	Endangered Hero Aided By Helper With Divine Made Weapon	record

Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

29 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Captive Released From A Magic Weapon's Spell (1), Divine War Equipment Resists Attack (1), Flying Car Possessed By A Wealth God (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki and Maha-bharata. This is a deterministic summary of 29 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Maha-bharata	BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA / BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA; lines 5365-5514	high	Hero With Divine Or Legendary Weapon	record
Maha-bharata	BOOK V / PATIVRATA-MAHATMYA / BOOK VI / GO-HARANA; lines 2854-2990	high	Hidden Weapons Concealed In A Tree	record
Maha-bharata	BOOK V / PATIVRATA-MAHATMYA / BOOK VI / GO-HARANA; lines 2992-3137	high	Hidden Heroic Weapons Recovered From A Tree	record
Maha-bharata	BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 3933-4068	medium	Battle Standard As Emblem Of Martial Dominance	record
Maha-bharata	BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 4830-4970	high	Personal Battle Standards As Identity Signs	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	BOOK V.(787) / Canto III. The Guardian Goddess. / Canto IV. Within The City. / Canto VI. The Court.; lines 45280-45377	high	Marvelous Aerial Or Royal Vehicle With Animal Imagery	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto CII. Lakshman Healed. / Canto CVI. Glory To The Sun. / Canto CVIII. The Battle. / Canto CIX. The Battle.; lines 55400-55568	high	Divine Weapon That Overcomes An Otherwise Resistant Foe	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto III. The Guardian Goddess. / Canto IV. Within The City. / Canto VI. The Court. / Canto VIII. The Enchanted Car.; lines 45380-45532	high	Divine Or Paradisal Vehicle	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused. / Canto LXXIV. The Medicinal Herbs. / Canto LXXV. The Night Attack. / Canto CII. Lakshman Healed.; lines 55124-55282	high	Hero Receives Divine Vehicle And Weapons	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXXII. The Gift Of Kine. / Canto LXXIII. The Nuptials. / Canto LXXV. The Parle. / Canto LXXVI. Debarred From Heaven.; lines 9432-9605	high	Supernatural Weapon That Cannot Be Discharged In Vain	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXXV. The Night Attack. / Canto CII. Lakshman Healed. / Canto CVI. Glory To The Sun. / Canto CVIII. The Battle.; lines 55357-55397	high	Divine War Equipment Resists Attack	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees.; lines 38928-39087	high	Indistinguishable Combatants Require A Recognition Token	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes.; lines 3820-3990	high	Divine Or Celestial Weapons Bestowed On The Hero	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy.; lines 47022-47074	high	Magical Weapon Pursues Offender Until Submission	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. / Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love. / Canto XXIX. The Celestial Arms.; lines 4681-4710	medium	Personified Divine Weapons Obey The Hero	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 53066-53172	high	Divinely Bestowed Weapon And Strength	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLIII. The Ruin Of The Temple. / Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated. / Canto XLVI. The Captains. / Canto XLVII. The Death Of Aksha.; lines 47440-47613	high	Magic Weapon Binds A Powerful Hero	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53848-54019	medium	Divine Or Named Weapons Decide Battle	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 54356-54507	high	Supernatural Weapon Overcomes Invulnerable Armor	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated. / Canto XLVI. The Captains. / Canto XLVII. The Death Of Aksha. / Canto LIII. The Punishment.; lines 47737-47909	high	Punishment Transformed Into Weapon	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love.; lines 14681-14760	medium	Divinely Sourced Heroic Weapons	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle.; lines 29527-29694	medium	Supernatural Or Named Weapon Turns Battle	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 29954-30096	high	Divine Weapon Used By The Hero	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer.; lines 31978-32077	medium	Desire For Radiant Treasure From The Wilderness	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65264-65393	low	Token Ring As Celestial Sign	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65395-65547	medium	Captive Released From A Magic Weapon's Spell	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65395-65547	medium	Flying Car Possessed By A Wealth God	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62565-62694	high	Divine Bird Vehicle	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62817-62940	medium	Magical Weapons Controlled By Formula Or Power	record

Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

25 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Ancestral Footprint Preserved In Stone (1), Animated Idol Made From Communal Ornaments (1), Animated Or Sounding Calf That Misleads Israel (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 25 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1620-1670	medium	Deification Of Revered Ancestral Or Pious Figures Through Statues	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1620-1670	high	Intercessory Divine Images	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1673-1723	high	Honored Humans Becoming Idols	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1726-1776	high	Edible Idol Consumed Under Famine	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1726-1776	high	Sacred Stones Transported From A Holy Place And Worshipped	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9025-9084	medium	Animated Idol Made From Communal Ornaments	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20236-20305	high	Heavenly Garment Transmitted Across Patriarchs	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20718-20799	high	Healing Token From Absent Beloved Son	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20801-20882	high	Miraculous Garment With Healing And Recognition Power	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24306-24395	high	Miraculous Bodily Sign Without Harm	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 39927-39986	medium	Healing Token Restores Sight	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III; lines 3665-3714	high	Scripture As Oath, Oracle, And Protective Object	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 10088-10219	medium	Ominous Cursed Tree As Test Or Dispute Object	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 13568-13695	high	Grief Induced Loss Of Sight Followed By Restoration Through A Token	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 23835-23972	medium	Divine Possession Of Cosmic Treasure And True Might	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 26317-26427	high	Satanic Objects Causing Social Division And Ritual Forgetfulness	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6133-6277	high	Idol Made Through Sacred Trace And Then Destroyed	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6279-6438	medium	Animated Or Sounding Calf That Misleads Israel	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4222-4265	medium	River Exposes Destructive Treasure	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5675-5730	high	Sacred Object Darkened By Human Contact Or Sin	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5675-5730	high	Sacred Stone From Paradise Mediated By An Angel	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5733-5786	high	Ancestral Footprint Preserved In Stone	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5733-5786	medium	Sacred Stone Authenticated By Miraculous Property	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII. / SECTION VIII.; lines 8153-8202	high	Deification Of Revered Religious Leaders	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II.; lines 3020-3067	high	Devotional Preservation Of A Holy Person's Bodily Traces	record

Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

21 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Automated Or Self Moving Sacred Objects (1), Cult Image As Garden And Vineyard Guardian (1), Discordant Object Introduced At A Wedding Feast (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 21 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	ARES (MARS). / MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA.; lines 3735-3744	high	Military Victory Commemorated By Divine Statue	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	ARTEMIS (DIANA). / ARCADIAN ARTEMIS. / EPHESIAN ARTEMIS. / BRAURONIAN ARTEMIS.; lines 3059-3071	medium	Transported Divine Image Establishes A Local Cult Form	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.; lines 8825-8917	high	Precious Object Bribe Causing Betrayal	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	BRAURONIAN ARTEMIS. / SELENE-ARTEMIS. / DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN).; lines 3109-3194	high	Automated Or Self Moving Sacred Objects	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	CEREALIA. / VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS.; lines 6563-6631	high	Fatal Gift Or Cursed Ornament	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	CERES. / APHRODITE (VENUS). / VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL).; lines 2071-2157	medium	Monumental Cult Image Of The Solar God	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3209-3294	high	Trident As Divine Power Object	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	JUVENTAS. / GANYMEDES. / THE MUSES. / PEGASUS.; lines 5159-5187	high	Divine Animal Bearing A God's Storm Weapons	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	LEUCOTHEA. / THE SIRENS. / ARES (MARS). / MARS.; lines 3632-3714	high	Heaven Sent Protective Object Preserving The City	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	LEUCOTHEA. / THE SIRENS. / ARES (MARS). / MARS.; lines 3632-3714	high	Sacred Object Protected By Duplicate Copies	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY).; lines 3819-3892	medium	Reconciliation Of Hostile Beings Through A Sacred Wand	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA. / THEMIS. / VESTA.; lines 1634-1698	high	Sacred Treasure Housed In A Temple	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	PAN (FAUNUS). / FAUNUS. / THE SATYRS. / PRIAPUS.; lines 5635-5659	high	Cult Image As Garden And Vineyard Guardian	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY. / PRONOUNCING INDEX. / A COMPLETE COURSE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH. / NOTES; lines 11638-11773	high	Sacred Protective Object Made From Animal Skin	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY. / PRONOUNCING INDEX. / A COMPLETE COURSE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH. / NOTES; lines 11775-11823	high	Self Filling Horn Of Abundance	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8266-8323	high	Poisoned Garment That Cannot Be Removed	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9687-9774	medium	Sacred City Protecting Image Required For Conquest	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9776-9867	high	Warning Against A Deceptive Sacred Object Ignored After Ominous Sign	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES. / JUPITER. / HERA (JUNO).; lines 1296-1386	high	Discordant Object Introduced At A Wedding Feast	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS. / PERSEUS.; lines 6633-6734	high	Petrifying Gaze And Severed Head As Weapon	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS. / PERSEUS.; lines 6736-6832	high	Petrifying Head Used As Supernatural Weapon	record

Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

21 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Autonomous Magic Weapon Of A God (1), Cursed Treasure Or Ring Brings Bloodshed (1), Cursed Victory Giving Weapon Turns Against Its Wielder (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 21 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2461-2608	high	Protective And Consecrating Sacred Sign	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2852-2939	high	Strength Enhancing Belt Used In Trial	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR; lines 3495-3611	high	Cursed Victory Giving Weapon Turns Against Its Wielder	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI; lines 3968-3988	high	Divine Musician With Magical Instrument	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY; lines 4487-4607	high	Autonomous Magic Weapon Of A God	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY; lines 4864-4983	high	Enchanted Mill Produces Desired Abundance	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY; lines 4864-4983	high	Etiology Of Sea Salt And Whirlpool From Sunken Magic Mill	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL; lines 5479-5625	high	Lunar Emblems In Divine Keeping	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL / CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR; lines 5896-6019	high	Protective Object Enabling Monster Combat	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6162-6289	high	Youth Renewing Fruit Guarded On The Tree	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8943-9039	high	Self Acting Blood Demanding Sword	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES; lines 9173-9193	high	Sacred Household Object Determines Settlement Site	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10444-10568	high	Fatal Ring As Proof And Catalyst	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10571-10664	high	Captive Refuses Treasure Secret Under Torture	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10571-10664	high	Treasure Hidden In A River Under Oath Of Secrecy	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9318-9428	high	Chosen Hero Draws A Divine Weapon From A Tree	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9862-9984	high	Testing And Choosing The Tireless Steed	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9986-10091	high	Reforged Ancestral Weapon Arms The Hero	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11061-11198	high	Inherited Named Treasures Of A Hero Sire	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11342-11475	high	Sentient Or Obedient Wonder Ship Saves Crew	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 13084-13166	medium	Cursed Treasure Or Ring Brings Bloodshed	record

Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

17 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Broken Heirloom Provokes Revenge (1), Contested Magical Treasure Seized By Talons (1), Loss And Replacement Of A Sacred Musical Instrument (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 17 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15089-15274	high	Magic Small Object Becomes Lifesaving Aid	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15818-16007	high	Magic Ancestral Weapon Marked By Fire	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18361-18545	high	Broken Heirloom Provokes Revenge	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18933-19124	high	Treasure As Sexual Or Moral Temptation	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20039-20220	medium	Sentient Weapon Refuses Unjust Killing	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20039-20220	medium	Wonder Working Abundance Object	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21294-21487	high	Rooted Treasure Freed By Plowing	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21682-21883	high	Loss Of A Magical Musical Object To Underwater Powers	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21885-22076	high	Contested Magical Treasure Seized By Talons	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 22275-22460	high	Loss And Replacement Of A Sacred Musical Instrument	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23211-23370	high	Ritual Handling Of Animal Body Parts To Preserve Powers	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 1672-1830	high	Enchanted Weapons Made From Fragments Of A Felled Tree	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 1672-1830	high	Tree Fragments Confer Magic And Welfare	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 2758-2930	high	Mountain Store House Of Preserved Youthful Treasures	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 6368-6539	medium	Supernaturally Made Or Consecrated Weapon	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 6541-6715	medium	Magical Weapon Aid From Sky God	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 6913-7085	high	Wondrous Equipment Enabling A Heroic Feat	record

Japanese

How This Tradition Tells It

16 occurrences

In Japanese, this family appears through Final Remaining Weapon Succeeds After Special Preparation (1), Magic Objects Controlling Flood And Ebb (1), Control Of Waters By Magical Jewels (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 16 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Japanese Fairy Tales	COMPILED BY / PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE; lines 262-377	high	Final Remaining Weapon Succeeds After Special Preparation	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	COMPILED BY / PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE; lines 379-393	high	Prosperity From Marvelous Household Objects	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER; lines 1525-1574	high	Sacred Relics Of A Departed Ruler	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 3899-4008	high	Irreplaceable Lost Object	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4336-4434	high	Control Of Waters By Magical Jewels	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4436-4526	high	Magic Objects Controlling Flood And Ebb	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 2843-2950	high	Testing The Supernatural Object By Ordeal Of Fire	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3178-3288	high	Mirror As Soul And Heart Index	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3178-3288	high	Unfamiliar Mirror Mistaken For Another Person	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3290-3387	high	Dying Parent Gives A Remembrance Token	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3290-3387	high	Mirror As Medium For The Dead Beloved Parent	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER; lines 4627-4745	high	Miraculous Food Producing Household Object	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5182-5293	medium	Natural Fruit Turned Into A Lethal Weapon	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE; lines 6021-6126	medium	Divine Aid Through A Sacred Weapon	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY; lines 4819-4939	high	Tide Controlling Royal Objects	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON; lines 6755-6881	high	Proof Token Placed At The Perilous Site	record

Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

14 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Destruction Of Harmful Image Or Statue (1), Hidden Treasure Beneath Tree In Cave (1), Hidden Treasure Found By Following Supernatural Advice (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 14 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 11056-11168	high	Marvelous Objects Transform A Household Garden	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 11056-11168	medium	Reminder Tokens Prevent Forgetfulness	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 11170-11282	high	Hidden Treasure Found By Following Supernatural Advice	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 11284-11406	high	Marvelous Garden Objects	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2842-2935	high	Destruction Of Harmful Image Or Statue	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3631-3726	high	Precious Stones Obtained Through Animal Intermediaries	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6065-6192	high	Token Proving An Otherwise Unbelievable Encounter	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6546-6659	medium	Lost Talisman Triggers Separation And Concealment	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6661-6767	high	Hidden Treasure Beneath Tree In Cave	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6661-6767	high	Lost Talisman Recovered From Animal Body	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6661-6767	high	Secret Transport Of Treasure Under Ordinary Goods	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6769-6889	high	Lost Recognition Token Recovered By Separated Beloved	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7899-8017	high	Magical Object Summons An Obedient Supernatural Servant	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9805-9898	high	Magical Vehicle With Hidden Controls	record

Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

13 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Concealment By Magic Ring (1), Invisible Killer Under A Magical Concealment (1), Privileged Hide As Sleep Place (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 13 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Mabinogion	C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 3111-3183	high	Honor Token Bestowed On A Bride Or Maiden	record
The Mabinogion	C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4398-4488	medium	Recognition By Token And Kinship	record
The Mabinogion	C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4603-4735	medium	Self Acting Or Inexhaustible Magical Objects	record
The Mabinogion	C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4737-4866	high	Unique Weapon Needed To Slay A Giant	record
The Mabinogion	CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN; lines 626-711	high	Concealment By Magic Ring	record
The Mabinogion	INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 1243-1313	high	Protective Concealment From Weapons And War	record
The Mabinogion	INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 2002-2071	high	Marvelous Object Producing Inexhaustible Wealth	record
The Mabinogion	INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 2515-2569	high	Autonomous Or Enchanted Game Board	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Mabinogion	PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6937-7016	high	Invisible Killer Under A Magical Concealment	record
The Mabinogion	PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7208-7299	high	Enchanted Object That Immobilizes The Toucher	record
The Mabinogion	THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS; lines 8432-8528	high	Selective Charmed Water Weapon	record
The Mabinogion	THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY; lines 5389-5450	high	Privileged Hide As Sleep Place	record
The Mabinogion	THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY; lines 5543-5640	high	Magical Furnishing Conferring Invisibility And Sight	record

Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

11 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Monster Remains Transformed Into Fearsome War Instruments (1), Sacred Emblem Or Ritual Object (1), Valuable Object Unrecognized By Its Owners (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India and Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1. This is a deterministic summary of 11 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 15042-15226	low	Sacred Emblem Or Ritual Object	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 740-872	medium	Shipwrecked Outsider Acquires A Magical Object On An Island	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 874-988	high	Commanded Weapon Executes Distant Killing	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 874-988	high	Magical Inanimate Objects Grant Power To Their Possessor	record
Jataka tales	PART I / PART II / HOW THE TURTLE SAVED HIS OWN LIFE / THE MERCHANT OF SERI; lines 402-493	high	Valuable Object Unrecognized By Its Owners	record
More Jataka Tales	XV THE FOOLHARDY WOLF / XVI THE STOLEN PLOW / XVII THE LION IN BAD COMPANY / XVIII THE WISE GOAT AND THE WOLF; lines 127-164	medium	Stolen Object	record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India	THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 413-505	high	Magical Flight By Wish Granting Object	record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India	THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 507-608	high	Accumulation Of Wonderful Objects	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India	THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 507-608	high	Commanded Weapon That Performs Tasks And Beheading	record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India	THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 507-608	high	Flight Granting Jewel	record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India	The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India / WARNING / CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB; lines 134-220	high	Monster Remains Transformed Into Fearsome War Instruments	record

Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

11 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Saint's Tomb As Pilgrimage Center (2), Providential Gem Formation (1), Saintly Shrine And Relic Devotion (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Mystics and Saints of Islam and The Mesnevi. This is a deterministic summary of 11 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Mystics and Saints of Islam	ANECDOTE OF BAYAZID BASTAMI. / CHAPTER XIII / CHAPTER XIV / JALALUDDIN RUMI; lines 4475-4544	high	Saint's Tomb As Pilgrimage Center	record
Mystics and Saints of Islam	APPENDIX II / APPENDIX III / APPENDIX IV / CHRIST IN MODAMMEDAN TRADITION.; lines 5829-5934	high	Holy Face Image Impressed On Cloth	record
Mystics and Saints of Islam	III.--THE LOVE OF GOD AND ECSTASY / CHAPTER II / CHAPTER III / RABIA, THE WOMAN SUFI; lines 1108-1129	high	Saint's Tomb As Pilgrimage Center	record
Mystics and Saints of Islam	THE CLAY OF WHICH MAN IS MADE. / THE DEAD CRIMINAL. / ANECDOTE OF BAYAZID BASTAMI. / CHAPTER XIII; lines 3857-3955	medium	Haunted Or Sterile Tomb Of A Saintly Figure	record
The Mesnevi	CHAPTER IV. / CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI. / CHAPTER VII.; lines 4819-4951	high	Miraculous Staff Swallows Rival Instruments	record
The Mesnevi	IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE. / VIII. / XIII.; lines 13479-13576	high	Seal Of Authority Lost To A Demon	record
The Mesnevi	THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 3284-3402	high	Sacred Garment As Lineage Sign	record
The Mesnevi	XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15425-15637	medium	Providential Gem Formation	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Mystics of Islam	CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3570-3593	high	Saintly Shrine And Relic Devotion	record
The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí	CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION; lines 255-332	medium	Object From Paradise Entering The Realm Of Decay	record
The Persian Mystics: Jámí	MORTAL PARAMOUR / THE DIVINE UNION / THE MAGIC MIRROR / A LAMENT; lines 980-1076	high	World Revealing Magic Mirror	record

Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

8 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Coercive Cutting Of Hair To Overcome Resistance (1), Effigy Fragments As Fertility Charms (1), Iron As Apotropaic Protection Against Spirits (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) and The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 8 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3606-3684	high	Covering Mirrors After Death To Prevent Soul Capture	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4265-4343	high	Iron As Apotropaic Protection Against Spirits	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 10784-10940	medium	Protective Metal Charm	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 5783-5836	high	Effigy Fragments As Fertility Charms	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 14432-14522	high	Sacred Or Dangerous Object Protected From Ground Contact	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 14703-14846	high	Ritual Plant Preparation Conferring Invulnerability	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 4926-4994	high	Magically Potent Plant Implement	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7255-7309	medium	Coercive Cutting Of Hair To Overcome Resistance	record

Biblical

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Biblical, this family appears through Healing Sign (1), Idol (1), Protective Mark (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Exodus and Numbers. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Exodus	Exodus 12:1-14, 21-31	medium	Protective Mark	record
Exodus	Exodus 32:1-20; 34:1-10; 40:17-38	medium	Idol	record
Numbers	Numbers 21:4-9	medium	Healing Sign	record

Ainu

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Ainu, this family appears through Divine Whittled Stick Symbol (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aino Folk-Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Aino Folk-Tales	LOCAL SECRETARIES. / HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE.; lines 435-482	medium	Divine Whittled Stick Symbol	record

Indigenous Australian

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Indigenous Australian, this family appears through Ritual Specialist With Magical Stones (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies	ANDREW LANG. / APPENDIX / DINEWAN BOOLLARHNAH GOOMBLEGUBBON / GLOSSARY; lines 3375-3525	medium	Ritual Specialist With Magical Stones	record

Converges

Shared Structure

The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Buddhist leans toward Monster Remains Transformed Into Fearsome War Instruments; Islamic leans toward Ancestral Footprint Preserved In Stone; Roman leans toward Fated Tokens And Persons Required Before A City Can Fall; Greek leans toward Divine Weapon Or Armor For A Hero; Celtic Irish leans toward Lost Ring Recovered Through A Fish; Greek/Roman leans toward Automated Or Self Moving Sacred Objects.

Comparison Mode

Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.

ca. 900-400 BCE

Pentateuch

Biblical - Ancient Israelite Torah composition and redaction - 3 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 29 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 38 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 38 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 11 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 29 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 25 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 60 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 21 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 13 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 17 tagged occurrences

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Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship

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Timeline

Pentateuch

The Upanishads

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

The Iliad

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Gods and Fighting Men

The Poetic Edda

The Mabinogion

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland