This database is an electronic edition of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, revised and enlarged by Stith Thompson, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 19

This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a

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