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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
B184.1. Magic horse. — Types 314, 502, 550; BP II 274, *III 111, 113 n. 4; *Fb "føl", "hest" IV 211b; Penzer VI 72 n. 1; Meyer Germanische Mythologie (1891) 105; *Jones PMLA XXIII 569; Norlind Skattsägner 46 n. 4. — Irish myth: Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *530A, *530B, *531, *533A, *651; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cheval"; Missouri French: Carrière; Arabian: Burton V 1ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Cape Verde Is.: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 277 No. 91, 281 No. 92. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 624.
B211.3. Speaking horse. B316. Abused and pampered horses. B401. Helpful horse. C762.3. Tabu: whipping magic horse more than once on Journey. C942.2. Magic horse becomes powerless because of broken tabu. D491.1.2. Magic folding mule. D1654.2. Horse magically becomes immovable. D1734. Magic power by crawling through ear of magic horse. D1846.3. Magic horse renders rider invulnerable. H1154.8. Task: capturing magic horse. H1331.4. Quest for marvelous horse. K985. Magic horse lent by fairy in disguise brings about death of mortal.
B184.1.1. Horse (mule) with magic speed. *Chauvin V 259 No. 154 n. 1; *Fb "hest" I 598v. — Greek: Fox 119; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 294.
D2122. Journey with magic speed.
B184.1.1.1. Horse so fast fly cannot light on him. India: Thompson-Balys.
B184.1.1.2. Horse as swift as a bird. Icel.: Boberg.
B184.1.1.3. Swiftest horse on earth. Irish myth: Cross.
B184.1.2. Magic horse goes underground. Fb "øg" III 1161b.
D1533.2. Vehicle travels above and below ground. D2131. Magic underground journey.
B184.1.3. Magic horse from water world. *Chauvin VII 7; Icel.: Boberg Irish myth: Cross. — Armenian: Chalatiank Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 152; Japanese: Ikeda.
B72. Sea horse. B401.1. Helpful water horse. C918. Mare from water world disappear when she is scolded. F133.1. Marine counterpart of land.
B184.1.4. Magtc horse travels on sea or land. Fb "hest" I 598b; Malten (J.) Jahrbuch des kl. deutschen arch. Inst. XXIX 189; Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 108; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Iliad Book 20 line 273.
A171.0.1. God drives chariot over waves. D1524.1. Magic object permits man to walk on water. D1533. Magic amphibian vehicle. D2125. Magic power to walk on water. F159.2. Journey to otherworld on horseback. F213.3. Sea-riding horse carries mortal to fairyland. F721.1. Underground passages. Journey made through natural subways.
B184.1.5. Breath of magic horse blows off or sucks in those he pursues. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190; Irish myth: Cross.
D1005. Magic breath.
B184.1.6. Flight on magic horse. *Type 314; BP III 94ff. (Gr. No. 136). Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Missouri French: Carrière.
B41.2. Flying horse.
B184.1.6.1. Flight on invisible horse. Cox Cinderella 476 n. 6.
D1980. Magic invisibility.
B184.1.7. Magic horse avenges hero's death. Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda.
