A Collection of Chain Tales: TMI

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Stith Thompson TMI Z20-Z53

Title: Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
Author: Stith Thompson
Year: 1955

Online at Hathi Trust. I have only listed the motifs here that are not equivalent to an ATU Tale Type. The ones in bold have at least one story.

Z21.5. The Hobyahs

Z25. Fly forgets her name

Z31.2. Louse and flea wish to marry

Z32.5 Mourning about the dead ass

Z33.4.2. The singing wolf

Z39.4.1 Titmouse, what are you eating?

Z39.4.2. Sparrow, where are you going?

Z39.6 Mother ties bell on child; cat cuts it off.

Z39.7. Girl left in tree by sisters
Z39.8. Small grain-measure runs away
Z39.9. Series of things acquired by mouse

Z41.11A The little red hen

Z43.4. Fly frightens snake

Z43.5 Boy changes self to nut
Z43.6 Man invites animals to come and work in his field

Z47.1 Series of trick exchanges by fox

Z49.1 I killed my grandmother
Z49.2 Cumulative pursuit
Z49.2.1. Fat mouse cannot get into hole
Z49.5.1. Where is that grain?
Z49.5.2. The wolf who wanted to make bread
Z49.7. Bird who seeks carpenter to release young
Z49.8 Biting a grain in half
Z49.10 Lizard eats cricket
Z49.11. Who is guilty of the accident?
Z49.11.1. Wall in construction collapses
Z49.11.2. Thief breaks foot climbing wall
Z49.12. Hermit must get cat to kill rats
Z49.13. Chain of killings
Z49.14. The little old lady who swallowed a fly

Z52. Bird avenges caged mate

TMI Z41.11A The little red hen

Johnson. The Little Red Hen

Baughman Z41.11A. The little red hen and the wheat. None of the animals helps prepare the wheat; all are willing to eat the bread. She eats it herself.

TMI Z21.5. The Hobyahs

Proudfit. The Hobyahs

Z21.5 The Hobyahs.

TMI Z52. Bird avenges caged mate.

The Valiant Weaver-Bird
The Valiant Blackbird (another version of the above)

Z52. Bird avenges caged mate. Builds cart, yokes frogs to it, arms himself with piece of reed, and proclaims war with king. Collects cat, ants, rope, club, and river. he is put by king into fowl house; cat east up fowls. In stable rope and club beat up horses. In elephant-house ants get into their brains and kill them all. Tied to king's bed, river floods king in his bed. King birds bird back his mate.

TMI Z49.14. The little old lady who swallowed a fly.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Z49.14. The little old lady who swallowed a fly. She swallows a spider to eat up the fly, a bird to eat up the spider, a dog to eat the bird, a cow to eat the dog. The little old lady swallowed a horse - she died, of course.

Baughman
WASHINGTON DC Van Winkle WF 14:129 1955
GEORGIA McIntosh HF 6:153-54 1947
OHIO: Martin et al HF 6:153 1947
COLORADO Martin HF 6:153 1947
NEW YORK Hoffman NYFQ 4:211 1948

TMI Z49.13. Chain of killings

No examples at this site yet.

Z49.13. Chain of killings: bulbul destroys flower and is killed by cat; cat shaken by dog; dog killed by boy; boy sentenced to death by king.

India: Thompson-Balys. KASHMIR Jammu: Brown Tawi MS. No. 10 (in University of Indiana Library)

TMI Z49.12. Hermit must get cat to kill rats

Raju. The Man and his Piece of Cloth

Z49.12. Hermit must get cat to kill rats in hut, cow to give cat milk, etc.

TMI Z49.11.2. Thief breaks foot climbing wall to rob.

Parker. How They Killed the Great-Bellied Tambi
Banerji. King Habachandra

Z49.11.2. Thief breaks foot climbing wall to rob. Suit against owner for dangerous wall.

KASHMIR Knowles Proverbs 222 (online at Hathi)

TMI Z49.11.1. Wall in construction collapses.

Upreti. The Saint, His Disciple, and the Fallen Wall

Z49.11.1. Wall in construction collapses. Finally the king finds out that the sea is guilty. The chain: mason - cement mixer - beautifully singing woman - pearl necklace - jeweller - diver - sea.

TMI Z49.10 Lizard eats cricket;

No examples at this site yet.

Z49.10 Lizard eats cricket; frog eats lizard, snake eats frog, eagles eats snake, man shoots eagle; animals escape except lizard. Man takes eagle home.

Baughman TEXAS Dobie PTFS 6:48 1927 [not online?]

TMI Z49.11. Who is guilty of the accident?

Banerji. King Habachandra

Z49.11. Who is guilty of the accident? One person blames another who blames another, etc.

Additional information:
GANGES VALLEY Shyama-Shankar 155f. [online at Internet Archive]
U.P. Mirzapur: NQ III. no. 454 [online at Hathi]
MADRAS Natesa Sastri Folk-Tales 343ff [online at Hathi]
CEYLON.
Sinhalese: Goonetilleke, Wm. Orientalist I 191f. [online at Google Books]
Sinhalese: Lewis Orientalist I. 190f. [online at Google Books]

TMI Z49.8 Biting a grain in half.

No examples at this site yet.

Z49.8 Biting a grain in half. Final formula: forester attacks bear, the bear the wolf, the wolf the dog, the dog the cat, the cat the mouse, the mouse the grain - the grain is bitten in two. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2006

TMI Z49.7. Bird who seeks carpenter to release young

Emeneau. The Carpenter and the Karvaky Bird

Z49.7. Bird who seeks carpenter to release young caught in closed tree. Beetle bites calf. calf bites cow, cow hoofs carpenter, carpenter beats wife, hunters save carpenter's cow, carpenter releases birds.

TMI Z49.5.2. The wolf who wanted to make bread.

No examples at this site yet.

Z49.5.2. The wolf who wanted to make bread. The farmer explained to him how bread is made. He keeps on asking: Shall I then be able to eat. Decides he does not have enough patience to make bread. (Cf. K444.1.2) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 164.

TMI Z49.5.1. Where is that grain?

No examples at this site yet.

Z49.5.1. Where is that grain? The cock snatched it. Where is that cock? He drowned in the sea. There is that sea? It is grown over with reeds. Where are those reeds? The maids have cut them down, etc. Lithuanian: Balys Index 2018

TMI Z49.2.1. Fat mouse cannot get into hole.

Crooke/Rouse. How the Mouse Got into his Hole

Z49.2.1. Fat mouse cannot get into hole. "Carpenter, please pare off a little flesh from my ribs." Refused. Final formula: the scythe cuts the creeper loose.

TMI Z49.2 Cumulative pursuit.

No examples at this site yet.

Z49.2 [Taylor 2038] Cumulative pursuit. Boys get help. One of them injures the helper. Pursued. Hidden by kind hen. One injures the hen. Hen pursues, etc.

Jamaican: Beckwith [online at Sacred Texts]

TMI Z49.1 I killed my grandmother

No examples at this site yet.

Z49.1 [Taylor 2037] I killed my grandmother because she refused to cook a hare. I killed a priest because he said my crime was bad. A friar absolved me to avoid being killed.

Spanish: Boggs 2026. ECPE No. 62 (online at Hathi; Spanish only)

TMI Z47.1 Series of trick exchanges by fox

Dracott. The Rabbit and the Barber

Z47.1 Series of trick exchanges: razor-pot-bride-drum by tricky fox. Fox sings formula of exchanges.

BENGAL
Devi, S. 55f.; [Internet Archive]
Chatterji 67-72; Sen 22f.; [not online?]
Bradley-Birt 188f. [Internet Archive]
BOMBAY
Marathi: Dexter 70-76 No. 26. [not online]
MADRAS
Natesa Sastri Folklore 182ff; [different page? Internet Archive]
Natesa Sastri Ind. Antiq. XVI 31f. No. 14 [at Hathi]
Tamil: Kingscote 188f. [at Gutenberg]

TMI Z43.6 Man invites animals to come and work in his field.

No examples at this site yet.

Z43.6 Man invites animals to come and work in his field. Rooster kills beetle; cat kills rooster; dog kills cat; leopard kills dog; hyena kills elephant so that both fal linto trap. Man calls wives to see meat he has killed.

Africa Wute: Sieber 60 ff. [published in 1932; not online]