Index of Motifs and Patterns

§ References marked by a section sign (§) refer to the various sections of the chapters. E.g. §5.3.1 refers to chapter 5, section 3, subsection 1.

n References containing the letter “n” for “note” begin with the chapter and after the “n” have the note number. E.g. 2n70 refers to chapter 2, note 70.

armor-bearer, §6.0, §8.1.2, §8.1.3, §8.4.2, 8n17

assurance, §2.4.3, 2n31, §3.4.3, 2n44, 2n45, §5.4.1, 5n27, n621, §7.2, §8.3

battle narrative and history, §8.2

battle narrative, heroic pattern, §2.0, §3.2, §3.3.2, §3.4.3, §3.5.0, §3.5.2, §3.6, §3.6, 3n4, 3n49, §5.0, §6.1, §6.1, §6.2, §9.0

battle narrative, royal pattern, §3.0, §3.1, §3.2, §3.5.2, §3.6, 3n8, §7.0, §7.1, §7.2, §7.3, §7.3.3, 7n4, §8.2.2, §9.0,

battle narrative as trial by ordeal, §7.3.1; §8.1

battle reports, 3n15, §7.2

blessing, §2.1.3, §2.4.3, 2n30, 2n69, §5.3, 5n14, 5n27. §6.1, §8.4

call and commission, §2.1.3, §2.2, §2.4, §2.4.2, §2.4.3, §2.4.4, §2.4.6, 2n10, 2n22, 2n24, 2n 28, 2n45, 2n52, §3.4.1, §3.4.3, §3.4.4, 3n8, 3n29, §4.4, §5.3, 5n13, §6.2.3, §6.2.4, 6n21, §7.0, §7.1, §7.2

call and commission, divine, §2.4, §2.4.3, §2.4.6, 2n28, §3.4.3, 3n4, 3n8, 3n10, 3n32, 3n35, 3n49, §5.4.1, §6.1, §7.1, §7.2, §7.4.2, §7.5.2, 7n3

call, general, §2.4, §2.4.1, §2.4.6, 2n27, §5.3, §7.1, §7.5.2

comedy, 11, §6.2.1, §7.0, §7.5, §7.5.1, §7.5.2, §7.5.4, §8.3, §9.0

counsel, §2.1.2, §2.1.3, §2.4.3, 2n53, §6.1, 6n3, §7.5, §7.5.1, 7n16, §8.3

death

death of Achan, §7.2, §8.1.1, §8.3

death, comic, §8.3

death of the enemy hero, §2.1.3, §2.1.5, §6.2.3, §6.2.5, §7.4.2, §8.3, §8.4.1, §8.4.2

death of the enemy king, 3n10, §7.3.1, §7.5.1, §7.5.2, §7.5.4,

death of Hector, §1.4, §2.1.6, §5.4.3

death of the hero, 7n4

death, tragic, §6.2.1, §8.4., §8.4.1

death of Uriah, §7.5.1, §8.4.1

deception, §5.4.3, §6.1, §6.2.1, §6.2.2, §6.2.3, §6.3, §7.2, §7.5.1, §7.5.2, §7.5.3, §8.1.1, §8.4.1, §9.0

defamiliarization, §1.4

defeat of the enemy army, §2.5.2, §3.5.2, §4.7, §5.4.1

description of the hero and king, see hero, description and king, description

description of the king, §3.3.1, 3n10, 3n49

destruction of the enemy, §2.5.2, 2n60, §3.5.3, §3.5.4, 3n4, 3n66, , §5.4.1, §6.1, §6.2.2, 6n21, §7.1, §7.5.3, §8.3

didacticism, §1.3, §6.1, §6.1, §7.3

dream, §1.2, §2.1.3, §2.4.5, 2n40, §3.4.3, §3.4.3, 3n10, 3n30, 3n32, 3n35, 3n36, 3n39, §5.3, §5.4.2,109, §6.2.4, §8.4.2

encouragement, §2.4.3, §2.5.1, 2n32, 2n52, §3.4.3, 75, §4.4, 95, §7.2, §7.3.3, 7n7

fairy tale, §2.0, §5.3, 5n35, §8.4.2

false confidence, §2.1.3, §2.5.1, 46, 2n51, 2n52, §3.5.1, §4.2, §5.1, §5.2, §5.4.1,99, 5n24, §7.1, §7.5.1, §7.5.3

fear before the enemy, §2.0, §2.1.3, §2.3, §2.4, 2n17, §3.5.3, §4.3, §4.4, §4.7, §5.1, §5.2, §6.2.4, §7.4.1, §8.2.3

feast, 2n46, §7.1, §7.4.1, §7.5.4

form criticism, §1.4

friendship, heroic, §2.1.3, §2.1.3, §2.1.6, §2.2, §2.4.4, 2n11, 2n21, 2n25, 2n48, §5.4.2, §5.4.3, §5.4.3, 5n38, §6.1, §6.2, §6.2.4, 6n11, §8.4.1, §8.4.2

gaps, §1.2

general call, see call, general

genre, §1.4

hand-formula, §3.4.3, 3n47, §5.4.1, 5n26, §6.2.4, §6.2.5, 6n21, §7.5.1, §7.5.2, 7n7

helper, §2.2, §2.5.1, §5.3

helplessness, §2.3, §2.4.1, §2.4.2, §2.4.3, §2.4.6, §2.4.6, §2.5.2, 2n17, 2n19, 2n33, §3.3.3, §3.5.3, 3n4, 3n10, 3n32, §5.1, §5.2, §5.3, 5n11, §6.1, §6.2.2, 6n21, §7.1, §7.2, §7.5.4

herem / ban, §3.5.4

hero

hero, description of, §2.0, §2.1.3, §2.3, §4.1, §5.3, §6.1, §6.2.5, 6n21

hero, divine, §3.0, §3.2, §3.5.2, §3.5.4, §4.4, §6.1, 122, §7.0, §7.2, §7.3.2, §7.3.3, §7.4, §7.4.1, §7.5, §7.5.1, §7.5.3, §7.5.4, 7n13, §8.3, §9.0

hero, false, §2.4.2, §2.4.6, §5.3

hero, handsome, §1.3, §5.4.1, 5n22, 5n23, §6.0, 6n1

hero, king as, cf. king, hero

hero, Lord, §4.1, §4.9, §6.2.3, §6.2.4, §7.3, §7.3.1, §7.3.2, 7n4

hero, unlikely, §5.3, 96, §6.0, §6.1, §6.1, §6.2, §6.2.3, §6.2.4, §6.2.5, §6.3, §8.1.3, §9.0

heterosexuality, §5.4.3

holy war, §3.0

homosexuality, §5.4.3

impediment of the hero, §2.0, §2.3, §2.4, §2.4.3, §3.3.1, 3n21, §5.3, §6.2, §6.2.1, §6.3

indictment of the enemy, §2.5.1, §3.2, §5.4.1, §5.4.1, §7.4.2

initial failure, §2.5.1, 2n52, §5.3, §5.4.1, 5n17, §7.2

insults, §2.5.1, 46, §3.2, §5.1, §5.4.1, 5n24,

journey, §2.1.3, §2.1.5, §2.4.5, §2.6, 2n14, 2n28, 2n40, 2n41, 2n54, 2n58, §3.4.5, §3.5.4, 3n4, §5.3, §5.4.2, §6.1, 6n11, §7.2, §7.4.2, §7.5.4, §8.4.2

journey to the underworld, §2.4.5

king as hero, §3.0. §7.0

king, description of, §3.3.1

king, call and commission, §3.4

king’s victory, §3.5.2

king, recognition of, §3.5.4

lament, §2.4.6, 2n48, §5.4.3, §8.4.2

leader, divine, §2.2, §2.4.3, §3.0, §3.4.3, §3.4.3, §3.5.4, §7.2

leader, enemy, §2.2, 3n10, §4.1, §6.1, §6.2.2, 6n21, 6n27, 7n4,

leader, helpless, §2.0, §2.2, §2.4.3, §3.2, see helplessness

lion, §3.5.4, 3n27, §5.3, 5n20

messenger, §2.1.2, §2.3, §2.4.3, §2.4.6, 2n11, 2n15, 2n17, 2n45, 2n48, 2n49, 2n52, 2n53, 2n63, §3.2, §3.4.1, §3.5.1, §7.1, §7.3.3, §7.4.2, §8.2.3, §8.4.2

monument, §3.5.4

mortal blow, §2.5.1, §5.4.1

muster, §2.4.4, 2n36, §3.4.4, 3n4, 3n49, §6.2.2, 6n21, §7.1, §7.5.1, 7n4, §8.1.4

mutilation of the corpse, §2.5.1, 2n58, §5.4.1

objection to the call, §2.1.3, §2.4.3, 2n25, §3.4.3, §6.2.3, §6.2.4, §6.2.5

objection by a leader, §5.3

objection by false heroes, 2n21

oracle, §2.4.3, §3.4.3, §3.4.3, 3n10, 3n30, §7.5.1, §7.5.3, §8.2.3

outrageous demands, §2.3, 2n15, §7.1, §7.5.1, §8.2.3

pattern, traditional, §1.1, §1.4, §2.0, and often

plunder, §2.0, §2.1.5, §2.5, §2.5.3, §2.5.4, 2n62, 2n64, §3.0, 65, §3.5.4, 71, 72, 78, §5.4.2,107, §6.1, §7.2, §7.2, §7.3.3, §7.5.2, §7.5.4, §8.1.2, §8.4.2

prayer, 2n17, 2n44, §3.4.3, 3n34, 3n51, §6.1, 6n5, §7.0, §7.3, §7.3.2, §7.3.3, §8.2.3

preparation for battle, §2.4.4, §3.4.3, §3.4.4, §5.3

prophecy, §5.4.1, 5n26, §6.2.3, 6n21, §7.3.3, §7.4.2, §7.5.4

prophet, §6.2.3, §7.0, §7.4.1, §7.4.2, §7.5, §7.5.1, §7.5.2, §7.5.3, §7.5.4, 7n16, §8.2.2, §8.2.3, §8.3, §8.4.2, §9.0

realism, §1.3, §2.4.5, §3.2, §5.4.1, 134, §7.5.3, 7n4, §8.0, §8.1.4, §8.2, §8.2.2, §8.2.3, §8.3, §8.4, §8.4.1, §9.0

recognition of defeat, §2.5.2, 2n48, §3.5.2, §3.5.3, 3n4, §4.2, §4.5, §5.4.1, 6n21

recognition of the divine hero, §3.5.4

recognition of the hero, §2.5, §2.6, §3.5.4, §5.4.2, §6.1, §7.4.2, §8.4.2, 8n14

recognition of the king, §3.0, §3.5.4, 3n10, §7.1, §7.5.2

recognition victory, §2.5.2, §5.4.1, §6.1

reports, royal battle, §3.0

reward, §2.1.3, §2.4.1, §2.4.6, §2.5.4, 2n63, 2n66, §3.5.4, 74, §5.3, §5.4.2, §6.1, §7.1, 7n4, §8.1.3, §8.3, §8.4.1, 8n14

reward of kingship, §2.1.4, §2.4.1, §2.4.6, §2.5.4, 2n47, §3.5.4

reward of the name (renown), §2.1.1, §2.1.2, §2.1.3, §2.4.1, §2.5.4, 2n20, 2n52, 2n66, 2n67, 2n69, 2n70, §3.5.2, §3.5.4, 3n51, 3n76, §7.4

righteous indignation, §2.4.3, 2n33, §3.4.2, §5.3, 5n11, §7.1, 7n4

romantic comedy, §8.4.2

sacrificia consultoria, §3.4.3

shepherd, §5.3, 5n9

siege of a city, 2n15, 3n3, §6.1, §7.1, §7.5.1, §7.5.4

simultaneous action, §5.4.2, 5n36, §7.4.2

single combat, §2.1.4, §2.1.6, §2.5.1, 2n49, §5.4.1

spy episode, §7.2

stele, §2.3; §2.5.4, 2n70, §3.5.4

threat, §2.3, §3.3.2, §4.2, §5.1, and often

tragic death, §5.4.3, §8.3, §8.4, §8.4.1, §9.0

tribute, §3.0, §3.5.4, 3n24, §6.2.2

tragedy, §1.3, 1n6, §6.0, §6.2.1, §6.2.5, §7.5.4, §8.1.2, §8.3, §8.4, §8.4.2, 8n2,

trickster, §6.1

triumphal stance, §2.5.1, §5.4.1,

underworld, §2.4.5

verbal exchange, §2.5.1, 2n49, §3.5.1, §5.4.1, §6.2.5, 6n27, §8.1.4

victory hymn, §2.5.4, §4.8, §6.1, §6.2.1, §6.2.3, 6n21, §8.3, §8.4.2

vow, §3.4.3, 3n37, §6.2.5, 6n28, 8n2