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Codex Bestiarium

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Free reference sheets for the bestiary: the Thompson motif index, an alphabetical creature index with pronunciations and pages, the eight kin families, and the forty traditions — the book's own indexes, printable.

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  • Motif index

    PDF · US Letter · 2 pages

    Every Thompson motif code the book cites, in index order, with the creatures filed under each code and their page numbers. Take a code to the Motif-Index and the regional collections open up.

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  • Creature index

    PDF · US Letter · 4 pages

    All 112 creatures in one alphabetical list: how to say the name, class, tradition, kin family, other names, and the page.

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  • Kin chart

    PDF · US Letter · 1 page

    The eight kin families — one image told by several traditions that never met — with every member, its tradition and page, and how the tellings diverge.

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  • Traditions index

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    The forty traditions with their creatures, each creature's class and page.

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About this material

Everything on this page is Valice Press's own work, generated from the book's research data. Motif codes follow the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, a scholarly classification; the entries themselves stay in the book.

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