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Structural Classification as Preservation Means of Malaysian Folktales

Table 2:

Definition Function Definition Function
1 Absentation The hero left home 17 Branding, marking The hero is marked with symbol
2 Interdiction A prohibition is given to the hero 18 Victory The hero won
3 Violation The hero violated the prohibition 19 Liquidation The hero obtained the item requested
4 Reconnaissance The villain investigates about the hero 20 Return The hero comes home
5 Delivery The villain obtains the hero’s information 21 Pursuit, chase The hero is hunted
6 Trickery The villain tries to trick the hero to get something 22 Rescue The hero is rescued from the hunt
7 Complicity The villain tricks the hero 23 Unrecognized arrival The hero is not acknowledged once he or she arrives home.
8 Villainy The villain hurts the hero 24 Unfounded claims A false hero claims to be the hero
8a Lack The hero needs something 25 Difficult task The hero is give a difficult task to fulfill.
9 Mediation, the connective incident The hero or someone else needed something and requested to get it 26 Solution The hero solved the task
10 Beginning counteraction The hero reacts to the request 27 Recognition The hero is acknowledged
11 Departure The hero searches the requested item and leaves home. 28 Exposure The hero revealed the false hero or villain.
12 The first function of a donor The hero is tested before he or she is given a helper or agent 29 Transfiguration The hero is transformed to a new look.
13 The hero’s reaction The test is face by the hero and pass 30 Punishment The punishment befalls the villain
14 Provision or receipt of a magical agent The hero attains the helper or agent. 31 Wedding The hero is rewarded with married and rules the country.
15 Spatial transference between two kingdoms, guidance The hero is transported to the location of requested item 32 Undefined function Unclear element
16 Struggle The hero battles the villain
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