Motifs · Chapter M
Ordaining the future
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- Curse: when brothers' swords bite the very best, they will all be killed by a single man. M441.1.1
- Curse: deformity. M442
- Curse: descendants to be unshapely. M442.1
- Curse: she-wolf to carry off man's genitals. M442.2
- Curse: privation. M443
- Curse: lack of food, shelter, good company. M443.1
- Curse of childlessness. M444
- Curse laid on unborn child; it is stillborn. M444.1
- Giant cursed: may neither heaven nor earth receive him. M445
- Curse: undertaking dangerous quest. M446
- Curse: undertaking dangerous revenge of father. M446.1
- Curse: to sink into the earth. M448
- Curse: ground shall swallow children. M448.1
- Curse: death. M451
- Death by suicide. M451.1
- Death by drowning. M451.2
- Curse: insanity. M452
- Curse: corpse to be put in three different places after person's death. M453
- Curse: change of sex. M454
- Curse: restlessness. (Cf. K1837.4.) M455
- Hero cursed to restlessness (except on boat or in tent), till he sees girl. (Cf. D1900.) M455.1
- Curse: not to be able to love the same woman more than twelve months. M455.2
- Thrall cursed to sit on chest and yell and never have rest. M455.3
- Curse: couple to wander until new seat of race is pointed out. M455.4
- Curse of petrifaction. M458
- Miscellaneous curses on persons. M459
- Curse: woman will not travel far. M459.1
- Curses on families. M460
- Curse: children will be sick. M460.1
- Curse: descendants of nine robbers never to exceed nine. M461
- Curse on village: descendants never to exceed certain number. (Cf. M475.) M461.1
- Curse: race to lose sovereignty. M462
- Curse on tribe (district). M463
- Curse of a woman against her caste: they should remain unclothed and untaught. M464
- Curses on objects or animals. M470
- Curses on animals. (Cf. M411.8.4.) M471
- Curse: cow will give red milk. M471.1
- Curse: milk will not turn to butter. M471.1.1
- Cursing to make pigs lean. M471.2
- Curse: horses will die. M471.3
- Curse: horse will be lame. M471.3.1
- Curse on land. M474
- Curse on a city. (Cf. M461.1.) M475
- Curse on a city: never to grow. M475.1
- Curse on river. M476
- Curse on river or sea: no fish in it from that day. M476.1
- Curse on lake. M477
- Curse on lake: fire from lake will burn the forest around it. M477.1
- Curses – miscellaneous. M490
- Presence of cursed person brings disaster to land. M491
- Whomsoever demons curse is blessed, and vice versa. M493