49 motifs match “accept”  ·  back to the chapters

• Creation on condition that Israel accept Tora. A74.1
• Why gods only accept blood. A153.6
• Unacceptable gods as first inhabitants of earth. A1205
• Hog will not accept food from excommunicated men. B259.3
• Tame elephant not accepted by wild brethren. B261.1.1
• Various animals tried out as wives. Only one accepted. B600.1
• Various animals tried out as wives: none accepted. B600.1.1
• King snake: kills and eats any snake that does not accept his authority. B765.22
• Only one certain gift must be accepted. C655
• Only peacock on the steeple of the king's golden temple can be accepted as dowry. C655.1
• Tabu: accepting an invitation. C744
• Gifts of gold and silver not to be accepted from fairies. F348.4
• Dwarfs accept as gift goose but not gander. F451.3.6.4
• Dwarfs accept remuneration. F451.5.10.1
• Old woman gives chickens to devils. They do not accept them. She gives them to priests and they eat them. G303.25.6
• Recognition of man acceptable to God: knife leaps into his hand. H192.1
• Suitors receive enigmatic answers. Girls answer in single words, which, when arranged in certain order, show that they accept. H593
• Test of patience: king accepts strong reproof and criticism. H1553.2
• Man shows his patience by accepting blow in face with stool thrown by his superior in monastery. H1553.4
• Wisdom lost by accepting bribes and gifts. J186
• Nun claims her child is by the Holy Ghost. Defense accepted. J1264.6
• The greedy dreamer. He dreams that he receives nine coins. He demands ten. He wakes and finds that he has dreamed. He is willing to accept the nine. J1473
• The 999 gold pieces. A man prays for a thousand gold pieces and says that he will not accept one less. A joker sends him 999. He says that he will trust God for the other coin. J1473.1
• The pot has a child and dies. A borrower returns a pot along with a small one saying that the pot has had a young one. The pots are accepted. He borrows the pot a second time and keeps it. He sends word that the pot has died. J1531.3
• More than twenty commandments. Numskull asked the number of commandments replies that there are twenty. He explains to another that he knows there must be more than twenty because the minister would not accept his answer. J2213.5.1
• Husband away three years accepts children born in his absence as his own. J2342.2
• "Owner has refused to accept it." A rascal steals a priest's watch. He tells the priest that he has stolen a watch and offers it to him as a payment for a past favor. The priest refuses to accept stolen goods. Commands the thief to return the watch to the owner. "But the owner has refused to accept it." "Then you may keep it." K373
• Deception into bottle (vessel). Insects (or a spirit) having escaped from a bottle are told that they cannot return. They accept the challenge and go back into the bottle. K717
• King who demands milk from all hornless cows forced to accept bogstuff milked from wooden cows: he dies. K839.4
• Fox as shepherd. A woman in search of a shepherd tries the voices of applicants. The wolf and the bear are rejected, the fox accepted. K934
• Shoemaker offers to trim the peasant's feet to fit the shoes. The peasant prefers to accept the ill-fitting shoes. K1783
• False daughter: accepted as one's resurrected child. K1926
• Crow accepts owl's hospitality then burns owls to death. K2026
• Mercenary soldier (exile) accepted lover of princess. L161.3
• Vow not to eat, drink, or move from position until dead anchorite comes himself to accept necklace. M151.5.1
• Vow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace. (Cf. M165.) M161.4
• Vow never to accept a man who does not know any sport. M171
• Covenant of friendship: no matter how poor son of one is, daughter of other will accept him as groom. M246.2
• Nobleman forces escaping prisoner to accept his hospitality. Intercedes for his pardon. P322.1
• Barmecide feast. Host places imaginary feast before guest, who accepts it in the same spirit. Guest's courtesy is rewarded by real feast. P327
• Touching head as sign of acceptance of bargain. P675
• Salt food without drink as punishment for man who accepts Christianity. (Cf. Q232.) Q501.7.1
• King who loved to give death sentence accepts penance of always postponing sentence until thirty days period of examination has passed. Q520.4
• Defiant prisoners refuse to accept grace even from their father unless it is granted them all. (Cf. M165.) R72
• Token of betrothal sent to parents of a proposed bridegroom; acceptance means agreement to proposed match. T61.4.4
• Rising smoke as sign of acceptance of sacrifice. V19.1
• Man sets fire to his house and perishes in it rather than accept Christianity. V328
• Mendicant refuses to accept alms from barren woman. V436
• Lazy man asks if wood is split before he accepts it as a gift. W111.5.10