28 motifs match “afraid”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun hidden at night because afraid to wander. A722.6
• Why Agaria are not afraid of fire. A1689.2
• Why crab is afraid in dark. A2534.1
• Mountain-folk afraid of thunder. F460.2.1
• Trolls afraid of bears. G304.2.4.2
• Task: give sheep good care but do not let it fatten. (Sheep fed but kept near wolf where it is afraid and does not fatten.) H1072
• Headless king and tailless tiger, each afraid of other, agree to be friends. J876
• Lion comforted for his fear of the cock. Finds that elephant is afraid of the gnat. J881.2
• Priest who never reads mass. Peasants complain of his ignorance. He says that they stand so close to him that he is afraid they might memorize and then pay no attention to his reading of it. J1263.1.3
• The fatal bed. A sailor says that all his ancestors have drowned. Citizen: "Aren't you afraid of drowning?" Sailor: "How did your ancestors die?" Citizen: "All of them in bed." Sailor: "Aren't you afraid to go to bed?" J1474
• Why captain takes lame and one-eyed soldiers into army. The lame cannot flee from the enemy; the one-eyed soldiers will not see enough to make them afraid. J1494
• How to save the rice. Boy has rice in joined hands and arms around a pillar. Afraid to move lest rice be lost. Roof is removed and boy lifted over pillar. J2119.6
• Warrior reveals camping place. Wishes his enemies to know that he is not afraid. Enemies go there before him. J2366
• The hawk frightened at the snipe's bill. The snipe: "It is a bill, but it is good for nothing (weak)." The hawk is no longer afraid. J2616
• Afraid of his knees. A man awakes with his knees in the air. He thinks the knees are a lion and splits them with his axe. J2617
• The emperor's new clothes. An impostor feigns to make clothes for the emperor and says that they are visible only to those of legitimate birth. The emperor and courtiers are all afraid to admit that they cannot see the clothes. Finally a child seeing the naked emperor reveals the imposture. K445
• God to reveal self to those of legitimate birth. All afraid to admit not seeing God. K445.1
• Trickster claims to be holding up sky. Leopard, afraid to let sky fall, leaves him. K547.14
• Lovers observed in intrigue make absurd excuses. (Afraid of ghosts, have chill, etc.) K1271.2
• Bluff: provisions for the swimming match. In a swimming match from a ship the hero takes a knapsack of provisions on his back. His rival is afraid and gives up. K1761
• Tiger frightened at sound of clashing knives: thinks it is leak in house of which he is afraid. K2345.1
• Bride afraid of intercourse refuses consummation until judge orders it in court. T166
• Man claims prize (boots) as ruler of his house, but is afraid to carry the boots lest he soil his clean shirt and anger his wife. T252.4.1
• Blind man crosses a narrow bridge which his guide is afraid to attempt. U171
• Lazy son-in-law: afraid of a dog. W111.5.6
• Crow sits on sheep's back; afraid to sit on dog's. W121.2.3
• Master insists that maid whistle when she brings in the dessert. He is afraid she will eat the raisins out of the cakes. W152.12.3
• "I am not alone!" Man travelling alone through the forest at night, is afraid of robbers. He hangs his cap on a stick and keeps repeating: "I am not travelling alone, there are two of us." W211.3