30 motifs match “anyone”  ·  back to the chapters

• Why in addressing anyone the second plural should be used. A1599.5
• Sheep sleeps if anyone ties shoe to its ear. B782
• Tabu: turning aside for anyone. C833.2
• Tabu: refusing combat to anyone. C835.1
• Extraordinary flower preserves its freshness so long as it remains unperceived by anyone other than owner. D877.2
• Lotus disappears whenever anyone tries to pluck it. (Cf. D975.1.) D1641.15
• Spirit gives man the power of exorcising him out of anyone he possesses. (Cf. D2176.) D1721.1.3
• Fairy physician can heal anyone whose spine is not severed. F344.2
• River which petrifies anyone passing through it. F715.7
• Witches suck blood from the navel of a child without anyone knowing it. G262.1.3
• Jinn unseen by anyone except person(s) he wishes should see him. G307.2.2
• Chariot tilts under anyone who is not entitled to throne. H41.9.1
• Chariot horses spring at anyone who is not entitled to throne. H71.10.4
• King: Show me a ruby eight for a pice, nectar eight for a pice, and a faithless creature worth one-eighth of a pice. Minister: The lamp sells at eight for a pice and gives more light than any ruby; the water is the real nectar; and the dog is worthless and faithless lover because he follows anyone who feeds him. H587.1
• "Never greet anyone." (Start your work the earliest, so that not you but others may greet you.) H588.12
• Task: guarding six sisters-in-law so that they do not joke or talk to anyone. H1199.17.2
• "Never attack anyone before unsheathing and returning sword three times": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.2.1
• Execution evaded by using three wishes. King ordains that guest who turns his plate shall be executed, but orders that anyone so condemned shall have three wishes granted. One of the wishes: to have all blinded who saw him turn the plate. He is freed. J1181.1
• The parson's share and the sexton's. During the sermon the parson bids the sexton see if anyone is coming. The sexton: "A man is coming with a wheel on his shoulder" J1269.1
• The flatterer's retort. Two men meet a homely girl. One of them: "Who wouldn't call that girl pretty?" The girl overhears and says, "No one would say it of you." The man: "Anyone might say it who would lie as I have lied about you." J1356
• The porter's revenge for the three wise counsels. A man offers a porter three wise counsels for carrying his goods. "When anyone tells you that hunger and satisfaction are the same, don't believe him." The second and third are similar and equally valueless. The porter throws down the load: "When anyone tells you that any part of this load is not broken, don't believe him." J1511.6
• Three reasons for refusing credit. A man asks for credit, although he has always paid cash before. He is refused on these grounds: either (1) he has never found anyone to trust him, (2) he has never bought anything, or (3) he is rich and does not need an extension of time. J1552.2
• She knows best: woman denies accusation of adultery. Husband dismisses the truthful accusers saying that she knows her shortcomings better than anyone else, and she denies it. J2342.3
• Vow to kill anyone who touches his beard. M166.3
• Vow never to touch money and to give what anyone begs for. M172.1
• King promises daughter she may marry anyone she desires. Q115.2
• Penance: performing all services asked for by anyone. Q523.8
• King likes his daughter so much that he does not wish to marry her to anyone. T50.2
• Prince donates all including a tooth. When he has nothing left he is asked for a gift. He allows man to extract a tooth from his mouth. (Father had offered reward to anyone persuading his son to have it extracted.) W11.9
• Only usurers can carry the corpse of the usurer. It refuses to be moved by anyone else. (Cf. X521.) X514