29 motifs match “barren”  ·  back to the chapters

• Barren trees as punishment of earth for disobedience at man's fall. A2721.8
• Dragon's shriek makes land barren. B11.12.2
• Blood as remedy for barrenness in woman. (Cf. D1003.) D1347.2
• Charms prevent barrenness or miscarriage. (Cf. D1273.) D1501.1
• Mistletoe used by druids to prevent barrenness. D1501.1.1
• Magic song makes barren land fruitful. (Cf. D1275.) D1563.1.2
• Sign of the cross makes barren land fruitful. D1563.1.3
• Magic chain renders orchard barren. (Cf. D1078.) D1563.2.1
• Barrenness removed by eating or drinking. D1925.1
• Barrenness removed by bathing. D1925.2
• Barrenness removed by prayer. D1925.3
• Barrenness removed by saint's blessing. D1925.4
• Curse (by saint) makes river (lake) barren of fish. D2085.1
• Barrenness magically cured. (Cf. D1347.2, D1501.1, D1925.1.) D2161.3.11
• Barrenness as result of fright. F1041.17.1
• Quest for dusty cloth. (Barren woman assigns quest. Dusty cloth is one made dusty by the feet of a child.) H1377.4
• Stone under fertile woman produces milk; under barren woman produces blood. H1572.1
• Barren woman pretends to bear child. Substitutes another woman's child. K1923.3
• Barren wife makes child by magic and claims it as her own. K1924
• Ruler makes ready to abandon barren wife and marry another. He remains with her when he learns that she is with child. N681.2
• Barren wife exposed by husband. S62.3
• Sacrifice of child to remove barrenness. S271
• Barren wife sent away. S411.3
• Second wife taken because first is barren. T145.2
• Handmaid given as wife unto husband by barren wife. T282
• First (barren) wife insists her husband should take second wife. T282.1
• Barrenness or impotence induced by magic. T591
• Magic remedies for barrenness or impotence. (Cf. D1347, D1925, D2161.3.11.) T591.1
• Mendicant refuses to accept alms from barren woman. V436