67 motifs match “beauty”  ·  back to the chapters

• God of beauty. A462
• Goddess of beauty. A462.1
• Culture hero has irresistible beauty spot (ball seirc). A526.3
• Beauty of various peoples. A1664
• Cause of animal's beauty. A2401
• Animal tamed by maiden's beauty. B771.1
• Beauty and the beast. Disenchantment of animal by being kissed by woman (man). D735.1
• Charm gives magic beauty. (Cf. D1273.) D1337.1.1
• Water gives magic beauty. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1337.1.2
• Milk gives magic beauty. When magic milk touches ugly girl she turns beautiful. (Cf. D1018.) D1337.1.3
• Bathing in magic cauldron gives beauty. (Cf. D1171.2.) D1337.1.4
• Magic spear gives beauty. (Cf. D1084.) D1337.1.5
• Magic needle transforms a room from plainness to beauty. (Cf. D1181.) D1337.1.7
• Magic liquid gives beauty. (Cf. D1242.) D1337.1.8
• Rose water gives magic beauty. D1337.1.8.1
• Magic beauty bestowed. D1862
• Magic beauty bestowed by supernatural wife. D1862.1
• Magic beauty bestowed by saint. D1862.2
• Sleeping Beauty. Magic sleep for definite period (e.g., a hundred years). D1960.3
• Blighted garden magically restored to beauty. D2195
• Fairy queen's beauty temporarily destroyed by intercourse with mortal. F304.2
• Water-maidens are of unusual beauty. F420.1.2.1
• Beauty of giant. F531.1.0.1
• Resplendent beauty. Woman's face lights up the dark. F574.1
• Woman's beauty burns onlooker. F574.1.1
• Woman's beauty shows through seven veils. F574.1.2
• Man's beauty eclipses splendor of sun. F574.1.4
• Remarkable beauty. (Cf. F574.1.) F575
• Supernatural beauty of men in Messianic era. (Cf. A1095.) F575.2.1
• Supernatural beauty of Jerusalem's inhabitants. F575.2.2
• Hero (heroine) spared for his (her) beauty. F1088.1
• Ogre eats beautiful girl hoping to have her beauty. G13.2
• Geese tell of beauty of their mistress and bring about recognition. H151.12
• Test of wisdom: wise man sends ruler magic gems. Ruler admires their beauty but neglects to inquire of their virtues. H501.1
• Hero visits all islands to see if he can find woman to rival wife's beauty. H1301.1.3
• Beauty contest. H1596
• Golden apple as prize in beauty contest. Judgment of Paris. H1596.1
• Strangers umpire beauty contest. H1596.2
• Women to appear naked in beauty contest. H1596.3
• Choice: loss of beauty or speech. Latter chosen. J213
• Contest between rose and amaranth: worth lies not in beauty. J242.1
• Pine and thornbush dispute as to their usefulness. Beauty of form does not give worth; pine grows slowly but it will withstand storms. J242.2
• Fox and panther contest in beauty. Fox's spirit worth more than panther's skin. J242.3
• Peacock proved to be bad king. Chosen because of beauty; too weak to defend his flock. J242.4
• Peacock and crane in beauty contest. Better be able to soar like crane than to strut about like peacock. J242.5
• Contest in beauty between swallows and crows (ants and flies): worth lies not in beauty. J242.6
• Goodness preferred to beauty. J244
• Apparent beauty may be of the least importance. Ruler admires jewels's beauty but neglects to inquire about their marvelous virtues. J264
• Liar rewarded by the apes. King of apes asks visitors how they like his children (courtiers). Truthful visitor tells that they are very ugly, and is punished. Liar praises their beauty and receives reward. J815.1
• Mutual and undeserved compliments: donkey to camel, "What a beauty you are"; latter answers, "What a sweet voice you have." J867
• Frog as beauty doctor unable to cure his own ugliness. J1062.1
• Ugly woman sees beautiful woman reflected in water and thinks it is herself. Prides herself on her beauty. J1791.6.1
• Wife granted wish for beauty, elopes with prince. Husband wishes her into a pig; son must use third wish to restore her. J2075.4
• Beauty contest won by deception. K98
• Beauty contest won by deception: other contestants covered with leaves. K98.1
• First to greet the other in morning will lose beauty contest. Dispute is to be settled thus. (Cf. H1529.) K176.1
• False beauty-doctor. The trickster pretends to make the dupe beautiful. Injures him. K1013
• Seduction by sham beauty test. Trickster dupes two girls into submitting to test. Both seduced. K1339.4
• Prophecy: superb beauty for girl. M312.4
• King is superior to all in strength, beauty, largeness, etc., and usually has victory. P12.10
• Beauty of woman reported to king causes quest for her as his bride. T11.1.1
• Fainting away from seeing an extraordinary beauty. T24.2.3
• Waiting for twenty-two years to see a beauty. T24.7
• To reach beauty young man climbs eight fences watched by one hundred guards. T46.1
• Cat and dog as guards of imprisoned beauty. (Cf. B576.1.) T50.1.4
• Animals ridicule foolish pride of owl in the beauty of his son's really hideous feet. T681.1
• Sinful beauty is converted and spends the end of her life doing penance (Mary Magdalene, Mary of Egypt, and Thais). V229.12