46 motifs match “bird's”  ·  back to the chapters

• Goddess flies in bird's plumage. A136.1.8
• Red fruit thrown at rail's (bird's) head: hence red lump on head. (Cf. A2321.8.) A2215.4
• Birds who aspire to blackbird's coat punished. (Cf. A2412.2.2.) A2232.6
• Origin of bird's feathers. A2313
• Why bird's feet are bare. A2317.9
• Why weaver bird's head is small. A2320.1.1
• Why bird's head is so large. A2320.5
• Origin and nature of bird's beak. A2343
• Origin of bird's long beak. A2343.1
• Why bird's beak is colored. A2343.2
• Nature of bird's eggs. A2391
• Cause of bird's walk. A2441.2
• Method and position of bird's flight. A2442
• Man with bird's head. B55
• Treasure from bird's feathers. B113.3
• Magic bird's song. Brings joy and oblivion for many years. Wakes the dead. B172.2
• Magic bird's song brings sleep. B172.2.1
• B172.2. Magic bird's song dispels grief. B172.2.2
• Bird's wings drip blood when birds hear of Day of Judgment. B259.5
• Tabu: eating bird's eggs at certain time of year. C221.3.3
• Disenchantment from bird when queen milks own milk into bird's beak. (Cf. D764.1.) D759.2
• River contained in bird's ears. D915.2.1
• Magic bird's power in one feather. D1021.1
• Marvelous ruby teaches bird's speech. (Cf. D1071.) D1301.3
• Bird's head (when eaten) teaches animal languages. D1301.4
• Magic bird's tongue reveals truth. (Cf. D1011.6.) D1316.13
• Bird's tears restore sight. (Cf. B736.) D1505.5.1
• Day seems moment while saint listens to music made by bird's wing. D2011.1.1
• Storm because of bird's singing. D2141.0.6
• Winking club. Head of a club is like a bird's head; its eyes wink. F835.1
• Bird's red eye cooks meat. Looks so intently at it that it heats and cooks. F989.2
• Bird's neck broken: rakshasa dies. G252.3
• Riddle: seven tongues in a head. (A horse's head in which a bird's nest is found with seven birds in it.) H793
• Task: building a lodge entirely of bird's feathers in one night. H1104.1
• "Rue not a thing that is past": counsel proved wise by experience. Man lets bird go and then, having listened to bird's false declaration that she had a precious gem in her body, he tries to climb a tree after her and falls. J21.12
• King brought to sense of duty by feigned conversation of birds. Philosopher pretends to know bird's language and to be translating what they tell him. J816.1
• Little bird as large bird's mate. A large bird wishes to mate with a little bird. The latter says that she is going to swallow a large eel. The large bird sees the absurdity of his proposal. J1293.1
• Bird's call attracts attention of pursuer so that trickster escapes. K648
• Bird plucks another bird's feathers out. K2382.1
• Train of troubles for seven brothers for having destroyed bird's nest. N261.1
• Talisman found in bird's stomach. N527.2
• Punishment for cutting off bird's tongue. (Cf. Q451.4, Q552.5.1.) Q285.1.1
• Man slits tongue of magpie so that it can learn to speak. His fingernails grow out like bird's claws as punishment. Q285.1.1.1
• Punishment for breaking bird's nest. Q285.1.2
• Boy reaches into bird's nest for pigeon's eggs. A stone in the nest holds his hand for three days and nights. He is finally released by prayers. Q285.1.2.1
• Bird's pea gets stuck in socket of mill-handle. She goes to carpenter, king, queen, who refuse to help. She asks snake to bite queen, stick to beat snake, fire to burn stick, etc. Final formula: cat eats mouse, mouse cuts plant creeper, creeper snares elephant, elephant drinks up sea, sea quenches fire, fire burns stick, stick beats snake, snake bites queen, queen speaks to king, king chides carpenter, carpenter cuts mill handle, and pea is extracted. Questions in rhyme. Z41.6