37 motifs match “blessing”  ·  back to the chapters

• The various children of Eve. Eve has so many children that she is ashamed when God pays her a visit. She hides some of them and they fail to receive the blessing that God gives those in sight. Thus arises the differences in classes and peoples. A1650.1
• Transformation to obtain blessing. D659.5
• Disenchantment by blessing. D781.1
• Saint's blessing makes stone oracular. D1311.16.0.1
• Poisoned drink or food made harmless by saint's blessing. D1840.1.2.1
• Barrenness removed by saint's blessing. D1925.4
• Apple trees bear as result of saint's blessing. (Cf. D950, D981.1, F971.4.) D2157.3.1
• Fairy wounded by mortal is healed only by obtaining mortal's blessing. (Cf. D659.5.) D2161.4.10.2.1
• Saint's blessing brings victory. D2163.8
• Curse magically changed to blessing. D2175.5
• Saint returns from dead to give blessing. E367.2
• Ghost laid by blessing grave. E443.1
• Unskilled man made skillful by saint's blessing. F660.2
• Devil's power avoided by blessing. G303.16.2.3
• Man escapes devils by reading Lord's blessing. G303.16.2.3.1
• Devil flees at pope's blessing. G303.16.2.3.2
• Blessing reveals seemingly pure stream to be devil's trap which kills whoever drinks from it. G303.16.2.3.5
• Choice: a big piece of cake with my curse or a small piece with my blessing. J229.3
• Imprisoned musician defends himself. Has been imprisoned because the king did not like the way the musician looked at him. After a year the king returns as a conqueror and sees musician. The latter says that he saw the king's conquests in a vision and was blessing him when he looked at him. The musician is honored. J814.1
• Blessing not worth a penny. Beggar woman asks pope for shilling and, being refused, for a penny. Finally asks for his blessing, which he gives. Old woman: "If your blessing had been worth a penny, you wouldn't have given me that." J1261.4
• Hired man shows in saying grace how better food has resulted from arrival of unexpected guests. Nebraska text: O Lord of Love who art above|Thy blessings have descended:|Biscuits and tea for supper I see|When mush and milk was intended. J1341.12
• Disguise as older brother to obtain blessing. (Cf. K2211.) K1839.11
• Brother (sister) secures blessing due to another. K1988
• Impostor: one sister borrows another's clothes and gets religious blessing in her place. K1988.1
• Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curse. L222
• Blessing of saint to descend from generation to generation. M321.1
• Favorable prophecies: blessings, beatitudes. M393
• Child pronounces blessing according to which countries are to be filled with what they are later famous for. M393.1
• Unintentional curse or blessing takes effect. M404
• Curse changed by God into blessing. M425
• Prince forfeits father's and God's blessing if he fails to claim throne. P38
• Three Nephites give blessings as reward for hospitality. (Mormon tradition.) Q45.1.1
• Blessings. Q195
• Saint's blessing sufficient to control a mad dog. V221.4.0.1.1
• Saint's blessing causes a river to be best place for fishing. V229.17
• At the blessing of the grave the parson's ox breaks loose: "Now the devil has him." X421
• Usurers do not reply. The parson asks the various trades and professions to rise one by one for a special blessing. When he calls for the usurers none reply. X512