357 motifs match “blood” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• God with body of stream of blood. A123.1.6
• Gods have ichor, not blood: can be wounded but not killed. A139.9.2
• Why gods only accept blood. A153.6
• Culture hero has blood brother. A515.3
• Fire in hell. Christ created fire in hell from his blood; formerly hell was cold. A671.0.2.1
• Rivers of blood in hell. A671.2.2
• Wooden circles that were the sun and moon animated after human sacrifice of blood. A714.8
• Hero makes sun and moon from tree and vivifies them with blood of creator's son. A717.1
• Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset. A736.5.2
• Stars as drops of the moon's blood. A764.2
• Gods create the earth from their dead victim's blood and bones. A831.8
• Ground, previously all wet, dries up when first woman cuts her little finger and blood drips on ground. A856.2
• Ocean made from blood. A922
• Spring from innocent king's blood. A941.5.8
• Flood from blood. A1012.3
• Flood from slain giant's blood. A1012.3.1
• Horse shall wade in blood at Armageddon. A1080.1
• Origin of red sky (blood). A1147.1
• Man from dirt mixed with creator's blood. A1211.1
• Man made from earth reddened with blood of human sacrifice. A1241.4
• Man from clay and animal's blood. A1241.4.1
• Adam's body made of eight (four) things. Body, earth; bones, stones; veins, roots; blood, water; hair, grass; thoughts, wind; spirit, clouds, or warmth, fire; cold, air; dryness, earth; instability, water. A1260.1.3
• Man made of clay with bones of stone, with blood of water and with vines for veins. A1260.1.5
• Man created from blood. A1263.1
• Man created from blood-clot. A1263.1.1
• Man from blood of game animal. A1263.1.2
• Son of first human couple murdered by tiger sent by god; his head becomes the sun, his chest the moon, and his blood gives the red earth its color. A1277.3
• Origin of blood. A1319.6
• Disease caused by menstrual blood. (Cf. D1003.) A1337.0.4
• The "three first cries that made their way to God": the cry of the blood of Abel, etc. A1344.1
• Origin of race colors from eating of ox. Those who eat livers are black; those who eat lungs and blood are red. A1614.4.1.1
• Animals from transformed men according to favorite food. One man asks for flesh, one for blood, etc. They are changed to mice, cats, and bugs. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1715.4
• All living things from Jesus' spattered blood. A1724.3
• Insects from brains, blood, and bones of slain helpful animal. A2001.1
• Snake from blood of slain monster. Medusa. (Cf. A1724, A2001.) A2145.1
• Blood from cross on robin redbreast: He helps Jesus; rewarded with red breast. (Cf. A2353.2.) A2221.2.2
• Blood of scourged Christ on certain spiders. (Cf. A2411.3.2.) A2221.2.3
• What creature has sweetest blood: gnat's tongue torn out. Assembly to decide who has the sweetest blood so that it may be the food for the serpent. Gnat discovers that man has the sweetest blood. Rather than let him tell this secret, swallow tears out his tongue. Gnat can only buzz. (Cf. A2344.2, A2426.3.2.) A2236.1
• Animal characteristics: blood. A2367.3
• Origin of serpent's blood and venom. A2367.3.1
• Red color of bush-buck. From blood. (Cf. A2219.1.) A2411.1.6.3
• Insect fries human blood and eats it. A2435.5.2
• Why leech feeds on human blood. A2435.6.3
• Mandrake from blood of person hanged on gallows. (Cf. A2664.) A2611.5
• Origin of rue: from drops of Christ's blood. A2611.7
• Origin of York and Lancaster rose. From dust and blood of slain of War of the Roses – a variety of rose unknown before that time. A2656.2
• Origin of blood-oranges. A2687.1
• Blood from wizard becomes red grain of cedar. Bleeding head of wizard who tries to kill the sun placed on top of a tree. (Cf. A2755.1.) A2731.3
• Why broom-corn is covered with blood-red spots. A2751.4.5
• Origin of blood-colored sap in trees. (Cf. A2721.2.1.) A2755.2
• Blood of dragon. B11.2.13
• Blood of dragon venomous. B11.2.13.1
• Serpent sucks man's breath (blood). B16.5.1.2.1
• Blood-sucking chafer. B16.6.2
• Bloodhounds decapitate victim. B17.1.2.1
• Bird's wings drip blood when birds hear of Day of Judgment. B259.5
• Faithful horse weeps tears of blood for master. B301.4.2
• Llewellyn and his dog. Dog has saved child from serpent. Father sees bloody mouth, thinks the dog has eaten the child, and kills the dog. B331.2
• Spider has no blood in body. B724
• Horse sheds tears (of blood). B736.2
• Pelican kills young and revives them with own blood. B751.2
• Toads suck blood. B766.3
• Blood of animal considered venomous. B776.5
• Blood of toad venomous. B776.5.1
• Blood of lion venomous. B776.5.2
• Blood of snakes venomous. (Cf. B776.7.) B776.5.3
• Blood of otter venomous. B776.5.4
• Blood of bear venomous. B776.5.5
• Ground defiled by menstrual blood. C144
• Tabu: marriage with person whose blood one has drunk. C165
• Tabu: making use of blood. C893
• Bloody key as sign of disobedience. (Cf. C611, C813.) C913
• Bloody egg as sign of disobedience. C913.1
• Transformation: blood to animal. D447.3
• Transformation: blood drops to toads. D447.3.1
• Transformation: blood drops to serpents. D447.3.1.1
• Transformation: blood of gorgon to flying horse. D447.3.2
• Transformation: blood to another object. D457.1
• Transformation: blood to rubies. Turns to rubies as it drops. D457.1.1
• Transformation: blood to milk. Bird caught and told to make milk bleeds and blood turns to milk. D457.1.2
• Transformation: drops of blood to flowers. D457.1.3
• Transformation: milk to blood. D457.2
• Transformation: object becomes bloody. D474
• Transformation: key becomes bloody. D474.1
• Transformation: water becomes bloody. D474.2
• Transformation: cake becomes bloody. D474.3
• Egg becomes bloody. D474.4
• Transformation: butter (milk) to blood. D474.5
• Tears change to blood. D474.6
• Spittle changes to blood. D474.7
• Fruit juice turns to blood. D474.8
• Eyes of stone lion become bloody. D474.9
• Milk transformed into blood. D476.2.3.1
• Wine becomes blood (Cf. D471.4.1). D477.0.1.1
• Blood turns black. D492.2
• Transformation by application of blood. D595
• Disenchantment by drawing blood. D712.4
• Disenchantment by drinking blood. D712.4.1
• Disenchantment by application of blood. (Cf. D712.4, D712.4.1). D766.2
• Disenchantment by rubbing with pig's blood. D766.2.1