41 motifs match “blue”  ·  back to the chapters

• Blue Jay as culture hero. A522.2.1
• Why the sky is blue. A702.4
• Why sea is blue. New Guinea: Ker 25. A1119.1
• First church bell built on model of bluebell. A1466.1
• Why bluebirds are everywhere. A2434.1.2
• Bluejay's flight. A2442.2.4
• Multicolored llama. Wool red, blue, and yellow. No need to dye it for weaving. B731.3
• Blue dogs and cats. B731.6.2
• Blue serpent. B731.11
• Magic blue ribbon. (Cf. D1835.4.) D1078.1
• Magic blue stone protects against frost. (Cf. D931.) D1382.12
• Magic blue stone prevents fatigue during swimming. (Cf. D1072.) D1384.4.2
• Magic strength obtained by wearing blue ribbon. D1835.4
• Fairies in blue clothes. F236.1.2
• Blue, red, yellow horses in fairyland. F241.1.1.3
• Water-spirits are dressed in blue. F420.1.6.6.5
• Mining spirit: "Bluecap." F456.2
• Bluecap moves coal-tubs for miners. F456.2.1
• Blue man. F527.3
• Half red and half blue strong man. F527.6
• One eye brown, other blue. F541.6.1
• Blue teeth. F544.3.3
• Blue, protruding teeth of one and a half elbow-length. F544.3.3.1
• Blue beard. F545.1.1
• Yellow, green, blue, purple spot on cheek. F545.3.2
• Man turns pale, red, blue, etc. from emotion or strain. F1041.11.2
• Color of flame indicates what is burning. Blue for furniture, white for money, red for person. F1061.2
• Blue lights follow witches. G229.7
• Devil dressed in blue clothes. G303.5.4
• Identity established because one of man's teeth is blue. H79.8
• Quest for blue-eyed horse. H1331.4.1
• Imagined color. Clerk tells person to imagine that blue cloth is green. The customer walks out without paying. The clerk asks for payment; the customer tells clerk to imagine he has been paid. J1551.8
• Dungbeetle thought to be bee. "I know you well enough, you have put on a blue coat." J1751
• Jackal's head caught in pot of blue dye. Animals make him king, but detect him from his cry and turn him out. J2131.5.6
• Bluebeard. Girl marries murderous husband. S62.1
• Blue fortunate in love matters. T3.1
• Shepherdess born of red and blue egg. T542.1
• Lie: the remarkable blue ox. X1237.2
• Lie: blue snow. X1653.2
• Symbolic color: blue. Z144
• Blue as symbolic of martyrdom. Z144.1