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

• Dead body becomes god. A104.2
• Gods born from various parts of creator's body. A112.3
• God born from peculiar part of parent's body. A112.7
• God monstrous as to body. A123.1
• God with body of earthquake (whirlwind, etc.). A123.1.4
• God with body of caterpillars. A123.1.5
• God with body of stream of blood. A123.1.6
• Goddess with body full of fire. A124.3
• Universe from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etc. A614
• Universe from parts of man's body. (Cf. A831.2) A614.1
• Universe from body of slain giant. Ymir. (Cf. A621.1.) A642
• Primeval woman cut in pieces: houses, etc., made from her body. A642.1
• Eclipses caused by animal hiding sun behind his body. A737.6
• Earth from body of person (animal). A831
• Earth from body of son of deity. A831.1
• Earth from giant's body (Ymir). (Cf. A614.1.) A831.2
• Earth from the body of murdered child. A831.5
• Earth from body of slain animal. A831.6
• Earth from body of divine suicide. A831.7
• Earth created from Adam's body. A831.9
• Mountains spring from scattered parts of slain giant serpent's body. A961.4
• Mountain from part of deity's (hero's) body. A962.1
• Origin of minerals from body of dead culture hero. A978.1
• Flood from fluids of the body. A1012
• Man made from creator's body. A1211
• Man springs into existence from deity's body by his mere thinking. A1211.0.1
• Man made from dirt rubbed from creator's (hero's) body. (Cf. A833). A1211.5
• 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
• Seven substances employed in composition of human body. A1260.1.4
• Man created from part of body. A1263
• First parents originate from gold which is from body of first man. Born fifteen years old. A1271.4
• Deity creates princess from prince's body and gives her to him. A1275.1.1
• Devil in God's absence puts sickness in Adam's body. A1293
• Change in bodily form at fall of man. Adam's body was formerly horn-like. (Cf. A1281.1.) A1310.1
• Assembling the body. A1310.2
• Origin of knee-caps. A stone that magically joins self to woman's body. A1312.1
• Evil inclination enters body at time of conception. A1384.2
• Why other members must serve belly. Result of a debate between members of the body. A1391
• Why all limbs are dependent on body. A1391.1
• Origin of fire – found in person's own body. A1414.2
• Origin of food from body of slain food-goddess. (Cf. A2611.1). A1420.1
• Peculiar smell of body. A1662
• Why Jews smell bad. They rubbed Christ's body with garlic. A1662.1
• Animals from different parts of body of slain giant. Giant person, cow, ox, etc. A1716.1
• Animals from transformed parts of the body (animal or human). A1724
• Animals from body of slain person. A1724.1
• Animals from parts of body of deity or saint. A1725
• Animals from body dirt of deity (hero). A1725.2
• Insects from body of slain monster. Usually the monster is burnt; sometimes the insects come from his head, sometimes from his body as it burns. (Cf. A1716.1.) A2001
• Flies on Christ's body rewarded. They look like nails and prevent more nails being driven. They may eat at the king's table. (Cf. A2545.1.) A2221.2.1
• Spider steals thread from Christ: has thread in back of body. (Cf. A2356.2.8.) A2231.6
• Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body. (Cf. A2332.4.2.) A2231.10
• Wool on his forehead awarded sheep in lawsuit. He is given the privilege of keeping it when the rest of his body is shorn. (Cf. A2322.5.) A2255.1
• Origin of animal characteristics: body. A2300
• Shape of bee's body. A2300.1
• Animal's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301
• Mouse's body made larger. A2301.1
• Spider's body made larger. A2301.2
• Coyote's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301.3
• Bat's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301.4
• Flying-squirrel's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301.5
• Animal's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302
• Mouse's body made smaller. A2302.1
• Hazel-cock's body made smaller. (Cf. A2231, A2213.1.) A2302.2
• Squirrel's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302.3
• Eagle's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302.4
• Wolf's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302.5
• Origin of animal's flat body. A2305
• Origin of fish's flat body. (Cf. A2231.9.) A2305.1
• Origin of steel-head salmon's flat body. A2305.1.1
• Origin of flounder's flat body. (Cf. A2126.) A2305.1.2
• Origin of animal characteristics: body covering. A2310
• Why the gorilla and chimpanzee have hair all over the body. Punishment for not guarding possessions at creation. A2322.6
• Why crab lifts eye out of body or has eye behind. (Cf. A2231.10, A2231.1.3.) A2332.4.2
• Why spider has thread in back of body. (Cf. A2231.6.) A2356.2.8
• Why cow's body has hollow on one side. A2356.2.12
• Animal characteristics: inside of body. A2367
• Why sucker has small bones in body. A2367.1.1
• Why kangaroo-rat has white band around his body. (Cf. A2218.4.) A2412.1.4
• Why elephant has white marks on its body. A2412.1.5
• Plants from body of slain person or animal. A2611
• Plants from foetus or body of stillborn child. A2611.0.2
• Parts of body of god transformed into plants. A2611.0.4
• Parts of human or animal body transformed into plants. A2611.0.5
• Corn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.) A2611.1
• Pepper plant from body of slain person. (Cf. A2686.3.) A2611.4
• Hero's dogs (horse) prevent dragon's heads from rejoining body. (Cf. B11.2.3.) B11.11.2
• Animal with body of horse, legs of hound. B14.2
• Cerberus. The hell hound with three heads, a serpent's tail, and a writhing tangle of snakes from his body. B15.7.1
• Monster three-legged ass. Stands in the ocean. Has three feet, six eyes, nine mouths, two ears, one horn, a white body. Two eyes are in eye position, two on top of his head, two on his hump. He renders powerless by the sharpness of his eyes. He has three mouths in his head, three in his hump, and three in the inner parts of his flanks. Each mouth is the size of a cottage. (Cf. B13, B15.1, B15.2, B15.4.) B15.7.2
• Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse. B21
• Body and hands human, head and ears those of a horse. B21.2
• Man-ass. Body of man, hoofs of ass. B22
• Body of man, head of ass. B22.1
• Minotaur. Body of man, head of bull. Result of union of woman with bull. B23.1
• Lamia. Face of woman, body of serpent (or body of sow, and legs of horse). B29.1
• Snake body-woman's head. B29.2.3
• Man-hedgehog. Upper half of body like hedgehog. B29.8
• Sphinx. Has face of woman, body and tail of lion, wings of bird. B51
• Ass carries usurer's body to the gallows instead of to the church. He has been denied burial in the church. B151.1.1.2.1