56 motifs match “boiling”  ·  back to the chapters

• Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2255.2
• Man tells Jesus he is sowing stones. "You shall get stones." Why peas do not soften in boiling. A2721.3.1
• Helpful mare cools boiling bath for master. Hero is made to bathe in boiling mare's milk. His mare blows on the milk and cools it. B526.2
• Christ asks woman what she is cooking; she replies that she is boiling stones to make her children think they are peas and that they will have food. Christ changes the stones to peas. D452.1.6.1
• Boiling pitch reduced to cold water. D478.14
• Boiling lock of lover's hair draws him to sweetheart. D1355.3.5
• Ring makes boiling water cold. (Cf. D1076.) D1566.2.5
• Magic ring cools boiling water. (Cf. D1076.) D1592.1
• Self-boiling kettle. (Cf. D1171.3.) D1601.10.3
• Man proof against boiling water. D1841.2
• Saint kept in boiling water for three days shows no signs of discomfort. D1841.2.1
• Bath in boiling oil, pitch, or melted lead does not hurt a saint. D1841.2.2
• Saint placed in boiling oil but uninjured. D1841.2.2.1
• Beautification by boiling and resuscitation. D1865.2
• Rejuvenation by boiling. (Cf. D1865.) D1885
• Rejuvenation by dismemberment and boiling. (Cf. D1884.) D1885.1
• Murder by boiling gloves of victim. D2061.2.2.5.1
• Witch keeps water from boiling. D2137.1
• Resuscitation by boiling. E15.1
• Spells to recall dead lover. Boiling dead man's head, bones, or carcass in a pot, or burning a piece of lover's clothing or cat in a hot oven. E218
• Blood stops boiling. E761.1.5.1
• Life token: boiling liquid. E761.6.3
• Cool and boiling fountain in otherworld garden. (Cf. F162.8.) F162.1.2.2
• Purification in kettle of boiling oil as preparation for marriage to fairy. F303.1
• Man smells pots boiling 400 miles off. F652.2
• Bath of boiling oil. F872.2
• Jinn falls into cauldron of boiling oil, thinking it is food. G512.3.4
• Ogress tricked into falling into boiling spring. G519.1.4
• Witch wishes to have as pretty teeth as man: drinks boiling oil. G525.1
• Ordeal by boiling water. H221.4
• Suitor test: bathing in boiling water. H328.5
• Chastity ordeal: oath on boiling oil. H412.4.2
• Suitor asked to bathe in great cauldron of boiling water without making water lukewarm. H1023.24
• Boiling milk thought to be overflowing. Simpleton lets it run over. J1813.2
• Numskull thinks his prayers have stopped milk boiling over. Actually his wife has added cold water. J1813.2.1
• Boiling pumpkin thought to be talking. J1813.3
• Boiling pot on the floor thought to be self-cooking. J1813.4
• Numskull thinks boiling pot is threatening him: breaks pot. J1813.10
• Complaint of the porridge pot. The woman thinks the boiling pot is complaining. J1875.2
• Porridge in the ice hole. They put meal in the boiling current of the ice hole and then, one after another, they jump in to taste the porridge. J1938
• Crab tries to imitate bird who lays egg in pot of boiling water. Falls in instead of being rewarded. J2415.3
• Washing the child. Fool uses boiling water and kills it. J2465.4
• Heating water for woman to wash in. Boiling water poured over her. J2465.4.1
• Escape by pretended bathing of guard. Boiling water used. K629.1
• Cleaning the horse. Washing him in boiling water or currying him with a razor. K1443
• Washing the grandmother – in boiling water. K1462
• To heat water for master's bath. Servant pours boiling water on him. K1462.1
• Boiling water meant for cooking hero used for man who has prepared it. K1626.3
• Release from curse by putting pins around horse's heart and then boiling it. M429.2
• Pot of boiling oil thrown at compassionate woman does not harm her. Q151.12
• Punishment: boiling in oil (lead, tar). Q414.1
• Boiling in tar as punishment for impostor. (Cf. Q262.) Q414.1.1
• Escape from death by boiling oil. R215.2
• Boiling to death. Often in pitch or oil. S112.1
• Obstinate wife refuses to take cover off boiling kettle. Is beaten by husband. T255.6
• Lie: heavy rain of boiling water melts palace. X1654.2.1