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

• Spring breaks forth where animal delivers book left behind by saint. A941.5.4
• Origin of medical books. A1487.2
• Origin of worship from holy books. A1546.5
• Cow swallows book; cause of maniplies in stomach. A2219.2
• Deer makes its horns available as a bookholder to a saint. B256.3
• Stags plow for man. Also draw chariot, bear burdens, and allow saints to use their horns as a book rest B292.4
• Tabu: studying occult books. C825
• Transformation: book-satchel to bird. D444.5
• Magic book. D1266
• Divination from chance reading of sacred (magic) book. D1311.14
• Magic book gives advice. (Cf. D1266.) D1312.4
• Magic book wherein is written family's destiny. (Cf. D1266.) D1325.1
• Saint's gospel-book causes sight-shifting. (Cf. D1266.) D1331.4.1
• Carrying saint's book around army right-handwise insures victory. (Cf. D1266.) D1381.25
• Magic book disperses demons. (Cf. D1266.) D1385.25
• Magic book summons genie. (Cf. D1266.) D1421.1.3
• Saint's gospel-book keeps cattle from straying. (Cf. D1266.) D1446.2
• Magic book furnishes wealth. (Cf. D1266.) D1469.6
• Magic wishing-book. (Cf. D1266.) D1470.1.26
• Reading from magic book causes road to appear. (Cf. D1266.) D1484.2
• Magic book controls disease. (Cf. D1266.) D1500.0.1
• Magic healing book. (Cf. D1266.) D1500.1.22
• Man who touches book of St. Oswin's life is cured of blindness. (Cf. D1266.) D1505.12
• Saint's gospel-book restores speech. (Cf. D1266.) D1507.2
• Magic journey by reading book. D1520.37
• Reading book causes river to dry up. (Cf. D1266.) D1542.3.2
• Reading from a book makes fallen tree stand up. D1571.3
• Magic dew destroys enemy's books. (Cf. D902.2.) D1599.6
• Self-returning magic book. (Cf. D1266.) D1602.10
• Magic book removes itself. (Cf. D1266.) D1641.11.1
• Incombustible book. (Cf. D1266.) D1656.1
• Magic book, once used, compels person to do evil. (Cf. D1266.) D1678
• Divine inspiration for writing sacred books. D1811.2.1
• Two drops of blood in book mean that two have been killed. D1812.5.1.1.2
• Falling of book satchels as evil omen. (Cf. D1266, D1641.11.1.) D1812.5.1.26
• Location of fort determined by reading in book. D1816.3
• Sacred book or manuscript does not burn in fire. D1841.3.3
• Rejuvenation by reading in book. (Cf. D1266.) D1889.1
• Book written by man with marvelous memory. D1910.0.1
• Books illegible as result of curse. (Cf. D1266.) D2089.5
• Book magically saved from decay. D2167.2
• Magic book conjured away by throwing it on stream. D2176.4
• Resuscitation by book. (Cf. D1266.) E64.7
• Ghosts summoned by sacred book. E383
• Ghost cannot pass cross or prayerbook. (Cf. D1266.) E434.8
• Ghost laid by group of ministers. By prayer and services, usually with "bell, book, and candle" or some modification of the procedure. E443.2.4.1
• Account book of men summoned to death kept in heaven. E481.8.1
• Ghost steals book from priest. E593.2
• Book (medical) brought back from otherworld. F379.2.1
• Mountain-men give children a book. F460.4.2.4
• Sorcerer and books in mountain. Opens only for short periods. F721.2.3
• Extraordinary writings (book, letter). F883
• Extraordinary book. F883.1
• Book of glass. F883.1.1
• Book written with black fire on white fire (in God's lap). F883.1.2
• Books unscathed by water and fire. F883.1.4
• Book made of sapphires. F883.1.5
• Heavenly books. F883.1.6
• Book dropped in water by saint not wet. F930.1
• Gifts are obtained or fall from heaven: flowers (roses), crown of gold, blossoms or thorns, bells, gems, books, sword, etc. F962.0.1
• Books show sorrow for owner's death by falling from shelf. F994.1
• Gospel-book hung from saint's shoulders without strap. F1011.1.1
• Books in church read without man's tongue. F1055
• Witches get their powers from books. (Cf. D1266.) G224.3
• Devil writes into book names of those who call on him. G303.6.1.2.1
• The devil is exorcised with bell, book, and candle. G303.16.14.4
• The devil has two books – one book small for sins of clerics, erased by confession; the other large for unconfessed sins of lay folks. G303.24.1.9
• Devil as dog chews up Bibles, hymnbooks, church accounts in church. G303.24.5
• Only one man is able to read magic book. H31.7.2
• Recognition through books. H134
• Sanctity of books tested by throwing them into fire. H221.1.3
• Sanctity of books tested by throwing them into water. H222.4
• Thief detected by psalter and key. Closed Bible with key inside at magic text loosely held by diviner and client. Name of suspected thief on end of key. As verse is spoken, if name is that of thief, book and key will turn around. H251.3.2
• Symbolic interpretation of playing cards. Soldier reproved for playing cards during church says that playing cards are his prayerbook and calendar. Ace: one God, one Faith, one Baptism; 2: old and new Testaments; 3: Trinity; 4: evangelists; 5: wise virgins; 6: days of creation; 7: sabbath; 8. Noah's family; 9: ungrateful lepers; 10: commandments; knave (jack): Judas; queen (of Sheba); king: God; 12 face cards: 12 months; etc. H603
• Wisdom from books. J166
• Wisdom from books bought at great price. (Sibylline). Nine books first offered at certain price. Finally after this is refused and the owner throws six of them into the fire, the king pays the same price for three of them. Finds them filled with wisdom. J166.1
• Wisdom from books of the antediluvians. J166.2
• Good and bad in all books. Author says that a prudent man notes only the good in a vain book; a malicious person, only the bad in a good book. J174
• The bookman and the boatman: each ignorant of other's work. Bookman's swimming saves their lives. J251.1
• The account-book of mistakes. A king, hearing that a man keeps an account-book of people's mistakes asks to see about his own record. He reads that the king has made a mistake in trusting a certain sum of money to a servant. King: "How if he comes back with it?" "I shall cross off your name and put him down for making a mistake." J1371
• The good words. A man pledged to give his wife only good words hits her with a prayer book. J1541.1
• Author believes that his book must be stupid. Stupid people and gossipers are praising it. J1714.4
• Fool weeps each time he reads a book to see how small letters have become: at school they were big and fat. J1746.1
• Book gives wisdom. A man believes himself wise because he has a book which he uses but does not understand. J2238
• Boy cannot read a book written with smaller letters than those he was reading at school. J2258
• The hunter's mass. A count instructs his chaplain to read a hunter's mass (i.e., a short one). The chaplain searches the prayerbook in vain for a hunter's mass. J2474
• "Cutting the paper of the accounts" (falsifying accounts). Fool cuts up account books. J2489.4
• Alleged resuscitating book sold. (Cf. D1266.) K113.3
• Illiterate man pretends to be weeping because he cannot make others understand the book he is reading. K1795
• Sham wise man burns house where he pretends to keep his marvelous books, and is free from being called again. K1956.8
• Alleged idol promises teacher certain payment for his book when finished. Dupe overhears and pays him bargain price for what he is later to receive. K1971.13
• Oath on sacred book. M114.1
• Prophecies from old man who writes in a book. M301.4
• Prophecy from book. (Cf. M301.21.) M302.8
• Saint curses books hidden by inhospitable host: no man shall read them. M411.8.5
• Book of fate. N115
• Murder with poisoned book. King wets finger to turn leaves and falls dead. S111.5
• Many books do not make a scholar. U111
• Many books do not make a scholar: youth tricks mother by carrying many books. U111.1
• Sacred books received from Buddha in person. V212.1