42 motifs match “bound”  ·  back to the chapters

• God of boundaries. A414
• Origin of boundaries. A997
• Origin of erection of monuments to mark boundaries. A1599.2
• Elephant draws plow to mark boundaries of empire. B599.3
• Plough of gold and yoke of gold and pair of bullocks used by hero tills as much land as lies within a village boundary in one day. D1620.2.7
• Dead returns to replace boundary marks he has removed. (Cf. E416.) E345.1
• Ghost bound and jailed. E459.4
• Soul bound for hell given sight of heaven. E752.6
• Life bound up with light (flame). E765.1
• Life bound up with candle. When the candle goes out, person dies. E765.1.1
• Life bound up with burning brand (torch). E765.1.2
• Life bound up with that of animal. Person to live as long as animal lives. E765.2
• Life bound up with object. E765.3
• Life bound up with magic object. When magic object is lost, person dies. E765.3.0.1
• Life bound up with calabash. As calabash grows, so does girl. E765.3.2
• Life bound up with tree. E765.3.3
• Life bound up with external event. Death to come when certain thing happens. E765.4
• Bounds of the otherworld. F140
• Guardian of spirit-land boundary. F140.1
• Bounds of the otherworld – miscellaneous. F149
• Pestilence-spirit "bound" by magic. F493.3.2
• Spirit of boundaries. F494.2
• Witch known by hose unbound on one leg. G255
• Witch bound and beaten. G275.7
• Devil bound with huge chain near northern side of Tamdrup church. G303.8.4.1
• Test of a god: when his image is bound it frees itself. H45.3
• Test of resourcefulness: to discover how old, respectively, three horses are. Youth drops water on each; one jumps fifteen paces only, another twenty, and the last bounds in air and gallops. H506.11
• Task: jumping across river in one bound. H1149.10
• Hand bound to dog's leash: person dragged. J2132.2.2
• Deer lost through premature celebration. A fool in celebration of the capture of a deer puts his clothes on the bound deer. He throws a knife to cut the deer's throat but the knife cuts the snare and the deer runs away with the clothes. J2173.4
• Deceptive land purchase: boundary fixed by flight of a goose. Subject given as much land as a goose can fly over without lighting. The man carries the goose with its wings extended over an enormous territory. K185.3
• Deceptive land purchase: bounds fixed by a race. One man has supernatural speed. K185.5
• Deceptive land purchase: bounds fixed by throwing object (axe, spear). Thrower has extraordinary strength. K185.6
• Tail buried (hair tied). Dupe bound fast and then attacked. K1021.1
• Vow rather to be cut in pieces than permit oneself to be bound. M166.2
• Death by rebounding bow. Ants gnaw a bowstring, so that the bow rebounds and cuts off head of man who is leaning on it. N335.3
• Boy while cutting trees comes to one which happens to be bound up with the life of an ogre. Ogre bribes him with large fortune not to cut tree. N699.5
• Milk-brotherhood. Friends bound in brotherhood through partaking of milk from the same woman. P313
• Warrior engaged in combat with one-armed opponent allows one hand to be bound to his side. P557.4.4.1
• Murder by springing bent tree. Man bound to it is torn to pieces. (Cf. H1522.1.) S135
• Victim bound to a bladed wheel. (Cf. Q423.) S181.1
• Death magically bound to tree. While he is bound no one can die. Z111.2