75 motifs match “breast”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun and moon from breasts of mother earth. (Cf. A401.) A715.4
• Milky Way as milk from breast of a woman. A778.5
• Origin of women's breasts. A1313.4
• Women at first with breasts on their foreheads. A1313.4.1
• Robin steals fire, has breast scorched. A2218.5
• Blood from cross on robin redbreast: He helps Jesus; rewarded with red breast. (Cf. A2353.2.) A2221.2.2
• Origin and nature of animal's breast. A2353
• Why robin has red breast. (Cf. A2221.2.2.) A2353.2
• Elephant loses its breasts. A2353.3
• Why bears do not have breasts for nursing. A2353.4
• Snake sucks milk from woman's breast. A2435.6.2.1
• Why raven is thief. Because he has none of ten commandments and carries a black stamp on his breast. A2455.3
• Why fruit of date palm looks like breasts of old woman. A2791.11
• Harpy. Bird with arms and breasts of woman. B52
• Mermaid has large breasts. B81.9.2
• Faithful horse lays his head on slain master's breast. B301.4.1
• Female bears have no breasts to nurse their young – suck paws. B725
• Snake attaches itself to a woman's breast and draws away her milk while she sleeps. B765.4.1
• Woman's breasts dry up because of broken tabu. C942.4
• Magic breasts of woman. D1009.3
• Magic ornamental breastplate. (Cf. D1101.3.) D1079.3
• Magic breastplate. D1101.3
• "Milk-medicine" causes milk to appear in woman's breast. (Cf. D1241.) D1379.5
• Magic impenetrable breastplate. (Cf. D1101.3.) D1381.10.1
• Ghostly horse enters house and puts hoofs on breast of sleeper. E281.2
• Turf laid on breast of dead to prevent return. E431.6
• Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders. F232.2
• Wood-nymph with breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder. (Cf. F232.2, F460.1.2, G123.) F441.2.1.2
• Mountain-wife has breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F531.1.5.1, G123.) F460.1.2
• Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast. F511.0.1.1
• Person with ears on breast. F511.2.1
• Person with mouth in breast. F513.0.4
• Scylla. Breast and face of woman. From flanks has six heads and twelve feet of dogs. F526.2
• Giant (giantess) with lips hanging down on the breast. F531.1.4.2
• Breasts of giantess. F531.1.5
• Giantess throws her breasts over her shoulders. Her two sons can run after her and suck. F531.1.5.1
• Remarkable breast. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F460.1.2, F531.1.5.1.) F546
• Breast broad and made of glittering metal. F546.1
• Woman with three breasts. F546.2
• Star (cross) on breast. F546.3
• Woman with breasts hot enough to cook food. (Cf. F593.) F546.5
• Milk in man's breast. F546.6
• Amazons cut off left breast of daughters so that they can handle bow. F565.1.1
• Loom made of woman's breasts with vagina as shuttle. F856.1
• Bird controls sex and appearance of offspring. Hatches seven eggs – three under each wing and one under breast. The right wing hatches three red males, the left three green females. The egg under the breast shares the characteristics of both sex and color – but dies. F987.1
• Husband becomes cannibal from eating wife's breast. She cuts off her breasts and cooks them to feed her family. The husband thus acquires a longing for human flesh. G36.1
• Giant ogress with breasts thrown over her shoulder. G123
• Witch sucks blood from woman's or child's breasts. G262.1.2
• One-breasted ogress. G369.6
• Recognition by large breasts that woman in bed is not husband's wife. H79.6
• Recognition of son by gushing up of milk in mother's breasts. H175.1
• Princess wins wrestling match with suitor by revealing her breast. He looks and is beaten. H331.6.1.1
• What is sweetest? Mother's breast. H633.3
• Boy strikes at a fly on his sister's breast: it turns into nipple and girl thinks it due to brother's caress. J1833.1.1
• Capture by sight of women's breasts. Women with uncovered breasts meet hero. He averts his face and is captured. K774
• Sight of women's breasts used to appease enemies. K774.1
• Camel lures wolf into looking at the writing on his breast. Crushes wolf. K839.5
• Wife shows husband her milk-filled breasts and squirts milk in his eyes allowing lover to escape unseen. K1516.9
• Prince's arrow accidentally grazes breast of merchant's wife. N331.1.2
• Punishment: woman's breasts cut off. Q451.9
• Punishment: woman suspended by her breasts. Q451.9.1
• Punishment: snake sucks woman's breasts. Q452
• Punishment: burial alive up to the breast (neck). Q456.1
• Milk drops from woman's breast on tiger's leg and reveals her hiding place in tree. R351.1
• Wife offers starving husband (father) milk from her breasts. T215.2
• Maiden sends to her lecherous lover (brother) her eyes (hands, breasts) which he has admired. T327.1
• Black nipples of girl's breasts reveal her loss of virginity. T494
• Conception from fruit thrown against breast. T532.3
• Conception from flowers hidden in breast. T532.3.1
• Milk suddenly appears in woman's dry breast. T592
• Milk medicine fills woman's breasts with milk. T592.1
• Milk magically appears in woman's breast so as to nourish orphan. (Cf. T592.) T611.6
• Dead mother's breasts furnish sufficient nourishment for her baby during two years. T611.9
• Saint as baby refuses to take mother's breast on Wednesdays and Fridays. V229.2.3.1
• Vision in which chieftain sees pair of gray seals that sucked at his two breasts. They are two of his allies who are being overpowered by invaders. V515.2.1