83 motifs match “breath”  ·  back to the chapters

• God half mortal, half immortal. Hair, skin, flesh, bones and marrow are mortal; mind, voice, breath, eye, and ear are immortal. (prajapati). A122
• Tide caused by breathing of sea-monster. A913.2
• Breathing of deity (spirit) causes winds. A1121
• Man created from sweat, heat, and breath. A1262.1
• Men live by the breath of the gods. (Cf. A1241.3.) A1394
• Fire-breathing dragon. B11.2.11
• Breath of dragon kills man. B11.2.11.2
• Dragon's home at top of mountain. His breath forms clouds to hide the mountain. B11.3.2
• Sandalwood tree is guarded by dragon with venomous breath. B11.6.10
• Chimera. Combination of lion, dragon, and goat. Breathes fire. B14.1
• Horse with fire-breathing nostrils. (Cf. B19.1.) B15.5.1
• Devastating serpent with fiery breath. B16.5.1.1
• Serpent sucks man's breath (blood). B16.5.1.2.1
• Brazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5) B19.1
• Devastating birds wither everything with their breath. B33.1.1
• Breath of magic horse blows off or sucks in those he pursues. B184.1.5
• Animal breathes fire. B742
• Lion breathes fire. B742.1
• Fire-breathing horses. B742.3
• Fire-breathing dogs. B742.4
• Cat sucks sleeping child's breath. B766.2
• Breath of bird withers. B777
• Tabu: breathing on sacred fire. C51.1.3
• Foul breath from breaking tabu. C985.3
• Magic breath. D1005
• Magic breath of animal. D1029.1
• Dragon's breath renders hideous. (Cf. D1029.1.) D1337.2.3
• Saint's breath causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1005.) D1364.5
• Breath causes magic forgetfulness. (Cf. D1005.) D1365.7
• Magic breath kills. (Cf. D1005.) D1402.8
• Magic breath subdues animals. (Cf. D1005.) D1442.7
• Magic breath causes disease. (Cf. D1005.) D1500.4.2
• Saint's breath makes men drunk. D1500.4.2.1
• Saint's breath causes death. (Cf. D1005.) D1500.4.2.2
• Saint's breath restores sight. (Cf. D1005.) D1505.10
• Hero's breath restores sight. D1505.10.1
• Saint's breath restores speech. (Cf. D1005.) D1507.4
• Hero's breath returns head to headless horseman. (Cf. D1005.) D1518.3
• Saint's breath restores shattered vessel. (Cf. D1005.) D1565.4
• Saint's breath kindles lamps. (Cf. D1005.) D1566.1.4
• Saint's breath kindles coals. D1566.1.4.1
• Saint's (man's) breath makes icicles (snow, water) burn. D1566.1.4.2
• Magic dog's breath burns dead bodies. (Cf. B182.1, D1029.1.) D1566.1.6
• Man to have wishes if he can repeat them in one breath. D1761.0.2.1
• Magic results from breathing. (Cf. D1557.) D1784
• Magic power of lighting empty lamp by breathing on it used for divination. (Cf. D1311.) D1933
• Breathing on enemy drives him onto knife. D2061.2.9
• Anchorite consumes tree by one blast of his fiery breath. D2082.2
• Bad breath magically cured. D2161.3.9
• Saint's breath drives away the devil. D2176.3.3.4
• Resuscitation by returning dead person's soul (breath) to body. E38.1
• Resuscitation by breathing on corpse. E66
• Ghost sucks people's breath. E251.3.4
• Revenant with bad breath. E422.1.5
• Horse in wild hunt breathes fire. E501.4.2.4
• Ghost searches for breath. E599.1
• Soul (life) in the breath. E714.6
• Fairy breathes fire. F239.3
• Fire-breathing spirit. F401.7
• Thumbling lies by sleeping man. Is blown to window by man's breath. F535.1.1.3
• Thumbling in danger of being sucked in by man's breath. F535.1.1.4
• Poison damsel. Woman nourished on poison is fatal to her husbands. Sometimes the poisoning is from fatal look or breath, sometimes from intercourse. F582
• Mighty blower slows down princess with his breath. F622.1
• Cauldron warmed by breath of nine maidens. (Cf. D1171.2.) F686.1
• Man can breathe nine days under water. F691
• Fetter for Fenris wolf. Made of sound caused by the footfall of cats, beards of women, roots of mountains, sinews of bears, breath of fish, and spittle of birds. F864.1
• Angry warrior's breath makes adversary's armour so hot that he must surrender. F1041.16.6.8
• Hero's confederate slows down princess with his breath. Extraordinary blower blows against her so that she is retarded and loses race. H331.5.1.1.1
• Man runs from actual or from supposed ghost. The ghost runs beside him. The man stops to rest; the ghost stops, says, "That was a good run we had!" The man says, "Yes, and as soon as I get my breath, I'm going to run some more." J1495.1
• Breath in the cold thought to be tobacco smoke. J1801
• Sham revenant. A man takes refuge from robbers in an open grave. Robbers see him and ask what he is doing. "It is my grave. I went out to get a breath of air." J2311.3
• Diving match won by deception: breathing under brush. Trickster comes up and breathes under some floating brush, where he is not detected. K16.1
• Bending the tree. Hero bends tree over but when he catches breath the tree shoots him to the sky. K1112
• Bad breath and forked tongue reveal identity of snake-king in guise of human. K1822.3
• Lighted sponge in mouth of dead causes illusory breathing. K1885.1
• Girl falsely accused of murdering her lover. Investigation reveals poisonous breath of toad as cause of death. K2116.1.3
• The complaint about bad breath: trouble for the king's favorite. A steward advises the courtier to hold his head away when serving the king, since the king objects to his bad breath. He then tells the king that the courtier holds his head back to avoid the king's bad breath. K2135
• Sun cursed by man for its burning rays, wind for its hot breath, but moon is blessed for its soft, cool, and beautiful light. L351.2
• Frog removed from queen's nose by telling such interesting story that she gives quick breath and dislodges him. N641.2
• Woman's naiveté proves her fidelity. Man is rebuked for having bad breath. He reproves his wife for never having told him. "I thought that men liked it as I did." He realizes that his wife has not known any other man. T221
• Woman escapes king's lust by inducing bad breath. T320.4.1
• Doctor cures palpitation of heart: patient stops breathing. X372.1
• The breathing tree. Hunter cuts down tree packed full of animals. The tree is so full of animals that a crack in tree opens as animals inhale, closes when they exhale. X1116