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

• Bridge connecting earth and heaven. A657.1
• Bridge of heaven. A661.0.5
• Soul-bridge: easy for righteous to cross, more difficult for others. A661.0.5.1
• Maiden at the bridge to hell. A672.2
• Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world. A673
• Rainbow made as bridge by the gods. A791.3
• Bridge of the Gods. A conflict of the gods breaks a primeval bridge and thus causes a rapid in a river (the Columbia River at The Dalles, Oregon). A986
• Dragon guards bridge to otherworld. B11.6.6
• Animals build bridge. B299.8
• Tigers build bridge. B299.8.1
• Dragon makes bridge across stream for holy man. (Cf. B11.) B549.2
• Animals serve as bridge across stream. B555
• Monkeys construct a bridge across the ocean. B846
• Tabu: crossing bridge sacred to the gods. C93.4
• Transformation: wisp of hay to bridge. D451.5.7
• Transformation: wand to bridge. D451.6.1.1
• Transformation: belt to bridge. D454.3.3
• Transformation: hair to bridge. D457.4.3
• Transformation: smoke to bridge. D469.2
• Transformation: chain of arrows to bridge. D469.3
• Magic bridge. D1258
• Bridge made by magic. D1258.1
• Self-folding bridge prevents pursuit. (Cf. D1268.) D1642.1
• Ghost frightens people off bridge into stream. E272.3
• Bridge to land of dead. E481.2.1
• Frightening thing at bridge to land of dead. E481.2.1.1
• Unstable bridge to land of dead. E481.2.1.2
• Ghosts gathered on a bridge. E496
• Ghost rides on bus, disappears before it crosses bridge. E581.4.1
• On return to body soul crosses on scythe-blade as bridge. E721.6
• Dead person of good life goes over bridge to otherworld without fear. E750.2.1
• Bridge to otherworld. F152
• Bridge to otherworld guarded by animals. F152.0.1
• Materials of bridge to otherworld. F152.1
• Rainbow bridge to otherworld. F152.1.1
• Bridge of sunbeams to otherworld. (Cf. F154.) F152.1.2
• Golden bridge to otherworld. F152.1.3
• Glass bridge to otherworld. F152.1.4
• Rope bridge to otherworld. F152.1.5
• Sword bridge to otherworld. F152.1.6
• Bridge to otherworld covered with knives. F152.1.6.1
• Bridge of thread on way to world of dead. F152.1.7
• Aurora as bridge to otherworld. F152.1.8
• Slamming drawbridge to otherworld. Slams as hero leaves and (almost) injures him. He has failed to do the one compulsory thing. (Percival.) F152.2
• Water-spirits interfere with building bridges, dams. (Cf. F451.5.2.5.) F420.5.2.5
• Long tongue cut out and used to bridge a stream. F544.2.2.1
• Extraordinary bridge. F842
• Extraordinary material of bridge. F842.1
• Crystal (glass) bridge. F842.1.1
• Ice bridge. F842.1.2
• Bridge of apples. F842.1.3
• Golden bridge. F842.1.4
• Bridge of straw. F842.1.5
• Extraordinary bridge miscellaneous. F842.2
• Perilous trap bridge. High in center. One end rises when one steps on it and throws him backwards. F842.2.1
• Bridge which falls when mounted. F842.2.2
• Extraordinary span of bridge. F842.2.3
• Bridge of boats across sea. F842.2.3.1
• Under-water bridge. F842.2.3.2
• If witch grabs horse's tail on bridge, man is safe from her. G273.4.1
• Devil as builder of bridges. G303.9.1.1
• Devil builds bridge except for one stone. No one dares to add the final stone. G303.14.2
• Bridal party will not pass over bridge for fear of water-demon. G424
• Ogre attacks intruders on bridge. G475.2
• Recognition by overheard conversation with bridge. Bridge which will trip up bridal party if king is not marrying an equal. Disguised princess praises bridge for its recognition of her equality with the king. H13.2.1
• Guilt or innocence of souls tested by bridge. H210.1
• Magic bridge as chastity test. Cannot be crossed by unchaste. (Cf. D1258.) H411.8
• Man helps traveler and makes riddling remarks. Gives him food, shares his coat in rain, and carries him over stream. Reproaches him with traveling without mother, house, or bridge (nourishment, shelter, or horse). H586.1
• One traveler to another (when asked how he crossed an unbridged stream): I cross on an ashen bridge. (Found a ford with an ashen staff.) H586.6
• Task: building enormous bridge. (Cf. H359.1.) H1131
• Task: building bridge over land and sea. H1131.1
• Devil as suitor assigned task to build bridge or dam. H1131.2
• Ability to cross bridge as test of righteousness. H1573.6.1
• "Do not cross a bridge without dismounting from your horse"; counsel proved wise by experience. Man breaks leg. J21.7
• "Go to Goosebridge": counsel proved wise by experience. Man with disobedient wife finds mules beaten there and made to cross bridge. J21.16
• Series of clever unjust decisions: plaintiff voluntarily withdraws. (1) Man pulls off borrowed horse's tail: he shall keep horse till tail grows on. (2) Man falls out of bed and kills a baby (or causes a miscarriage): he shall beget a new baby for the mother. (3) Man falls from a bridge and kills boatsman's son: shall allow boatsman to fall from bridge and kill him. J1173
• Which way the sheep shall return. One man plans to buy sheep; another says that he shall not drive them across the bridge. They quarrel over the sheep, which have not yet been acquired. A third numskull to convince them of their foolishness pours all his meal out in the water so as to show them the empty sack. "How much meal is in the sack?" he asks. "None." "There is just that much wit in your heads." J2062.1
• Contest in bridge-building won by deception. K48
• Horse which will not go over trees. Salesman tells buyer that he is selling the horse because it eats too much and will not climb trees. On the way home the horse bites everyone and refuses to cross a bridge. Seller is literally correct. K134.1
• Wait for the fat goat. Troll lets the first two goats pass on the bridge so that he may eat the biggest one. He is thrown in the water. K553.2
• Monkey in danger on bridge of crocodiles pretends that the king has ordered them counted. K579.2
• Person cuts drawbridge partly through. Giant falls into moat. (Cf. K14, K1431, K1961.1.3.) K924
• Dupes lured onto tree-trunk bridge; fall to death. K983.2
• Building a bridge of cattle. Ordered to build a bridge not of wood, stone, iron, or earth, the trickster uses the carcasses of cattle. K1441
• Persons run wagon back and forth over a corduroy bridge to simulate sound of artillery. K2368.1.1
• Vow not to touch certain tree. Later cannot cross bridge made of this wood. M172.2
• Secrets of animals (demons) accidentally overheard from tree (bridge) hiding place. N451.1
• Dream of treasure on the bridge. A man dreams that if he goes to a distant city he will find treasure on a certain bridge. Finding no treasure, he tells his dream to a man who says that he too has dreamed of treasure at a certain place. He describes the place, which is the first man's home. When the latter returns home he finds the treasure. N531.1
• Bridge to world of dead cut from under wicked person so that he falls into hell. (Cf. F152.) Q417.3
• Fugitives cut support of bridge so that pursuer falls. R235
• Crane-bridge. Fugitives are helped across a stream by a crane who lets them cross on his leg. The pursuer is either refused assistance or drowned by the crane. R246
• Stone bridge appears for fugitives. Disappears and drowns pursuers. R246.1
• Unwitting bargain with devil evaded by driving dog over bridge first. The child has been unwittingly promised (the first thing that goes over the bridge). S241.1
• Foundation sacrifice. A human being buried alive at base of the foundation of a building or bridge. S261
• Blind man crosses a narrow bridge which his guide is afraid to attempt. U171
• Two stubborn goats meet each other on a bridge. Neither will step aside; both fall into water. W167.1
• Deaf man on the bridge. Lord: Good day, Caspar. – Caspar: I am making a reel. – L. Good day, Caspar. – C. It is worth four pence. – L. Good day, Caspar. – C. Yes, my lord, whenever you wish. X111.5
• Lie: flies build bridge. X1294.1
• Lies about bridges. (Cf. F842.) X1817
• Lie: razor-sharp sword as footbridge. X1817.1