31 motifs match “builds”  ·  back to the chapters

• God builds temple in heaven and brings it later to earth. A141.2
• Culture hero builds raths. A538
• Cuckoo builds nest on Annunciation Day: has no nest. (Cf. A2431.2.1.) A2231.3.1
• Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.) A2233.4
• Hedgehog builds castle. B191.5
• Magic bag builds palaces of gold and gems. (Cf. D1193.) D1483.2
• Giant builds hill for his home. F531.6.6.2
• Man builds boat and sails about in giant's belly. F911.5.1
• Devil builds himself a castle and calls it hell. G303.8.3.2
• Devil builds a road. G303.9.1.7
• Devil builds a ditch. G303.9.1.8
• Devil builds two islands in a lake. G303.9.1.9
• Devil builds an inn for a man in competition with a church being built. G303.9.1.10
• Devil builds Mont Saint Michel. G303.9.1.11
• Devil builds a building. G303.9.1.13
• Satan builds idol. G303.9.1.14
• Satan builds another world. G303.9.1.15
• Devil builds road for farmer in one day. G303.9.2.2
• Devil builds bridge except for one stone. No one dares to add the final stone. G303.14.2
• Recognition by brother king of lost brother brought about by model of their father's palace which lost brother builds of clay. H16.1
• Outcast wife (children) builds castle identical with king's, invites him, and is recognized. H153
• Dove disregards experience and loses brood. Rebuilds her nest in the place where she has lost former brood. J16
• Socrates builds himself a little house. Criticized for its smallness he says, "I wish I had true friends enough to fill it." J401.1
• The swallow and the hemp-seeds. Swallow in vain urges other birds to eat seed as fast as it is sowed. Ridiculed, he builds his nest among the dwellings of men. Later, birds are caught in nets made from the hemp. J621.1
• Bear builds house of wood; fox of ice. Fox's house fails him in summer. J741.1
• Halcyon builds nest on sea-cliff to escape land hazards. Tempest blows nest away. N255.3
• Husband forgiven for having killed jealous wife: builds monastery and becomes monk in it. Q171.1.1
• Princess builds tower of skulls of unsuccessful suitors. S110.3
• Saint stands (asleep) while bird builds nest and hatches brood in his hand. V462.8.2
• Game rolls down hill in snow; snowball builds up around game, keeps it fresh and protected until used. X1130.1
• Bird avenges caged mate. Builds cart, yokes frogs to it, arms himself with piece of reed, and proclaims war with king. Collects cat, ants, rope, club, and river. He is put by king into fowl house; cat eats up fowls. In stable rope and club beat up horses. In elephant-house ants get into their brains and kill them all. Tied to king's bed, river floods king in his bed. King gives bird back his mate. Z52