61 motifs match “called”  ·  back to the chapters

• Origin of the Fir Bolg ("Men of the Sacks"); so-called because as slaves they were forced to carry earth in sacks (builg). A1657.2
• Man called by animal for help to his cubs in danger. B383
• Dragon fly serves as snake's servant, feeds snake; it is called snake-feeder. B765.24
• Devil called on for help. When the devil appears man excuses himself. C12.1
• Man wishing to be conjurer fears helper he has called. C12.1.1
• Tabu: girl eating before being called by father. C231.1
• Transformed mother called by her child. Comes and is rescued. D792
• Animals magically called. (Cf. D1440, D2156.) D2074.1
• Mammals magically called. D2074.1.1
• Buffalo magically called. D2074.1.1.1
• Fish or sea animals magically called. D2074.1.2
• Birds magically called. D2074.1.3
• Genie called by writing his name on papers and burning them. (Cf. D1421.) D2074.2.4
• Showers of grain called down. D2105.6
• Dead mother called up from grave to give her son charms. E323.3
• Voice of son answers his mother from the grave only when called by his pet name. E324.1
• Dead called from their graves to make statement. E387.1.1
• Dame Berchta. Supposed to travel over the country at night with a troop. (Named from Bertha, the mother of Charlemagne.) Also called Frau Holle. F475.1
• Pygmy. Remarkably small man. Also called "dwarf". To be distinguished from the dwarfs who live in the woods and inhabit underground places (F451). F535
• Sex of witches. Both men and women are called witches. G220.0.2
• Devil is called "the black one". G303.2.2
• Devil comes when called upon. G303.6.1.2
• Devil becomes powerless when called by name. G303.16.19.9
• Thief detected by sieve and shears. Sieve put on open shears and then grasped by two fingers so as to balance. Charm recited. If sieve trembles when name is called, that person is guilty. H251.3.3
• Test of cleverness: uttering three wise words. Youths called on to do so display by their answers extraordinary powers of deduction. H505
• What animal which lives in fire will burn if taken out of it? (Tegillus, now called salamander.) (Cf. B768.2.) H842.2
• "Do not stand and watch two people fighting": counsel proved wise by experience. Man does so and is called by both parties to depose in favor of both or he will be beheaded. J21.51
• King called baker's son: he has given the poet only loaves of bread. King sees jest and rewards poet. J816.2
• Man called a rogue by a nobleman makes a joke of the insult. He thus avoids trouble. J817.1
• Presumptuous wolf among lions. Large wolf, called by his companions "Lion". Presumes to mix with lions but is only a wolf. J952.1
• The woman with bad eyes. Physician called to doctor woman's eyes bandages them and then steals things each day. She refuses to pay fee and is haled to court. She says that her sight is worse than ever for whereas she used to see many things in her house she now sees very little. Theft is thus revealed. J1169.1
• Courtier having observed king's amour shields him and gains pardon. Answers in clever proverbs when called on to say what he has seen. J1211.3
• The liar. A man attempts to lie out of having called another a liar: "You lie if you say that I said you lied." The other: "It's a good thing for you that you didn't call me a liar." (Cf. J817.) J1456
• An oath to break oaths. Village called on to join in war deliberates in meeting. A man says, "We have taken oaths not to go to war. We must now take an oath to break all the oaths we have taken." J1458
• Turnips called bacon: cat called rabbit. A peasant compels his servant to call turnips bacon. Under favorable circumstances the servant compels the master to call a cat a rabbit. J1511.2
• Bargain: to render service for "something". Claimant has called dead cricket "something" and must be content. J1521.5.1
• God's omniscience. A woman tells her brother of God's omniscience. When he is ill and the priest has been called, he creeps under some straw and hides. The priest leaves. The man: "If God were so omniscient he might have found me for the priest." J1617
• Deduction: the king is a bastard. After dinner the king begins to dance. He is therefore called illegitimate. His mother acknowledges an intrigue with a dancer. J1661.1.2
• One-eyed king has rocks counted on pain of death. Clever man avoids saying "one" (which king considers a curse on his one eye) by saying that first is the rock that must not be called by name. J1675.4
• A fool given money to buy something to eat; goes around asking for a thing called "something." J1805.4
• Man does not recognize his name when it is called: he is accustomed to hear his nickname. (Cf. K1984.3.) J2016
• Are there nine or ten geese? Ten men are called in; each is to take a goose. If all have a goose, there are ten. One man is left without one. Numskull: "You should have taken one before they were all gone." J2032
• Bungling fool forgets what elephant is called. Says it is an "earth egg" (confused with name for potatoes). J2671.3
• Abbess puts priest's trousers on her head. Suddenly called up while abed with the priest, she thinks to put on her coif. Discomfited by nuns whom she has denounced for incontinence. K1273
• Sham dumb man wins suit. The trickster meets a man in a narrow place in the road and calls out to him to make room. The man refuses and the trickster turns over the cart. In court the trickster plays dumb. The plaintiff says, "He is not dumb; he called out to me several times to get out of the way." Damages are assessed against the plaintiff for negligence. K1656
• Bluff: insult repeated as harmless remark. The trickster makes an insulting remark, but when called on to repeat what he said he changes it so as to turn aside wrath. K1775
• Sham wise man burns house where he pretends to keep his marvelous books, and is free from being called again. K1956.8
• King's sons called kings. P30.1
• Banished minister found indispensable and recalled. P111
• Berserks scold their father who apparently without reason called their adversary invincible. P233.3
• Ogre appeased by being called uncle (aunt, etc.). Q41.1
• Man suckled by dog (wolf): called Mac Con (Son of Dog). T611.10
• He who steals much called king; he who steals little called robber. U11.2
• Christ's forty-days' fast called "His Lent". V73.6.1
• Christ called "druid". V211.0.5
• Chieftain who takes king unawares, spares him on condition that chieftain be called "lover" by women of king's tribe. W11.5.11.1
• Upright judge refuses a bribe: he is responsible to a higher tribunal called Conscience. W35.2
• Doctor called to attend sick man immediately gives orders for the funeral. X372.5
• Church member who has been called to task about his lying habits tells another lie in expressing his concern for his weakness. He says he has shed barrels of tears because of his weakness. X909.1.1
• Martyrs called "red wheat"; saints, "Dei triticum" (God's wheat). Z141.2.1
• Three trees called "Grief," "Dark," and "Dumb-Mouthless Oak." Z183.1