94 motifs match “calls”  ·  back to the chapters

• Creation of sandpiper: Pharaoh's cook calls drowned army to dinner. A1944.1
• Woodpecker from devil's herdsman transformed. The devil strikes his herdsman so that he turns into a bird who continually calls after his beloved cow. (Cf. A1710.) A1957.1
• Shepherd transformed to bird still calls sheep: explanation of bird cries. Usually told of hoopoe and bittern. (Cf. A1952, A1965.2, A2275.3, A2425, A2426.2.3, A2426.2.4.) A2261.1
• Bird reveals dead rider. Calls out in human voice at seeing living woman riding behind dead man. B131.4
• Animal calls the dawn. The sun rises as a result of the animal's call. B755
• When cow calls her calf, all cattle graze. B852
• Noah's curse admits devil to ark. Devil persuades Noah's wife to stay out of ark till Noah shall call devil in. Noah at last loses patience and calls out, "The devil! Come in!" The devil comes in and turns himself into a mouse. C12.5.1
• Man calls on devil to descend chimney when angry at wife. The devil comes, makes pudding black. C12.5.5
• Man calls wife "my swallow"; she becomes swallow. (Cf. A1917.) D511.1
• Magic cloth betrays thief. Calls out, telling who is wearing it. D1318.8.1
• Magic object calls animals together. D1441
• Magic musical instrument calls animals together. (Cf. D1210.) D1441.1
• Magic flute calls animals together. (Cf. D1223.1.) D1441.1.1
• Magic pipe calls animals together. (Cf. D1224.) D1441.1.2
• Magic fiddle calls animals together. (Cf. D1233.) D1441.1.3
• Magic lute calls animals together. (Cf. D1232.) D1441.1.3.1
• Magic harp calls animals together. (Cf. D1231.) D1441.1.3.2
• Magic song calls animals together. (Cf. D1275) D1441.1.4
• Charm calls down swarm of bees. (Cf. D1273.) D1441.2
• Bird calls as evil omen. D1812.5.1.12.2
• Coyote calls the largest fish. D2074.1.2.1
• Vigil of husband at wife's grave calls her forth. E385
• Ghost calls. E402.1.1.1
• Life token: blood of fish calls out. E761.1.4
• Fairy calls her victim only once or twice. F363.5
• Water-spirit calls human midwife. (Cf. F372.1, F451.3.5.5, F451.5.5.) F420.5.3.2
• Wood-spirit calls after one in woods (Hehmann). F441.6.4
• Test of troll child. Snake placed in dough she is to knead. She calls it "brother". F455.10.1
• Skillful smith calls self master of all masters. F663.0.1
• Cuckoo-clock. Bird calls out the hours. F989.3
• Old woman calls beasts together to join her in feast on human flesh. G11.6.3
• Witch calls up spirits of dead, causes them to walk on water. (Cf. E380.) G299.1
• Devil calls himself "Puss". G303.2.1
• Devil builds himself a castle and calls it hell. G303.8.3.2
• Test of friendship: to go with one to death. Everyman. He calls in Riches, Family, etc. Only Good Deeds remains with him. H1558.3
• Don't set a hungry guard over food. Parrot set to guard figs eats his fill. When replaced he calls attention to the fact that he is now full and therefore safer than another hungry parrot. J215.1.1
• "High-born alone recognizes one of equal rank with himself." Jackal sees man with instrument he is unfamiliar with, comes up to him and salutes him "Lord of Delhi." Man calls him Lord of Jungle and tells above. J814.3
• Noble and ugly holy man embraces man who calls him ugly, saying he loves those who see him as he really is. J921
• Pot calls kettle black. J1063
• Youth will answer question only when king places him on throne: then youth calls executioners to punish cruel king. J1189.1
• The sacrament for sale. Sick woman calls the parson but recovers meanwhile He insists on her taking the sacrament and charges for it. "Set it here on the table; perhaps I can sell it again." J1261.2.1
• Man calls Saints Peter and Paul fools for enduring poverty if rich abbots can reach heaven, too. J1263.4.2
• The same company of fools. An abbot calls the monks together and asks, "Whom from all you fools can I appoint as steward?" A monk answers, "That should not be difficult since an abbot was found from the same company of fools." J1265.3
• "If I were a tyrant you would not say so." Answer made by emperor to one who calls him a tyrant. J1281
• His proper title. A peasant goes to a judge and thinking to gain his favor addresses him with high titles. The judge calls him a fool. "I was mistaken, you swine!" J1286
• Will not try to correct them. Pope calls persistent courtier a fool. Latter says that there are people who call the pope the same thing and that he for one will not try to correct them. J1289.3
• Though old woman is made to believe she is in hell she calls for drinking companions. J1321.2
• Hungry student gets meat. By telling a mewing cat that it could not yet have the bones because no meat has been served him, a collegian calls attention to an oversight on the part of a servant. J1341.10
• Person calls another an ass. J1352
• Monk says that he is a stallion. In reply to women's taunts he boasts of his powers. A woman calls on the devil to come and ride him. J1361
• The cynic and the deceiver. When the deceiver calls him wicked, he says, "I am glad that you are my enemy; for you do good to your enemies and evil to your friends." J1442.10
• The contagious yawns. A husband planning to punish his wife, who has yawned in church at the same time as a man, sees his error when his wife in the woods calls out, "The squirrels hop from bough to bough as the yawns from mouth to mouth." J1448
• A present or a retaining fee. An abbot presents a lawyer with a fine horse. Later the abbot comes to Rome and calls on the lawyer for help. The latter returns the horse. "I did not know that you had a lawsuit in Rome." J1559.1
• The guest who could not keep warm. He keeps calling for more bed clothes. The host finally piles a ladder, a trough, etc., on top of him until he calls for help. J1563.1
• The rescuers' Sabbath. A Jew, fallen into a pit, refuses to be rescued on Saturday, his Sabbath. The next day he calls for help but the Christians refuse to rescue him on Sunday, their Sabbath. J1613
• Using the lamb to get an audience. Peasant calls on lawyer for advice. Lawyer says that he is busy. Peasant returns with lamb. The lawyer hears its bleat and grants the audience. J1653
• Sheep's head has eaten dumplings. Small boy is at home to watch the dinner. Runs into church, calls out to his mother that the sheep's head has eaten all the dumplings (or butted them out of the pot). J1813.8
• Jumping into the river after their comrade. Through misunderstanding one of the men jumps into the river. He calls out; the others think that he wants them to follow, and all jump in and are drowned. J1832
• Names of dogs literally interpreted. The names are "The Shepherd" and "Get the stick". When the man calls his dogs to dinner, the thief thinks that he is telling the shepherd to get a stick. J2493
• "Hang out lanterns." Officer calls to householders to hang out lanterns. One hangs out lantern but does not light it. The next night the officer calls to them to hang out lanterns and candles. He hangs out a lantern with a candle in it but unlighted. The next night the officer calls out to hang out lanterns and candlelight. J2516.5
• "Foresee the possible event." Asked to call a doctor when his master falls ill, fool also calls the undertaker. J2516.9
• Contest: harvesting the hay. The man calls out, "The wolves are coming!" The ogre is intimidated. K42.0.1
• Thief pretends to be girl's bridegroom and calls for her. K311.8.3
• Person being robbed deceives robbers and calls help. (Cf. K551.5.) K432
• Man calls animal by his son's name so he can sacrifice it instead of his son. K527.5
• Girl makes toilet and calls help. When she sees robber under her bed she pretends not to see him and combs her hair at the window. She says, "When I am married my husband will come home from the tavern and seize me by the hair and I shall cry: "Help!" Rescue comes. K551.5
• The cave call. ("Hello, house!") An animal suspecting the presence of an enemy in his cave (house), calls and receives no answer. He then says, "Don't you know, O cave, that we have agreed that I must call you when I come from abroad and that you in turn must answer me?" The hiding animal answers and the other flees. K607.1
• Fox tries to persuade cock to come down and talk to him. Cock calls dog and fox flees. K815.1.1
• Fencer calls opponent's attention to something behind him: when opponent looks around he cuts off his head. K832.2
• Casual words uttered by dupe used to cheat him of his property. A miser is persuaded by his servant to fast nine days. He calls out on the fifth day "the half" and on the ninth "the whole". She makes people believe that he is making his will and giving everything to her. It is so ordered. K1155
• The general hatches out an egg. The page induces the general to take his place in sitting on the eggs. Then he calls the king to look. K1253
• "Both?" The youth is sent to the house to get two articles. He meets the two daughters and calls back to the master. "Both?" "Yes, I said both!" replies the master. The youth has his will of both daughters. K1354.1
• Cuckold feigns to be asleep when paramour calls. K1501.2
• Sexton's own wife brings her offering. The priest grants to the sexton the offerings brought by all women whom the priest has loved. The priest always calls out "Take" when these women offer. The sexton's own wife comes. The priest calls out "Take!" (Cf. Q384.) K1541
• Husband catches paramour in pitfall. The wife sends her maid to investigate. The maid falls in and finally the wife herself. The husband calls the neighborhood to see them. K1562
• 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: only one tiger; you promised ten. Child (or shepherd) calls out to the small hero (ape, hare) and makes the tiger (ogre) think that he is lucky to escape alive. K1715.2
• Disguise as saint. Man beats wife for spending too much time at church. Wife has maids dress as her patron saints and when the husband repeats the beating she calls on them for help. The husband is beaten. K1827.1
• Card-playing parson. The parson plays cards all Saturday night, goes to sleep at church, and calls out the names of the cards. N5
• The Cranes of Ibycus. Murdered man calls on cranes, the only witnesses of the murder, to avenge him. The cranes follow the murderer and point him out. N271.3
• King calls daughter in second marriage by the name of his first queen. P27.3
• Cattle thief calls on God to strike him with lightning if he has ever stolen a cow or calf. Lightning strikes him. Q552.1.8.1
• Horn of Roncevalles. Hero calls aid of waiting soldiers on horn. R187
• Princess calls her suitors ugly names. T76
• The obstinate wife: sign of the louse. She calls her husband a lousy head. He throws her into the stream. As she sinks she makes a sign of cracking a louse. T255.3
• The audacious water and the continent husband. A woman with a continent husband (lover) splashes water on her thighs as she crosses a stream and then reproves it for being bolder than her husband. She thus calls attention to her situation. T315.2.1
• Criminal who said "Ave" beheaded. His head calls repeatedly, "Ave Maria". V254.7.1
• Mother calls to daughter to tell her that she (daughter) is standing on a live coal. The daughter asks which foot the coal is under. W111.1.1.5
• Boy to see whether it is raining: calls dog (cat) in and feels of his paws. W111.2.4
• Look! look! she cries from the barrel. A nobleman has arranged for a peasant girl to become his mistress. When he comes to take her away he cannot find her. Disappointed, he is about to depart when the girl, who has hidden in a barrel, calls out "Look!" She really wants to be found. W136.1
• Man calls convention of all long noses. X133
• Sermon about the rich man. A boy rides with a rich man. Goes into church and leaves his coat lying on the sled. When the parson preaches about the rich man who went to hell, the boy calls out, "Then he took my coat along!" X435.5
• Usurers do not reply. The parson asks the various trades and professions to rise one by one for a special blessing. When he calls for the usurers none reply. X512
• Man invites animals to come and work in his field. Rooster kills beetle; cat kills rooster; dog kills cat; leopard kills dog; hyena kills leopard; buffalo kills hyena; elephant kills buffalo, and lion chases elephant so that both fall into trap. Man calls wives to see meat he has killed. Z43.6