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

• Abandoned culture hero captured by use of net. A511.2.1.1
• Why leopard cannot capture animal who passes him on right side. A2463.1
• Mermaid captures a maiden. B81.4
• Mermaid captured. B81.13.11
• Captured goose warns tortoise: released in gratitude. B143.1.6
• Captured animal ransoms self. B278
• Hercules' bow and arrow essential to capture Troy. D1400.1.4.5
• Magic object pursues or captures. D1430
• Return from the dead to capture thief. E235.7
• Soul of sleeper prevented from returning when it is captured in animal form. E721.1.2.1
• Souls of dead captured on leaving corpse. E752.1.3
• Fairy captured by mortal escapes. F329.4.3
• Captured water fairy promises to make ugly man beautiful in return for her release. F341.2.1
• Fairies bind man fast to ground after he has attempted to capture fairy prince and princess. F361.2.3
• Fairy captured. F387
• Man captures spirit by hiding his stick and leg-wrappers of copper. When spirit gets them back by trickery he disappears. F405.13
• Dwarfs promise to emigrate if captured dwarfs are released. F451.9.1.5
• Twelve year old hero captures town of father's enemy. F611.3.2.6
• Marvelous runner captures two of every wild animal. F681.8
• Person aids ogre and is captured. G411
• Capture by ogre. G420
• Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. G510
• Ogre captured. G514
• Ogre captured while transformed to animal. G514.4
• Ogre captured with decoy smeared with tar. He is then killed and thrown into water. G514.7
• Ogre captured by animal. G514.8
• Ogre captured by tortoise. G514.8.1
• Clam test. Hero is sent to capture a giant clam, so that he can be killed. H1521
• Enemy horses captured by lion join forces and become friends. J891
• King of jackals captured because of his large banner. J951.5
• Captured elephants pull all at once and escape from net. J1024.1
• Claim that dog-head captured game. Two hunters, one with dog and other with dog-head, dispute. The claim that the dog-head captured the game is allowed and then the alarm is raised that the owner of the, game is coming to punish the theft. J1214.1
• Trumpeter's false defense. A trumpeter captured pleads that he did not fight. Answered: "You may not fight, but you encourage your men to do so." J1465
• Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstream. J1534
• The cat's only trick. She saves herself on a tree. The fox, who knows a hundred tricks, is captured. J1662
• Unknown animal: a pig captured in a pit. J1736.3
• Foolish demon sees his reflection in trickster's mirror and is convinced he has been captured. J1795.1
• Numskull brings about his own capture. J2136
• Camel and ass together captured because of ass's singing. J2137.6
• Shepherd shuts up the lion in the yard with the live-stock. He hopes to capture the lion, but loses all his beasts. J2172.2
• Deer lost through premature celebration. A fool in celebration of the capture of a deer puts his clothes on the bound deer. He throws a knife to cut the deer's throat but the knife cuts the snare and the deer runs away with the clothes. J2173.4
• Numskulls attempt to capture moon and bring it home in a sledge. They get to the top of the hill a few minutes too late to reach it. J2271.4
• The fool betrays his brothers. They escape but he is captured and stupidly betrays their hiding places. J2668
• Owner feigns madness and thus raises alarm: thieves captured. K439.9
• Blackbird to avenge capture of his wife carries rope, club, cat, ants and river in ears. K481.1
• Captors deceived into believing captive is planning to stay with them: vigilance relaxed. Captured general orders heavy boxes taken into the temple. These are thought to be gold and it is concluded that he will not try to leave. He escapes. K536
• Captured animal asks respite while he gives war alarm. K551.7
• "Wait till I get fat." Captured person (animal) persuades his captor to wait and fatten him before eating him. K553
• "Let me catch you better game." Captured animal pretends to help captor bring more desirable victim. Escapes. K553.1
• Escape by laughing and crying at same time. Captured bird cries in thinking of her little ones and laughs under pretext that the hunter is wasting his time instead of taking the treasure which she pretends is in her house. The hunter leaves her. K608
• Free animal saves its captured friend. K642
• Capture by deception. K700
• Dupe lured away from protection of friends: captured. K725
• Dupe persuaded to ride on trickster's back: captured. (Cf. J651.1.) K726
• Wildboar captured in church. K731
• Intruder captured in chimney. Burned. K732
• Capture in pitfall. (Cf. B361.) K735
• Capture in trap seat. K735.2
• Knight captured in pitfall while his horse escapes. K735.3
• Capture in trap bed: victim dropped into dungeon. K735.4
• Capture by closing entrance to victim's home. K737
• Capture by tarbaby. An image covered with tar (or other adhesive substance) captures the intruder who addresses it and finally strikes it so that he sticks to it. K741
• Capture by tarring back of a horse. K741.1
• Capture between branches of tree. Small animal lures large one, who cannot get loose. K742
• Victim captured in a noose. K743
• Capture by decoy. K750
• Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.) K751
• Capture by hiding in animal carcass. Animal who comes to eat of carcass caught. K751.1
• Capture by hiding under screen (grass, leaves, etc.) K752
• Capture by hiding in disguised objects. K753
• Capture by hiding in disguised ship. K753.1
• Capture by hiding in artificial animal. K754
• Trojan wooden horse. Permits capture of the city by concealing soldiers. K754.1
• Capture by hiding in artificial elephant. K754.2
• Capture by hiding in artificial bird. K754.3
• Capture by masking as another. K755
• Capture by imitation of animal's voice. K756
• Birds captured by imitating their song. K756.1
• Attempted capture by causing animal to make noise. K756.2
• Attempted capture by causing owner's pig to squeal at night. K756.2.1
• Attempted capture by ringing cowbell to sound as if cow has wandered far away. (Cf. K341.7.) K756.2.2
• Capture by feigning illness. (Cf. K751.) K757
• Capture by hiding in baskets of food. K758
• Capture by putting on the clothes of slain enemy. K761
• Capture by hiding in hollow tree. K763
• Witch pretends to be starving beggar woman in order to capture child. K764
• Other deceptive captures. K770
• Victim enticed into dancing: captured. K772
• Capture by sight of women's breasts. Women with uncovered breasts meet hero. He averts his face and is captured. K774
• Capture by luring merchant to look at supposed bargain. K775
• Capture by taking aboard ship to inspect wares. K775.1
• Capture by intoxication (or narcotic). K776
• Capture with aid of sleep-bringing music. K776.1
• Fortress captured as harper puts garrison to sleep with music while besiegers place fingers in ears. K776.1.1
• Capture of castle by pretending to surrender and entering. K777
• Capture through the wiles of a woman. (Cf. K774.) K778
• Capture by luring to courtesan's house. K778.3
• Castle captured with assistance of owner's daughter. She loves the attacker. (Cf. K811.1.1, K2340.) K781
• Capture by lying in wait in enemy's haunt. K782
• Capture by blinding. K783