23 motifs match “carpenter”  ·  back to the chapters

• Carpenter (wright) of the gods. A143
• God of carpenters. A451.2
• Why carpenters are found everywhere: flood scatters them on raft over world. A1445.2.1
• Christ puts knots in wood. Peter, angry at carpenters wants Christ to have iron knots in wood. Christ does make hard knots but not iron. (Cf. A2755.4.) A2738
• Animals as carpenter (builder). B572
• Magic horse (wooden) made by carpenter. D853.1
• Magic carpenter constructs bed and stool that can become big or small, luxurious or otherwise. D1620.3.2
• Contest between carpenter and son to race wooden horses they had both made. D1719.1.4
• Ingenious carpenter. F675
• Carpenter constructs house of sandalwood which will go wherever owner commands. F675.3
• Skillful carpenter constructs large palace overnight. F675.4
• Carpenter blames the nails. On his deathbed refuses to forgive nails which ruined his tools. J1891.2
• Disguise as carpenter so as to escape. K521.2.5
• Disguise as carpenter. K1816.11
• Twelve men in disguise as carpenters are engaged to build hall for the king's wedding: they abduct the bride. K1825.7
• Disguise as carpenter (tradesman) to enter enemy's camp. (Cf. K1816.11.) K2357.12
• Carpenter. P456
• Lie: remarkable carpenter. X994
• Bird's pea gets stuck in socket of mill-handle. She goes to carpenter, king, queen, who refuse to help. She asks snake to bite queen, stick to beat snake, fire to burn stick, etc. Final formula: cat eats mouse, mouse cuts plant creeper, creeper snares elephant, elephant drinks up sea, sea quenches fire, fire burns stick, stick beats snake, snake bites queen, queen speaks to king, king chides carpenter, carpenter cuts mill handle, and pea is extracted. Questions in rhyme. Z41.6
• Gram (parched grain) sticks in post; parrot goes to raja, etc., for help. Final formula: at last creeper took pity on birds, and elephant feared creeper, and ocean feared elephant, and fire feared ocean, and stick feared fire, and snake feared stick, and carpenter feared snake; and carpenter split post which gave up the grain to the birds, who went away. Z41.6.1
• Fat mouse cannot get into hole. "Carpenter, please pare off a little flesh from my ribs." Refused. Final formula: the scythe cuts the creeper loose. Z49.2.1
• Cumulative tale: bird who seeks carpenter to release young caught in closed tree. Beetle bites calf, calf bites cow, cow hoofs carpenter, carpenter beats wife, hunters save carpenter's cow, carpenter releases birds. Z49.7
• Twenty-two rooms and twenty-two doors built by skillful carpenter. Z71.16.14.1