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24 motifs match “carriage” · back to the chapters
- Animal characteristics: carriage. A2440
- Animal drives carriage. B295
- Transformation: pumpkin to carriage. D451.3.3
- Transformation: box to carriage. D454.1.1
- Magic carriage. D1111
- Carriage produced by magic. D1111.1
- Charms prevent barrenness or miscarriage. (Cf. D1273.) D1501.1
- Transportation in magic carriage. (Cf. D1111.) D1520.14
- Carriage as swift as thought. (Cf. D1111.) D1521.4
- Forgotten fiancée attracts attention by magically stopping wedding carriage of new bride. D2006.1.5
- Ghost rides in carriage, disappears suddenly at certain spot. E332.3.2
- Fairy hangs on to carriage on road. (Cf. E272.1.) F366.5
- Strong man throws carriage with horses and driver on top of haystack and breaks the driver's ribs. F624.3.1
- Extraordinary wagon (cart, carriage, etc.) F861
- Carriage from extraordinary material. F861.4
- Carriage made from turnip. F861.4.1
- Carriage from pumpkin. F861.4.3
- Woman has worn out carriage-load of shoes with walking. F1015.1.2
- Devil drives carriage drawn by horses whose nostrils shoot fire. G303.7.3.2
- Devil pursues man from carriage drawn by four white horses. G303.7.3.4
- Devil disappears in carriage drawn by four black horses. G303.17.2.9
- Series of clever unjust decisions: plaintiff voluntarily withdraws. (1) Man pulls off borrowed horse's tail: he shall keep horse till tail grows on. (2) Man falls out of bed and kills a baby (or causes a miscarriage): he shall beget a new baby for the mother. (3) Man falls from a bridge and kills boatsman's son: shall allow boatsman to fall from bridge and kill him. J1173
- Trickster exacts beautiful wife from curious people. They look into a carriage in which it is falsely said there is a princess. Trickster's dead wife is in the carriage. K443.6.1
- The funeral procession of the hen. Animals one by one join the procession. The funeral carriage breaks down or the procession drowns. Z32.1