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

• Beetle makes immoderate request; ant moderate: inverse awards. Creator hears wishes of animals. Beetle wants strong, noble appearance. Ant is modest. Beetle punished by being made to creep on ground. Ant is given own castle. (Cf. A2441.3.1.) A2232.3
• Dragons live beneath castle. B11.3.4
• Birds indicate the place where a town (castle) is to be built. B155.2.3
• Hedgehog builds castle. B191.5
• Enchanted castle (building). D6
• Castle magically made smaller. D491.5
• Castle disenchanted. D705.1
• Disenchantment by naked virgin undergoing frightful journey at midnight. She must come naked and alone on St. John's night between twelve and one, climb the castle walls, and enter the treasure chamber. D759.3
• Disenchantment if twelve men will not leave castle for a year. D759.4
• Disenchantment by following enchanted woman through lake to underwater castle. D759.5
• Disenchantment of enchanted (sunken) castle (town, inhabitants) by digging it out. D789.8
• Disenchantment by finding key to enchanted castle. D791.4
• Magic object found in magic castle. D846
• Golden cot found in magic castle. D846.1
• Magic castle. D1131
• Castle produced by magic. D1131.1
• Magic box containing castle. D1174.1
• Magic castle (palace) provides treasure. (Cf. D1131, F771.) D1457.1
• Magic castle shines from afar. (Cf. D1131, F771.) D1645.3
• King asleep in mountain will awake when his horse's shoes are worn down. Every seven years the horse goes around the castle. He must wear his half-inch silver shoes to thinness of cat's ear before the king awakes. D1960.2.1
• Castle magically transported. D2136.2
• Ghosts haunt castle. (Cf. F771.4.5.) E282
• Non-malevolent ghost haunts house or castle. E338.1
• Wild hunt appears at castle. E501.12.8
• Spectre rides to castle every seven years. E585.2
• Life token: roof spouts of castle run with blood. E761.1.11
• Castle in lower world. F80.1.1
• Castle in otherworld. F163.1
• Revolving castle in otherworld. F163.1.1
• Golden castle in otherworld. F163.1.2
• Castles thatched with golden shields in otherworld. F163.1.3
• Castles of gold and silver in otherworld. F163.1.4
• Castles thatched with silver in otherworld. (Cf. F163.3.2.) F163.1.5
• Four columns around fire in otherworld castle. F165.7.1
• Fairy castle. F222
• Fairy castle of glass. F222.3
• Water-spirits live in castles of crystal under water. (Cf. F451.4.3.4.) F420.2.1
• Water-spirits' under-water castle is luxuriously furnished. F420.2.1.1
• Dwarfs live in underground castle. F451.4.1.2
• Dwarfs' castle of gold. F451.4.3.6
• Dwarf moves mortal's castle from one mountain to another. F451.5.1.12
• Giants live in castles (raths, duns) (ruins of which may still be seen). F531.6.3.1
• Subterranean castle. F721.5
• Submarine castle (palace). (Cf. F771.) F725.3
• Submarine castle on a mountain. F725.3.1
• Castle under lake. F725.3.2
• Extraordinary castle (house, palace). F771
• Castle of unusual material. F771.1
• Golden castle (palace, house). F771.1.1
• Castle paved with gold and gems. F771.1.1.1
• Silver castle. F771.1.2
• Copper castle. F771.1.3
• Steel castle (house). F771.1.4
• Diamond castle. F771.1.5.1
• Underwater castle with walls of gold and diamonds. F771.1.5.4
• Crystal castle. F771.1.6
• Castle with glass wall. F771.1.6.1
• Castle of wax, shining like gold. F771.1.8
• Castle of fire. (Cf. F702, F753, F756.1, F763, F785.3.) F771.1.11
• Castle (house) with extraordinary support. F771.2
• Castle in the air. F771.2.1
• Castle suspended on four chains. F771.2.1.1
• Castle carried through air by four eagles. F771.2.1.2
• Castle in tree-top. F771.2.2
• Giants uphold castle. F771.2.3
• Castle built on sea. F771.2.4
• Castle stands on a pillar (pillars). F771.2.5
• Revolving castle. F771.2.6
• Castle revolving at night so that entrance cannot be found. F771.2.6.2
• Castle on serpents. F771.2.7
• Extraordinary location of castle. F771.3
• Castle at world's end. F771.3.1
• Castle east of sun and west of moon. F771.3.2
• Most eastern castle in world. F771.3.3
• Castle at middle point of earth. F771.3.4
• Castle rises from the ground. F771.3.6
• Inhabitants of extraordinary castle. F771.4
• Castle inhabited by ogres. F771.4.1
• Cat castle. Castle occupied by cats (enchanted women). F771.4.2
• Castle (house) infested by demon cats. (Cf. H1411.2.) F771.4.2.1
• Abandoned castle. Has no inhabitants when hero enters. F771.4.3
• Castle in which everyone is asleep. F771.4.4
• Castle (house) haunted by demons. F771.4.5
• Castle in which inhabitants have been turned to stone. F771.4.6
• Castle inhabited by enchanted princess. F771.4.7
• Extraordinary guard for castle. F771.5
• Castle guarded by beasts. F771.5.1
• Castle guarded by giants (ogres). F771.5.2
• Castle of extraordinary size. F771.8
• Castle shall stand when everything else has departed (Gimle and Brimir). F771.10
• Castle warmed by love. No fire is required because love makes perpetual summer. F771.13
• Windows and doors for every day in year. 365 windows and doors in castle or church. F782.1
• Castle sinks into earth. F941.1
• Wind carries ogre to his castle. F963.4
• Eagles carry castle in air. F982.1
• Giant ogres possess castle. G111
• Giant lives in a castle in the air. G162
• Devil builds himself a castle and calls it hell. G303.8.3.2
• Devil advises young girl not to go to a castle. Later, when she returns pregnant she says that the devil advised her to serve at the castle. He slaps her and tells her she is lying. G303.9.7.1
• Troll's castle. G304.3.1