21 motifs match “catching”  ·  back to the chapters

• Origin of custom of catching fish by day as well as by night. A1457.2
• Custom of catching fish with nets. A1527
• Transformation to fish by catching in fish-trap. D533
• Thumb of knowledge from catching thumb in door of fairy. (Cf. F211.1.) D1811.1.1.1
• Bird of prey catching quarry a good omen. D1812.5.2.4
• Resuscitation by catching in snare. E23
• Catching 150 toy spears in shield. F698.3
• Catching the devil. The devil is caught with the help of a sacred article (rosary, scapular) or some other thing (band for binding breeches, a switch of the rowan-tree). G303.16.19.18
• Catching salmon as proof of virginity. H411.16
• Task: catching a noise. H1023.12
• Task: catching a man's broken wind. H1023.13
• Task: catching a sunbeam. H1023.22
• Task: catching huge fish without nets or tackle. H1154.4
• Task: catching devastating witch who haunts king's best garden. H1191.2
• Clever jackal covers up his clumsiness in catching cows by saying he was running to and fro because he was looking for the fattest calf. J873.2
• Catching by words. J1521.5
• Escape by catching hold of limbs of tree while passing under it. K685
• Anchor catching in oratory of submarine monastery leads to adventures. N786
• Duel: shooting and catching arrows in turn. P677.1
• Cat ceases catching rats as soon as he is given a home in a monastery. Thus with lazy priests. U271
• Lie: other unusual methods of catching fish. X1156