79 motifs match “chain”  ·  back to the chapters

• Fiery chains in hell. A671.2.4.7
• Origin of mountain chain. A965
• One mountain in love with another stretches leg out to meet her: origin of a mountain chain. A965.1
• Forging of chain for fettered monster. Smiths hit once in three or four times on the bare anvil. All of these blows go to forging chains for the monster (devil). A1071.2
• Fettered monster's weakened chains renewed by supernatural power. Are almost licked in two by dog but then renewed. A1074.7
• Fettered monster's weakened chains renewed by stroke of a smith. (Cf. A1071.2.) A1074.8
• Dragon keeps maiden tied with golden chain. B11.10.1
• Hind with gold chain on neck. B105.1
• Magic birds chained in couples. B172.7
• Animals chained in couples. B845.2
• Transformation: chain of arrows to bridge. D469.3
• Transformation by removing chains from neck. D536
• Transformation to swans by taking chains off neck. (Cf. D161.) D536.1
• Disenchantment by putting on (removing) chain from neck. D723
• Disenchantment by putting chain around neck. D723.1
• Disenchantment by removing chain from neck. D723.2
• Magic chain (ornament). D1078
• Magic chain (iron). D1251
• Iron chain made by magic. D1251.1
• Magic chain protects from attack. (Cf. D1078.) D1381.19
• Magic chain protects from drowning. D1388.0.3
• Magic chain summons genie. (Cf. D1251.) D1421.1.11
• Magic power in chain. Lost when chain is stolen. (Cf. D1078.) D1561.2.3
• Magic chain renders orchard barren. (Cf. D1078.) D1563.2.1
• Silver in chain increases in fire. (Cf. D1078.) D1671
• Noise of chains leads to buried ghost. (Cf. E402.1.4.) E231.4
• Invisible ghost jingles chains. (Cf. E231.4.) E402.1.4
• Wild hunt heralded by rattle of chains. E501.13.1.2
• Ghosts clank chains. (Cf. E501.13.1.2., E755.2.2.) E565
• Souls in chains in hell. (Cf. A671.2.4.7, Q566.1.) E755.2.2
• Iron chain hanging from heaven. F51.1.6
• Ascent to upper world on arrow chain. Hero shoots arrows which join one another in the air to form a chain. F53
• Gold chain as support in otherworld. F169.6
• Mountain-men chain captive peasant. F460.4.4.2
• Giant with gigantic chain as belt. Elephant can go through each link. F531.4.2
• Man so strong that he must be chained except when in battle. F610.6.1
• Castle suspended on four chains. F771.2.1.1
• Extraordinary chain. F863
• Unbreakable chain. F863.1
• Chains of fire. F863.2
• Strength from anger enables man to break binding chain. F1041.16.3.1
• Devil bound with huge chain near northern side of Tamdrup church. G303.8.4.1
• Recognition of twins by golden chain under their skin. H61.1
• Child born with chain around neck: sign of royalty. H71.7
• Chain around neck tests truth. Tightens when wearer speaks falsehood. H251.3.6
• Task: tying the sun with a stone chain. H1023.23
• Quest for the finest of chains. H1303
• Quest for animal with golden chain. H1332.4
• Strength contest: contestants stand with back to rock on opposite side, an iron ring around neck of each connected by chain. They tug until ring severs neck of one. H1562.7
• The mad wheelbarrow. Fools chain a wheelbarrow, bitten by a mad dog, lest it bite others. J1887
• Men hang down in a chain until top man spits on his hands. They all fall. J2133.5
• Man is robbed of gold chain while with prostitute. He swallows her string of pearls in revenge. (Cf. K302.1.) K306.3
• Thieves stretch chain across road and evade pursuers. K413
• Trickster receives huge sum on trifling credit by chain of borrowings. Pays small sum in advance for first sum borrowed. Pays this borrowed sum in advance for larger, etc. K455.10
• Drop of honey causes chain of accidents. Hunter drops honey in a grocery; weasel eats honey; cat chases weasel; dog chases cat; grocer kills dog: all the cause of a bloody feud between villages. N381
• Ant pinching frog causes chain of accidents. N381.1
• Soldiers chained (tied) together to prevent flight from battle. P551.2
• Chain of punishments. Horse must break leg, since he has broken leg of man who broke leg of dog which bit leg of fox. Q401
• Punishment of Prometheus. Chained to a mountain with eagle preying on his vitals, which are restored nightly. (Punishment for theft of fire.) Q501.4
• Prisoners confined in chains. R51.2
• Rescue of earl's daughter from giant's cave where she is chained to the wall (a pillar). R111.2.3.1
• With her teeth woman files away chain tying up husband. R121.10
• King demands that his pregnant queen be chained to him. T579.7
• Miser decides to kill his pigs himself. Refuses to pay fee. Chain of circumstances make it infinitely more expensive. W153.9
• Cumulative tales. Tales arranged in chains. (Kettenmärchen.) Z20
• Chains based on numbers. Z21
• Chains involving a single scene or event without interdependence among the individual actors. Z30
• Chains involving a wedding. Z31
• Chains involving a death: animal actors. Z32
• Chains involving the eating of an object. (Members of the chain not interrelated.) Z33
• Chains involving other events without interrelation of members. Z39
• Chains with interdependent members. Z40
• Woman has meat (liver) stolen by bird. Recovery chain (similar to Z41). Z41.1
• Conflict between fowl and thistle. Wind obeys and breaks the chain. Z41.3
• The Esdras chain: stronger and strongest, wine, king, woman, truth. Z42.1
• Miscellaneous interdependent chains. Z49
• Wall in construction collapses. Finally the king finds out that the sea is guilty. (The chain: mason – cement mixer – beautifully singing woman – pearl necklace – jeweller – diver – sea.) Z49.11.1
• Chain of killings: bulbul destroys flower and is killed by cat; cat shaken by dog; dog killed by boy; boy sentenced to death by king. Z49.13
• Chains involving contradictions or extremes. Z51