34 motifs match “charity”  ·  back to the chapters

• Devil frustrated by charity. G303.16.19.11
• What is the greatest? Charity. H659.7.3
• Intemperance in charity. A waste of time to make a bed for a dog who lies down wherever he happens to be tired. Likewise a waste of time to help unappreciative people. J562
• Giving half of savings away: "Whoever gives charity gets double in return." J2489.6
• Trickster takes goods given in charity to his family. K461
• Hypocrisy concerning charity. K2096
• Hypocrite breaks vow to give coin in charity. Finds coin is short weight. K2096.1
• Thief robs blind miser of his hoard and gives a tenth away in charity in form of a banquet to the poor. K2096.2
• Heaven entered by trick: demanding back the charity gift. The trickster demands of Peter an article which he has given in charity. He then sits on it as his own property within the gates. K2371.1.2
• Impoverished husband begs from wife's new husband. He has formerly refused this man charity. L432
• Cruel brothers brought to beg charity from abused sister. L432.1
• One rupee given away for charity incidentally brings back ten rupees. Q44.3
• Forgiveness of sin for acts of charity. Q171.1
• Man admitted to heaven for single act of charity. Q172.2
• Man refuses to give to charity: his property disappears. (Cf. Q286, Q595.3.) Q585.1
• Charity rewarded by birth of child. T548.4
• Charity. V400
• Charity rewarded. V410
• Charity rewarded above prayer or hearing of masses. V410.1
• Prince's motto: charity conquers. V410.2
• Man who has given all in charity has foot amputated: restored miraculously. V411.3
• Man earns as much as he gave away for charity in his former life. V411.5.1
• Charity miraculously repaid: flame settles on forehead. V411.9
• Miraculous manifestations during act of charity. V412
• Son's acts of charity save his father's soul. V413
• Act of charity obliterates sin. V416
• Charity – miscellaneous motifs. V430
• Charity of usurers ineffective. V431
• Man beggars self by charity. V432
• Charity of saints. V433
• Conqueror restores kingship to king for charity. V434
• Pious man charitable to man who has formerly refused him charity. V435
• Merit for charity lost by asking work in return. V438
• Woman shelters son's murderer out of charity. W15