1,150 motifs match “child” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Divine child cast out at birth. A112.10
• Child born from union of God with hen. A112.11
• Deity has snake-children. A132.1.1
• God gives name to child. A182.2
• Deity's child becomes fire as soon as he is born. A199.3
• Goddess of childbirth. A477
• Culture hero posthumous child. A511.1.6
• Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars. A700.1
• A woman has four children: sun, moon, fire, and water. A700.3
• Sun, moon, and darkness as god's three children. A700.8
• Sun and moon quarrel when sun eats up all their children but two. A736.1.4.1
• Moon kills sun's children. A736.1.4.1.1
• Children of the sun. A736.5
• Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset. A736.5.2
• Ghosts of the sun's children return to cause eclipse. A737.4
• Moon made from shining fragments. A cap is opened and shining things fall out. Children pick them up and put them into a box. At the end of the month the box is full. The full moon shines when all the fragments are gathered together. A742
• Two children in moon with yoke and bucket. A751.7
• Moon and mortal have child. A753.1.5
• Stars as children of the moon. Cook Zeus I 523 n. 6. A764.1
• Stars as children of sun eaten by their father. Hence no stars in the day. A764.1.1
• Sun eats all his own children except morning star, while moon keeps all her children in hiding. A764.1.2
• Stars as children of sun and moon. A764.1.3
• Most brilliant stars children of the sun; others are children of the moon. A764.3
• Pleiades seven illegitimate children. A773.4
• Earth from the body of murdered child. A831.5
• Rivers formed where certain stones are placed. Each of seven children are to go in a different direction, to walk a mile and put down a stone, then another mile and a stone, etc. Thus rivers are formed. A934.2
• Hill brought to country as adopted child. A969.6
• One bear-child escapes death, is ancestor of all bears. A1006.8
• Winds as children of titans (giants). A1123
• Thunder from thunder-spirit beating his children. A1142.5.1.2
• Spontaneous generation. Scientists find child on deserted island. They suggest that he has emerged from the ground. A1234.3
• First parents children of god. A1271.3
• Primeval human pair allowed to bear all children they wish. A1277.2
• First man and woman bring in children and clothe them. A1277.4
• Why children learn to walk later than animals. A1321.1
• Origin of death when early people put on new skins. Child fails to recognize mother, who puts old skin back on. A1335.4
• God punishes man by killing his child: origin of death. A1335.15
• Origin of childbirth. A1351
• Origin of childbirth pains. A1351.1
• Culture hero teaches women how to rear their children. A1357
• Why children are helpless for so long. A1361
• Why women laugh much. When Eve sees her first child she laughs over its smallness. A1372.2
• Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
• Origin of fire – children strike rocks together, accidentally produce fire. A1414.3
• Theft of fire – trick exchange. Child of fire-owner is stolen and then given back in exchange for fire. A1415.3
• Brother-sister marriage of children of first parents. A1552.3
• Parents learn how to wean their children. A1566
• Origin of relation of mother and children. A1575
• Why a mother has prior claim on her children. A1575.1
• Origin of code of conduct for parents toward children of polygamous marriage. A1576
• Why children are not left alone in the house to sleep. A1579.1
• The various children of Eve. Eve has so many children that she is ashamed when God pays her a visit. She hides some of them and they fail to receive the blessing that God gives those in sight. Thus arises the differences in classes and peoples. A1650.1
• Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.) A1861.1
• Toad refuses to weep over its dead children: dries up when dead. Cursed by Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2234.4, A2468.2.) A2231.8
• Catfish transformed from children still carry marks of children's knife holder. A2261.3.1
• Bustard persuaded to kill all but two children: has but two eggs. (Cf. A2486.2.) A2284.2
• Squirrel's call: asks whether viper (who ate up his children) is his friend. A2426.1.2.1
• Why bees eat their own children. A2435.5.1.1
• Plants from foetus or body of stillborn child. A2611.0.2
• Plant cursed for disservice to child Jesus. (Cf. A2772.2.) A2721.1
• Dragon devours children. B11.10.3
• Dragon can hear a child cry even at great distance. B11.12.6
• Mermaids from Pharoah's children. They were drowned in the Red Sea. B81.1
• Animals lick Christ-child. B251.10
• Saint's prayer causes wolf to bring back child. B256.8
• Animals with human child as slave. B292.0.1
• Helpful animal reincarnation of murdered child. B313.2
• Llewellyn and his dog. Dog has saved child from serpent. Father sees bloody mouth, thinks the dog has eaten the child, and kills the dog. B331.2
• Woman slays faithful mongoose which has saved her child. "A Classical Indian Folk-Tale as a Reported Modern Event: The Brahman and the Mongoose" B331.2.1
• Wolf fetches a man to remove thorn from his children's paws. Does not attack the man's livestock. B381.1
• Child feeds snake from its milk-bottle. B391.1
• Child shares food with toad. B391.2
• Eagle carries off condemned child. B522.4
• Wolf defends master's child against serpent. B524.1.4
• Dog defends master's child against animal assailant. B524.1.4.1
• Helpful bird kills snake attacking master's wife and child. B524.1.6
• Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child. B535
• Cow as nurse cares for children. B535.0.1
• Bison as nurse for child. B535.0.1.1
• Bandicoot (large rat) as nurse. Cares for children. B535.0.2
• Goat as nurse for child. B535.0.3
• Dog as nurse for child. B535.0.4
• Frog as nurse for child. B535.0.6
• Bird as nurse for child. B535.0.7
• Stork as nurse for child. B535.0.7.1
• Crane as nurse for child. B535.0.7.2
• Tiger as nurse for child. B535.0.8
• She-wolf as nurse for child. B535.0.9
• Sheep and oxen protect exposed child. B535.0.10
• Crab as nurse for child. B535.0.13
• Serpent as nurse for child. B535.0.14
• Animal nurses fight with real parent for children. B535.2
• Helpful horse rescues children. B540.2
• Stolen child rescued by animal nurse. (Cf. B535.) B543.3
• Abandoned child rescued by dog. B549.3
• Fish bears men-children. Has swallowed rinsings of man's mouth. B631.3
• Lioness bears man child. B631.4
• Cow bears man child. B631.5
• Tigress bears men-children. B631.6
• Human foster-child with animal qualities. B635