23 motifs match “circumstance”  ·  back to the chapters

• Tabu: eating animal taken under certain circumstances. C221.4
• Tabu: thanking (under certain circumstances). C493
• Miscellaneous circumstances of transformation. D680
• Attendant circumstances of disenchantment. D790
• Magic power to see death circumstances of absent person. D1825.5
• Circumstances of resuscitation. E150
• Circumstances of soul on leaving dead body. E722.3
• Circumstances of demons' appearance. G302.6
• Circumstances of the devil's appearance. G303.6
• Physical circumstances of devil's disappearance. G303.17.2
• Circumstances of recognition. H150
• Riddles based on unusual circumstances. H790
• Other circumstances of quests. H1240
• Susanna and the elders: separate examination of witnesses. Testimony as to exact circumstances of her deed does not agree. Witnesses discredited. J1153.1
• The drunken officer's stolen mantle. Thief confronted by the officer tells all the circumstances of the drunkenness (with many shameful additions). The officer denies the ownership. J1211.2.1
• Turnips called bacon: cat called rabbit. A peasant compels his servant to call turnips bacon. Under favorable circumstances the servant compels the master to call a cat a rabbit. J1511.2
• What should I have done (said)? The mother teaches the boy (the man his wife) what he should say (do) in this or that circumstance. He uses the words in the most impossible cases and is always punished. J2461
• Circumstances of substitution of false bride. K1911.1
• Boy vows to marry none but girl born under the same circumstances as he. M146.2
• Prophecy: king will have head pounded by strange queen. Due to peculiar set of circumstances this happens. M369.9
• The cadaver arm. Medical students (or student nurses or hospital employees) play trick on one of their number by suspending a cadaver arm or leg from the light cord in the person's room (sometimes the object is placed in the person's bed). Some circumstance keeps them from being on hand to observe the person's reaction; the next day they remember the joke and go to the victim's room to investigate. They have to break down the door. They find the victim sitting on the bed – her hair is snow white – and she is gnawing on the cadaver arm. N384.0.1.1
• Circumstances of murder or exposure of children. S330
• Miser decides to kill his pigs himself. Refuses to pay fee. Chain of circumstances make it infinitely more expensive. W153.9