86 motifs match “cloud”  ·  back to the chapters

• God represented in cloud. A137.11
• God represented with clouds as shield. A137.14.3
• Gods live in cloudland. A151.1.4
• God flies in pillar of floating clouds, thunder, and lightning. A171.3
• God hides from sun in shadow of a cloud. A179.8
• Cloud-god. A283
• Cloud-angel. A283.1
• Raising the sky: striking with broom. Old woman's hump strikes clouds as she sweeps. She strikes at sky with broom and thus raises it. A625.2.3
• Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
• Clouds as props of the sky. A702.7
• Origin and nature of clouds. A705
• Origin of clouds. A705.1
• Creator makes clouds from own vitals. A705.1.1
• Clouds as tapa beaten out by woman in moon. A705.1.2
• Nature of clouds (covered with skin). (Cf. A702.9.) A705.2
• Stars are trees growing on the clouds. A769.1
• Origin of Magellanic Clouds. A778.0.1
• Above and below the earth are great clouds. A873
• Cloud on lofty male mountain induced by a beautiful female mountain to bow to her feet: hence their present shape. A969.2
• Angels set over clouds, winds, and rains. A1130.1
• Origin of clouds. A1133
• Origin of clouds from Ymir's brain. A1133.1
• Origin of clouds: creator ornaments the sky with clouds so that the mountains are sometimes shaded. A1133.2
• Clouds as smoke rising to sky. A1133.3
• Clouds as God's shield. A1133.4
• Origin of thunder clouds: from wings of mountains. A1142.4
• Adam's body made of eight (four) things. Body, earth; bones, stones; veins, roots; blood, water; hair, grass; thoughts, wind; spirit, clouds, or warmth, fire; cold, air; dryness, earth; instability, water. A1260.1.3
• Animals drop from clouds. A1795
• Dragon's home at top of mountain. His breath forms clouds to hide the mountain. B11.3.2
• Tabu: sleeping before lapse of seven days in cloudland. C735.2.1.1
• Magic cloud. D901
• Magic cloud answers questions. (Cf. D901.) D1311.6.2
• Magic cloud protects. (Cf. D901.) D1380.25
• Magic clouds burn animals. (Cf. D901.) D1445.6.1
• Clouds fetch previous stones. (Cf. D901.) D1469.16
• Magic transportation by cloud. (Cf. D901.) D1520.2
• Dying man commands cloud to bear message to man's wife. D1715.3
• Divination from clouds. (Cf. D1812.5.1.11.) D1812.5.0.10
• Red (gray, etc.) clouds as evil omens. (Cf. D1812.5.0.10.) D1812.5.1.11
• Black cloud magically blown upon enemy. D2091.11
• Magic journey in cloud. (Cf. D2135.) D2121.7
• Magic journey in cloud of fire. D2121.7.1
• Witch draws rain or snow from clouds with wave of his hand. D2143.1.9
• Magic control of clouds. D2147
• Cloud magically made to cover sun. D2147.1
• Cloud magically appears. D2147.2
• A cloud evoked by a saint. D2147.3
• Dead in house of cloud. E481.8.4
• Soul borne away on cloud. (Cf. E754.6.) E722.2.1
• Soul as cloud. E744.2
• Cloud-folk visit earth. F33
• Ascent to sky on cloud. F61.1
• Voyage to the Land of the Cimmerians. People who dwell amid clouds of gloom and never see sun. F129.3
• Fairy disappears in form of a cloud. F234.3.1
• Cloud-spirit. F431
• Extraordinary cloud. F795
• Clouds take form of letters. F795.1
• Extraordinary behavior of clouds. F967
• Clouds protect fugitives. F967.1
• Clouds with fragrance from paradise. F967.2
• Conversation between clouds. F967.3
• Thin cloud in form of rainbow. F967.4
• Mad warriors fly up into clouds. (Cf. F1041.16.6.) F1041.8.7
• Devil in form of spider. Hangs from the clouds. G303.3.3.4.2
• Troll in form of cloud. G304.1.2.1
• Cannibal recognized by cloud of dust raised. H46
• Wisdom taught by parable: cloud which gives rain to thirsting crops or drops it in ocean. J88
• Drinking the moon. The numskull sees a cow drink from a pool where the moon is reflected. The moon goes under a cloud. He thinks the cow has eaten the moon and slaughters her to recover it. J1791.1
• Marking the place under the cloud. Numskulls leave a knife in the field, marking the place by putting it under a heavy cloud. Next day the cloud is gone and the knife lost. J1922.2
• Fool seeks the ears of grain in the direction of the cloud toward which he has sowed them. J1922.2.1
• Absurd theories about clouds. J2277
• Clouds supposed to come from smoke. J2277.1
• Throwing contest: golden club on the cloud. Trickster shows the ogre the club he has thrown. (Really only a bright spot on the cloud.) (Cf. K1746.) K18.2
• Deceptive land purchase: saint's enemy promised as much land as he can see from certain point. Saint causes cloud to obstruct vision. K185.12
• Trickster threatens to throw weight into a cloud: ogre intimidated. K1746
• Punishment: cloud cuts off view of man promised all he can see for expelling saint. (Cf. Q227.) Q552.15
• Prisoner carried off in cloud. (Cf. D2121.7.) R122.2
• Bird wants sunshine, worm clouds. U148.1
• Worship of clouds. (Cf. A283.) V1.5.1
• Shining cloud marks place of Nativity. V211.1.3
• Saint drives away an army by bringing upon it a dense and smoky cloud. (Cf. D2163.4.) V229.7.1
• Young man plowing corn sees letters "P. C." formed by clouds. He explains situation to minister, asks to be ordained. The minister explains that the letters mean "plow corn" instead of "preach Christ". X459.1.1
• Lie: clouds beaten by man until they promise to water his crops thrice daily. X1642
• My dog picked up a string, but did not wish to give it to me unless I gave her bread. Cupboard did not wish to give bread unless I gave it a key; smith, charcoal; charcoal-burner, calf's legbone; butcher, milk; cow, grass; meadow, water; clouds, dove's feather. Dove gave me a feather which I gave to clouds, etc. Z41.4.2
• Stronger and Strongest. The frost-bitten foot. Mouse perforates wall, wall resists wind, wind dissolves cloud, cloud covers sun, sun thaws frost, frost breaks foot. Z42
• Cloud (mist) as symbol of misfortune. Z156