491 motifs match “comes” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator. A21.1
• Old man from sky as creator. – Old man with his wife comes from the sky. Are the first couple on earth. Have seven sons and seven daughters. Each son marries a daughter. A21.2
• Creator comes out of chaos. A22
• Creator comes from certain direction. A26
• Creator comes from east. A26.1
• Living person becomes god. A104.1
• Dead body becomes god. A104.2
• God's throne becomes hot because of activities on earth. A152.9
• Divinity becomes mortal. A192.4
• Deity's child becomes fire as soon as he is born. A199.3
• Culture hero (demigod) overcomes monsters. A531
• Sun as man who left earth. Man, usually of supernatural birth, ascends to the sky and becomes the sun. A711
• Sun at night lowers arm. The sun, a man, lies with arm uplifted. The shining comes from his armpits. When his arm is lowered the shining ceases. A722.5
• At dawn sun comes to play with the moon. A722.9
• Chest of sacrificed youth becomes the moon. A741.2
• River taken to sky becomes star. Eridanos. A761.1
• Rainbow comes out of an anthill. A791.8
• Stone emerges from primeval water. Devil sits on the stone, which becomes a mountain. A816.1
• Why earth becomes warm and wet: two huge copper vessels steaming over fire are underneath earth. A857.1
• Cliff from lovers' leap. Lovers in despair throw themselves from a high place. This becomes a cliff. A968.2
• Wind comes through holes in sky when gut covering is cut. A1122.4
• Man originates from god who comes to earth. A1215
• Son of first human couple murdered by tiger sent by god; his head becomes the sun, his chest the moon, and his blood gives the red earth its color. A1277.3
• Men die because a snake comes to prey on mankind while creator rests. A1335.10
• Death comes into the world by treachery of the gods: stick used by man for scratching his back is changed into cobra. A1335.14
• Gold comes from gourd received from fishes. A1432.2.1
• Emergence of tribe from lower world stopped by fat woman or pregnant woman who becomes lodged in the hole of egress. A1631.1
• Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse. A1811.2
• Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.) A1861.2
• Discourteous answer: flounder's crooked mouth. When God asks him where he is going, instead of answering he turns to go toward God. His mouth becomes crooked. (Cf. A2341.1.) A2231.1.2
• Loris refuse to look at sun who comes out when they are dancing: hence never looks at sun. A2231.13
• Why the cock's comb becomes white when he is angry. A2321.10.1
• Seaweed becomes vegetation. A2615.4
• Willow shelters Holy Family: becomes weeping willow. (Cf. A2681.1.) A2632.1
• Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees. A2731.1
• Blood from wizard becomes red grain of cedar. Bleeding head of wizard who tries to kill the sun placed on top of a tree. (Cf. A2755.1.) A2731.3
• Why sap comes from top of palm. A2791.8
• Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes. B31.3
• Man transformed to beast becomes leader of herd. B241.3
• Brilliantly white cow comes to be milked for infant saint. B251.2.10.1
• Helpful bird hatched by hero. Hero holds eagle's egg in hand and hatches it. Young eagle becomes his helper. B317
• Animal overcomes man's adversary. B524
• Does, tigresses, she-wolves milked into pond, which becomes a pond of milk. B531.2.1
• Man becomes deer and marries deer. B648
• Patient fed salt: animal comes out for water. The patient is fed salt or heavily salted food and allowed no water for several days. He then stands with mouth open before a supply of fresh water, often a running brook. The thirsty animal emerges to get fresh water. B784.2.1
• Husband ties a cock near wife's feet: snake-parasite in her stomach comes out to catch the cock and is killed by husband. B784.2.1.2
• Noah's curse admits devil to ark. Devil persuades Noah's wife to stay out of ark till Noah shall call devil in. Noah at last loses patience and calls out, "The devil! Come in!" The devil comes in and turns himself into a mouse. C12.5.1
• Man calls on devil to descend chimney when angry at wife. The devil comes, makes pudding black. C12.5.5
• Wish for tree as husband realized. Tree comes to life. C15.2
• "Bear's food." To urge on his horses a man threatens them with the bear, calling them "bear's food." The bear hears and comes for them. C25
• Tabu: asking where supernatural husband comes from. (Cf. C421.) C32.2.2
• Tabu: calling profanely on God. Daughter of Emperor says to Rabbi: "Your God is a builder; so let him build a tent here." She becomes leprous and must be placed in a tent. (Cf. C51.3.1.) C94.4
• Tabu: looking at sun before prince becomes fourteen years old. C315.2.2.1
• The one compulsory thing. Unless one does this one thing, misfortune comes. (Sometimes one is under magic compulsion.) C650
• Tabu: beast-husband staying too long at home: becomes sick. C713.3.1
• Magic horse becomes powerless because of broken tabu. C942.2
• Sea rolls in over the land from all sides and a sea serpent comes because of broken tabu. C984.4.1
• Woman transforms herself into a bird and lends her female organ to a boy. He fails to return it and she becomes a man when she resumes human form. D11.2
• Transformation: man becomes hideous. D52.1
• Ugly man becomes handsome. D52.2
• Person becomes magically larger. D55.1
• Person becomes magically smaller. D55.2
• Fish cleaned by girl becomes man. D370.1
• Transformation: swine becomes another animal. D412.3
• Transformation: statue comes to life. D435.1.1
• Image of boy made of flowers comes to life. D435.1.3
• Wax prince animated by serpent becomes human being. D435.1.4
• Picture comes to life. D435.2.1
• Transformation: spear becomes mighty tree when driven into ground. D454.9.1.1
• Transformation: bone-dust becomes blazing fire. D457.12.1
• A candle becomes stone. D471.9
• Water becomes rocks. (Cf. D478). D471.10
• Transformation: object becomes bloody. D474
• Transformation: key becomes bloody. D474.1
• Transformation: water becomes bloody. D474.2
• Transformation: cake becomes bloody. D474.3
• Egg becomes bloody. D474.4
• Transformation: axe becomes golden. D475.1.17
• Transformation: silver dish becomes wooden. D475.3.5
• Water dripping off person becomes agates. D475.4.8
• Transformation: ice becomes grease. D476.1.9
• Bread becomes cake. D476.4
• Transformation: object becomes wine (or vice versa). D477
• Wine becomes blood (Cf. D471.4.1). D477.0.1.1
• Wine becomes honey. D477.0.1.2
• Spiced wine becomes bitter. D477.0.1.3
• Transformation: water becomes wine. D477.1
• Transformation: brine becomes wine. D477.2
• Beer becomes wine. D477.3
• Transformation: goose egg becomes hen's egg. D479.4
• Stretching sepulchre. Magically becomes longer. D482.5
• River expands and becomes sea. D483.1
• Person becomes larger. D486
• Demon becomes larger. D486.1
• Animal becomes larger. D487
• Monkey becomes 100,000 feet high. D487.2
• Ox-demon becomes 10,000 feet long. D487.3
• Ship becomes small boat. D491.7
• Cock's comb becomes white. D492.1
• Man calls wife "my swallow"; she becomes swallow. (Cf. A1917.) D511.1