27 motifs match “compels”  ·  back to the chapters

• Magic object compels person to dance. D1415
• Magic object compels person to laugh (shriek). D1419.1
• Magic grave compels person to laugh (shriek). (Cf. D1299.2.) D1419.1.1
• Magic flute compels woman to come to man. (Cf. D1223.1.) D1426.1
• Magic pipe compels woman to come to man. (Cf. D1224, D1427.1.) D1426.3
• Magic object compels one to follow. D1427
• Magic pipe compels one to follow. Pied Piper of Hamelin. (Cf. D1224.) D1427.1
• Woman's arm-tassel lent to ogre compels her to follow him. D1427.2
• Lute (rubbed) compels one to follow. (Cf. D1232.) D1427.4
• Harp compels one to follow. (Cf. D1231.) D1427.5
• Magic stone turned thrice compels person to return to it. (Cf. D931.) D1429.1
• Man compels food to enter magic sack. D1472.1.22.1
• Magic object compels fugitive to betray himself. D1612.2
• Magic ring compels would-be fugitive to keep calling out, "Here I am". (Cf. D1076.) D1612.2.1
• Magic book, once used, compels person to do evil. (Cf. D1266.) D1678
• Wizard compels thief to return stolen property. D1817.0.1.3
• Wizard compels thief to deliver stolen property in person to the owner. D1817.0.1.3.1
• Saint magically compels thief to return goods. D1817.2.2
• Devil compels two miners to follow him. G303.9.5.3
• King: What is your mother doing? Youth: She drives away the hungry and compels the filled to eat. (Drives away the hungry hens and stuffs the geese.) H583.4.4
• 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
• Any boon desired. Stingy king insists on trickster asking any boon desired. By asking king to perform disgusting act, trickster compels king to give expensive gift. J1593
• Seduction of wife by alleging that husband's vision compels him to leave home. K1375.1
• She-bear as false bride. Compels true bride to exchange places. K1911.1.6
• Angel of love compels man to fall in love. T10.2
• Lovers mated before birth. Fate compels their union as soon as they meet. T22.1
• The singing wolf. By his singing the wolf compels the old man to surrender his cattle, his children and grandchildren, and finally his wife. The old woman goes in the wolf's service. She returns home bringing butter, etc. Z33.4.2