87 motifs match “concerning”  ·  back to the chapters

• Marvels concerning God's arm and fingers. A123.5.2
• Owl advises old man where to plant his crops after listening in to council of gods concerning rainfall distribution for the year. B569.2
• Miscellaneous tabus concerning sexual intercourse. C119
• Tabus concerning requests made in otherworld. C714
• Tabus concerning fighting. C835
• Tabus concerning weapons. C835.2
• Tabus concerning war. C845
• Tabus concerning entry into assembly. C853
• Tabu concerning clothing. C878
• Tabu: concerning riding horses. C884
• Tabus concerning counting. C897
• Debate of body and soul. Soul having left body enters into debate with the body concerning relative merits of body and soul. (Cf. H500.) E727.1
• Angel gives soul information concerning mortal. E759.2
• Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. F930
• Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals. F980
• Extraordinary occurrences concerning fishing. F986
• Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals – miscellaneous. F989
• Giant ogre. Polyphemus. (For motifs concerning giants who are not malevolent but merely large, see F531.) G100
• Clever decisions concerning kissing and rape. J1174
• Judgments concerning arson. J1175
• Repartee concerning clerical abuses. J1263
• Repartee concerning clerical venality. (Cf. J1192, J1263.1.2.) J1263.2
• Repartee concerning clerical luxury. J1263.4
• Repartee concerning clerical incontinence. J1264
• Repartee concerning the parentage of children. J1270
• Repartee concerning wine. J1310
• Repartee concerning wine – miscellaneous. J1319
• Repartee concerning drunkenness. J1320
• Repartee concerning beggars. J1330
• Cynical retorts concerning honesty. J1370
• Retorts concerning debts. J1380
• Retorts concerning thefts. J1390
• Retorts concerning thefts – miscellaneous. J1399
• Repartee concerning false reform. J1400
• Repartee concerning fatness. J1410
• Animals retort concerning their dangers. J1420
• Repartee concerning doctors and patients. J1430
• Repartee concerning runaway horses. J1483
• Absurdities concerning birth of animals, or men. (Cf. J1531.3.) J1533
• Miscellaneous retorts concerning borrowing and lending. J1559
• Misunderstandings concerning images of Christ. J1823.1
• Absurd ignorance concerning the laying of eggs. J1901
• Absurd ignorance concerning the hatching of eggs. J1902
• Absurd ignorance concerning animal's eating and drinking. J1903
• Absurd ignorance concerning place for animal to be kept. J1904
• Absurd theories concerning the moon. J2271
• Absurd theories concerning the sun. J2272
• Absurd theories concerning the sky. J2273
• Absurd theories concerning time. J2276
• Dupe deceived concerning the thunder; finally killed by it. The dupe has asked the trickster to tell him when it thunders. K1177
• Old Hildebrand. Hidden cuckold reveals his presence by rhymes. He responds to the rhymes made by the wife and paramour concerning their entertainment. K1556
• Adulteress binds husband's eyes and causes him to sing incantations concerning the adultery. K1556.1
• Hypocrisy concerning thefts. K2095
• Hypocrisy concerning charity. K2096
• The beggar on the cross in place of Christ. Is made to leave the cross for his impatience concerning the sinners. L435.4
• Vows concerning personal appearance. M120
• Vows concerning sex. (Cf. M151.2, M152.) M130
• Vows concerning sex – miscellaneous. M149
• Deathbed promise concerning the second wife. Promises his dying wife that he will not marry unless the bride meets the specifications the dying wife imposes. M255
• Prophecies concerning destiny of country. M356
• Prophecies concerning outcome of war. M356.1
• Prophecies concerning fate of heroes in battle. (Cf. M341.2.18.) M356.1.2
• Evil predictions concerning journeys. M358.1
• Prophecies concerning love and marriage. M369.2
• Prophecies concerning invasion and conquest. M369.5
• Exposure of pregnant woman to avoid fulfillment of prophecy concerning future child. M376.1
• Customs concerning single combat. P557.4
• Customs concerning recognition of rank. P632
• Customs concerning bells. P651
• Misdeeds concerning property punished. Q270
• Reproach concerning physical deformity (blemish) punished. (Cf. Q411.9.) Q284
• Death as punishment for reproach concerning physical deformity (blemish). (Cf. Q284.) Q411.9
• Jewish traditions concerning non-Jews. V365
• Humor of disability. Besides the motifs which follow, the entire series of motifs concerning fools (J1700–J2799) properly belongs here as well as where it is given. X100
• Humor concerning other professions. X460
• Humor concerning other social classes. X500
• Jokes concerning usurers. X510
• Jokes concerning prostitutes. X520
• Jokes concerning beggars. X530
• Humor concerning races or nations. X600
• Jokes concerning Jews. X610
• Jokes concerning other races or nations. X650
• Jokes concerning various cities. X680
• Humor concerning sex. [Note: Thousands of obscene motifs in which there is no point except the obscenity itself might logically come at this point, but they are entirely beyond the scope of the present work. They form a literature to themselves, with its own periodicals and collections. In view of the possibility that it might become desirable to classify these motifs and place them within the present index, space has been left from X700 to X749 for such motifs.] X700
• Lie concerning birth of hero. X911
• Lie concerning babyhood and boyhood of hero. X912
• Lies concerning speed. X1796