73 motifs match “country”  ·  back to the chapters

• Arrival of the gods in particular country. A119.3
• Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south. A133.2
• Return of mortal reincarnation of celestial being to the country of the gods after his mission has been accomplished on earth. A566.1
• Hill brought to country as adopted child. A969.6
• Hole of winds: stopper destroyed. The hole is stopped with a wooden stopper, which is destroyed. The country dries up. A1122.1
• Country ridded of ogres and made peaceful. A1416
• Animals sources of food because they were once unfaithful, disobedient wives of a visitor from god-country. A1422.0.1
• Lynx views country from mountainside: cause of his squint. (Cf. A2330.2.) A2211.1
• Why ptarmigan lives in country. (Cf. A2250.1.) A2433.4.3
• Habitat of animal. The country or locality in which animal is found. A2434
• Why soil in certain country is poor. A2871
• Monster cat devastates country. B16.1.1
• Married man not to eat in country of his parents. C215
• Forbidden country. C617
• The one forbidden thing: returning to home country after marrying fairy. C644
• Elves set country afire because of broken tabu. C934.3
• Transformation to eagle so as to scour country for lovely woman as bride for king. D647.2
• Magic object taken in the serpents' country. D838.4
• Spring follows saint to his country. D927.4
• Location of magic stone determines race of king of country. D931.0.2.1
• Magic object devastates country. D1408
• Magic sphere burns up country. By turning that part of the globe to the sun, one can make any place on earth burn up. (Cf. D1264.) D1408.1
• Magic red wind devastates country. (Cf. D906.) D1408.2
• Transportation by stretching and swaying tree. The tree stretches and bends over so as to land hero in a distant country. (Cf. D482.) D1520.1.1
• Magic power to see whole country at once. D1825.2.2
• Letter read by holy man stops emperor from devastating country. D2163.5.2.1
• Ghost laid when bones are brought to home country from foreign soil. E459.2
• Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc. F112
• Fairies dwell in the next country. F219.1
• Dame Berchta. Supposed to travel over the country at night with a troop. (Named from Bertha, the mother of Charlemagne.) Also called Frau Holle. F475.1
• Country which no woman may enter. F566.1.1
• Country without cats. F708.1
• Country without grain. F708.2
• Country without wine. F708.3
• Country of the naked. F709.1
• Country of little girls. F709.2
• Country of thieves and impostors. F709.3
• Prospective father-in-law requires that suitor for his daughter's hand visit foreign country (otherworld?) to learn feats of arms. H336.1
• Man with magic knowledge defeats his competitors in quest by misinforming them about the character of country they will be traveling (for a place where there is no water he makes them bring loads of wood; for a place where water is he makes them bring along loads of water). H1239.4
• Don't require honor from a strange country": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.40
• "A country not examined in disguise will always be ruined": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.43
• Town mouse and country mouse. Latter prefers poverty with safety. J211.2
• In spite of master's advice disciple stays in country where everything has cheap price. Gets into trouble. J342.1.1
• Mark the way one is going in an unfamiliar country. J765
• Town (country) of fools. J1703
• The countryman in the great world. J1742
• Countryman expects to find persons from his own village when he travels to another land. J1742.1
• Countryman visiting rich relative in the city refuses to eat dessert: "No, I am not hungry." J1742.3.1
• Countryman misunderstands comforts of city. Thinks latrine is kitchen, refuses to take a walk because he fears high houses will fall upon him, etc. J1742.5
• Scotsman thinks moose is a mouse, asks what rats look like in this country. (Cf. X1423.) J1759.1
• Frog thinks cattle are distant country. J1772.13
• "I don't know" thought to be a person's name. A man in a country that cannot speak his language hears "I don't know" so frequently that he thinks it must be the name of the owner of all the places he inquires about. J2496
• Deceptive land purchase: enough to raise certain plant. This is a rapidly spreading weed which overruns the country. K185.11
• Vow not to devastate country or take revenge after release. M168
• Prophecies concerning destiny of country. M356
• Prophecy: evil to come to country. M356.4
• Object unknown in a country sold for a fortune. N411
• Three sons each get a kingship, but the youngest the most important in the home country. (Cf. P17.8.) P17.10
• Queen leaves country with her son, having killed her husband in revenge for his killing of her father and brother. P22.1
• Chieftainess of such rank that none of her countrymen can woo her. P28.1
• Wolves of his own country dearer than dogs of another. P711.1
• Common citizen saves the honor of his country. Gives his own funds. P711.3
• Aristotle rises from sick bed to rush into battle for his country. P711.7
• Traitor thrown into pit so that he sticks to the waist and is then chased out of the country. (Cf. Q261.) Q417.2
• Punishment: ridding country of pests. Q512.3
• Defeated enemy holds rank and country when he promises to pay tax to conqueror. R74.3
• King (prince) returns home (from exile) and rescues his native country. R191
• Princess as prize to man who saves his country. T68.3
• Farmer's son and noble's reared in country. The former takes to toil on farm, the latter to riding and hunting. U121.3
• Shepherd in king's palace sickens for country air. U135.2
• Hero buried as unknown merchant in foreign country. V69.2
• Oil well digger runs out of money, leaves the country, forgetting to tell his driller. He returns fifty years later, finds the driller still drilling away. W37.1
• Lie: country so steep that people look up chimney to see when the cows come home. X1523.1