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

• Gods covered with red and yellow feathers. A139.9.3
• Goddess of thousand eyes discovered by lousing. A475.1.1.1
• Culture hero swallowed and recovered from animal. A535
• Nature of clouds (covered with skin). (Cf. A702.9.) A705.2
• Moon is hare covered with silver, which lives in crystal house with fifteen windows. It rests on a chariot and travels around Mount Meru. A759.4
• Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water. A810
• Earth from egg from bottom of sea recovered by bird. A812.2
• Why rocks at river are covered with moss. A976
• Five great roads of Ireland "discovered" on night of king's birth. A994
• First man covered with horny substance. (Cf. A1310.1.) A1281.1
• Man at first covered with hair. A1281.2
• Creation in covered vessel. Men (or animals) created in a basket or from a bundle, or from under a blanket. A1295
• Liquor discovered when birds get drunk. A1427.0.1
• Liquor discovered by rain-god. A1427.0.2
• Why broom-corn is covered with blood-red spots. A2751.4.5
• Jewel recovered from sea by helpful parrot. B548.6
• Wolf boy (girl) running around with wolf and cubs recovered by parents after six years: recognized by scar. B635.2
• Tabu: speaking about lost money which is to be regained by witchcraft. The loser cannot refrain from speaking of his loss; the money cannot be recovered. C401.3.1
• Magic object recovered by using second magic object. D881
• Magic object recovered with lioness's help. D882.1.2
• Recovered magic articles dropped by rescuing animals into the sea. D882.2
• Magic object recovered with devil's help. D885
• Magic object recovered with witch's help. D885.1
• Magic object recovered through recitation of magic formula. D886
• Solution to problem is discovered in dream. D1810.8.4
• Lost object discovered by magic. D1816.2
• Speech magically recovered on execution stake. D2025.1
• Speech magically recovered when certain bird is caught. D2025.2
• Speech magically recovered when third person guesses secret transaction. D2025.3
• Speech magically recovered on Hallowe'en. (Cf. V70.5.) D2025.5
• Evil eye covered with seven veils. D2071.0.1
• Evil eye covered with bag or hide while owner is stoned. D2071.0.1.1
• Trail magically covered with thorns. D2089.9.1
• Treasure magically discovered. D2101
• Resuscitation when murder is discovered. E185
• Revenant as horrible female figure. Covered with snakes and toads. E425.1.6
• Condemned soul recovered. E754.1
• Bridge to otherworld covered with knives. F152.1.6.1
• Fairies chase man who dares them to come chase him. He barely gets home ahead of them; they drive iron javelin through iron-covered door. (Cf. C20.) F361.17.8
• Water-spirits have body covered with fish scales. F420.1.4.2
• Floors in dwarf home are covered with pine twigs. F451.4.3.5
• Dwarfs' house covered with skin of fabulous six-legged animal. F451.4.3.9
• Gigantic skull of ancient king discovered. F511.0.8
• Soles of man's feet covered with hair. F517.1.8
• Man covered with hair like animal. F521.1
• Beast-like anchorite. Walks on all fours; covered with hair like beast; has horns like beast. (Cf. F521.1.) F526.4
• Face covered with long moss. F545.4
• Man covered with horn. F558
• Island covered with treasure. F731
• Island covered with gold. F731.1
• Grass covered with gold dust. F817.4
• Extraordinary seat, covered with skins of lice. F894
• Chilli plant so hot it causes dumb man to speak: thus discovered for eating. F954.4
• Illegitimacy of child discovered by urinalysis. F956.2
• Witch's back covered with nails and broken glass. G219.9
• Witch followed by husband; dies when discovered. (Cf. G252.) G249.6
• Witch's horns discovered by lousing her. G253
• Missing female poet discovered through test of poetic ability. H12.1
• Heroine in menial disguise discovered in her beautiful clothes: recognition follows. H151.6
• Disguised hero's golden hair discovered by spying princess. H151.13
• Test of unknown father: gold on street. Princess has gold put on street leading to her. The man who rides over the gold-covered street without noticing is the father of her child. H485
• Task: washing large heavy quilt covered with ghi and oil without aid of soap or anything. H1023.6.1
• Task: draining sea-covered land in one night. H1097
• Quest for silver pillar covered with golden flowers. H1322.1
• Hidden goat discovered by his horn protruding above ground. J582.1
• Hidden stag discovered when he begins to eat grapevine too soon after hunters have passed. J582.2
• Improvident mouse eats grain stored for famine. Loss is discovered and grain placed elsewhere. Mouse, who has saved nothing, starves. J711.2
• Cheaters examined apart; first made to repeat paternoster. Others think that he has confessed and truth is discovered. J1141.3
• Detection of theft by finding bag-repairer. Two men are in a lawsuit and before witnesses seal the documents in a bag to await arrival of the king. One of the men cuts the bag open, changes the documents, and has a repairer sew it up again. On the king's arrival the change is discovered. By having a fine carpet repaired the expert repairer is discovered. Confession follows. J1141.5
• Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caught. J1143
• Cheater discovered by fishing in the street. Man arouses the curiosity of the rascal who has swindled his wife. J1149.2
• Talkative wife discredited. Husband tells his talkative wife about treasure he has discovered. To discredit her report he tells her also of impossible things (woodcock in the fish net, fish in the bird trap, etc.). She repeats it all and whole story is disbelieved. Husband may keep his treasure. J1151.1.1
• Solomon's judgment: the divided bride. Three suitors dispute over a woman. When it is proposed to divide her, true lover is discovered. J1171.2
• True husband of woman determined by assigning superhuman task. Thus god masking as husband is discovered. J1176.5
• Error was in the honey. Trickster takes jar filled with earth but with honey on top as bribe to the judge. He takes the decision in writing. Cheat is discovered and judge sends message that an error has been made. Reply: the decision was right; the error is in the honey. (Cf. J1176.3.) J1192.2
• The cost price recovered. A man takes a shirt to market for a friend who has stolen it. At market it is stolen from the seller. He tells his friend that the market was bad and that he was able to get back only the cost price (nothing). J1397
• No physician at all. A bad physician having predicted the immediate death of a patient meets him recovered. "How go things down below?" "They put you at the head of the list of bad physicians, but I maintained that you were no physician at all." J1432
• Borrower of butter receives pot of cowdung with little butter on top: repays by lending wooden sword covered with thin iron. (Cf. J1511.20.) J1556.1
• Philosopher spits in king's beard. It is the only place he can find at the royal table not covered with gold and jewels. J1566.1
• Small priest covered with large hat thought to be a hat. J1763.1
• Sleep-walker thought to be a ghost until discovered. J1782.7
• To cover house with straw. Word for wife is similar, so wife is covered. J1805.1.1
• Coin weeps. Numskull thinks money piece covered with perspiration after he has held it for awhile is weeping. J1875.4
• Sundial covered in order to protect it. J1943.1
• Unsuccessful imitation of a god: lions fall out of the furnace instead of men covered with gold and silver. J2411.1.2
• Contest: jumping into the ground. A hole is already dug and covered with boughs. K17.1
• Beauty contest won by deception: other contestants covered with leaves. K98.1
• Pot of cow dung covered with cheese sold as cheese. K143.1
• Deceptive land purchase: as much land as can be covered by saint's hood. Only by snatching up hood does seller prevent it from covering whole territory. K185.4.1
• Land grant: as much land as can be covered by saint's mantle. K185.4.2
• Guessing name of devil's secret plant. The man's wife in tar and feathers overhears the devil tell the secret name of the crop he has discovered (tobacco). The devil says to the supposed animal, "Get out of my tobacco!" K216.2.1
• The "spoiled" anchovies. Servant eats all of master's anchovies. When master asks for some, the servant brings in a covered dish, and tells him that the fish smell very bad. The master tells the servant to throw them away. K344.1.2
• Thief pretends to have recovered stolen horse. Returns it to owner after using it all he desires. K416.1
• Contraband gold discovered when king offers large price for gold. K447
• Dividing the discovered oyster. The umpire takes the oyster itself as fee and gives each contestant half the shell. K452.1
• Sleeping persons covered with oxhide and so saved. K515.3
• Goat escapes from jackal by being covered with flowers. K521.8
• Capture by tarbaby. An image covered with tar (or other adhesive substance) captures the intruder who addresses it and finally strikes it so that he sticks to it. K741
• Hare carries disguised lion covered with honey, thus luring animals into trap. K767
• Capture by sight of women's breasts. Women with uncovered breasts meet hero. He averts his face and is captured. K774