39 motifs match “crane”  ·  back to the chapters

• The bull with three cranes. (Cf. A132.6.) A137.7
• Creation of crane. A1992
• Crane will not weep at crucifixion: must suffer thirst in August and break bills. Is the only bird who will not weep. (Cf. A2234.1, A2435.4.2.) A2231.2.1
• Why crane suffers thirst. (Cf. A2231.2.1.) A2435.4.2
• Minister of lion-king a crane. B240.4.1
• The courtship of the stork and the crane. Go a-courting one another across the marshes but never come to an understanding, as each time either one or the other changes his mind. (Cf. T91.) B282.23
• Helpful crane. B463.3
• Circling cranes carry away girl. B522.4.1
• Crane as nurse for child. B535.0.7.2
• Marriage to crane. B602.5
• Crane as wooer. B623.1
• Man marries crane in human form. B652.2
• Transformation: man to crane. D162
• Magic bag made from skin of crane (transformed woman). D1193.1
• Reincarnation as crane. E613.9.1
• Soul in crane. E715.1.4
• War of pygmies and cranes. F535.5.1
• Princess appears before crane (who had demanded her in marriage) and is recognized by him despite loathly disguise. H188
• Peacock and crane in beauty contest. Better be able to soar like crane than to strut about like peacock. J242.5
• Association of tiger and crane. They soon quarrel. J428
• Stork killed along with cranes. Ill-advised associations end fatally. J451.2
• Crane persuades fish to let him change him from one lake into another: he eats fish. J657.3
• Crane advises fool to empty reservoir so he can reap all grain. Crane eats fish left at bottom. J758.2
• Cranes fighting as allies defeat all enemies. If they quarrel they are doomed. J1025.1
• Cranes disregard warnings and are killed. J1052
• Who gets the beehive. Badger: "I was a hundred years old when grama grass first grew." Crane: "My daughter was a hundred years old when grama grass first grew." Wolf: "I am only eight years old, but we shall see who gets the beehive." J1451
• Fox and crane invite each other. Fox serves the food on a flat dish so that the crane cannot eat. Crane serves his food in a bottle. J1565.1
• Crane tries to catch fish like hawk. Is mired at water's edge. J2413.7
• Trail of stolen goods made to lead to dupe. The crane in revenge for the loss of her young ones strews pieces of fish from the dwelling of the mongoose to that of the snake. The mongoose follows the trail and kills the snake. K401.1.1
• Fish tricked by crane into letting selves be carried from one pond to another. The crane eats them when they are in his power. (Cf. K713.1.2.) K815.14
• Crab carried by crane, clings round his neck and cuts off his head with pincers. K953.3
• The Cranes of Ibycus. Murdered man calls on cranes, the only witnesses of the murder, to avenge him. The cranes follow the murderer and point him out. N271.3
• Saint's pet crane pecks out eye of spying person. (Cf. Q342, Q580.) Q557.5
• Crane-bridge. Fugitives are helped across a stream by a crane who lets them cross on his leg. The pursuer is either refused assistance or drowned by the crane. R246
• Crane pecks out tiger's eyes. S165.2
• Woman impregnated after accidentally partaking of crane's dung. T511.8.5
• Woman bears crane. T554.3
• Heron (crane) loses interest in heaven if there are no snails. U125.1
• Crane pulls bone from wolf's throat: wolf refuses payment. "That you were allowed to take your beak from my throat is payment enough." (Cf. B382.) W154.3