55 motifs match “crocodile”  ·  back to the chapters

• Origin of crocodile dance. A1542.2.1
• Origin of crocodile worship. A1546.7.1
• Creation of crocodile. A2146
• Crocodile is punished for trying to attack man he is carrying: has only half tongue. A2239.7
• Why crocodile has rough skin. (Cf. A2315.2.) A2311.7
• Why crocodile has marks of water pot on head. A2320.6
• Why crocodile has short tongue. A2344.1.1
• Why crocodile has half a tongue. (Cf. A2239.7.) A2344.1.1.1
• Why crocodile has no tongue. A2344.1.1.2
• Friendship between jackal and crocodile. A2493.11
• Enmity between dog and crocodile. A2494.4.2
• Enmity between crocodile and elephant. A2494.11.2
• Devastating crocodile. B16.5.2
• Bird with crocodile head. B49.1
• Crocodile as king of animals. B240.15
• Helpful crocodile. B491.3
• Crocodile carries man across river (ocean). B551.3
• Crocodile as means of transportation for a saint. B557.4
• Marriage to crocodile. B604.3
• Crocodile paramour. B613.2
• Crocodile as wooer. B622.2
• Marriage to person in crocodile form. (Cf. D194.) B645.2
• Giant crocodile. B875.2
• Transformation: man to crocodile. (Cf. B642.2.) D194
• Wer-crocodile. D194.0.1
• Magic sand causes crocodile to go ashore. (Cf. D935.1.) D1449.5
• Reincarnation as crocodile. E614.3
• Journey to land of crocodiles. F127.3
• Strong hero kills many crocodiles with own hands. F628.1.4.1
• Extraordinary still (with the beads of crocodiles, owls, and parrots as pots). F891
• Crocodile carries extraordinary burden. F982.5
• Witch in form of crocodile. G211.6.2
• Crocodile as ogre. G354.2
• Ordeal by crocodiles (snakes). Judgment depends on whether person is devoured or rejected by crocodiles. H224
• Crocodile masking as dead obeys suggestion that he make flesh quiver. H248.2.1
• "Do not go alone on journey": counsel proved wise by experience. Helpful crab saves from attack by crocodile. J21.36
• Crocodile swallows water-snake, which kills him. J2137.4
• Crocodile goes after the second child. He finds two children bathing in the river and carries one to his hole. He tells the child to wait while he goes for the other child. Both children escape. J2173.6
• Magician transforms self into crocodile to steal. K311.6.4
• Old man cheats crocodile by playing on its ignorance of agriculture. K499.3
• Fox to crocodile who has caught him by the tongue: "Those are the dirty clothes I've been washing!" She lets go. K543.1
• Crocodile grants boy five days respite from death. K551.22.3
• Escape by false plea: jackal asks to be able to clasp tree before crocodile kills it. K551.23
• Crocodile persuaded to open his mouth. When he does, he shuts his eyes automatically and monkey escapes. K561.3
• Monkey in danger on bridge of crocodiles pretends that the king has ordered them counted. K579.2
• Crocodile masking as a log obeys suggestion that he move upstream. He thus betrays himself. K607.2
• Crocodile in ambush betrays self by talking. K607.2.1
• Slave washing mistress's back in stream pushes her into crocodile hole. K831.1
• Trickster employed to educate baby crocodiles: he eats them instead. K931.1
• Leopard and crocodile both sent for the dog. Neither has seen a dog nor have they seen each other. Man sends them to the same place saying that the dog will be there. They kill each other. K978.1.1
• Crocodile hides in strawstack and is burned to death. K1055.1
• Crocodile tells dog to drink in river without fear: plan detected. K2061.8
• Prophecy: death by alligator (crocodile). M341.2.24
• Crocodile-boat. Trickster props his jaws apart and leaves him. R245.1
• River carrier (whale, crocodile) throws passenger off and drowns him. S131.1