47 motifs match “dancing”  ·  back to the chapters

• Girls dancing in heaven. A661.4
• Earth made by first couple dancing on bit of cloth laid on water. A825
• Origin of dancing. A1462
• Origin of particular manner of dancing. A1542.1
• Why Saora wave axes and swords and shout while dancing. A1689.4
• Loris refuse to look at sun who comes out when they are dancing: hence never looks at sun. A2231.13
• Girl fond of dancing uses devil's name. (Cf. Q386.1.) C12.5.3
• Tabu: dancing in churchyard. C51.1.5
• The cursed dancers. Dancers rude to holy man (Jesus) cursed and must keep dancing till Judgment Day. C94.1.1
• Enchanted person attracts attention by dancing. D794.1
• Magic horn causes dancing. (Cf. D1222.) D1415.2.1
• Magic clarinet causes dancing. (Cf. D1223.) D1415.2.2
• Magic flute causes dancing. (Cf. D1223.1.) D1415.2.3
• Magic pipe causes dancing. (Cf. D1224.) D1415.2.4
• Magic fiddle causes dancing. (Cf. D1233.) D1415.2.5
• Magic lute causes dancing. (Cf. D1232.) D1415.2.6
• Dancing automata. (Cf. D1646.) D1627
• Magic dancing object. (Cf. D1627.) D1646
• Dancing apple. (Cf. D981.) D1646.1
• Dancing water. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1646.2
• Dancing kettle. (Cf. D1171.3.) D1646.3
• Dancing stones. (Cf. D931.) D1646.4
• Magic dancing. Enchanted persons dance till released. D2174
• Man attacked on Christmas night by dancing ghosts. E261.3
• Dancing in afterworld. E489.5
• Other locations of fairy dancing. F261.3
• Pixies win dancing contest with man. F302.3.4.2.1
• Dwarfs emigrate because they dislike peasants' dancing and loud music. F451.9.1.9
• Man can see celestial nymphs dancing in divine world. F642.5
• Quest for dancing water. H1321.4
• Quest for dancing apple. H1333.3.1.2
• Endurance test: long dancing. Girl tires out many partners. H1501
• Test: dancing on sharp instruments. H1531.1
• Fish dancing about in cooking pot appears to be many. Cook eats one; none left. J1813.5
• Trickster joins bulrushes in a dance. He thinks they are dancing when he sees them waving. J1883
• The dance of the thief. While singing and dancing in the farmer's house, the thief gives hints to his friend in the loft, how to steal the bacon. K341.21
• Victim enticed into dancing: captured. K772
• Trick: breaking legs for prowess in dancing (or for swiftness). K1013.6
• Girl shows herself naked in return for youth's dancing hogs. K1358
• Making sheep laugh and dance. Told to bring in sheep laughing and dancing, trickster cuts off their upper lips and breaks their legs. K1445
• Husband's magic gift returns to him. Wife gives husband's magic gift (fruit) to lover, who presents it to a dancing girl, who sells it back to the husband. N212.1
• Women rewarded with their lives for excellent dancing. Q151.13
• Dancing punished. Q386
• Punishment: dancing to death in red-hot shoes. Q414.4
• Girl sinks into earth for dancing in church. (Cf. C51.1.5, Q386.) Q552.2.3.1
• Dancing at wedding. T136.3.1
• Religious dancing. (Cf. A1542.) V93