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

• Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator. A21.1
• Old man from sky as creator. – Old man with his wife comes from the sky. Are the first couple on earth. Have seven sons and seven daughters. Each son marries a daughter. A21.2
• Creator's daughter. A32.2
• God from father-daughter incest. Adonis. A112.1.1
• Goddess of music and dance born of incestuous union (Brahma and daughter). A112.1.1.1
• Goddess as daughter of giant. A112.4.2
• Twin daughters of a god. A116.2.1
• Waves as girls, daughters or widows of the sea-god. A423
• Demigod son of king's unmarried sister (daughter) by god. A511.1.3.1
• Virgin daughter of culture hero. A592.2
• Daughter of culture hero gives birth to boy. A592.2.1
• Sun and moon as sisters, daughters of sky-god. A736.4
• Earth by sacrifice of son and daughter of first couple. A831.3
• Lakes are daughters of the gods. A920.1.14
• Mountains and hills are former sons, daughters of gods. A962.9
• Mankind from mating of frog and "daughter of fire." A1221.5
• Sun, moon, and stars bring forth first parents. Sun and moon beget son; morning and evening star beget daughter; these, the first parents, are at first without understanding, but it is awakened later by demigods. A1271.1
• Bad women from transformed hog and goose. Peter, having only one daughter, foolishly promises her to three men. He asks the Lord to create two others. This request is granted. The first creature he meets on two successive mornings he is to greet, and they will be transformed. He meets a hog and a goose. His two new daughters have these characteristics. A1371.3
• Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
• The owl is a baker's daughter who objected to the size of the dough put into the oven for Jesus when he appeared in her house as a beggar. A1958.0.1
• Bird carries deity (his daughter) home from land of skulls: given brilliant plumage. (Cf. A2313.4, A2321.6, A2421.5.) A2223.2
• Mermaid ruins seducer of her adopted daughter. B81.13.9
• Helpful cow to be killed because of refusal to help stepdaughter. B335.7
• Lion is freed from net by mouse. Mouse asks that his son marry lion's daughter. Request granted. The mouse is trampled to death by his bride. B363.1
• Daughter promised to animal suitor. B620.1
• Mother wishes lazy daughter may marry devil. Devil appears and marries her. C12.4.1
• Tabu: calling profanely on God. Daughter of Emperor says to Rabbi: "Your God is a builder; so let him build a tent here." She becomes leprous and must be placed in a tent. (Cf. C51.3.1.) C94.4
• Tabu: giving younger daughter in marriage before elder. C169.2
• Daughter-in-law tabu. C173
• Tabu: asking for king's daughter in marriage. C196
• Tabu: on looking at daughter for twelve years. C312.3
• Tabu: eloping with king's daughter. C567.1
• Daughters' sickness because of father's breaking tabu. C940.2
• Transformed cow advises daughter. D688.1
• Magic object received from daughter. D815.6
• Magic objects stolen from owner by his daughter, with whom he spends the night. D861.8.1
• Exchange of common cow for gold-dropping cow made by daughter when her father stops at her home for the night. D871.1.1
• Cure by seventh son of seventh daughter. D2161.5.7
• Hero resuscitated by his bride, daughter of king of death. E121.1.3.1
• Mother haunts daughter. E222.0.1
• Mother's ghost tries to tear daughter to pieces. E222.1
• Dead mother haunts daughter who marries against mother's will. E222.2
• The dead daughter reproaches her mother for putting her dowery into coffin. E228
• Ghost appears often to wife and daughter. E321.5
• Mother returns to encourage daughter in great difficulties. E323.6
• Dead father returns to daughter to stop her weeping. (Cf. E324.) E327.1
• Dead father returns to encourage daughter in childbirth. E327.2
• Wild huntswoman wanders because of murder of daughter. E501.3.10
• Father will die when daughter marries. (Cf. E765.4.3.) E765.4.1
• Mother will die when daughter is wooed. E765.4.2
• Father will die when daughter bears son. (Cf. E765.4.1.) E765.4.3
• Father (and mother) will die on same day as daughter. E765.4.3.1
• Ash pole appears at doorway several times on day owner's daughter dies. (It is used for coffin rests. The pole has previously mysteriously escaped being used for other purposes.) E767.1
• Bonga girl (fairy) surrenders man to his mortal wife if he will name first daughter after her. F302.5.1.1
• Fairy king punishes ravisher of his daughter. F304.1
• Dwarf promises money and property to mortal father for hand of daughter. F451.5.18.1
• Giantess daughter of giant and abducted maiden (therefore helps hero). F531.5.7.1.2
• Sons of God and Daughters of men. Before the flood angels have relations with human women: origin of giants. F531.6.1.1
• Amazons cut off left breast of daughters so that they can handle bow. F565.1.1
• Birth of daughter so beautiful mother is frightened and abandons her. F575.1.1
• Father takes his daughter to cannibal to be eaten. G75
• Woman eats daughter-in-law. G79.2
• Witch daughter of fairy and man. G203.1
• The devil's daughter. G303.11.5
• The devil and his nine daughters. G303.11.5.1
• Devil wooes an innkeeper's daughter. G303.12.1
• Falling into ogre's power through fascination with his daughter. (Cf. G530.2.) G455
• Defeated giant gives his daughter to victor. (Cf. G512.0.3.) G510.1
• Ogre's daughter killed together with her father. G512.0.2
• Hero killing an ogress gains her adopted daughter for his wife. (Cf. G510.1.) G512.0.3
• Ogre's wife (daughter) burned in his own oven. G512.3.2.1
• Help from ogre's daughter (or son). (Cf. G455.) G530.2
• Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood. G532
• Troll's daughter after being cooked in kettle recognized by golden fingernail. H79.1
• Task: to win ogress' daughter for a bride. H305
• Prospective father-in-law requires that suitor for his daughter's hand visit foreign country (otherworld?) to learn feats of arms. H336.1
• King defeated in repartee by boy, who thus wins girl. Boy: "Who would give a man a bath, feed him his rice, and then bring him the tamal-pan to chew?" King: "No one but a wife." Boy claims minister's daughter. H507.1.0.2
• Conflict between peasant and nobleman decided so that each must answer riddles: peasant's daughter solves them. H561.1.1
• Clever daughter construes enigmatic sayings. H561.1.1.1
• Found mortar taken to king reveals peasant girl's wisdom. Peasant finds mortar in his field and against his daughter's advice takes it to the king, who demands the pestle as well. Peasant laments that he has not followed daughter's advice. King summons her. H561.1.2
• Enigmatic statement betrays incest. (Cf. T411.) Woman, recognizing cleric as her son by her father (Fiachna), gives him a drink of milk and says, "I give drink to my brother; he is Fiachna's son, he is Fiachna's grandson; his mother is Fiachna's daughter." The son's reply shows that he understands the situation. H582.2.1
• One traveler to another: Is this cup valuable or not? (Is your daughter married or not?) H586.7
• Father-in-law gives daughter-in-law enigmatic permission to go home. H588.0.1
• Wise carving of the fowl. Clever person divides it symbolically: head to head of house, neck to wife, wings to daughters, legs to sons; keeps rest for himself. H601
• Youth asks for branch of tree; promised root. (Branch = youngest daughter; root = eldest.) H611
• Chief asks another for cutting of yams to complete his yam patch (daughter in marriage). Reply that seed yams for the year are shrivelled and old and it is too early for seedlings (his daughters are too young or too old). H611.3
• What are the most accursed things? A thriftless wife, a baldheaded daughter, a sour-faced daughter-in-law, a crooked axle, and a field which lies across the village road. H659.18.1
• Who are really meek? Cows and daughters. H659.21
• Formerly I was daughter, now I am mother; I have a son who was the husband of my mother. (Girl has nursed her imprisoned father through a crack in the prison wall.) H807
• Tasks assigned because of mother's foolish boasting. The mother foolishly boasts to the king that the daughter can perform an impossible task (often spinning). H914
• Task: pasturing witch's cattle (really her daughters). Grateful animals give help (cf. B571.) H1199.12.2
• Question (propounded on quest): When can certain structure be finished? Answer: When king's daughter marries. H1292.18
• Quest for vanished daughter. H1385.2
• Old woman's willingness to die for daughter disappears when Death seems to arrive. H1556.4.5.1
• The wine needs no further water. Guests asks small daughter of innkeeper for water to put into his wine. She says, "You will not have to do that for mother poured a whole tubful into the cask today." J125.1
• Minister's clever daughter-in-law uses wisdom to defeat Brahmin's wealth. J185.1
• Choice: foolish son always with him or four wise daughters who will leave him. Latter chosen. J226.3
• Father with handsome son and hideous daughter. Advises both to look in mirror daily lest son exchange handsome face for bad character; daughter to triumph over face by good manners. J244.1
• Man advised to choose good poor man for his daughter's husband rather than rich man. J247.1
• Cum grano salis. Instructions of mother followed literally by one daughter when she marries. All goes wrong. Second daughter follows them in conformity with her father's explanations and all is well. J555.1