53 motifs match “desert”  ·  back to the chapters

• Deity of the deserts. A419.2
• Angel of the deserts. A419.2.1
• Origin of desert. A957
• Spontaneous generation. Scientists find child on deserted island. They suggest that he has emerged from the ground. A1234.3
• Why leopard walks alone. He killed treacherously his saviors and all animals deserted him. A2433.2.3.1
• Maiden disenchanted, deserted, and refound. D795
• Pillar of fire protects in desert. (Cf. D1271.) D1380.1.1
• River appears at prayer of desert travelers. D2151.2.5.1
• Wild hunt appears at desert spot. E501.12.7
• Fairy wife deserts mortal husband for repulsive lover. F302.2.1
• Fairy wooes and deserts man. F302.3.4.3
• Man deserts wife for fairy. F302.5.0.1
• Wood-nymph wooes and then deserts man. F441.2.1.3
• Deserted city. Inhabitants have been devoured. F766
• Miracles in the desert come to an end with death of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. F900.3.1
• Cultivated places suddenly become desert. F969.5
• La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Witch entices men with offers of love and then deserts or destroys them. G264
• Desert the abode of demons. G302.5.1
• City infested by jinns deserted. G307.4
• Objects of quest found in deserted castle where hero is served by unseen hands. H1239.2
• Friends desert when man reports loss of his money. H1558.7.2
• Lamb chooses her foster-mother, the she-goat. Owes more to her than to her own mother, who has deserted her. J391.1
• Foxes desert their allies, the hares, when they foresee defeat by the eagle. J682.1
• Trickster's greed while hunting causes him to be deserted. J2751
• Thief takes mistress's ornaments across river on pretense of keeping them safe, and then deserts her. K346.6
• Deserted wife chokes departing husband. Asks for one last kiss. K951.0.1
• Marooned egg-gatherer. The father-in-law has the youth hunt eggs on an island and deserts him, but the youth outwits him. K1616.1
• Disguised man takes bride's place: deserts, leaving a she-goat in his place for the foolish bridegroom. (Cf. K1223.1.) K1836.3
• Following luminous tree in the desert. K1886.1.1
• The faithless resuscitated wife. Husband at great sacrifice has brought his wife back to life. She immediately deserts him and plots with a paramour against his life. (Cf. K2213.2.) K2213.5
• Treacherous lover betrays woman's love and deserts her. K2232.1
• Enemy soldiers persuaded by show of great wealth and generosity of king to desert to his side. K2365.3
• Quarreling prince and princess vow that if they are married he will desert her on the wedding day and she will make him eat boiled rice and thin broth for six months. It so happens. M149.4
• Prophecy: vicinity in which saint lost tooth will be deserted by heathen. M364.5
• Prophecy: girl will be perfect in love but will die in a desert overcome by separation from her love. M365.3
• Poor boy accidentally finds deserted city with treasure. N534.5
• Deserted daughter's good fortune discovered by accident. N732.2
• Punishment for desertion of fairy mistress. (Cf. F302, F361, Q469.11.) Q247
• Treachery punished by banishment to desert isle. (Cf. S145.) Q431.2.2
• Baby son hurled into battle as punishment for desertion of fairy mistress. (Cf. Q247, Q411.3.) Q469.11
• Burial in deserted barn as punishment for desecration of holy places. (Cf. Q222.) Q491.1.2
• Abandonment in desert. S144
• Bird carries food from deserted child to starving parents. S361
• Deserted children become Thunder. S378
• Wife alone does not desert leprous husband. T215.7.1
• Woman deserts husband for unworthy lover. (Deformed, mutilated, monstrous, or of different race.) T232
• Woman reveals whereabouts of husband to enemy in revenge for desertion. T244
• Woman reveals whereabouts of husband to hungry bear in revenge for desertion. T244.1
• Monk goes into desert to avoid temptation of women, the prime source of sin. T334.1
• Adopted child deserted when own child is born to couple. T674
• Christ in the desert overcomes devil by fasting. V73.0.1
• Virgin miraculously prevents nun (monk) from deserting cloister. V265
• Old bullock deserted and left to die. W155.1.1