32 motifs match “destruction”  ·  back to the chapters

• Angel of destruction created from hail and fire. A52.1.5
• God of destruction. A488
• World catastrophe. The world is destroyed. The incidents are usually the same whether a final destruction is thought of or a destruction which may be overcome by a renewal of the earth. A1000
• Pairs of animals in ark. Seed of all beings put into ark to escape destruction. A1021.1
• World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world. A1030
• Animal grateful to hero for preventing destruction of nest. B365.2
• Ant grateful for preventing destruction of nest. B365.2.1
• Murder by abuse or destruction of image. D2061.2.2.3
• Destruction of an alp. F471.1.2.2
• Upon destruction of pestilence-spirit, plague ceases. F493.3.1
• Nature's lament at the Temple's destruction. F960.3.1
• Task: destruction of iron castle. H1562.12
• Destruction of enemy's weapons. J621
• Swallow advises hen against hatching out serpent's eggs. She is hatching her own destruction. J622.1.1
• Eye of king's foster-son damaged by sting of bee. Boy's friends demand eye of king's son in forfeit; king decrees instead destruction of swarm of bees so that guilty one may perish. J1179.14
• Poet goes to king to complain of destruction of his dwelling. King requires story. Poet recites list, ending with account of the destruction of his dun. Reparation granted. J1675.6
• Gradual murder by piecemeal destruction of separable soul. K956.1
• Mortal fosters fairy child to prevent destruction of crops. M242.1
• Prophecy: destruction of fortress. M356.1.4
• Destruction and rebuilding of church foreseen by saint. M364.10
• Signs before destruction of Jerusalem. M369.5.1
• Vengeance for destruction of fairy-mound pursues king's descendants. P17.0.3
• Scipio plunges into burning pit to save Rome from destruction. P711.4
• Lot and family rewarded by being saved from destruction of city. (Cf. Q152.) Q150.1.1
• Hospitality of a citizen saves a city from destruction. (Cf. Q45.) Q152.1
• Destruction of property by thunderbolt as punishment. (Cf. Q595.) Q552.1.0.1
• Destruction of property by fire from heaven as punishment. (Cf. Q595.) Q552.13.2
• Voice from heaven pronounces curse of destruction on city. Q556.0.2
• Fitting destruction (disappearance) of property as punishment. (Cf. Q552.18, Q595.) Q585
• Destruction (disappearance) of property got through immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.) Q585.2
• Loss or destruction of property as punishment. (Cf. Q552.1.0.1, Q552.13.2, Q552.14.1, Q585, Q552.18.) Q595
• Unique survivor. Only one person left from destruction of his community. Z356