37 motifs match “determine”  ·  back to the chapters

• Determination of night and day. After much discussion, the relative length of these divisions is determined. A1172
• Caste determined by what kind of tree one catches while crossing a river. A1651.2
• Animal characteristics determined by race. A2252
• Animal determines road to be taken. B151
• Beast determines road to be taken. B151.1
• Horses determine road to be taken. They are left to pick out the road themselves and to stop at the destination. B151.1.1
• Ass determines road to be taken. B151.1.1.2
• Bull determines road to be taken. B151.1.2
• Cow determines road to be taken. B151.1.2.1
• Fox determines road to be taken. B151.1.3
• Elephant determines road to be taken. B151.1.4
• Camel determines road to be taken. B151.1.5
• Bird determines road to be taken. B151.2
• Location determined by halting of an animal. B155
• Building site determined by halting of animal. Where the animal stops the building is erected. B155.1
• Building site determined by other action of animal. B155.1.0.1
• Animal determines burial place of saint. B155.3
• Location of magic stone determines race of king of country. D931.0.2.1
• Magic arrow shot to determine place to lodge for night. D1314.1.1
• Magic arrow shot to determine where to build city. (Cf. D1314.4.) D1314.1.2
• Magic arrow shot to determine where to seek bride. D1314.1.3
• Arrow shot to determine burial place. D1314.1.5
• Location of fort determined by reading in book. D1816.3
• Reincarnation in form determined at death. E602
• Life token: direction dagger points determines if ogress has been killed. E761.7.15
• Ordeal by fire. Suspected person must pass through or jump over fire to determine guilt or innocence. H221
• Game of hide and seek with seven princesses to determine which is to be hero's wife. H375.1
• King propounds questions to his sons to determine successor. H508.1
• Task set by king to sons to determine heir to kingdom. H921.1
• Social rank determined according to portion taken from cauldron of food. H1574.0.1
• Lazy pupil determines to be more diligent by watching man building home one wattle at a time, and seeing how water fills hole one drop at a time. J67.1
• True husband of woman determined by assigning superhuman task. Thus god masking as husband is discovered. J1176.5
• Spirit of new-born child in uniform. God has determined fates of everyone. N121.1.1
• Luck determined by whether a crooked-necked demigod is looking at one. N125.2
• Lots cast to determine luck or fate. N126
• Lots cast to determine who shall undertake adventure. N126.1
• Lots cast to determine father of illegitimate child. N126.2