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

• Gods discover liquor. A154.3
• Goddess of thousand eyes discovered by lousing. A475.1.1.1
• Five great roads of Ireland "discovered" on night of king's birth. A994
• Discovery of oil. A1426.1
• Liquor discovered when birds get drunk. A1427.0.1
• Liquor discovered by rain-god. A1427.0.2
• Discovery of oil (edible). A1429.1
• What creature has sweetest blood: gnat's tongue torn out. Assembly to decide who has the sweetest blood so that it may be the food for the serpent. Gnat discovers that man has the sweetest blood. Rather than let him tell this secret, swallow tears out his tongue. Gnat can only buzz. (Cf. A2344.2, A2426.3.2.) A2236.1
• Mare with foal left behind finds road home. The foal is left so that the force of nature in the mare will discover the unknown road home. B151.1.1.1
• Talking animal or object refuses to talk on demand. Discoverer is unable to prove his claims: is beaten. B210.2
• Animals discover liquor and get intoxicated. B299.3
• Helpful animal discovers jewel. B562.1.0.1
• Animals help man overcome monster with external soul. Discover where he keeps his soul. B571.1
• Tabu: consuming feast without discovering a new wonder. C287
• Magic yew rod used by druid to discover whereabouts of woman carried off by fairies to underground retreat. D1311.15.1
• Arrow shot into air discovers iron pit. D1314.1.6
• Arrow shot to discover direction of attacking army. D1314.1.7
• Saint's bachall discovers gold. (Cf. D1277.) D1314.3
• Solution to problem is discovered in dream. D1810.8.4
• Magic discovery of desired place. (Cf. D1314.) D1816
• Lost object discovered by magic. D1816.2
• Druid by magic discovers whereabouts of abducted wife. (Cf. F322.2.) D1816.5.1
• Magic discovery of place for (church) building. D1816.6
• Treasure magically discovered. D2101
• Resuscitation when murder is discovered. E185
• Gigantic skull of ancient king discovered. F511.0.8
• Chilli plant so hot it causes dumb man to speak: thus discovered for eating. F954.4
• Illegitimacy of child discovered by urinalysis. F956.2
• Witch followed by husband; dies when discovered. (Cf. G252.) G249.6
• Man discovers his wife is a witch. G250.1
• Witch's horns discovered by lousing her. G253
• God discovers the devil. G303.1.2
• God discovers the devil in a piece of solid foam. G303.1.2.3
• Devil wooes woman; she discovers identity in time to escape with aid of minister who swallows candle after getting devil to promise she could live as long as the candle lasted. (Cf. K551.9.) G303.12.5.4
• Missing female poet discovered through test of poetic ability. H12.1
• Heroine in menial disguise discovered in her beautiful clothes: recognition follows. H151.6
• Disguised hero's golden hair discovered by spying princess. H151.13
• Test of resourcefulness: to discover how old, respectively, three horses are. Youth drops water on each; one jumps fifteen paces only, another twenty, and the last bounds in air and gallops. H506.11
• Accidental discovery of answer to riddle. H575
• Task: discovering ring-thief. H1199.9.1
• Test of sex: to discover person masking as of other sex. H1578
• "Do not go where an old man has a young wife": counsel proved wise by experience. Discovers a murder in an inn. J21.3
• Hidden goat discovered by his horn protruding above ground. J582.1
• Hidden stag discovered when he begins to eat grapevine too soon after hunters have passed. J582.2
• Improvident mouse eats grain stored for famine. Loss is discovered and grain placed elsewhere. Mouse, who has saved nothing, starves. J711.2
• Cheaters examined apart; first made to repeat paternoster. Others think that he has confessed and truth is discovered. J1141.3
• Detection of theft by finding bag-repairer. Two men are in a lawsuit and before witnesses seal the documents in a bag to await arrival of the king. One of the men cuts the bag open, changes the documents, and has a repairer sew it up again. On the king's arrival the change is discovered. By having a fine carpet repaired the expert repairer is discovered. Confession follows. J1141.5
• Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caught. J1143
• Cheater discovered by fishing in the street. Man arouses the curiosity of the rascal who has swindled his wife. J1149.2
• Talkative wife discredited. Husband tells his talkative wife about treasure he has discovered. To discredit her report he tells her also of impossible things (woodcock in the fish net, fish in the bird trap, etc.). She repeats it all and whole story is disbelieved. Husband may keep his treasure. J1151.1.1
• Solomon's judgment: the divided bride. Three suitors dispute over a woman. When it is proposed to divide her, true lover is discovered. J1171.2
• True husband of woman determined by assigning superhuman task. Thus god masking as husband is discovered. J1176.5
• Story told to discover thief. Judge tells story of the lady, her husband, her lover, and the robbers (H1552.1). Which was the most generous? Witness says that robber was. This shows that he has robber's point of view. J1177
• Story told to discover thief: sundry tales. J1177.1
• Ears not to be cut off a second time. Executioner discovers that the prisoner's ears are of stucco, having been clipped for a previous offense. J1184.2
• Error was in the honey. Trickster takes jar filled with earth but with honey on top as bribe to the judge. He takes the decision in writing. Cheat is discovered and judge sends message that an error has been made. Reply: the decision was right; the error is in the honey. (Cf. J1176.3.) J1192.2
• Sleep-walker thought to be a ghost until discovered. J1782.7
• Hero keeps on leading his horse without discovering that it is dead. J2047
• A man without a stomach. The man complains that he is a mere slave of his stomach. His wish is granted and the stomach taken away from him. He discovers soon that life has become very uninteresting to him, and recovers his stomach again. J2072.4
• The thief as discoverer. The fool lies still as the thief enters the house, hoping that the thief may find something so that he can take it back from the thief. J2223
• Guessing name of devil's secret plant. The man's wife in tar and feathers overhears the devil tell the secret name of the crop he has discovered (tobacco). The devil says to the supposed animal, "Get out of my tobacco!" K216.2.1
• Clever girl discovers robber and cheats him. K434
• Disguised robber in night-lodging tries to pull up confederate on rope: princess discovers him and catches him. K434.2
• Conqueror of robber discovers his money-stick. Thinking that he has killed the robber, the man takes his stick or knife with big handle. The robber recovers and, disguised as a beggar, inquisitively looks at the stick. The man is suspicious and by examining finds much money inside it. K437.4
• Hidden paramour buys freedom from discoverer. K443.1
• Contraband gold discovered when king offers large price for gold. K447
• Dividing the discovered oyster. The umpire takes the oyster itself as fee and gives each contestant half the shell. K452.1
• Hero tests the rope on which he is to be pulled to upper world. By placing stones on the rope he discovers his companions' treacherous plan to cut the rope. K677
• Secret of strength treacherously discovered. K975
• Discovery of abbot's (abbess's) incontinence brings permission to monks (nuns) to do likewise. K1274
• Adulteress tells how she may save her husband's life. Discovering him under the bed, she tells lover that at temple she has learned that her husband is to die soon unless she prevents death by sleeping with a strange man. The husband is satisfied. K1532.2
• Husband discovers wife's adultery. K1550.1
• Lover hidden in hen-coop discovered by husband. K1555.1
• Husband discovers wife's adultery by riddling conversation. In this indirect manner the wife confesses and promises reform. K1557
• Husband discovers paramour's love letter in his wife's purse after having made her drunk. K1557.1
• Trickster discovers adultery: food goes to husband instead of paramour. K1571
• Trickster discovers adultery: gets food prepared for paramour. K1571.0.1
• Trickster discovers woman's paramour and hides him in outhouse: rewarded by husband. K1574.2
• Lover's gift regained: accidental discovery of identity. The lover, ignorant of the identity of the husband, tells him of his experience with the wife. The husband persuades the lover to lead him to the scene, where the wife is compelled to restore all but a small part of the money. K1581.4
• Wife takes servant's place and discovers husband's adultery. The husband says that he is going into a state of meditation with a cloth over his face. He substitutes a servant and goes to his mistress. The wife finds the deceit and takes the servant's place. On his return the husband tells the supposed servant of his adultery. K1585
• Substituted arrows. Hero given arrows with soft points and sent after dangerous enemies. The deception discovered and the enemy discomfited. K1617
• Thief climbing rope discovered and rope cut. He has tricked the guardian of the food-supply in the tree (by imitation of the owner's voice or the discovered pass-word) to let down the rope. K1622
• Man wins girl's love by pretending to wealth and nobility. Deception is discovered and impostor is banished. K1917.5
• Sham priest dupes man into believing he can discover treasure. K1961.1.4
• Discovery of treasure brings luck. N135.2.1
• Murder discovered through knowledge of bird languages. Birds point out the murder. N271.4
• Murderer through miracle suspected of theft; murder thus discovered. N271.5
• Murder discovered on digging foundations of house. House burns. Diggers discover body. N271.7
• [First Edition: N276. Thief finally discovered when he pawns stolen goods.] N276[1st ed.]
• Boy is hanged for cattle theft; the strayed cattle are discovered later. N347.3
• Lover's wound breaks while he is in bed with mistress. He bleeds to death (or is discovered because of the blood). N386
• Man discovers he is married to wer-tiger. N399.3
• Abducted princess wishes that she were with rejected suitor; discovers that she is. N425
• Secret physical peculiarity discovered by barber. (Midas.) N465
• Secret of person's sleeplessness discovered by trickery. N465.1
• Discovery of treasure. N530
• Treasure discovered through dream. N531
• Treasure discovered by magic object. N533
• Treasure discovered by clairvoyant vase. (Cf. D1323.2.) N533.1
• Treasure discovered by hand of unborn child. N533.3