35 motifs match “dispute”  ·  back to the chapters

• Dispute at creation of sun. God and devil discuss creation. God plans two suns; devil persuades him to create only one. A716
• Origin of hair around mouth and eyes. Original dispute between Hair and Stomach. Stomach compelled to stay on inside of man. Hair stands on guard at mouth and eyes to see that Stomach does not escape. A1315.4
• Ant thrown from heaven: hence narrow waist. God decides dispute between ant and spider in spider's favor. (Cf. A2355.1.2.) A2214.2
• Animals dispute. B299.2
• Owls and crows dispute over merits of night or day vision. B299.2.1
• Saint's dispute with devil. G303.16.11.5
• Cleverness of men disguised as peasants dissuades rivals from dispute. Wise men of two rival cities engage in dispute. One delegation disguises as peasants and debates with their adversaries. Latter withdraw fearing how clever the educated must be if their peasants are so learned. J31.1
• Pine and thornbush dispute as to their usefulness. Beauty of form does not give worth; pine grows slowly but it will withstand storms. J242.2
• Dog and hog dispute over their children: worth lies not in speed. J243.1
• Laurel and olive tree scorn thornbush as umpire in their dispute as to who is most useful. J411.7
• Fortune, Intellect, Knowledge, and Health dispute as to which is the greatest. J461.1.2
• Rice, wheat, and dal dispute as to which is the best. J461.5
• Dispute of hammer and anvil. J461.6
• Wealth and wisdom dispute as to who is greater. J461.7
• Pomegranate and apple tree dispute as to which is worth most. Blackberry reproves them for useless jangling. J466.1
• Drones dispute possession of honey. Ordered to make honey. Dispossessed. J581.4
• Day after Feast Day disputes importance with Feast Day. Former reprimanded. J976
• Confession of debt secured by having defendant dispute as to whether cat was present when debt was made. J1141.1.11
• 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
• Novel settlement of dispute. Judge orders woman's second husband to return her to the first in the same condition as he received her (with child). J1173.1
• Claim that dog-head captured game. Two hunters, one with dog and other with dog-head, dispute. The claim that the dog-head captured the game is allowed and then the alarm is raised that the owner of the, game is coming to punish the theft. J1214.1
• Settling the dispute. Two men cannot agree to bride's dowry. Third party tells each parent that the other has agreed. Marriage. "Now that you are relatives you can settle it between yourselves." J1678
• Deceptive bargain: first to say "Good morning." The first to give the greeting shall have the disputed property. The trickster is early on the scene and witnesses the other's adultery. He may keep the property without saying good morning. K176
• First to greet the other in morning will lose beauty contest. Dispute is to be settled thus. (Cf. H1529.) K176.1
• Unjust umpire decides a religious dispute. His confederate thus wins an absurd wager. K451.1
• Unjust umpire misappropriates disputed goods. K452
• Deity settles disputes between races. M4
• Man umpires dispute in exchange for guarantee of safety. Disputants, bear and tiger, agree not to eat him. M222
• Luck or intelligence? Dispute as to which is the more powerful. Man with intelligence remains poor (is brought into court). Saved by mere luck. N141
• Gods discuss means of settling dispute among girl's suitors. Venus has girl make her own choice. N817.1
• Purchase money instead of bride given to suitor to settle dispute. T52.2
• Girl promised to three different suitors; because she is unable to settle the dispute she eats poison and dies. T92.0.1
• The obstinate wife: the third egg. The husband and the wife dispute as to who shall eat the third egg. She pretends to die. At the grave she asks him, "Do I eat two of the three eggs?" and he gives his consent. She jumps up and cries out "I eat two!" and everyone flees except a lame man who exclaims, "Poor me and the other one!" T255.4
• Dispute between two saints settled by angel. V229.18
• Deaf persons: search for the lost animal. A inquires for his lost animal. B talks about his work and makes a gesture. – A follows the direction of the gesture and happens to find the animals. He returns and offers an injured animal to B in thanks. – B thinks that he is blamed for injuring the animals. Dispute. Taken to deaf judge. (Cf. X111.14.) X111.1