25 motifs match “distant”  ·  back to the chapters

• Mother of the moon: the most distant star in the sky. A745.2
• Purchase of night. Originally no night. Culture hero goes to distant land and buys it. He introduces sleep, etc. Cock to crow for day. (Cf. B755, J2272.1.) A1174.3
• Magic clairvoyant telescope. Shows distant events. D1323.15
• Transportation by stretching and swaying tree. The tree stretches and bends over so as to land hero in a distant country. (Cf. D482.) D1520.1.1
• Saint casts staffs to distant island. Staff that reaches owner shall have island. (Cf. D1254.) D1524.1.2.1
• Magic knowledge of events in distant place. D1813
• Dream shows events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.) D1813.1
• "Knowledge tooth" reveals events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.3.) D1813.3
• Magic power to see distant objects. (Cf. D1813.3, D1817.0.1, D1825.5.) D1825.2
• Witches have power to see distant sights. D1825.9
• Magic rath always seems distant, never near. D2031.13
• Wraith of sweetheart stays in room where lover has died. It disappears only after her death at far distant point twenty years after death of lover. E723.5
• Remarkable star-gazer. Sees birds in nest in distant tree. F642.1
• Task: bringing documents from distant city in one day. H1107
• Task: bringing water from distant fountain more quickly than a witch. H1109.1
• Quest to distant king for military aid. H1224
• Quest to distant sage for advice. H1393
• Fox in swollen river claims to be swimming to distant town. J873
• Futility of distant travel. J1076
• Frog thinks cattle are distant country. J1772.13
• Deceptive land bargain: saints agree that the one who casts his staff far enough to reach distant island shall be owner of land. Staff of one contestant transformed to spear (or dart) and so alone reaches island. When saint touches weapon, it becomes staff again. K185.13
• A ribbon long enough to reach from ear to ear. The rascal has had an ear cut off and this is in a distant city. K195
• Seduction by luring woman to platform to look for distant ship. K1339.2.1
• Stone that is to kill one powdered and thrown into distant sea. M377.1
• Dream of treasure on the bridge. A man dreams that if he goes to a distant city he will find treasure on a certain bridge. Finding no treasure, he tells his dream to a man who says that he too has dreamed of treasure at a certain place. He describes the place, which is the first man's home. When the latter returns home he finds the treasure. N531.1