64 motifs match “dove”  ·  back to the chapters

• Three horses from dove's egg on last day. A1091.1
• Creation of dove. A1948
• Dove returns to ark in obedience to Noah: receives sheen of raven. A2221.7
• Raven attempts to imitate dove: punished with awkward gait. A2232.10
• Ring-dove eats man's grain: man may kill him. Similarly francolin and guinea fowl. A2238.2
• Dove and magpie exchange eggs – dove's seven for magpie's two: why dove has two eggs. (Cf. A2486.3.) A2247.4
• Thrush teaches dove to build nest. (Cf. A2431.3.1.) A2271.1
• Origin of magpie's feathers. Exchanges with dove. (Cf. A2247.) A2313.2
• Why dove's head is marked as it is. A2330.7
• Why wooddove has green eyes. A2332.5.6
• Where Jahrvogel (rhytidoceros) got its necklace. Borrowed form dove. (Cf. A2241.) A2351.3
• Magpie is a hybrid of dove and raven; was not baptized by water of the flood in Noah's time. (Cf. A2291.) A2382.1
• Why dove coos. A2426.2.8
• Dove's nest. (Cf. A2271.1.) A2431.3.1
• Ring-dove's nest. Exchanged with gull. (Cf. A2247.) A2431.3.3
• Gull's nest. Exchanged with ringdove. (Cf. A2247.) A2431.3.4
• Graceful step of dove. A2441.2.2
• Why dove lays but two eggs. (Cf. A2247.4.) A2486.3
• Monogamous life of dove. A2497.1
• Why turtle-dove is sad. A2521.1
• Why ring-dove brings good luck. A2536.2
• Dove as prophetic bird. B143.0.6
• Speaking dove. B211.3.5
• King of doves. B242.2.2
• Dove as messenger. B291.1.3
• Helpful dove. (Cf. B362.) B457.1
• Birds show man treasure. Doves saved by monk from death show him where to dig for treasure. B562.1.3
• Dove helps deity draw his wife into a net. B582.2.5
• Marriage to dove-maiden. B652.3
• Eating dove. (Cf. C549.) C221.1.2.3
• Transformation: man to dove. D154.1
• Transformation: god to dove. D154.1.0.1
• Transformation: dove to person. D354.1
• Transformation: dog to dove (transformed man). D412.5.1
• Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by having magic doves converse. D2006.1.3
• Revenant as dove. E423.3.1
• Reincarnation as dove. E613.6
• Soul in form of dove. (Cf. E423.3.1.) E732.1
• Souls carried to heaven by doves. E754.2.1
• Raven and dove fight over man's soul. E756.3
• Fairy in form of dove. F234.1.15.2
• Golden dove. F855.3.3
• Witch transforms man to dove. G263.1.5.2
• Devil cannot change into dove. G303.3.6.2
• Dove disregards experience and loses brood. Rebuilds her nest in the place where she has lost former brood. J16
• Fox tries to mask as dove, but loses all thoughts of murder. J512.10
• Tame doves close wild ones in trap and thus help common enemies. J683.2
• Doves in net console themselves because they think trapper's tears are from pity for them. J869.1
• Dove sees painted cups of water and dashes into them. J1792.1
• Raven tries to imitate dove's step but breaks his bones. J2413.9
• Hawk persuades doves to elect him their king. Kills them. K815.8
• Mohammed puts seed in his ears and when doves trained to feed there come, he tells people that they bring messages from God. K1962.1
• Maltreated children transformed to doves. S365.1
• Anchorite saved by a miracle. When he is about to give in to temptation a dove flies out of his mouth. On repenting the dove re-enters his mouth. T331.5
• Crow exercises rights of strong over dove who cannot defend self. Dove at crow's request sings to save her brood which crow kills after song. U31.2
• Dove's pride in her large brood linked with fear for their loss. U81.1
• Dove flies out of man's mouth. Impious anchorite has agreed to forsake his religion in return for the possession of a maid. When he repents the dove reenters his mouth. V345
• Parson is to let a dove fly in the church. It dies in his pocket. X418
• Lies about doves. X1256
• Lie: doves tear up wolf. X1256.1
• The Twelve Days (Gifts) of Christmas: 1 partridge, 2 turtle-doves, 3 French hens, 4 colly birds, 5 gold rings, 6 geese, 7 swans, 8 maids, 9 drummers, 10 pipers, 11 ladies, 12 lords. Z22.1
• The Twelve kinds of Food: 1 partridge, 2 turtledoves, 3 woodpigeons, 4 ducks, 5 rabbits, 6 hares, 7 hounds, 8 sheep, 9 oxen, 10 turkeys, 11 hams, 12 cheeses. Z22.2
• Little ant finds a penny, buys new clothes with it, and sits in her doorway. Various animals pass by and propose marriage. She asks what they do at night. Each one replies with its characteristic sound, and none pleases her but the quiet little mouse, whom she marries. She leaves him to tend the stew, and he falls in and drowns. She weeps and, on learning the reason, bird cuts off its beak, dove cuts off its tail, etc. Z32.3
• My dog picked up a string, but did not wish to give it to me unless I gave her bread. Cupboard did not wish to give bread unless I gave it a key; smith, charcoal; charcoal-burner, calf's legbone; butcher, milk; cow, grass; meadow, water; clouds, dove's feather. Dove gave me a feather which I gave to clouds, etc. Z41.4.2