48 motifs match “dressed”  ·  back to the chapters

• Invulnerability only when dressed in certain clothes. (Cf. D1344.) D1845.2
• Wild huntsmen dressed in black. E501.8.1
• Wild huntsmen dressed in red. E501.8.2
• Wild huntsmen dressed in white. E501.8.3
• Wild huntsmen dressed in ancient costume. E501.8.4
• Ill-dressed otherworld person. F236.0.1
• Spirits dressed in antique clothes. F401.1
• Spirit must speak as soon as addressed. F404.1
• Water-spirits are dressed like people of surroundings. F420.1.6.1
• Water-spirits are dressed in green. (Cf. F451.2.7.2.) F420.1.6.6.3
• Water-spirits are dressed in white. F420.1.6.6.4
• Water-spirits are dressed in blue. F420.1.6.6.5
• Trolls dressed in skins. F455.2.4
• Brownie dressed in green. F482.2.1
• Giants and giantesses dressed as human beings. F531.1.11
• Giants dressed in skin. F531.4.7.1
• Pygmies dressed in copper. F535.3.1
• Pygmies dressed in red. F535.3.2
• Dress of raw fur. Cat-fur, mouse-fur, or other undressed fur. F821.1.3
• Bearskin. Man dressed in bear hide. F821.1.3.1
• The devil as a well-dressed gentleman. G303.3.1.2
• How the devil is dressed. G303.5
• Devil is dressed in black. G303.5.1
• Devil is dressed in green. G303.5.2
• The devil dressed in red. G303.5.3
• Devil dressed in blue clothes. G303.5.4
• Devil dressed in hunting clothes. G303.5.5
• Maiden (to king): The house has neither eyes nor ears. (No child at window nor dog in yard to announce king's approach: he therefore finds her not dressed to receive him.) H583.8
• With a silent person one is alone. Angered bishop will not answer when addressed. Relents when priest says, "Since there is no one here I may heed the call of Nature." J817.3
• Poet (Dante) puts ruler out of countenance. Ruler had instructed jesters to tease him. The poet cleverly answers his questioners pretending to have the impression that the questions are addressed to the ruler. J1224.2
• Dressed up monkey thought to be a nobleman. J1762.6
• Having the head dressed before hanging. A man who has hurt his head in trying to hang himself has the head dressed by a doctor and then goes and hangs himself. J2174.3
• Drunken man made to believe that he has been to heaven and hell. He is dressed up as a rich lord and given rich food and drink. When put back into his own clothes he thinks that he has been to heaven. J2322
• Girl marries man so she will not be ashamed undressed in his presence. J2521.3
• Thief dressed half white, half black. His father's corpse is guarded by twenty knights in black and twenty in white. By disguising he steals back the corpse. K311.0.1
• Stolen sheep dressed as person sitting at helm of boat. K406.1
• Stolen sheep dressed as baby in cradle, so that thief may escape detection. (Mak.) K406.2
• Man in danger of life dressed by hostess as woman and set to baking. K521.4.1.2
• Man in danger of life dressed by hostess as woman and set to grinding corn. K521.4.1.3
• In order to save child from death, maid substitutes block dressed to resemble it. Enemy strikes block. K525.1.3
• Helper dressed in bear's skin helps to escape. K649.7.2
• Girl refuses to dance with a devil until she is well dressed. The devil brings things till the cock crows. Another girl asks for all the things at once and must dance until she dies. K1227.3.1
• Husband beaten by paramour. Husband, dressed in wife's clothing, is beaten by forewarned paramour. The latter says that he is testing the wife's fidelity to her husband. K1514.4.1
• Modest choice best: wife chosen from crowd of women – only one poorly dressed. L213.1
• Goldsmith gives money to one who addressed him as friend (the goldsmith had no friends because he has cheated everybody). L363
• Hero unwilling to answer questions before he is dressed. P644
• Dead is undressed. V68.4
• Wager with overdressed youths that servant can carry a large bucket of water upstairs. They follow and are soaked when the servant purposely spills the dirty water. X32