29 motifs match “dropping”  ·  back to the chapters

• Animal characteristics from dropping ancient animal from air. A2214
• Why dogs leave droppings at crossroads. A2473.1.1
• Treasure-dropping animals. B103.1
• Gold-producing ass. Droppings of gold. B103.1.1
• Pearl-dropping cow. B103.1.2.1
• Gold-producing dog. Droppings of gold. B103.1.3
• Bird shows way by dropping feathers every seven steps. B151.2.0.1
• Exchange of common cow for gold-dropping cow made by daughter when her father stops at her home for the night. D871.1.1
• Spider dropping on person's back as ill omen. D1812.5.1.12.3
• Spider dropping on one's front a good omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.12.3.) D1812.5.2.11
• Dwarfs kill giantess by dropping millstone on her head. F451.10.2.1
• Woman fed by bees' dropping honey into her mouth (lie). F561.6
• Food-dropping trees. F811.5.1
• Man uses umbrella under trees. (To protect self from falling branches and bird droppings.) H591.2
• Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the Jew. J1661.1.1
• Dropping dough thought to be a ghost. It drops on the floor and the man thinks the place is haunted. J1782.2
• Alleged gold-dropping animal sold. K111.1
• Pseudo-magic money-dropping ass beaten to death by buyer; cheat says: "Return my ass, I shall return your money." K249.3
• Eavesdropping sexton duped into giving suppliant money. The trickster prays to the Virgin for a certain sum of money and promises repayment of double at the end of the month. The sexton throws the money to him, but never receives it back. K464
• Dupe persuaded to fight with alleged gold-dropping bear: trickster meantime steals his clothes. K1252.1
• Tiger thinks sound of water dropping is sound of dreadful monster: flees. K1725.2
• Disguise with hood dropping low over the face. K1815.0.1
• Boasting king insulted by crow dropping filth on him. L410.3
• Eavesdropping person unwittingly killed. N322
• Eavesdropping man in disguise as devil killed unwittingly by daughter's lover. N322.1
• Eavesdropping wife hidden in bushes killed unwittingly by husband. N322.2
• Death as punishment for dropping on emperor's coat. Q411.15
• Punishment: dropping and dashing to pieces. (Cf. Q551.10.) Q417
• Girl betrays pregnancy by dropping milk on brother. T579.8.3