182 motifs match “drown” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Devil plans to drown God at time of creation. A63.2
• Lake bursts forth to drown thief. A920.1.3
• Lake bursts forth to drown impious people. A920.1.8
• Origin of river: from a girl drowned in a well. A934.10
• Animals from Pharaoh's drowned army. From the army crossing the Red Sea came the various animals. A1715.1
• Various birds from Pharaoh's drowned army. (Cf. A1715.1). A1901
• Creation of sandpiper: Pharaoh's cook calls drowned army to dinner. A1944.1
• Unicorn thrown from ark and drowned: hence no longer exists. A2214.3
• Griffin disdains to go on ark; drowned: hence extinct. A2232.4
• Magpie refuses to get into ark, sits around outside, jabbering over drowned world, is unlucky. (Cf. A2232.4.) A2542.1.1
• Drowning man rescued by siren. B53.1
• Mermaids from Pharoah's children. They were drowned in the Red Sea. B81.1
• Mermaid's singing causes sleep. Girl tumbles from boat and drowns. B81.11
• Magic tunny (grateful); carries out hero's wish. Later he saves him from drowning and restores his sanity. B175.2
• Magic boar drowns houndpack. B184.3.1.1
• Animal grateful for rescue from drowning. B362
• Animal saves man from death by drowning. B527
• Owl saves man from drowning: flaps wings to call attention to direction of land. B527.3
• Dog rescues drowning man. B541.4
• Male rabbit bears young. Female rabbit escaped Noah on ark and drowned. B754.4
• Tabu: rescuing drowning man. C41.1
• Death by drowning for breaking tabu. C923
• Burning and drowning as punishment for breaking tabu. C927.3
• River says, "The time has come but not the man". Man thus induced to drown himself. D1311.11.1
• Divining rod (twig) points out spot where unwed mother had drowned child. D1314.2.4
• Loaf of bread locates drowned man. Floated on water comes to rest directly over corpse. (Cf. D1031.1.) D1314.6
• River rises to drown liars. (Cf. D1316, D915.) D1318.17
• Magic object protects from drowning. D1388
• Magic ring protects from drowning. (Cf. D1076.) D1388.0.1
• Magic chain protects from drowning. D1388.0.3
• Magic garment protects from drowning. (Cf. D1052.) D1388.0.4
• Magic object causes person to be drowned. (Cf. D1402.13.2.) D1402.0.2
• Magic well causes person to be drowned. (Cf. D926). D1402.0.2.1
• Magic spell causes person to be drowned. (Cf. D1273.) D1402.0.2.2
• Magic ring causes person to be drowned. (Cf. D1076.) D1402.0.2.3
• Druid's spells cause drowning. (Cf. D1402.0.2.) D1402.13.2
• Druidess' spell causes drowning. D1402.13.2.1
• Water gradually envelops girl filling pitcher and drowns her. Work of malevolent rice-spirit. D1432.1
• Person dreams of spot where drowned body lies. D1810.8.2.2
• Location of corpse of drowned person detected by magic. D1816.4.1
• Immunity from drowning. (Cf. F222.1.1.) D1841.6
• Magic animal proof against drowning. D1841.6.1
• Wind raised by putting cat under bushel (barrel) (drowning cat). (Cf. G283.2.1.) D2142.1.5
• Escape from drowning by drying up all waters. (Cf. D2151.2.3.) D2165.2
• Ghost claims a life every seven years by drowning person in river. E266.1.1
• Return from dead to rescue from drowning. E379.1
• Drowned person cannot rest in peace. (Cf. E334.4.) E414
• Ghost of drowned man leaves puddle of salt water where he stands. E544.1.3
• Strand of hair from drowned woman speaks. E545.20.1
• Reincarnation of drowned persons as birds. E613.0.4
• Drowned girl reborn as leech to take revenge on murderers. E693.1
• Wraiths of persons drowning appear in dripping clothes. E723.7.8
• Souls of drowned in heated kettles in hell. E755.2.1
• Life token: earth, water, or blood in footprint. Earth: dead by disease; water: drowned; blood: killed in battle. E761.1.3.1
• Woman beset by elves (or phantoms) drowns self. F324.2
• Fairy leaves when druid utters spell that drowns her voice. F381.6
• Water-spirits save man from drowning. F420.5.1.10
• Hero drowned by water-spirits, who draw him down as he crosses ice. F420.5.2.1.3
• Water-goddess allows body of drowning person to come up three times. F420.5.2.1.4
• Water-spirit keeps souls of drowned persons in dishes in his home. F420.5.2.3
• Giant drowned. F531.6.12.8
• Giants drowned (in Ymir's blood). F531.6.12.8.1
• Giant drowned in Deluge. (Cf. A1010.) F531.6.12.8.2
• Extraordinary threefold death: falling from rock and tree, drowning. F901.1
• Extraordinary threefold death: wounding, burning, drowning. F901.1.1
• Extraordinary twofold death: burning, drowning. F901.2
• Waters rise to drown wrongdoer. F930.2
• Water sinks to bottom, mud rises to surface to keep prophet from drowning. F930.3
• Treacherous river overflows and drowns victims. F932.8.4
• Shallow river rushes up to drown man. F932.8.5
• Man keeps to his bed, mourning over drowned son. F1041.9.1.1
• King about to kill foster-son due to his evil explanation of dream; both jump into sea and are drowned. F1041.16.7
• Extraordinary escape from drowning. F1088.3
• Clerics and property cast safely on shore when enemies attempt their drowning. F1088.3.1
• Witch drowns foal. G265.2
• Ugly ogre terrifies women who flee and are drowned. G476
• Ogre drowned. G512.11
• What animal which lives in sea-water will drown if taken out of it? (Gním Abraein.) H842.1
• Drowning test. Unavailing attempt to drown hero. H1538
• Test of goddess's favor: husband drowns his son to see if his wife's tutelary goddess can bring him back to life. H1577.2
• Rescue alone from shipwreck chosen over drowning with goods. J222
• Raven drowns his young who promise to aid him when he becomes old. He saves one who admits he will not help, because he will have to carry his own young. J267.1
• Man inattentive to the danger of drowning enters water to save treasure and is drowned. J651.2
• Priest carries the Host across a dangerous stream. Spectators tell him to thank God for not drowning. "I helped Him across!" J1261.2.8
• Cynic is asked if widower should remarry. "One who has just escaped from drowning should not return to sea." J1442.12
• The fatal bed. A sailor says that all his ancestors have drowned. Citizen: "Aren't you afraid of drowning?" Sailor: "How did your ancestors die?" Citizen: "All of them in bed." Sailor: "Aren't you afraid to go to bed?" J1474
• Wife shows deep water. Husband declares that he will drown himself. The wife shows him a deep spot in the stream. J1545.9
• Jumping into the river after their comrade. Through misunderstanding one of the men jumps into the river. He calls out; the others think that he wants them to follow, and all jump in and are drowned. J1832
• Sickle punished by drowning. In a land where the sickle is not known the new sickle cuts off the head of a man. It is drowned. J1865
• Fear that frog may drown or get dirty. J1909.7
• Fool carries wife across stream head downwards and drowns her. J1916
• Where the ducks ford. A fool is asked where the river is fordable. He says, "Everywhere." The man tries to ride across and is almost drowned. The fool, "Those little ducks were able to cross here; why couldn't a big fellow like you?" J1919.2
• Counting wrong by not counting oneself. Numskulls conclude that one of their number is drowned. J2031
• Fox trying to drown jug. Sticks his head into it and gets drowned himself. J2131.5.7
• Man leaps into river and drowns in effort to save his treasure. J2146.2
• Scolding the drowning child instead of helping him. J2175.2
• Man lets his infant son play in river. Son drowns. J2175.4
• Dearly bought disgrace. A foolish priest is pushed into the water. "I wish I had drowned; then you would all have been disgraced." J2185
• A drunkard cannot drown. A drunken man falls overboard but the skipper refuses to pick him up. "A man who is soaked in wine cannot drown. No part of his body will absorb water." J2282
• Sick woman hung in well to cool off: drowned. Fool has cooled objects thus. J2412.6