72 motifs match “drowning”  ·  back to the chapters

• Drowning man rescued by siren. B53.1
• Magic tunny (grateful); carries out hero's wish. Later he saves him from drowning and restores his sanity. B175.2
• 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
• Tabu: rescuing drowning man. C41.1
• Death by drowning for breaking tabu. C923
• Burning and drowning as punishment for breaking tabu. C927.3
• 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
• Druid's spells cause drowning. (Cf. D1402.0.2.) D1402.13.2
• Druidess' spell causes drowning. D1402.13.2.1
• 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
• Wraiths of persons drowning appear in dripping clothes. E723.7.8
• Water-spirits save man from drowning. F420.5.1.10
• Water-goddess allows body of drowning person to come up three times. F420.5.2.1.4
• 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
• Water sinks to bottom, mud rises to surface to keep prophet from drowning. F930.3
• Extraordinary escape from drowning. F1088.3
• Clerics and property cast safely on shore when enemies attempt their drowning. F1088.3.1
• Drowning test. Unavailing attempt to drown hero. H1538
• Rescue alone from shipwreck chosen over drowning with goods. J222
• 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
• 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
• Scolding the drowning child instead of helping him. J2175.2
• The polite rescuers. Pupils are taught to clap their hands and say "God bless you" when one sneezes. As they are rescuing a drowning man by a rope he sneezes. They all clap their hands and he falls back into the water. J2516.3.2
• Thieves escape detection by carrying woman on bier and drowning her outcries with wailing. K419.8
• Compassionate executioners. Slaves charged with killing (drowning) the infant heroine are touched by her "laughing smile" and put her in a calfshed (hollow tree), where she is found by cowherds, who rear her. K512.0.1
• Escape by shammed drowning; wrecked boat or coffin lands. K522.6
• Drowning punishment for turtle (eel, crab). By expressing horror of drowning, he induces his captor to throw him into the water – his home. K581.1
• Captors lured into drowning selves. K656
• Fatal game: drowning. K853
• Monkey tricked into jumping in water and drowning self. Jackal hides in reeds which screen water. K891.3
• Murder by drowning. (Cf. K926.) K958
• Death caused by elements (exposure, drowning, etc.) as punishment for broken oath. M101.3.1
• Prophecy: death by drowning. M341.2.3
• Death by drowning: man strangles to death on drinking water. M341.2.3.1
• Prophecy: drowning in particular stream. M341.3.3
• Death by drowning. M451.2
• Humble man miraculously saved from drowning. (Cf. Q4.) Q151.5
• Punishment: drowning. (Cf. Q552.19.) Q428
• Drowning as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Q428.1
• Drowning as punishment for disturbing holy person. (Cf. Q227.) Q428.3
• Punishment by drowning. (Cf. Q552.19.) Q467
• Punishment: drowning in swamp. (Cf. Q474.) Q467.3
• Miraculous drowning as punishment. (Cf. Q428, Q467.) Q552.19
• Drowning caused by magic wind as punishment of braggart. (Cf. D906, Q330.) Q552.19.0.1
• Miraculous drowning as punishment for opposition to saint (holy man). (Cf. Q227.) Q552.19.1
• Miraculous drowning as punishment for desire to murder. (Cf. Q211.8.) Q552.19.2
• Miraculous drowning as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.) Q552.19.3
• Miraculous drowning as punishment for man's flight with stepmother. (Cf. Q242.) Q552.19.4
• Miraculous drowning as punishment for haughtiness. (Cf. Q331.) Q552.19.5
• Drowning as punishment for drowning. Q581.3.1
• Miller rescues drowning princess. R131.2.1
• Lover rescues his lady from drowning. R161.3
• Murder by drowning. S131
• Visit to certain church protects from drowning on pilgrimage. (Cf. D1384, D1388.) V111.1
• Man rescued from drowning kills rescuer. W154.9
• Whales rescue drowning king who planned to kill them. W154.9.1