61 motifs match “exposed”  ·  back to the chapters

• Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset. A736.5.2
• Sheep and oxen protect exposed child. B535.0.10
• She-wolf cares for baby exposed in the forest. B535.0.11
• Touching magic boat with exposed child in it cures leprosy. (Cf. D1121.) D1502.4.3
• Woman dies on having secret love exposed. F1041.1.3.3
• Person lives on with intestines exposed. F1096.2
• Abandoned son shows claws and tail of tiger to which his parents have exposed him. H105.5.4
• Heads placed on stakes for failure in performance of task. Unsuccessful youths are beheaded and heads exposed. Hero sees them when he sets out to accomplish his task. H901.1
• Test of repentance: culprit exposed to situation identical to that in which he sinned. (Cf. H1573.) H1573.7.1
• Seducer about to seduce mother of child refrains when child wisely remarks that he is sad because his father has left his mother exposed to such dangers. J122.1
• Cynic asks that his body be exposed to the elements. When told that the beasts and the birds will prey on him he says: "Put a stick at my side so that I may chase them away." J1442.4.1
• Host hides meat in his clothing. It attracts his dog and he is exposed. J1562.3
• Lover left standing in snow while his mistress is with another. He later tricks her into standing a whole day in July in a tower naked exposed to the sun and flies. K1212
• Amorous intrigue observed and exposed. K1271
• Amorous intrigue exposed and faithless husband humiliated. K1271.3
• Rascals pull off judge's breeches and leave him exposed. K1285
• Seducer successfully disguised as washerwoman for fifteen years. Finally exposed. K1321.1.2
• Husband carries off box containing hidden paramour. Latter exposed (otherwise discomfited). K1555
• Boasting coward exposed by wife who masks as highwayman and robs him. K1837.1
• Impostors exposed by girl at her wedding. K1935.1
• False magician exposed by clever girl. K1963.1
• King's advisor falsely accused of treason. Accusers exposed and punished. K2126.1
• Peasant and his wife as foster parents of exposed king's son. P270.2
• Condemned queen exposed in leather on market place. Q483.1
• Exposed or abandoned child rescued. R131
• Miraculous rescue of all exposed children. R131.0.2
• Exposed children swallowed by earth; vomited up when grown. (Cf. F900.) R142
• Barren wife exposed by husband. S62.3
• Enemies buried alive up to their necks and exposed to jackals. (Cf. Q456.1.) S123.6
• Children abandoned (exposed). S301
• Undesirable children exposed, desirable preserved. S311
• Illegitimate child exposed. (Cf. S12.2.1, T640.) S312
• Child of incest exposed. (Cf. T410.) S312.1
• Violated woman's child exposed. S312.2
• Posthumous child to be exposed. S312.3
• Child of supernatural birth exposed. (Cf. T520.) S313
• Twins (triplets) exposed. (Cf. T587.) S314
• Children abandoned (driven forth, exposed) by hostile relative. S322
• Diseased child exposed. S325
• Monstrous (deformed) child exposed. (Cf. S11.3.2, T550.) S325.0.1
• Child born with caul exposed. S325.0.1.1
• Child exposed so as to avoid death decree. S329.1
• Tokens of royalty (nobility) left with exposed child. (Cf. H80.) S334
• Child exposed with twelve years' supply of food and attendants. S334.1
• Child exposed at palace gate. S335
• Child driven out (exposed) brought up in secret. S350.2
• Exposed children miraculously fed by angels. S353.2
• Exposed infant reared at strange king's court (Joseph, Oedipus). S354
• Travelers find exposed baby girl and take her to emperor's court. S354.2
• Prince (princess) adopts exposed child. S354.3
• Exposed child carried off by wild beast. (Cf. R13.) S355
• Children left at home seek exposed brothers and sisters. S356
• Cast-off wife exposed in boat. S431
• Cast-off wife and child exposed in boat. S431.1
• Exposed woman helped by magician. S453
• Prince falls in love with merchant's daughter exposed in jungle. T91.6.3.1
• Hermit having rebuked youth falls himself when exposed to the same sin. U231
• Monk rebukes brethren who succumb to temptation. When he is exposed to it he understands what temptation is. U231.1
• Corpses exposed in tree. V61.10
• Miserly wife exposed to guests by her husband. W153.3
• Woman exposed to ridicule when her wig is snatched off by a monkey. X52.1