35 motifs match “familiar”  ·  back to the chapters

• Ghosts haunt house. (It is sometimes hard to tell whether haunters are supposed to be ghosts or familiar spirits of some kind.) E281
• Spirits help mortal. Familiar spirits. F403.2
• Acquisition of familiar spirit. F403.2.1
• Familiar spirit acquired by carrying egg under left arm-pit. F403.2.1.1
• Form of familiar spirit. F403.2.2
• Familiar spirit in animal form. F403.2.2.1
• Angels as familiar spirits. Act as servants about the house of saints and serve them otherwise. F403.2.2.2
• Familiar spirit equivalent to man's soul. F403.2.2.3
• Demon as familiar spirit. F403.2.2.5
• Deeds of familiar spirits. F403.2.3
• Familiar spirit brings news with magic speed. F403.2.3.4
• Familiar spirit reveals infidelity of man's wife. F403.2.3.5
• Witch's familiar spirit. G225
• Witch feeds animal familiar with her own blood. G225.0.1
• Familiar is given to witch by devil when person becomes witch. G225.0.2
• Familiars do work for witch. G225.0.3
• Bullets will not harm witch's familiars. G225.0.4
• Familiar's abode is magician's cellar. G225.0.5
• Familiar's abode is hearth of magician. G225.0.5.1
• Familiar comes at nightfall and disappears at cockcrow. (Cf. E452.) G225.0.6
• Familiar to be fed on human meat. G225.0.7
• Insect as witch's familiar. (Fly, bee, gnat, spider.) G225.1
• Toad as witch's familiar. (Cf. G303.10.2.) G225.4
• Dog as witch's familiar. G225.6
• Other animal as witch's familiar. G225.7
• Magician's familiar a pig. G225.7.1
• Magician's familiar a viper. G225.7.2
• Minor devil or imp as witch's familiar. G225.8
• Approaching danger too familiarly. J655
• Mark the way one is going in an unfamiliar country. J765
• "High-born alone recognizes one of equal rank with himself." Jackal sees man with instrument he is unfamiliar with, comes up to him and salutes him "Lord of Delhi." Man calls him Lord of Jungle and tells above. J814.3
• King's faithful servant falsely accused of familiarity with queen. K2121.2
• Familiars guard and protect those who have pact with the devil. M219.3
• Familiar devours whoever does not keep pact with devil. M219.4
• Familiarity takes away fear. U131