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

• Creator's family. (Cf. A7.) A32
• Family of gods. (Cf. A111, A164.) A168
• The sun-god and his family. A220.2
• Family of the moon. A745
• Origin of adultery. It occurs in the primeval human family. A1556.3
• Origin of regulations within the family. A1570
• Origin of family insignia. A1578
• Origin of family crests. A1578.1
• Origin of regulation within the family – miscellaneous. A1579
• Origin of laws: division of property in a family. A1585
• Origin of a king's family from a fairy prince. A1653.2
• Beetle cursed for betraying Holy Family on way to Egypt; beetle now has its eyes always on the ground. A2231.7.1.1
• Willow shelters Holy Family: becomes weeping willow. (Cf. A2681.1.) A2632.1
• Grateful fish grants mad hero his wish: to impregnate a princess. Later the fish saves the hero and his family from death at sea. B375.1.1
• Wild leopards guide Jesus and the Holy Family through wilderness in flight to Egypt. B563.5
• Mythical tiger has family of jaguars. B672
• Clever and swift horse of dromedary-family. B710.2.2
• Family dares not discuss tigers, fearing that son in form of tiger will return. C441.1
• Magic book wherein is written family's destiny. (Cf. D1266.) D1325.1
• Leaves turn into fish to feed family. (Cf. D955.) D1470.2.1.1
• Family of magicians. D1711.11
• Baalam's family as magicians. D1711.11.1
• Wound healed only by person who gave it. (Or by member of his family.) (Cf. D2161.2.) D2161.4.10.2
• Student revives whole family following instructions given by demon. E181.2
• Ghost family visits grave of father. E324.2
• First-born of a family cannot see ghosts. E421.1.1.0.1
• Wraith gives information of death in family. E723.4.5
• Fairy family lives in neat cottage. F221.4
• Family carried away to fairyland as part of bargain. F327
• Fairies do all house and farm work for family who returns lost child. F339.3.1
• Fairy gift not to leave possession of mortal's family. Bad luck will follow. F348.3
• Family of demons. F402.7
• Water-spirits have family life under water. F420.3.1
• Extraordinary tree supports pious man and his family. F979.19
• Husband becomes cannibal from eating wife's breast. She cuts off her breasts and cooks them to feed her family. The husband thus acquires a longing for human flesh. G36.1
• Devil visits woman and founds a family. (Cf. G303.11.) G303.12.4
• Recognition by "force of nature". Unknown member of family immediately and magically recognized. H175
• Suitor in contest with bride or member of her family. H332
• In large family father unwilling but mother willing to sell children. H491.1
• Symbolic interpretation of playing cards. Soldier reproved for playing cards during church says that playing cards are his prayerbook and calendar. Ace: one God, one Faith, one Baptism; 2: old and new Testaments; 3: Trinity; 4: evangelists; 5: wise virgins; 6: days of creation; 7: sabbath; 8. Noah's family; 9: ungrateful lepers; 10: commandments; knave (jack): Judas; queen (of Sheba); king: God; 12 face cards: 12 months; etc. H603
• Quest for lost (stolen) family. H1385.9
• Test of friendship: to go with one to death. Everyman. He calls in Riches, Family, etc. Only Good Deeds remains with him. H1558.3
• Wisdom taught by suicidal example. Man is ordered by Senate to make tyrant stop bloodshed. He kills himself and family to satiate tyrant of blood. J173
• Don't injure yourself to insure your family's future. J322
• Man wagers he can run with his head off. Asked what it will profit him, he says that it will profit his family. J322.1
• Plea for a good father. Mother of twelve on deathbed explains to family that not all her children are legitimate. Gives the paternity of each child. Youngest leaves his food to say: "Please, mother, give me a good father!" (Cf. J325.) J1279.1
• All appurtenances included. Butcher buyer demands saddle and ornaments along with camel (or the like). Seller later buys all heads in butcher shop: demands heads of butcher's family. J1293.5
• He has a family to support. Ruler to servant stealing his game: "If you wish any I'll send you some." J1636
• Family do not realize that Lent has arrived until it is Palm Sunday. Then they explain that Lent will be short because it has been a short winter. J1743.2
• The archbishop's wife and family. Fool asks what he is to talk about when guests arrive. Is told: "Their wives and family." He asks the archbishop about his family. (Cf. J2461.2.) J1747
• Serfs congratulate their master. The delegate slips and falls, cursing: "The devil may take you!" The serfs outside think this was the congratulation, and all cry in chorus: "You and your family!" J1845
• Fool does not recognize his own house and family. J2014
• Frogs to eat insects, snakes to eat frogs. Snakes eat numskull's family. J2102.8
• Mutual agreement to sacrifice family members in famine. Trickster refuses to carry out his part of the bargain. K231.1.1
• Family of thieves. K301.2
• Thieves steal pig and make it impersonate person with plague. Owner and family flee. K335.0.2.1
• Jackal ordered to take meat to lion's family takes it to his own. K361.1
• Thief's confederate cuts off own arm to furnish alibi for family's grief. (Previously he had severed father's or brother's head to escape detection.) K407.2.1
• Owner pretends to think thief is family god and binds him. K439.8
• Trickster takes goods given in charity to his family. K461
• Escape by posing as member of murderer's family or tribe. K601
• Animal captor appeased by being fed captive's family. K614
• Deception into killing own family or animals. K940
• Tale of the cradle. Two youths pass the night with a family where all sleep in a common room, with a cradle at the foot of one of the beds. The moving of the cradle in the night confuses those walking about so that the strangers sleep with the wife and the daughter. K1345
• Members of dupe's family killed. K1460
• The animal in the chest. The husband has locked the surprised paramour in a chest while he fetches his family as witness of his wife's unfaithfulness. She frees the lover, substitutes an animal, and discountenances the husband. (Cf. K1542, K1555, K1566, K1574.) K1515
• Family is accused of stinginess by recipients of their hospitality. K2129.4
• Treasure-animal introduced into family's flock in order to stir up dissension and enmity. K2131.5
• Trouble-maker in night-lodging. Comes riding a wolf and asks for hospitality. Wolf kills sheep. Beehive in bed. Bees sting family and cause father to kill son. K2138
• Oath to marry daughters only into family with bridegroom for each daughter. M149.5
• King sells self and family into slavery to keep promise. M203.3
• King breaks promise to care for man's family. Is caught trying to steal his money. M205.4
• Mountain in human shape prophesies whole family's death. M301.15
• Prophecy: all flocks will perish and family die. M359.6
• Prophecy of king taking a cruel stepmother to her sons after her death enacted before eyes of dying queen by sparrow family living in tree by palace window. M369.2.1.1
• Wife brings bad luck to the husband's family. N134.1.2
• Separation of family by shipwreck. N317
• Youth accidentally absent when entire family is wiped out. N659.2
• The family. P200
• Inherent enmity between members of a family. P201
• Feud between two branches of family. P201.1
• Strangers entertained by family to whose hitching-ring they happen to tie their horses. Thus confusion avoided as to where strangers are to be entertained. P328
• Lot and family rewarded by being saved from destruction of city. (Cf. Q152.) Q150.1.1
• Family line of good man rewarded. Q191
• Murder of parents punished by member of family. Q211.12
• Raja sacrifices his entire family so as to purify lake water. S263.3.3
• Amount of dowry fixed by custom in bride's family. T52.4.1
• Bride and groom look into a big mirror while old member of family knocks both their heads together. T135.13
• Groom becomes a member of bride's family. T137.4
• Consummation of marriage postponed until revelation by dream of future of family has been secured. T165.1
• Fugitive returns to his family so that they may collect reward from his capture. T215.5
• Devil causes girl to become prostitute. Destroys the girl's family and begets on her a boy. T451
• Extraordinary number of children in family. T586.2
• Prayers of family comfort prisoner. V53
• Man buried upright beneath kitchen stairway in order that he may watch his family. V61.3.0.3
• Royal family as sacred. V205
• House and family appear overnight to afford hospitality to benighted priests. (Cf. Q45.1.) V229.21
• Vision in which saint foresees allegorically the ramifications of king's family. V515.2.2
• Man divides money into three parts: (1) for the poor, (2) for pilgrims, (3) for himself and family. W11.3
• Conqueror returns defeated man's wife and family to him. W11.5.4