37 motifs match “fasting”  ·  back to the chapters

• Tabu: fasting on holidays. C634
• Magic power by fasting. (Cf. G224.16, P623.) D1733.3.1
• Magic results from fasting. D1766.8
• Fasting a part of magic ritual. D1766.8.1
• Beautification by fasting. D1866.3
• Vision of food arises to tempt fasting women. D2031.16
• Saint ends epidemic by fasting. D2162.1
• Locality sanctified against pestilence (by angel) as result of prayer and fasting. (Cf. D1586.) D2162.3
• Resuscitation by fasting. E62.1
• Ghost laid by fasting. E443.7
• Reincarnation by fasting. E607.4
• Extraordinary strength from fasting for 12 years and eating nothing except earth. F611.3.0.1
• Fairy will marry king only if he will either cut off son's head or give up fasting on eleventh day. H313.2
• Contest in fasting. H1545
• Wisdom from fasting. J179.4
• Intemperance in fasting. J565
• Fasting the first month. Numskull having enough food to last him eleven out of the twelve months fasts the entire first month so as to get the ordeal over. He starves with eleven months' supply on hand. J2135.1
• Deceptive contest in fasting. K53
• Deceptive bargain: fasting together. The servant girl eats secretly; the miser starves. K177
• Prophecy of a plague consisting of "a flame of fire" which shall destroy three-fourths of the population of Ireland. Plague can be prevented by fasting, etc. M356.2
• Fasting (as a means of distraint). P623
• Fasting against God. P623.0.1
• Fasting against the Devil. P623.0.2
• Fasting against fairies. P623.0.3
• Fasting against saints. P623.0.4
• Fasting by saints causes tree worshipped by pagans to fall. P623.0.5
• Fasting to enforce saint's dues. P623.0.6
• Penance: fasting in sackcloth and ashes. Q523.10
• Lone fasting as penance. Q535.4
• Repression of lust through fasting. T317.4
• Abortion by fasting. T572.2.4
• Christ in the desert overcomes devil by fasting. V73.0.1
• Fasting to secure a prosperous journey. V73.4
• Fasting on "Golden Fridays" as charm against certain misfortunes. V73.5
• Angel invoked by fasting. V235.0.2
• Ascetic fasting. V462.2
• Eight unprofitable types of fasting. Z71.16.1.4