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

• Gods covered with red and yellow feathers. A139.9.3
• Sun and moon are balls of feathers. A738.1.1
• Snow from feathers or clothes of a witch (Frau Holle). A1135.2.1
• Mankind from featherless bird sent from sky. A1231.1
• Cat from transformed eagle. Eagle mistakes stick of wood for fish and gets feet caught. Wind blows off feathers and makes hair. (Cf. A1710.) A1811.1
• Thrush's hospitality to peacock rewarded by being given motley coat of feathers. (Cf. A2411.2.1.1.) A2222.1
• Ravens show Adam how to bury dead: are born with white feathers. A2223.7
• Race of culture hero with ostrich: ostrich loses beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2402.2.) A2252.3
• Origin of bird's feathers. A2313
• Origin of cuckoo's feathers. (Cf. A2241.6.) A2313.1
• Origin of magpie's feathers. Exchanges with dove. (Cf. A2247.) A2313.2
• Origin of peacock's feathers. (Cf. A2241, A2245.) A2313.3
• Origin of nkundak's feathers. (Cf. A2223.2.) A2313.4
• Why young ravens have white feathers. A2313.5
• Why swallow has black feathers in tail and only two feathers. A2378.8.6
• Why bird has two beautiful feathers in his tail. A2378.8.7
• How ostrich lost beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2252.3.) A2402.2
• Markings on tail-feathers of ruffed grouse. A2412.2.1
• Dragon with golden feathers. B11.2.2.1
• Vasa Mortis. Bird with four heads, middle like a whale, feathers and feet of a griffin. B46
• Golden bird. Bird with golden feathers. B102.1
• Treasure from bird's feathers. B113.3
• Peacock's feathers ruffled in presence of poison. (Cf. B143.1.2.) B131.5
• Bird shows way by dropping feathers every seven steps. B151.2.0.1
• Bird with magic bones and feathers. B172.4
• Obedience of the feathered creatures to the commands of saint. B256.5
• Parrot and sparrow argue right to inherit property left by man. Sparrow says his interests are the same as man's; parrot says that he caused all man's wealth, since man sold his feathers. People's decision for parrot. B271.1
• Birds give hero feather to burn if he is in difficulty. B501.4
• Birds throw some of their feathers to the hero in danger and he flies off. B540.1
• Eagle renews youth. Feathers fall off and regrow. B758
• Tabu: sleeping on feather bed. C735.2.7
• Transformation: man to feather. D275
• Transformation: feather to person. D437.3
• Transformation: feather to tree. D457.7
• Transformation by putting on skin. By putting on the skin, feathers, etc. of an animal, a person is transformed to that animal. D531
• Transformation by putting on claw, feather, etc. of helpful animal. D532
• Magic feather. D1021
• Magic bird's power in one feather. D1021.1
• Magic feather dress. D1069.2
• Magic feather indicates road. (Cf. D1021.) D1313.10
• Magic feather gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1021.) D1323.16
• Rejuvenation by magic feather. (Cf. D1021.) D1338.12
• Magic feather brings supernatural old age. (Cf. D1021.) D1341.4
• Love-producing magic feather. (Cf. D1021.) D1355.23
• Magic feather renders invisible. (Cf. D1021.) D1361.10
• Feather causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1021.) D1364.6
• Magic object causes feathers to grow on person. D1375.6
• Magic egg causes feathers to grow on person. (Cf. D1024.) D1375.6.1
• Magic feather protects. (Cf. D1021.) D1380.22
• Magic feather defeats enemy. (Cf. D1021.) D1400.1.19
• Magic feather restores sight. (Cf. D1021.) D1505.3
• Magic transportation by feather-dress. (Cf. D1069.2.) D1520.35
• Magic feather causes chips from tree to return as cut. Thus the tree remains uncut. (Cf. D1021.) D1565.1
• Self-luminous feather. (Cf. D1021.) D1645.6
• Magic sight by looking through feather. D1821.3.10
• Feathered skin magically grafted to bald head. D2161.3.4.1
• Resuscitation by magic feather. (Cf. D1021.) E64.9
• Ogre's life in parrot's feather in man's pocket. E715.1.3.1
• Soul as feather. E745.1
• Lost soul in raven feathers. E752.4
• Life token: bird feathers sink in river at hero's death. E761.7.7
• Ascent to sky on feather. F61.2
• Ascent to sky by sticking to magic feather. F61.2.1
• Descent from upper world on magic feather (like ladder). F61.2.1.1
• Feathered people. F521.2
• Man can transplant feather from one bird to another. F668.3
• Man can keep together feathers in great wind. F673
• Dress of feathers. F821.1.6
• Feather used as mast. F841.2.2
• Ship wrapped with feather-beds and canvass and pitched (so as to save it). F1031
• Bird in great grief tears out feathers. F1041.21.6.2
• Ogre killed by burning feather containing his life. G512.5.1
• Recognition by feather. H78
• Youth shoots raven and takes feather to raven's sister as token. H78.1
• Identification by feather taken from hero when he was transformed to bird. H78.2
• Identification by feather cloak. H111.2
• Chastity ordeal: feather over door; if girl who enters blushes she is not a virgin. H412.3
• Riddle: bird without feathers flies on tree without leaves. (Snow falls on bare tree.) H764
• Task: building a lodge entirely of bird's feathers in one night. H1104.1
• Task: in one day feathering a barn, each feather from different bird. H1104.1.1
• Task: thatching roof with bird feathers; half blow away while other half are sought. (Cf. F171.6.6.) H1104.1.2
• Task: counting hairs in pig's back (feathers in bird). H1118
• Task: filling twelve bed-ticks with feathers. Done by helpful birds. H1129.2
• Quest for remarkable bird caused by sight of one of its feathers. H1213
• Quest in hell for three dragon feathers. (Cf. B11.) H1274
• Quest for three feathers of marvelous bird. H1331.1.2
• Quest for remarkable bird feathers. H1331.1.2.1
• Magpie tells a man that his wife has eaten an eel, which she said was eaten by the otter. The woman plucks his feathers out. When the magpie sees a bald man, she says, "You too must have tattled about the eel." J551.5
• Titmouse ruffles feathers to seem big as a bear. Her young ones know her. J955.1.2.1
• "Thief has the feathers sticking on his head": guilty woman immediately passes her hand over her head. J1141.1.5
• Numskull sits on eggs to finish the hatching. Cautions people to be quiet and not frighten the eggs. (Sometimes puts on honey and feathers before sitting on the eggs.) J1902.1
• Woman in tar and feathers does not know herself. J2012.3
• Numskull finds that one feather makes a hard pillow, thinks a sackful would be unbearable. J2213.9
• Imitation of diagnosis by observation: ass's flesh. A doctor tells his patient that he has eaten too much chicken, and this the patient confesses. The doctor's son wants to know how the diagnosis was made. The doctor says that as he rode up he observed chicken feathers and made his conclusions. The son imitates. He sees an ass's saddle. Diagnosis: you have eaten too much ass's flesh. J2412.4
• The boy's disasters. Foolishly kills his horse and throws his axe into the lake to kill a duck. Undresses to recover axe. Clothes stolen. Goes into barrel of tar to hide. In tar and feathers. J2661.4
• Contest: shooting an unheard-of bird. The man sends his wife on all fours in tar and feathers. The ogre has never heard of such a bird. K31.1
• Bringing the devil an unknown animal. The man sends his naked wife on all fours in tar and feathers. The devil has never seen such an animal. K216.2
• Guessing name of devil's secret plant. The man's wife in tar and feathers overhears the devil tell the secret name of the crop he has discovered (tobacco). The devil says to the supposed animal, "Get out of my tobacco!" K216.2.1
• Robbers frightened from goods by man in tar and feathers. K335.1.8
• The thieving guests. Rent a room at an inn and empty the mattresses of feathers, take fire wood, etc. Throw goods out of the window where confederate picks it up. K365.2