22 motifs match “feeding”  ·  back to the chapters

• Moon's phases caused by feeding or starving. A755.5
• Tabu: birds feeding on hero's land without leaving him something. C566.2
• Disenchantment by feeding enchanted animals. D745
• Disenchantment by feeding transformed creature. This is done contrary to commands. D775
• Giants appeased by feeding them. G582
• Task: feeding army from one measure of meal. H1022.5
• Task: feeding ravenous beast to satiation. H1123
• Task: feeding dangerous man-eating sow. H1155.3
• Burning food test. Attempt to kill hero by feeding him burning food. H1511.2
• Poisoned food test. Attempt to kill hero by feeding him poisoned food. H1515
• Punishing the dog by feeding him. A man is bitten by a dog. On the advice of an old woman he rubs bread on the wound and gives it to the dog. All dogs will bite him if they thus get double reward. J2108
• Feeding the pigs wet meal. The wife throws the meal into the well and the pigs after it. J2465.1
• Feeding the child. Fool feeds it steaming food and kills it. J2465.3
• Feeding mother. Fool stuffs and kills her. J2465.3.2
• Murder by feeding with bread full of pins. K951.2
• Murder by feeding with honey-covered sharpened cross-pieces of wood. K951.6
• Giant's help secured by feeding him. N812.0.1
• Dying priest looks greedily on ripe plum: is reincarnated as insect feeding within plum. Q551.5.1.3
• Murder by feeding poisonous snake. S111.8
• Murder by feeding on over-hot food. Person forced to eat. S112.5
• Bread stolen by St. Nicholas for purpose of feeding poor is miraculously restored. V412.1
• Lie: animals live inside great vegetable, usually feeding from it. X1401.1