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

• God drops water from his finger and the drops become angels. Lucifer imitated God and created devils. A52.0.7
• Marvels concerning God's arm and fingers. A123.5.2
• Culture hero has seven pupils in each eye, seven toes on each foot, seven fingers on each hand. A526.5
• Ground, previously all wet, dries up when first woman cuts her little finger and blood drips on ground. A856.2
• Holes in stones caused by piercing by saint's finger. A972.3
• Man created from fingernail. A1263.2
• Origin of fingernails. A1311.3
• Fire carried from heaven in fingernails. A1415.1.1
• Animals from severed fingers of woman. (Cf. A2102.) A1724.1.1
• [First Edition: A2102. Fish from Woman's severed fingers. (Cf. A1724.1.)] A2102[1st ed.]
• Marks on certain fish from fingerprints. A2217.3
• Marks on certain fish from St. Peter's fingerprints. (Cf. A901, A2217.2, A2412.4). A2217.3.1
• Marks on certain fish from devil's fingerprints. A2217.3.2
• Markings on cod-fish. From devil's fingers. A2412.4.3
• Tabu: trimming fingernails. C726
• Golden finger as sign of opening forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) C911
• Transformation: finger to ax handle. D457.9
• Transformation: fingernails to gold. D475.1.21
• Transformation: fingernails into jewels. D475.4.6
• Transformation: stretching fingers to make ladder. D485
• Magic finger. D996.1
• Blood springs from murderer's finger when he touches victim. D1318.5.1
• Magic finger provides food. (Cf. D996.1.) D1472.1.34.1
• Magic sight by looking at polished fingernail. D1821.3.7.2
• Waking from magic sleep by cutting off finger. D1978.1
• Magician shoots an arrow of each finger against enemy. D2091.14
• Dead body incorruptible. Beard and fingernails continue to grow. E182
• Sound of wild hunt avoided by sticking fingers in ears. E501.17.5.8
• Ghostly fingers leave mark on person's body. E542.1
• Ghostly fingers leave mark on man's hand. E542.1.1
• Life token: ring presses finger. (Cf. D1076.) E761.7.1
• Life token: rings will exchange places on girls' fingers. E761.7.14
• Water-spirit returns kidnapped man in return for release of his long hair. Victim's father has wound the hair around his fingers. F420.5.2.2.1
• Forest-spirits with wings and with backward-pointing fingers and toes. (Cf. F401.9, F451.2.2.1.) F441.4.4
• Jinns have no bones in their arms: they have only four fingers and no thumbs. F499.3.1
• Person with unusual fingers. F515.1
• Person's fingers not separated from one another. F515.1.1
• Person with unusual fingernails. F515.2
• Fingernail that can conceal basin-load of food. F515.2.1
• Person with very long fingernails. F515.2.2
• Armless people have legs growing from their shoulders. Use toes in place of fingers. F516.1.1
• Hands with unusual fingers. F552.1
• Hands with unusual number of fingers. F552.1.1
• Fingers of saint (angel) give light or fire. (Cf. F544.3.2.) F552.1.2
• Extraordinary fingernails. (Cf. G11.11.1.) F552.1.3
• Human fingers not separated. F552.1.4
• Milk from finger. F552.1.5
• Strong man buries axe in tree stump and removes it with his little finger. F614.2.3
• Youth crushes coins to powder with fingers. F614.12
• Strong man kills robber with a snap of his finger. F628.2.8
• Strong man's finger digs into ground with such force that water gushes out. F639.1.2
• Man can lengthen swords by twirling them between his fingers. F679.2
• Fire drops from fingers of warrior whenever he wills it. F683.1.1
• River from man's finger. F715.1.3
• Ship Naglfar. Made of parings of fingernails of the dead. F841.1.5
• Ladder of fingers (toes). F848.2
• Image with pointing finger. Inscription says, "Dig here." Treasure etc. found when directions are followed. F855.1
• Dew of blood from fingers of repentant woman. F962.4.2
• Biting fingers to see if one is dreaming. F1041.13
• Cannibal cuts captive's finger to test fatness. G82.1
• Captive sticks out bone instead of finger when cannibal tries to test his fatness. G82.1.1
• Cannibal ogress gives finger of one girl to her frightened sister. G86.1
• Witch marks stone with finger marks. G221.3.1
• Five devils created by Adam create other devils in the same manner. Adam has created five devils by wetting five fingers with dew and shaking them behind him; God had commanded him to wet one finger. (Cf. G303.1.4.1.) G303.1.5
• Troll lights fingers. G304.2.1.1
• Ogre sucks victim's finger and drinks all his blood. G332.1
• Rakshasa. Dog or ape-shaped; red hair and eyes; mouth reaching from ear to ear; ears pointed like spears; shape-changers; cannibals; three heads, five feet, four eyes, no fingers, bear-neck, horns. Attack women. G369.1
• Recognition by wounds on lip and finger received at common adventure. H16.2
• Recognition by missing finger. H57.2
• Severed finger as sign of crime. Robber bridegroom thus detected. H57.2.1
• Recognition of murdered person by severed fingernail. H57.2.2
• Troll's daughter after being cooked in kettle recognized by golden fingernail. H79.1
• Recognition by ring springing off finger. H94.7
• Ears, fingers and noses of demons cut off as proof of killing them. H105.5
• Teeth and fingernails of slain cyclops taken as proof. H105.5.2
• Thief detected by sieve and shears. Sieve put on open shears and then grasped by two fingers so as to balance. Charm recited. If sieve trembles when name is called, that person is guilty. H251.3.3
• Bride test: bread-making – dough under fingernails. After three weeks the girl still has dough under her fingernails. H383.1.1
• Test of wife's obedience: finger in hole. Disobedient wife puts her finger into the hole where her husband has fixed sharp nails. H473.1
• Widow prepared for suttee can lift by little finger heavy stone by temple. H479.1
• Woman's question to her husband disguised as woman, how many men she had in one night. This is properly understood as, how many helpers he had, and answered by lifting ten fingers. H582.3
• Discussion between priest and Jew carried on by symbols. E.g., priest raises three fingers (Trinity); Jew raises arm (one God); etc. H607.1
• Task: taking a stick from the body. (Fingernail.) H1021.7
• Task: stealing ring from finger. H1151.4
• Fear test: cutting devil's fingernails. H1422
• Clergy in no need of spectacles. Many do not pray at all, many know their prayers by heart, and the great prelates look through their fingers J1263.5
• Putting fear into him. A plaintiff insists that the judge shall put some fear into the defendant debtor. The judge puts his fingers over the eyes of the defendant and cries, "Boo! Now give him his money." J2492
• Deceptive contest in pulling fingers. The man has an iron finger. K74
• Finger-drying contest won by deception. Three daughters are to wet hands; the first to have hands dry is to be the first to marry. The youngest waves her hands, exclaiming, "I don't want a man!" She wins. K95
• Ring to put on corpse's finger. A thief holds a corpse up to a lord's window. The lord shoots the corpse and leaves to bury it. The thief goes to the lady and gets a sheet to bury the corpse in and a ring to put on his finger. K362.2
• Eyes, ears, fingers of corpse substituted for those demanded of victim. K512.2.0.3
• Escape by making sheaths of bark for fingers: hero leaves without awakening nymph wives who make him sleep with fingers in mouth. K521.4.6
• Fortress captured as harper puts garrison to sleep with music while besiegers place fingers in ears. K776.1.1
• Drug introduced into half of fruit from enemy's fingernail where it has been hidden. K873.4
• Dupe wishing to learn to play fiddle has finger caught in cleft of tree. K1111.0.1
• Friar adds missing nose (fingers) to unborn child: foetus is imperfect and he will substitute for absent husband. Is praised by the latter on his return. K1363.2
• Cut-off finger proves wife's chastity. A chaste wife substitutes a maidservant for seducer. A finger and ring are cut off as proof of wife's unfaithfulness (chastity wager with husband). Refuted by husband, who knows they are not his wife's. K1512.1
• Fingers as false token of wife's unfaithfulness. She has substituted a maid and the gallant has cut off the maid's finger. K2112.1.1
• Woman mistakenly accused of cannibalism. She is seen biting off finger of corpse to get its ring. N342.6
• Bird carries off ring which lover has taken from sleeping mistress's finger. He searches for the ring and becomes separated from her. N352
• Thorn accidentally removed from cobra's throat by woman's finger. Grateful cobra. N647