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

• God half mortal, half immortal. Hair, skin, flesh, bones and marrow are mortal; mind, voice, breath, eye, and ear are immortal. (prajapati). A122
• Why Birhors eat flesh of monkeys and baboons. A1422.2
• Origin of custom of eating flesh of buffalo. A1515.1
• Animals from transformed men according to favorite food. One man asks for flesh, one for blood, etc. They are changed to mice, cats, and bugs. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1715.4
• Flesh of animal. A2381
• Why hog has good flesh. (Cf. A2221.1.) A2381.1
• Why tigers eat human flesh. A2435.3.9.3
• Food of crow. Why crows peck at flesh of men. A2435.4.7
• Why flesh of animal is good. A2511
• Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees. A2731.1
• Cat devours flesh of man's legs. B16.1.1.3
• Hero feeds own flesh to helpful animal. The hero is carried on the back of an eagle who demands food. The hero finally feeds parts of his own flesh. B322.1
• Animal's skin revolves while flesh and bones remain stationary. B738
• Tabu: eating flesh of certain animal. C221.1
• Tabu: eating flesh of certain beast. C221.1.1
• Tabu: eating human flesh. C227
• Tabu: eating flesh on Maundy Thursday. C235
• Tabu: entering chariot less than three weeks after having eaten horseflesh. C756.4
• Tabu: buying gallows flesh or living flesh. C781.1
• Transformation: flesh to other object. D457.17
• Transformation: flesh to fire. D457.17.1
• Transformation by eating flesh. D551.3
• Magic human flesh. D1008
• Magic flesh of animal. D1017
• Flesh of cat when chewed has magic results. D1032.2
• Flesh of dog when chewed has magic results. D1032.3
• Flesh of pig when chewed has magic results. D1032.4
• Charm sung over flesh chewed by wizard has magic power. D1273.0.3
• Flesh reveals guilt. D1318.7
• Speaking flesh reveals murder. D1318.7.0.1
• Flesh of animal reveals guilt. (Cf. D1017.) D1318.7.1
• Flesh of stolen animal cannot be cooked (turns putrid). D1318.7.1.1
• Eating serpent's and wolf's flesh makes courageous and impetuous. (Cf. D1032.) D1358.1.2
• Flesh of white cow with red ears as only cure for mysterious illness. (Cf. D1032.) D1500.1.33.2
• Inexhaustible boar's flesh. D1652.1.9.1.1
• Magic power acquired by eating fish which have eaten dead magician's flesh. D1721.2
• Flesh magically does not regrow. D2062.3
• Resuscitation by removal of poisoning cobra flesh from dead man's mouth. E21.1.1
• Resuscitation by laying flesh on pyre and covering with cloth. E134
• Ghosts roast girl daily in oven and devour her flesh. E251.3.1.1
• Wild hunt throws human flesh on persons who see it. This cannot be removed. E501.18.2
• Effects of wild hunt remedied by eating part of flesh thrown down by it. (Cf. E501.18.2.) E501.19.5
• Wraith does what person wishes to do but is unable to do in the flesh. E723.4
• Flesh regrows. E784
• Fairy ravished by mortal strikes flesh from his ear. F304.4.1
• Dwarfs originate from maggots in flesh of giant. F451.1.1
• Person with poisonous tooth. Poison dissolves flesh. F513.1.3
• Giants wear skins with flesh still on. F531.4.7.1.1
• People who prefer raw flesh. F561.1
• Marvelous sensitiveness: meat is dog's flesh. F647.5.1
• Firelike waters of river used by strange beings to cook flesh. F932.11
• Healing by sprinkling water and replacing flesh. F950.9
• Substituted silver hand used as if it were of flesh and blood. F1002
• Old woman calls beasts together to join her in feast on human flesh. G11.6.3
• Ogre schoolmaster. Girl sees schoolmaster eat human flesh. Refuses to tell him what she saw. He persecutes her. G11.9
• Spiritual exaltation from eating human flesh. G13
• Taste of human flesh leads to habitual cannibalism. G36
• 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
• Human blood (flesh) accidentally tasted: brings desire for human flesh. G36.2
• Person eats own flesh. G51
• Human flesh eaten unwittingly. G60
• Relative's flesh eaten unwittingly. G61
• Child recognizes relative's flesh when it is served to be eaten. G61.1
• Girl avoids eating her mother's flesh by spilling the meat and the soup in the pen. G61.1.1
• Mother recognizes child's flesh when it is served to be eaten. G61.2
• Murderer caused to eat victim's flesh unwittingly. Sickens and dies. G62
• Human flesh being cooked speaks out. G64
• Hungry seamen eat human flesh. G70.1
• Girl child fed on infant boys' flesh to make her grow faster. G72.3
• Fee-fi-fo-fum. Cannibal returning home smells human flesh and makes exclamation. (Cf. G11.8.1.) G84
• Old man says his arm is getting thin – indicates desire for human flesh. G95
• Piśāca. Drinks blood and eats human flesh. Eats corpses and makes living waste away. G312.1
• Flesh-eating spirits live in trees. G312.3
• Bhrat, fierce flesh-eating creatures made by Creator in fit of anger. G312.5
• Crocodile masking as dead obeys suggestion that he make flesh quiver. H248.2.1
• What is the tree that became flesh? (Moses's staff.) H823
• Pound of flesh. (Fleischpfand.) Literal pleading frees man from pound of flesh contract. Contract does not give the right to shed blood. Impossible, therefore, to carry out. J1161.2
• Black beans, white soup. Question: How can black beans make a white soup? Answer: How can a white whip on the naked flesh make black welts. J1291.1
• The bear riding the horse lets his paws fall on the horse's flanks. He is caught on a tree and leaves his claws in the horse's flesh. J2187
• What killed the wolf. Peasants find a dead wolf and debate what killed it. A learned man shows that it froze internally from eating cold flesh. J2284
• 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
• Literal fool feeds dogflesh to visitor to follow father's advice: "Feed him on food you have never eaten in your life." J2469.5.1
• Camel has offered one pound of flesh to jackal for help. Camel's tongue demanded. K255.4
• Girl serves her father with piece of her own flesh in place of chicken. K492
• Flesh of certain animal alleged to be only cure for disease: animal to be killed. (The sick lion.) K961
• Flesh (vital organs) of certain person alleged to be only cure for disease. K961.2
• False queen puts horseflesh in bed of one with child so as to identify her as horse-eating thief. K2127.2
• Women, driven mad, devour their infants' flesh. N325.2
• Woman eats flesh and leaves cat only bones of fish cat has caught for them. Cursed by cat. Q281.3
• Punishment: tearing off flesh with hot pincers. Q469.9.1
• Penance for three years and a half for eating horseflesh. Q499.6
• Person forced to eat hearts (flesh) of relatives (draw blood). S183.1
• Husband nourishes starving wife with his own flesh and blood. T215.3
• Fakir thankful for shrewish wife: she is a thorn in his flesh and warns him from neglecting the ways of righteousness. T251.11
• Child born as formless lump of flesh. T551.1.1
• Boy born with one side flesh and one iron. T551.4
• Queen delivered of a piece of flesh; abandoned and saved, it gradually separates into forms of boy and girl. T569.1
• Flesh of Artemis eaten as quail or bear. V30.1.1
• Ascetic cleric tortures his flesh. V462.5
• The climax of horrors. The magpie is dead? – Overate on horseflesh. – Horses dead? – Overworked at fire. – House burned down? – etc. Z46