38 motifs match “forces”  ·  back to the chapters

• Treacherous wife forces husband to kill helpful dog. B335.1.1
• Helpful hedgehog forces snake to suck out poison from bitten raja. B511.1.3
• Magic pistol forces one to run behind the ball. (Cf. D1096.2.) D1526.3
• Saint forces a beast (leopard, wolf) to bring back stolen child (domestic animal) to his mother (owner). D2156.3
• Saint causes great forest to spring up between opposing forces. D2163.6.1
• Hero forces otherworld person's wife to tell him way to otherworld. F174.1
• Man binds fairy and forces her to marry him. F302.4.4
• Blinded prince forces goddess to give him back his sight. F952.0.2
• Burning object forces witch to reveal herself: sympathetic magic. G257.1
• Taking tile from witch's house forces her to reveal herself. G257.4
• Enemy horses captured by lion join forces and become friends. J891
• Dog leader fears defeat because his forces are of different breeds. Wolves are all of one kind. J1023
• [First Edition (Additions and Corrections): J1085.1[b]. Priest with crucifix and club. Orders church thieves to replace stolen goods. When crucifix does not bring obedience he forces them with club.] J1085.1[b][1st ed.]
• Guests make impossible demands of host: host's representative forces guests to leave by sending them on difficult quest. J1563.2
• Ignorant priest forces rolls of cloth instead of bread down a dying man's throat. J1738.1
• The goose without a leg. Accused of eating the goose's leg, the thief maintains that it had no leg, and cleverly enforces his point by showing geese standing on one leg. (Usually the master confounds the rascal by frightening the geese so that they use both legs) K402.1
• Reward offered for stolen object (princess). Thief (abductor) returns and enforces reward. K442.1
• The entrapped suitors: the chaste wife has them caught. Forces them to work for her. K1218.1.2
• Guest to be killed suspects plot and forces host to sleep in his bed. Brothers come home and kill their father. K1611.2
• Wife poisons husband who in turn poisons her. Before he dies he forces her to drink from the same cup. K1613.2
• King, fearing death at hands of enemy, forces follower to take his place on throne. Follower is killed. K1845.2
• Impostor forces oath of secrecy. Hero or heroine swears not to tell of imposture. K1933
• Impostor forces hero (heroine) to change places with him (her). K1934
• Husband as God behind the tree forces his wife to confess adultery. K1971.5
• Man as God behind the tree forces the girl to admit having an illegitimate child. Or prophesies himself as father so as to marry the girl. K1971.5.1
• Villain brings (threatens to bring) naked servant to woman's house. Threat of false accusation of indiscretion forces woman to yield. K2112.4
• Nobleman forces escaping prisoner to accept his hospitality. Intercedes for his pardon. P322.1
• Shabby hospitality forces guests to leave. P334
• Mother forces child to break eating tabu: child dies. S12.2.3
• Co-wife forces pregnant woman to perform lowly tasks. (Cf. T257.2.) S185.1
• Affianced wife of chieftain falls in love with another man at betrothal feast, drugs the company with sleeping potion, and forces man of her choice to elope with her. T157
• Man forces devil to take back the shrewish wife. T251.1.4
• Husband dons armor and forces the household to shout: "Long live the Master!" Takes off his breeches and dares his wife to put them on. Establishes his mastery in the home. T251.2.2
• Husband's unjust jealousy forces wife to commit adultery. T257.7
• Ruler forces bishop to ordain ignorant priest. U41
• A Christianized Jew becomes a priest. During Mass, he stabs the consecrated host, blood flows (cf. C55, J1261.2, V30). He kills the other priest who saw him commit the sacrilege, and before killing, forces him to renounce his faith. A miracle exposes the murderer. V364
• Jackal forces all animals who come to drink to praise him like a king. W116.8
• Catch tales. The manner of the telling forces the hearer to ask a particular question, to which the teller returns a ridiculous answer. Z13