39 motifs match “forehead”  ·  back to the chapters

• God (deity) girdled with snakes; on his forehead shines the moon. A123.10
• Deity ascertains destiny of newborn babe and inscribes it upon his forehead. A189.7
• Sun and moon as spangle which falls from creator's forehead into his own urine. A714.6
• Women at first with breasts on their foreheads. A1313.4.1
• Wool on his forehead awarded sheep in lawsuit. He is given the privilege of keeping it when the rest of his body is shorn. (Cf. A2322.5.) A2255.1
• Why sheep may keep wool which grows on his forehead. (Cf. A2255.1.) A2322.5
• Why rail (bird) has red forehead. A2330.8
• Armadillo with silver plate over its forehead. B119.3
• Magic stone in dog's forehead. B722.2
• Magic horns (grow on person's forehead). (Cf. D1011.1.) D992.1
• Magic mark on forehead renders invisible. D1361.43
• Diamond in snake king's forehead in hero's pocket opens lake waters to reveal a pathway to underground palace. (Cf. D1071.) D1551.7.1
• Troll's life in his brother's forehead. E714.3.1
• Wood-spirit gigantic with one eye in center of forehead. F441.4.1
• Person with one eye in center of forehead. (Cf. F441.4.1, F531.1.1.1.) F512.1.1
• Giant with one eye in middle of forehead. (Cf. F512.1.1.) F531.1.1.1
• Giant with golden hair on forehead. F531.1.6.5
• Single eye protrudes from forehead. F541.5.1
• Remarkable forehead. F545.2
• Gold star on forehead. F545.2.1
• Horns on forehead. F545.2.2
• Man with inscription on forehead. F545.2.3
• Man with forehead of iron. F545.2.4
• Vagina in forehead. F547.5.6
• Horse's forehead as golden chair. F874.2
• Huge boil appears on forehead of youth keeping a secret. F1041.9.2.1
• Putrescence flows from head when man presses forehead. F1041.18
• Cross marked on horn and forehead of cow causes bewitched cow to give normal amount of milk. G271.2.1.1
• Witch killed, as egg with her soul is crushed against her forehead. G275.4.1
• Devil with eye in middle of forehead. G303.4.1.2.1
• Star on forehead as sign of royalty. H71.1
• Moon on forehead and stars in palm of hand as sign of royalty. H71.1.1
• Task: stealing enormous diamond from elephant's forehead. H1151.6.1
• "Till the front sweats." A mother orders her daughter to knead the dough until the front of the oven (stirn) sweats. She does so till her forehead (stirn) sweats. J2499.1
• Personification of Good Luck lives in man's forehead. N113.2
• Fool recognized by lump on his forehead. P192.7
• Groom's sword makes vermillion mark on bride's forehead as wedding ceremony. T135.4
• Man dies because he has killed a man with the sign of the cross on his forehead. V86.1.3
• Charity miraculously repaid: flame settles on forehead. V411.9