30 motifs match “forgive”  ·  back to the chapters

• Return from dead to ask forgiveness. E365
• Return of the dead to grant forgiveness. E365.1
• Dry bone smells as sign of forgiveness. F991.2.1
• "A father should always check and never forgive; a mother should always forgive and never check." H588.19
• Forgiveness the reward of successful quest. H1244
• Vanquished ruler in disguise gets audience with victor. "What would you do if your enemy were to kneel before you and beg forgiveness?" "I would forgive him." Reveals identity and is pardoned. J829.3
• Guests strike man who tries to interfere in their quarrel. It is their host in old clothes. Guests are humiliated but forgiven. J1072.1
• Carpenter blames the nails. On his deathbed refuses to forgive nails which ruined his tools. J1891.2
• Debtors do not forgive. "The Lord's Prayer has little power. I forgive my debtors but my debtors do not forgive me." J2495.2
• Plenty of holy water. A fool hearing of the effectiveness of holy water for the forgiveness of sins pours the whole supply over himself. J2513
• Wife confesses to disguised husband. She suspects the fraud and persuades him that she knew the ruse and was testing him. He begs forgiveness. K1528
• Incognito king in victor's court. Asks forgiveness. K1812.5
• Competition in friendship: prisoner and jailor. Officer in charge of prison offers to let his friend escape, though his own life will be forfeited. The friend refuses; tells officer to let king think he has escaped and if the king demands his life the officer can produce the prisoner. King hears of the generosity and forgives the prisoner. P315.1
• Forgiveness of sin for acts of charity. Q171.1
• Husband forgiven for having killed jealous wife: builds monastery and becomes monk in it. Q171.1.1
• Punishment for finding fault with God's forgiveness of sin. Q312.3
• Mother guilty of incest with son forgiven by Pope (Virgin Mary). T412.1
• Ass punished for stealing mouthful of grass; lion and wolf forgiven for eating sheep. U11.1
• Animals confess sins to one another: fox and wolf forgive each other; punish ass. (Cf. V20.) U11.1.1
• Animals confess sins to lion holding court. All the powerful animals forgiven. Ass and lamb are punished. U11.1.1.1
• Theft to avoid starvation forgiven. U25
• Monk under pressure from abbot forgives the crucifix which has fallen and hurt him. He says that nevertheless there will always be hatred between them. U221
• Confession brings forgiveness of sin. V21
• Sincere confession miraculously obliterated as sign of forgiveness. V21.1
• Confession of monk who intended to rob monastery brings forgiveness. Eventually elected prior. V21.3
• Search for confessor. Great sinner sent from one confessor to another. All say that his sins are too great for forgiveness. Finally he succeeds. V29.1
• Virgin Mary aids repentant slayer of priest. Priest is resurrected in order to forgive murderer and then is returned to tomb. V276.3
• Conversion to Christianity through show of forgiveness and gentleness. V331.10.1
• Forgiveness. V441
• Monk who has left his order forgiven and miraculously reinstated. V475.2