45 motifs match “frightens”  ·  back to the chapters

• Dragon guards hermit's food, frightens off robbers. B11.6.5
• The cat as vixen's husband. Frightens the other wild animals invited by the vixen. (Cf. K2324.) B281.9.1
• Man falls in hole with horse; buzzards gather; he lassoes a number of buzzards, ties them together, frightens them; all fly at once, carry him from hole. (Tall tale.) B547.2.1
• Ghost frightens people off bridge into stream. E272.3
• Strong man sent to kill lions: does so and frightens king. F615.2.2
• Poor girl outwits prince in fright-contest. He frightens her and later mocks her with her words of fright. She plays the same trick on him. J1525
• Priest frightens away parasitic guests. Tells them he has that morning confessed man with plague. J1563.8
• Bullock struck on hindquarters instead of head in attempt to kill it. (Only frightens it.) J1906.1
• The dead girl frightens father and lover. The girl dies. The lover, thinking that she is asleep, talks to her. When he hears the father speak of her as dead he is frightened that he has talked to the dead. The father hears the lover talk and thinks that it is the girl's spirit. Both flee. J2621
• Husband promises a cow to tiger; wife frightens the tiger away. K235.1.1
• Thief frightens owner from goods. K335
• Trickster quarrels with owner of goods, feigns death, and frightens owner away. K335.0.3
• Thief frightens priest as the latter crosses cemetery. Meanwhile a confederate steals his chickens. K335.0.5.2
• Thief frightens away guards of his father's corpse by impersonating demons. K335.0.7
• Corpse thrown among robbers frightens them from treasure. K335.1.2.1
• Sham blood and brains. Fox covers his head with milk and says that his brains have been knocked out. Frightens bear. K473
• Goat trembles so hard from fear of tiger that shaking of his beard frightens tiger away. K547.7
• Hero threatens tiger with plowshare and leads him into village. Frightens villagers. K547.11
• Sham calling to helpers frightens robbers away. K548.3
• Confederate in disguise as "troll" frightens king's men, while his daughter helps prisoner to escape. (Cf. F455.) K649.7.3
• Adulteress frightens paramour with cries of "Rape!" Then she removes her husband's suspicion by feigning a fit. Later the paramour tricks her to his room and shows her naked, except for face, to her husband. K1213.1.1
• Prostitute frightens lover with cries of "Thief!" Gets his money. K1213.2
• Weak animal shows strong his own reflection and frightens him. Tells him that this animal is threatening to kill him. (Usually hare and lion.) K1715.1
• Man shows ghost its own reflection and frightens it. K1715.1.2
• Man shows demon reflection and frightens him. K1715.1.3
• Ass claims to have killed cow: frightens tiger. K1715.10
• Hero frightens dog into giving up eating men by pretending to eat own entrails. K1721.1
• Goat pretends to be chewing rock. Frightens wolf. K1723
• Woman frightens robber away by telling him parrot's cry is husband's voice. K1796
• Monkey dresses in dead mistress's gown; frightens household. K1839.3
• Fox's tail drops and frightens animals. In war between birds and quadrupeds the fox's lifted tail is to be the signal for the attack. Gnats sting the fox under the tail. He drops it and the quadrupeds flee. K2323.1
• He-goat bleats and frightens animals assembled for fight. K2323.2
• Wooden image frightens away invaders. K2346
• Mouse frightens man to death. N384.1
• Priest frightens boy by tying girl's corpse to bell-rope. In revenge the boy puts the body in the priest's bed. Priest flees. Dies from injuries. N384.8
• Lover frightens mistress as a joke. She dies from the shock. N384.9
• Numskull talks to himself and frightens robbers away. N612
• Man scolds his ass and frightens robber away. While the man is absent from his ass the robber steals the man's coat. The ass brays and the man scolds him. The robber thinking he is discovered flees and leaves the coat. N612.1
• Man falls out of tree and frightens tiger away. N696.1
• Belfagor. The devil frightened by the shrewish wife. A man persuades his shrewish wife to let herself be lowered into a well. When he comes to pull her out he raises a genie (devil) who is glad to escape from the woman. Later he frightens the devil by telling him that his wife has escaped. T251.1.1
• Tempted man burns off his fingers. Frightens his temptress. T333.2
• Beggar frightens lawyer into giving by telling him of all the lawyers in hell. X312
• The boy in the hollow tree. He frightens the woodchopper who leaves behind his horse. X1854.1
• Tale-teller frightens listener: yells "Boo" at exciting point. Z13.1
• Fly frightens snake; snake frightens rats; rats frighten monkey, etc. Z43.4