70 motifs match “garment”  ·  back to the chapters

• Origin of menstruation – Virgin Mary's garment. She hides her garment and a maiden finds it. A1355.2
• Tabu: giving garment back to supernatural (divine) wife. C31.10
• Tabu: stealing garment from a rock. The rock pursues. (The offended rolling stone.) C91.1
• Tabu: going to certain place in speckled garment on speckled steed. C833.8
• Magic garment (robe, tunic). D1052
• Garment gives bearer magic strength. (Cf. D1052.) D1335.17
• Magic garment renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1052.) D1344.9
• Magic garment protects against attack. (Cf. D1052, D1053.) D1381.3
• Garment proof against all but man's own sword. D1381.3.1
• A protective garment which spears could not penetrate. (Cf. D1052.) D1381.3.3
• Magic garment protects from fire. (Cf. D1052.) D1382.6.1
• Magic garment prevents burning. (Cf. D1052.) D1382.10
• Magic garment protects from poison. (Cf. D1052.) D1383.1
• Magic garment protects from drowning. (Cf. D1052.) D1388.0.4
• Thread from jogi's garment when pulled makes fort fall to ground. (Cf. D1052.) D1400.1.18
• Magic garment makes weapons useless. (Cf. D1052.) D1414.5
• Magic garment tames animals. (Cf. D1052.) D1442.12
• Magic garment kills animals. (Cf. D1052.) D1445.5
• Magic garment protects against wild animals. (Cf. D1052.) D1447.2
• Rubbing charm provides garments. (Cf. D1273.) D1473.2
• Magic garment as remedy. (Cf. D1052.) D1500.1.25
• Magic shears clip garments from air. D1601.12.1
• Garment produced by prayer. D1766.1.3
• Mice gnawing garments as bad omen. D1812.5.1.12.4
• Walking upon water without wetting the soles or garments. D1841.4.3
• Magician makes people lift garments to avoid wetting in imaginary river. D2031.1
• Fire turns aside and refuses to catch hold of holy garments, wooden altars and similar sacred things. D2158.1.3.2
• Flow of cow's milk increased by licking saint's garment. (Cf. D1052, D1652.3.) D2182
• Garment appears and disappears in reply to command. D2188.1.1
• Soul as will-o-the-wisp. Appears as a ball or fire or a figure in a fiery garment. E742.2
• Ishtar unveiled. Goddess going to lower world passes through seven gates, at each of which she is divested of a garment till she is entirely unclothed. F85
• Water-women are powerless when their garments are taken. F420.4.6.1
• Person led astray by Will-o'-the-Wisp turns garment inside out. Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. (Cf. F369.7, F385.1.) F491.3.1
• Hair above heart so stiff it rends five garments. F555.8.1
• Woman sews nine garments at a time with one needle. F662.0.1.1
• Glorified white garments. F821.6
• Garments grow with man wearing them. F821.9
• Garments emitting aromatic perfume. F821.10
• Great flock of birds lift grayhound and garments into air. F982.1.1
• Garment hidden in hole cut in thigh. F1034.3.3
• Garment fits only true king. (Cf. H41.) H36.2
• Identification by garment. H111
• Identification by royal garments. H111.1
• Identification by cut garment. Garment is cut and fragment taken as token. H117
• Identification by shred of garment of rescued princess used as bandage for wound. H118
• Needle left in garment of husband by abducted wife as sign. H119.2
• Ordeal: carrying live coals in robe or cloak without harm to garment or bearer. H221.1.1
• Task: coming "neither in softness nor in hardness." (Comes clad in garments of mountain down.) H1054.4
• Quest for marvelous cloth (garment). (Cf. H1306.) H1355
• Quest for garment of spider web. H1355.1
• Man's torn garment as proof of his innocence of rape. If he were the assaulter, the torn garment would be woman's. J1174.5
• Woman's garments cut off: does not know herself. J2012.2
• Would have shot himself. Fool shoots full of holes a garment left out at night to dry. "It is a good thing I did not have it on or I would have shot myself." J2235
• Gullible husband removes from wife's garment dust gathered while she lies with another man. J2301.3
• False bride steals true bride's garments in bath. K1911.1.8
• Monster disguises and wins girl. Borrows wedding garments one by one; later returns them one by one and reveals monster form. K1918
• Accustomed rags preferred to new garments. A Brahmin returns home to find a palace instead of a cottage; he recognizes his wife only after she throws off her jewels and ornaments to stand before him in her old rags. L217
• Jewel (garment) carried off by bird from bather. Clothes have been left on bank of stream. N352.2
• Garment must be removed in presence of certain high chiefs. P94
• Tearing garments as sign of grief. P678.1
• Supernatural wife finds garment stolen from her by husband and leaves him. R227.3
• Attempted murder by live coals in garments. S112.4
• Conception from touching another's garment. T532.5.1
• Dwarf king (fairy) laughs at the absurdities he sees about him. (1) Sees man who is to die that day complain that his shoes are too thin. (Cf. J2174.) (2) Sees women adorn their heads when they are immoral below. (Cf. J2050.) (3) Sees man remove from his wife's garment dust gathered while she lay with another man. (Cf. J2301.3.) (4) Sees persons making plans while forgetting to say, "If God wills." U15.0.1
• Sign of cross prevents garment from burning. V86.1.2
• Sight of holy fringe on garment restrains a man from fornication and reforms the harlot. V131.1
• Virgin Mary appears to erring monk and exalts him to prayer. His prayers weave her a garment. V276.1
• Ascetic cleric wears hair garment. V462.5.1
• Miser prays to enter heaven with his clothes on: gold coins sewn into undergarments. W153.15
• Red garment to show anger of king. Z141.1