68 motifs match “glass”  ·  back to the chapters

• Saint sees vision of three cities in heaven: a city of gold, a city of silver, a city of glass. A661.1.2
• Discontented pine-tree: cause of pine needles. Pine tree given silk leaves, glass leaves, etc. Always discontented. Finally has needles again. (Cf. A2767.1.) A2723.1
• Transformation: rock to glass. D452.1.5
• Transformation: mirror to glass mountain. D454.12
• Disenchantment by climbing glass mountain. D753.4
• Magic goblet (glass). D1171.6.2
• Breakage of glass or crockery occurs in threes. One breakage is followed by two more. D1273.1.1.2
• Magic glass supplies drink. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) D1472.1.16
• Magic sight by looking into glass of water. D1821.3.7.1
• Magician carries woman in glass coffin. She comes out at his will. D2185
• Crash as of breaking glass, though no glass is found broken. E402.1.6
• Ladder of glass to upper world. F52.1
• Glass mountain at borders of otherworld. Mountain is extremely slippery. F145.1
• Glass bridge to otherworld. F152.1.4
• Journey to otherworld in crystal (glass) boat. F157.1
• Island of glass in otherworld. F162.0.1.1
• Sea of glass in otherworld. F162.4
• Hall of glass in otherworld. F165.3.1
• Pillars of silver and glass in otherworld. F169.1
• Ship of glass in otherworld. F169.3
• Fairy castle of glass. F222.3
• Glass car. F242.1.4
• Glass boat for fairy. F242.2.1
• Island of amber (glass). F731.5
• Glass mountain. F751
• Castle with glass wall. F771.1.6.1
• Glass house. F771.1.6.2
• Tower of glass; melts in sun. F772.2.4
• Tower of glass in midst of sea. F772.2.4.1
• Artificial heavens. Placed on pillars of iron. Seven heavens. (1) glass, sun, moon, stars, (2) iron with lake in it, (3) tin with precious stones rolling about (thunder), (4) lead, (5) copper, (6) silver, (7) gold. F792
• Glass (crystal) tree in otherworld. F811.1.6
• Glass shoes. F823.2
• Glass ship. F841.1.14
• Crystal (glass) bridge. F842.1.1
• Staircase of glass. F848.5
• Glass coffin. F852.1
• Series of glass coffins. (Cf. F852.4.) F852.1.1
• Book of glass. F883.1.1
• Descent into ocean in glass box. F1022.1
• Witch's back covered with nails and broken glass. G219.9
• Witch dwells on glass mountain. G232
• Devil causes salamander to appear in glass of rum, drinks it. G303.9.8.4
• Identification by ring dropped in glass (cup) of wine. H94.4
• Suitor contest: riding up glass mountain. H331.1.1
• Test: guessing nature of devil's wine glass. Answer: horse's hoof. H523.6
• Task: filling glasses with water that has neither fallen from heaven nor sprung from the earth. (Uses horse's sweat.) H1073
• Task: climbing glass mountain. H1114
• Task: securing three eggs from top of glass tower. H1114.1
• Quest for glass of all waters. (Sea water.) H1377.1
• Quest for Glass Princess. H1381.3.2
• Test of strength: breaking heavy glass bottle over loaf of rye bread. H1562.3
• King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to learn wisdom from observing fish. J52.2
• Stung by the goblet. Doctor tells drunkard, "The goblet has stung you." "If I had known that I would have drunk out of a glass." J1324
• Air-castle: basket of glassware to be sold. In his excitement he breaks the glassware. J2061.1.1
• Numskull as thief: tries to carry off grinding-stone when told by confederates to bring out heavy things. Told to bring shiny things; brings out looking glass. J2461.1.7.1
• Breaking the glassware to prevent others from doing so. A king thus removes temptation from his subjects. J2522
• Sale of worthless glass as diamond. K142
• The evil woman in the glass case as the last commodity. The man is to belong to the devil as soon as he has sold his goods. If he has any goods that no one will buy, he is to be free. The man puts an evil old woman in a glass case. When the devil sees her, he recognizes her. "Whoever knows her will refuse to buy her." The man goes free. K216.1
• Trickster's confederate gives fabulous appraisal to worthless piece of glass. Priest is duped into buying it as a diamond. K451.4
• Complaint about the empty bottle. While the servant in the inn is bringing a glass, the trickster drinks the wine and then complains that he has been given an empty bottle. The servant must bring another. K455.6
• Respite from death until prisoner has finished drinking his glass. It is left half finished. K551.2
• Blades (broken glass) to wound and detect wife's lover. (Often on window.) K1565
• Palace appears to be floating on water – actually glass. K1889.6
• King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes. P15.6
• Wounding by trapping with sharp knives (glass). S181
• Breaking a glass during wedding ceremony. T135.15
• Vision of chairs (thrones) in heaven. Chairs of gold, silver, crystal (glass) assigned to saints according to merit. (Cf. A661.0.3.) V515.1.1
• Farmer gets help up early in morning for a light breakfast: a glass of water and a lantern. W152.12.1