261 motifs match “great” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Great bird as ancestor of gods. A111.3.3
• Origin of lesser gods from spittle of great god. A114.1.1.2
• God bores hole in Hell to cause great heat on earth. A141.3
• Great age of the gods. A191.1
• Demigod conquers great octopus. A531.4.1
• Sky held against earth by great octopus. A665.5
• Formerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankind. A720.2
• Great darkness due to awk swallowing the sun. A721.2.1
• Chariot from heaven takes couple to live with sages in the Great Bear. A761.2
• Naming the stars. The "Great Star" names the stars. A765
• Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major). A771
• Two stars from Great Bear constellation transferred to Pleiades. A773.7
• Earth supported on great boar's tusk. A844.9
• Above and below the earth are great clouds. A873
• Ebb-tide goes to great whirlpool. A913.3
• Mountains and valleys formed from great fire. A969.3
• Great fish killed by hero and cut into sixteen pieces: the great stones may still be seen. A972.7
• Five great roads of Ireland "discovered" on night of king's birth. A994
• Great flood lasts eight months. A1010.2
• Flood caused by melting of ice after great spell of cold. A1016.3
• Man rules all animals. God gives greatest strength to lion, but because of man's wisdom lion is in his power. A1421.1.1
• Animal characteristics from great fear. A2212
• Peacock given ugly feet so as to prevent too great arrogance. (Cf. A2375.2.2.) A2232.7
• Dog's claws as grains under paws. In the great famine, God leaves the dog grain under his paws. From this grows new seed. A2376.2
• Dragon is fed great quantities of milk to keep him pacified. B11.12.4.1
• Dragon can hear a child cry even at great distance. B11.12.6
• Bees (ants) leave honey on lips of infant to show future greatness. B147.3.1.2
• Magic cock carries great loads in his ear (load of grain, fox, tiger, bees, wasps, etc., also fire and water). B171.1.0.1
• Fish come in great numbers to the bank of a stream in order to hear Anthony of Padua preach. B251.2.7.1
• Wedding of turkey and peacock. All birds invited except eagle. This omission starts great conflict. B282.1
• Great clam fights hero's pursuer. B523.3
• Animal helps men to wealth and greatness. B580
• Animal helps man to wealth and greatness – miscellaneous. B589
• Tabu: asking for too great magic multiplication of coins. C773.1.1
• Great wind because of broken tabu. (Cf. C58.) C984.1
• The deliverer in the cradle. Enchanted person can be delivered by child rocked in a cradle made from an oak sapling after it has grown great. D791.1.3
• Branch which dries up water in great river so person can cross. (Cf. D954.) D1542.3.3
• Magic song causes tree to rise to sky. Has moon and Great Bear in its branches. (Cf. D1275.) D1576.1
• Miraculous increasing of small quantity of victuals or drinks to feed a great number of people. D1652.1.0.1
• Magic power from great piety. D1736
• Person hears call for aid from great distance. D1827.2
• Saint causes great forest to spring up between opposing forces. D2163.6.1
• Resuscitation after great length of time. (Cf. D1857.) E162.0.1
• Ghost haunts place of great accident or misfortune. E275
• Mother returns to encourage daughter in great difficulties. E323.6
• Dead poet leaves grave mound to teach poem to herdsman: latter becomes great poet. E377.1
• Laying ghost causes great storm. (Cf. D2141.) E443.0.1
• Dead awaken after three days to new life and great wisdom. E489.1
• Inhabitants of land of dead have great thirst. E489.11
• Life token: great wind blows. E761.7.8
• Otherworld as great plain. (Cf. A663.) F160.1
• Great tattooer in otherworld. F167.15
• Fairies build great structures in one night. F271.2.0.1
• Fairy predicts future greatness of newborn child. F317
• Great age of dwarfs. F451.3.11
• Frederick the Great drove dwarfs across Black Sea. F451.9.1.13
• Great age of trolls. Often centuries old. F455.2.10
• Household spirit herds sheep, has great trouble coralling the lambs (rabbits). (Cf. J1757.) F488.1
• Sign of great plague: sky seems afire. F493.5
• Giant sees great distance. F531.1.1.4
• Giant rooted to ground because his nails and hair have grown into the earth on account of his great age. F531.1.6.9
• Giant throws a great rock. F531.3.2
• Giants' shouts are storms or great noise. F531.3.8
• Giants have great age. Calculated by age of wood. F531.6.4.1
• Giants as builders of great structures. F531.6.6
• Beard projected over beams of great hall. F545.1.2
• Excreta is so fiery it starts great fires. F559.3.1
• Strong man kills great serpent. F628.1.3
• Skillful marksman can hit egg from great distance. F661.4.3
• Man can keep together feathers in great wind. F673
• Remarkable herdsman. Sits on mountain top. Cows come from great distance at his call. F679.1
• Walls fall because of great shout. F688.4
• Party in canoe swallowed by great clam. F911.4.1.1
• Deity lights a great fire, and all the children ogress has devoured come out of it. F913.2
• Great light appears on night of holy man's death. F960.2.4
• Great flock of birds lift grayhound and garments into air. F982.1.1
• Horse sewed in buffalo-hides. As protection against a greater horse, hero's horse is sewed in nine buffalo-hides. F984.1
• Bird in great grief tears out feathers. F1041.21.6.2
• Man-eater with two great tusks on which he hangs the carcasses of the dead. G88.2
• Witch may be recognized after death by great weight of corpse. (Cf. E400.) G259.4
• The devil as a great hairy man. G303.3.1.21
• Devil goes out through stove with great noise. G303.17.2.3
• Great head as ogre. Head detached from body pursues or flies about doing damage. G361.2
• Gold in the Bible. A man professes to be a great Bible reader. King leaves a piece of money in the Bible. On his next visit it is still there. H261
• Suitor contest: bride offered to suitor giving the token of the greater love. H315.2
• Arrested man tells who he is: before his father the great incline the head and give blood and money (barber). H581.1
• King: What is your father doing? Youth: Makes an evil greater. (Closes up a path; this causes another to be opened.) H583.2.1
• Father's counsel: on wishing to drink wine go to the vat and drink it. (Stench in vat so great that desire for wine is turned to loathing.) H588.4
• Riddle: what is greatest? H659.7
• What is greatest? Fame. H659.7.1
• What is the greatest? A sense of shame. H659.7.2
• What is the greatest? Charity. H659.7.3
• What is the greatest villainy? Stealing. H659.7.4
• Who is greater than God? Man's purpose. H674
• Suitor asked to bathe in great cauldron of boiling water without making water lukewarm. H1023.24
• Task: bringing best friend, worst enemy, best servant, greatest pleasure-giver. (Brings dog, wife, ass, little son respectively.) H1065
• Task: paving great road in short time. H1108
• Quest for the greatest of fools. H1312
• Liar escapes from devil: quest for greater liar. (Cf. G303.16.19.3, K210, X905.) H1318
• Quest for great tank of Indra (god). H1359.3