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

• Creator with hammer and chisel in hands. A18.5
• Creator with sun and moon in hands. A18.6
• God makes sword drop from assailant's hands. A185.2.3
• Man originally without hands and feet. Boy steals them from Python, and afterward men have them. A1225.2
• Man given hands, feet, mouth and nose by monkey. A1225.2.1
• Origin of hands and feet. A1311
• Boy borrows python's hands and feet: hence python lacks them. (Cf. A2371.3.1.) A2241.8
• Spider hands box to ant and refuses to take it back: hence ants carry huge loads. A2243.1
• Why mole's "hands" are turned backward. A2375.2.7
• Why baboon's face and hands are black. A2411.1.5.2.1
• Bull with human hands and feet. B15.6.4
• Monster with 100 hands, 100 palms on each hand, and 100 nails on each palm. B15.7.15
• Body and hands human, head and ears those of a horse. B21.2
• Merman lays hands on side of canoe. B82.7
• Birds perch on hands and head of saint. B256.1.1
• Tabu: touching stone image of deity with unwashed hands. C51.7
• Tabu: eating from hands of menstruating women. C143
• Transformation: rich man to tramp. Smears hands and face. D24.4
• Ugly man becomes handsome. D52.2
• Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. D61
• Hairy anchorite. Beast-like man seduced by beautiful woman becomes human and handsome. D733.1
• Magic wind causes arms to fall from warrior's hands. (Cf. D906.) D1414.3
• The devil runs hands through his hair; coins fall to the floor. D1454.1.1.1
• Root restores amputated hands and feet. (Cf. D967.) D1518.2
• Magic results from clapping the hands together. D1799.2
• Magic invulnerability of saint enables him to break poisonous snakes in bare hands. D1840.1.1
• Red hot iron carried with the bare hands without harm to the saint. D1841.3.2.3
• Handsome man magically made ugly. D1872.1
• Weapons magically blown out of enemies' hands. D2086.3
• Flowers drop on washing hands. D2193
• Dung drops on washing hands. D2194
• Tools sharpened through power of saint. Slaves forced to hew down yew tree with dull tools: hands bleed. (Cf. H1110, P170.) D2199.2
• Pilate appears periodically at Mt. Pilatus and washes his hands. E411.8
• Revenant with ice-cold hands. E422.1.3
• Ghost as hand or hands. E422.1.11.3
• Hands restored. E782.1
• Unseen hands lave feet in otherworld. F171.7
• Water-spirit appears as handsome man. F420.1.1.1
• Water-spirits with human body and webbed feet and hands. F420.1.4.5
• Invisible water-spirit claps hands and speaks. F420.1.5.1
• Wood-spirit without hands, feet, or mouth. F441.4.2
• Person unusual as to his hands. (Cf. F552.) F515
• Person without hands. F515.0.1
• Persons with many hands. F515.0.2
• Men with tails on their hands. F515.3
• Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains. F526.1
• Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings. F526.3
• Giants' magic gifts return to original form in hands of men. (Cf. F451.5.1.4. and cross-references.) F531.5.6.1
• Remarkably ugly feet (and hands). F551.4
• Remarkable hands. (Cf. F515, F531.1.6.7, F551.4.) F552
• Hands with unusual fingers. F552.1
• Hands with unusual number of fingers. F552.1.1
• Remarkably strong hands. (Cf. F610.) F552.2
• Remarkably pretty white hands. F552.3
• Handsome man. F575.2
• Strong man kills animals with own hands. F628.1
• Strong man kills lion with own hands. F628.1.1
• Man kills serpents, toads, dragons with own hands. F628.1.3.1
• Child tears to pieces a live snake with his bare hands. (Cf. F611.3.2.) F628.1.3.2
• Strong hero kills aquatic animal with own hands. F628.1.4
• Strong hero kills many crocodiles with own hands. F628.1.4.1
• Strong hero kills sharks with own hands. F628.1.4.2
• Strong hero kills walrus with own hands. F628.1.4.3
• Strong man kills men with own hands. F628.2.5
• Strong man tears boat apart with hands. F639.6
• Skillful marksman shoots meat from giant's hands. F661.1
• Sparks come from man's hands. F683.1
• Bells ring without human hands when a saint is born. F960.1.4
• Witch with enormous hands. G217
• Devil holds fire in his hands. G303.4.8.2.1
• The devil advises a suspicious husband. The Ring of Hans Garvel. Appears in a dream and hands the husband a ring. "When you wear this ring you will be sure of your wife." He awakens to understand the obscene implication. G303.9.7.3
• Devil dances with maid and puts his claws through her hands. G303.10.4.5
• Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc. G303.14
• Ogre's head and hands cut off and hung above city gate. G512.1.2.1
• Weaver married to princess betrays his identity when he unconsciously waves his hands as though he were weaving and asks for his shuttle. H38.2.4.1
• God in disguise recognized by tokens on his feet and hands. H45.4
• Recognition by description of woman with missing hands. H57.4
• Recognition by artificial hands. H57.5
• Test: which of twins is elder. Younger unthinkingly hands chopsticks to elder and thus betrays his junior rank. H255
• Successful suitor must have whitest hands. Blacksmith qualifies because of frequent washing of hands. H312.4
• Successful suitor must have the prettiest hands; not whitest, but dark with scars and gold rings. H312.4.1
• Suitor test: tribute of his severed hands. H333.2
• Wealthy (handsome) suitor disguised as beggar to test bride's kindness. H384.1.1
• Magic cup as chastity test: sticks to hands of adulterer. H411.4.2
• Riddle of the unborn. I am unborn; my horse is unborn; I carry my mother on my hands. (A boy who has been taken from his dead mother's body digs up the body of his mother and makes gloves of her skin. He rides on a colt which has been taken from a dead mare's body.) H792
• Riddle: what are the two combatants without hands or feet or words? (The bull and the buffalo.) H861
• Help in performance of tasks: invisible hands. H986
• Objects of quest found in deserted castle where hero is served by unseen hands. H1239.2
• Quest for bride as handsome as the hero. H1301.1.1
• Test: sewing clothes into boy's hands and tearing them off together with the skin. H1505
• Mighty-of-His-Mouth and Mighty-of-His-Hands decide to live together to test strength. Strength of mind is winner. H1562.14
• Test of skill for a fakir: heating iron and passing it through hands without burning them. H1576.2
• Wisdom of hidden old man saves kingdom. In famine all old men are ordered killed. One man hides his father. When all goes wrong in the hands of the young rulers, the old man comes forth, performs assigned tasks, and aids with his wisdom. J151.1
• Father with handsome son and hideous daughter. Advises both to look in mirror daily lest son exchange handsome face for bad character; daughter to triumph over face by good manners. J244.1
• Flattery of the wicked to escape death at his hands: "This is an offering to my lord Esau from his slave Jacob". J814.4
• Money in the stick. Before swearing, the cheater hands a stick containing the stolen money to the man he has stolen it from. He then swears that he has repaid it. J1161.4
• Dividing the eggs: one man's hand in the pot at a time. Trickster alternates hands so fast that the other man never gets to put his hand in. He finally puts his foot in the pan. J1241.5
• The one to blow the whistle. Many persons request a man on the way to market to buy them a whistle. Finally one hands him a coin with the request. "You are the one who shall blow the whistle." J1382.1
• Woman repulses ugly husband's advances. He placates her by telling her that he wants a handsome child. J1541.3
• Warming hands across the river. Numskull stretches out his hands toward the fire across the river. J1945