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

• Man as helper of thundergod. A189.1.1
• Culture hero has supernatural helpers. A528
• Cock helper advises of coming enemy. B122.7
• Helpful bird hatched by hero. Hero holds eagle's egg in hand and hatches it. Young eagle becomes his helper. B317
• Small fish as helper. B470.1
• Man wishing to be conjurer fears helper he has called. C12.1.1
• Tabu: eating animal helper. C221.2.1
• Tabu: observing supernatural helper. C311.1.5
• Tabu: looking at old woman helper as she eats. C312.2.2
• All questions to be answered "Thanks". Youth is so advised by old woman helper. C495.3
• Fugitive transformed by helper to escape detection. D671.0.2
• Disenchantment by submission. The helper must submit to the will of the enchanted person. D730
• Helper summoned by calling his name. D1420.4
• Magic object summons helper. D1421
• Magic bell summons helper. D1421.0.1
• Magic ashes summon helper. (Cf. D931.1.2.) D1421.0.2
• Magic hair when thrown into fire summons supernatural. helper. (Cf. D991.) D1421.0.3
• Grateful objects give helper gifts. D1658.3.3
• Helper summoned by calling his name. D2074.2.4.3
• Magic spinning. Usually performed by a supernatural helper. D2183
• Spirit in bottle (bag) as helper. F403.2.2.4
• Rainbow spirit as helper on journey. F439.1.2
• Witch pretends sickness and kicks helper into pit. G269.1.1
• Witch as helper. G284
• Demon's helpers. G302.8
• Devil as helper in battle. G303.22.14
• Defeated giant becomes friend and helper of victor. G510.3
• Ogre's maidservant as helper. G530.6
• Recognition of own cow in herd of twenty thousand. Hornet helper. H163
• Woman's question to her husband disguised as woman, how many men she had in one night. This is properly understood as, how many helpers he had, and answered by lifting ten fingers. H582.3
• Helpers on quest. H1233
• Old person as helper on quest. H1233.1
• Relation as helper on quest. H1233.2
• Holy man as helper on quest. H1233.3
• Fakir as helper on quest. H1233.3.2
• Supernatural creature as helper on quest. H1233.4
• Fairies as helpers on quest. H1233.4.1
• Griffin as helper on quest. H1233.4.3
• Demon as helper on quest. H1233.4.4
• Deity as helper on quest. H1233.5
• Goddess as helper on quest. H1233.5.1
• Horse helper on quest. H1233.6.1
• Bird helper (adviser) on quest. H1233.6.2
• Porpoise as helper on quest. H1233.6.3
• Succession of helpers on quest. One helper sends to another, who sends to another, etc. (Cf. H1241.) H1235
• Helpers on quest demand pay for advice. H1235.1
• Quest accomplished by means of objects given by helpers. H1239.3
• Angel helpers in religious test. H1573.0.1
• Race won by deception: relative helpers. One of the contestants places his relatives (or others that resemble him) in the line of the race. The opponent always thinks the trickster is just ahead of him. (Told of animals or of men; often of the hare and the turtle.) K11.1
• Deceptive eating contest: relative helpers. Trickster wins with the aid of substitutes. (Cf. K82.2.) K81.2
• Deceptive drinking contest: relative helpers. (Cf. K81.2.) K82.2
• Sympathetic helper robbed. K345
• Sympathetic helper sent for remedy and robbed. K345.1
• Sham calling to helpers frightens robbers away. K548.3
• Helper dressed in bear's skin helps to escape. K649.7.2
• Peacock helper dances before enemy army of hero; flame of fire from her tail burns them all to ashes. K916.1
• Magic helper brings girl to hero's bed. K1336
• Trickster poses as helper and eats women's stored provisions. K1983
• Same reward promised to many helpers. K2034
• Helper steals object obtained at end of quest. K2036
• Devil as helper of robber refuses to let women's ornaments be stolen. They are his own weapons. M212.1
• Dividing the winnings: half of the bride demanded. When the hero shows that he is willing to carry out the bargain, his helper relents. M241.1
• Helper in hiding treasure killed in order that nobody may ever find it. N595
• Helpers. N800
• Helper grateful for being bought from slavery. N801
• Supernatural helpers. N810
• Helper's beard and eyebrows cut. Only after hero has performed this service is help forthcoming. N810.2
• Hero's divine father as helper. N810.3
• Supernatural helper comes from sky. N810.4
• Supernatural person disguised as servant as helper. N810.5
• Saint disguised (as poor man) as helper. N810.6
• Giant or ogre as helper. N812
• Giantess as foster mother and helper of hero. N812.2
• Grateful giantess as helper. N812.3
• Chief with three supernatural ogre helpers. N812.7
• Fairy as helper. N815
• Fairy nurse as helper. N815.1
• Deity as helper. N817
• God as helper. N817.0.1
• Goddess as helper. N817.0.2
• Sky as helper. N818
• Sun as helper. N818.1
• Supernatural helpers – miscellaneous. N819
• Immortal as helper. N819.1
• Transformed person as helper. N819.2
• Transformed mother as helper. N819.2.1
• Supernatural medicine-man as helper. N819.4
• Human helpers. N820
• Lame boy (girl) as helper. N822
• Old person as helper. N825
• Old man helper. N825.2
• Old woman helper. N825.3
• Old woman by spring as helper. N825.3.2
• Child as helper. (Cf. N832.) N827
• Wise woman as helper. N828
• Girl as helper. N831
• Boy as helper. (Cf. N827). N832
• Sons as helpers. N832.2
• Wealthy (powerful) man as helper. N835
• King as helper. N836