67 motifs match “hiding”  ·  back to the chapters

• Eclipses caused by animal hiding sun behind his body. A737.6
• Sun eats all his own children except morning star, while moon keeps all her children in hiding. A764.1.2
• Bird betrays hiding-place of the Virgin. B131.6
• Tabu: hiding iron. C899.1
• Disenchantment by hiding skin (covering). When the enchanted person has temporarily removed the covering, it is stolen and the victim remains disenchanted until it is found. D721.2
• Hiding place speaks and betrays hider. D1612.3
• Ghost light hovers over hiding place of body of murdered person. E231.3
• Hiding from ghosts under church bell. E434.1
• Hiding from ghosts in pulpit. E434.2
• Fairy shows hiding place of treasure in return for freedom. (Cf. N538.) F244.2
• Fairies are outlaws hiding out. F251.14
• Man captures spirit by hiding his stick and leg-wrappers of copper. When spirit gets them back by trickery he disappears. F405.13
• Marvelous light reveals man hiding from saint. F969.3.1
• Person's thigh as hiding place. F1034.3
• Person's armpit as hiding place. F1034.4
• Other parts of person's body as hiding place. F1034.5
• Devil gets into the ark by hiding in shadow of Noah's wife. G303.23.1
• Recognition by trimmed leaf thrown from tree hiding place. H135.1
• Suitor test: hiding from princess. She has magic sight. H321
• Foolishness of premature coming out of hiding. J582
• One cock takes glory of another's valor. Victor in cock fight crows over his victory. He is taken off by eagle. A second cock then comes out from hiding and struts about among the hens. J972
• Fermenting dough: "Woe to you .." The rain drops: "Here he is.." The little bell: "He is hiding here.." J1812.3
• Fox holds conversation with his members, attracts attention, and is caught. He scolds in turn his feet, eyes, ears, and tail. In his excitement he sticks out his tail from his hiding place. J2351.1
• Fool points out hiding place to evil spirits. J2367
• The fool betrays his brothers. They escape but he is captured and stupidly betrays their hiding places. J2668
• Theft of gold hoard by spying on secret hiding place. K322
• Thieves directed to a hornet's nest as supposed money hiding place. K421.2
• Escape by hiding. K515
• Girl escapes by hiding in huge harp. K515.2
• Escape by hiding in kettle. K515.4
• Escape by hiding in rice-bin. K515.5
• Escape by hiding in the earth. K515.6
• Queen hiding king disguised as child tells ogress she has borne child with moustache: ogress frightened. K547.10
• Escape under ram's belly. By hiding under the belly of a ram the hero escapes under the legs of the blind ogre. K603
• The cave call. ("Hello, house!") An animal suspecting the presence of an enemy in his cave (house), calls and receives no answer. He then says, "Don't you know, O cave, that we have agreed that I must call you when I come from abroad and that you in turn must answer me?" The hiding animal answers and the other flees. K607.1
• Capture by hiding in animal carcass. Animal who comes to eat of carcass caught. K751.1
• Capture by hiding under screen (grass, leaves, etc.) K752
• Capture by hiding in disguised objects. K753
• Capture by hiding in disguised ship. K753.1
• Capture by hiding in artificial animal. K754
• Capture by hiding in artificial elephant. K754.2
• Capture by hiding in artificial bird. K754.3
• Capture by hiding in baskets of food. K758
• Capture by hiding in hollow tree. K763
• Victim burned in his own house (or hiding place). K812
• Deception by hiding weapons. K818.4
• Importunate lover is induced to undergo series of humiliations. (1) Disguise as bakery woman. (2) Disguise as priest. (3) Disguise as corpse. (4) Hiding in wine skin. Humiliated each time. K1214.1.1
• Entrance into woman's (man's) room by hiding in chest. K1342
• Heroine in hiding-box which is bought by prince. K1342.1
• Man in magic hiding box bought by girl's father. K1342.1.1
• Wife has hiding husband carried off in basket by thieves. K1514.7
• Adulteress throws small coffer out of window. While the husband retrieves it the paramour changes hiding places. K1514.15
• Wife washes husband's hair hiding his eyes while lover escapes unseen. K1516.7
• Trickster's eggs become an omelet. Tries to avoid paying tax by hiding eggs in his breeches. The collectors make him sit down. K1693
• Deception by hiding. K1892
• Page is duped into hiding under woman's bed (behind curtain). K2112.2.2
• Hiding from the strange animal. A cat shrieks and the frightened bear falls out of the tree and hurts himself. K2324
• Capture by hiding warriors in baskets on back of oxen driven into enemy's camp on pretence that food is being brought. K2357.15
• Secrets of animals (demons) accidentally overheard from tree (bridge) hiding place. N451.1
• By hiding, stupid son overhears conversation and claims magic power for bamboo cup. N455.10
• Helper in hiding treasure killed in order that nobody may ever find it. N595
• Prince first sees heroine as she comes forth from her hiding-box. She has concealed herself until the favorable moment. N712
• Undesired suitor hiding under girl's bed is killed. Q411.2
• Dumbness as punishment for hiding children. Q451.3.1
• Villain in hiding killed by blow aimed at his victim. Q581.2
• Milk drops from woman's breast on tiger's leg and reveals her hiding place in tree. R351.1
• Nun hidden by abbess from pursuing knight betrays her own hiding place to him. Is afterwards abandoned. V465.1.2.1