33 motifs match “holding”  ·  back to the chapters

• Buffaloes emerge from earth, the first man holding the tail of last one. A1714.3.1
• Rain-withholding deer killed: rain released. B192.2
• Tabu: holding meeting at certain place. C853.1
• Disenchantment by holding temporarily disenchanted person. D721.4
• Disenchantment by holding enchanted person during successive transformations. D757
• Disenchantment made permanent by holding to a hair. D793.1
• "Hand of glory" renders light invisible. Candles of human fat from dead man's hand make light invisible except to man holding it. (Cf. D1162.2.1.) D1361.7
• Magic calabash holding bones raises storm. (Cf. D965.2) D1541.1.7
• Woman cries out on beholding man her unborn child is destined to slay. (Cf. T575.1.) D1812.4.1
• Wild hunt avoided by holding bread. (Cf. D1031.1.) E501.17.5.6
• Wild hunt avoided by holding certain plant. (Cf. D965.) E501.17.5.7
• Ascent to upper world by holding on to morning star. F63.4
• Ascent to heaven by holding on to elephant's tail. F75
• Death on beholding hell. F1041.1.8
• Breaking spell on cream by holding churn handle hard against bottom of churn. This paralyzes the witch. (Cf. D2084.2.) G271.4.11
• Man protected from devil by holding three-year old child through night. G303.16.19.6
• Chastity ordeal: holding shaven and greased tail of bull. H412.2
• Chastity ordeal: holding hot iron. H412.4.1
• Holding in the heat. A numskull ties yarn around the stove to keep the heat from escaping. J1942
• Numskull going to heaven holding on tail of divine elephant, looses his hold to make gesture. He and all holding on to him fall. J2133.5.2
• Threatening tiger challenged to strength contest. Beguiled into holding wood for plow and is injured. K547.9
• Trickster claims to be holding up sky. Leopard, afraid to let sky fall, leaves him. K547.14
• Holding up the rock. Trickster makes dupe believe that he is holding up a great rock and induces him to hold it for a while. (Sometimes steals the dupe's goods.) K1251
• Holding up the roof. Fox pretends to be holding up the roof; hence cannot help the bear, who must do the threshing alone. K1251.1
• Holding down the hat. Dupe persuaded to guard hat supposed to cover something valuable. It covers a pile of dung. (Dupe's goods are sometimes stolen.) K1252
• Death in the graveyard; person's clothing is caught; the person thinks something awful is holding him; he dies of fright. N384.2
• St. Peter's mother dropped from heaven because of hardheartedness. She is permitted to go to heaven on a stalk, but is weighted down by people holding to her skirts. She shakes them off. (Cf. Q172.) Q291.1
• Penance: holding midnight mass until someone will make responses. Q521.6
• Instrument or tool for unlawful work becomes attached to person holding it. Q551.2.5
• Child born holding worm (in each hand). T552.2.2
• Animals confess sins to lion holding court. All the powerful animals forgiven. Ass and lamb are punished. U11.1.1.1
• Saint remains silent during Lent by holding stone in mouth. V73.6.2
• Beautiful girl seated on large lotus flower holding big elephant in each hand which she devours and throws off alternately. X943.1