43 motifs match “hollow”  ·  back to the chapters

• Culture hero still alive in hollow hill. A571.1
• Upper world (heaven) as a mountain. The sky is the hollowed under side of the mountain. A662
• Origin of valleys or hollows. A983
• Deluge: escape in hollow tree trunk. A1021.0.5
• Lost wind found in hollow tree: has been banished and is needed by men. A1122.3
• Fire stolen in hollow reed. A1415.1
• Why cow's body has hollow on one side. A2356.2.12
• Why certain reeds are hollow. A2757
• Why certain leaves are hollow. A2764
• Why taro leaves are hollow. A2764.1
• Hostile hound killed by reaching through hollow log in its jaws – and tearing heart out. B17.1.2.2
• Magic hollow-log boat. D1121.1
• Water from bullaun (hollowed-out stone) as remedy. (Cf. D931.) D1500.1.18.5
• Transportation by hollow tree. (Cf. D950, D1532.7.) D1520.1.2
• Magic sight by looking in the hollow of one's hand. D1821.3.9
• Giant's soul in a mole in the hollow of his palm. E714.9
• Otherworld in hollow mountain. F131
• Mountain of Venus. Hollow mountain otherworld where men live a life of ease and lustful pleasure in company with beautiful women. F131.1
• Fairyland under hollow knoll. Usually entered under roots of trees. F211
• Fairies have hollow backs. F232.1
• Hollow mountain. F759.2
• Hollow stone fits any person who lies in it. F809.2
• Hollow tree as residence for hero. F811.10.1
• Hollow in tree grows over, giving sanctuary to relics within. F979.7
• Drops of water make hollow in stone: thus repeated impressions penetrate mind. J67
• Guess what I have in my hand and I will give it to you to make egg-cake with. What does it look like? What outside and yellow inside. It is a hollowed turnip filled with carrots. J2712.1
• Object with a hollow as instrument of cheats. K499.2
• Saint who desires broth containing no butter receives broth into which butter has been poured surreptitiously through hollow mixing-stick. (Cf. K498.) K499.2.1
• Compassionate executioners. Slaves charged with killing (drowning) the infant heroine are touched by her "laughing smile" and put her in a calfshed (hollow tree), where she is found by cowherds, who rear her. K512.0.1
• Man hides in hollow log, fires rifle while Indians are sitting on the log, scares them away. K547.3
• Dupe tricked into entering hollow tree. K714.3
• Capture by hiding in hollow tree. K763
• Animal tricked into seizing hollow log. Man reaches through and pulls animal's heart out. K952.3
• Entrance to woman's room in hollow artificial animal. K1341
• Trickster hides in hollow tree and eats food he has persuaded his wife to bring to feed a bird. K1971.1.1
• Future heroine found in hollow tree (calfshed, house "without door but only window and skylight"). L111.2.1.1
• Treasure found in hollow of tree. N528
• Captivity in mound (cave, hollow hill). R45
• King escapes pursuers through hollow tree in his hall. R311.2
• Stolen child found in hollow tree. R311.3
• Child abandoned in hollow tree. S143.1
• Man in hollow tree defends himself successfully from leopard and bear. X1854
• The boy in the hollow tree. He frightens the woodchopper who leaves behind his horse. X1854.1