26 motifs match “houses”  ·  back to the chapters

• Primeval woman cut in pieces: houses, etc., made from her body. A642.1
• The gods build houses, and fashion tools. A1402
• Acquisition of guest-houses. A1435.1
• Why crow must build nests far from people's houses. A2431.3.6.3
• Why sparrow may build nest near people's houses; reward for hospitality. A2431.3.7.1
• Why small ants live in houses while driver ants must live in bush. A2433.2.1.1
• Why cockroaches live in houses. A2433.5.7
• Bats keep fireflies to light their houses. B788
• Tabu: not to clean houses with cow-dung. C536
• Houses magically made larger. D488
• Fairy personage (god?) houses mistress in crystal bower. (Cf. F165.3.5.1.) D2185.1
• Houses in lower world of dead. (Cf. F163, F220.) E481.1.2
• Wild hunt goes through houses when front and back doors are on a line. (Cf. E501.17.5.4.) E501.14.6
• Houses at border of otherworld. (Cf. F163.3.) F147
• Tenantless houses at border of otherworld. F147.1
• Jinns frequent graveyards, ruined houses, or an altar of sacrifice. F499.3.3
• Witch causes haunted houses. G269.5
• The devil tries to learn a trade; he fails miserably at all but versemaking. He now loiters in alehouses, sings songs. G303.13.4
• Obedience of king's subjects tested by willingness to allow spear to be carried crosswise into houses. Way must be hewn. H1557.5
• Thieves tell judge walls of houses were so weak they could not resist temptation of breaking in. J1165.1
• Countryman misunderstands comforts of city. Thinks latrine is kitchen, refuses to take a walk because he fears high houses will fall upon him, etc. J1742.5
• King orders houses built to keep howling jackals warm in winter. Rascal misappropriates funds. J1873.4
• Dividing all they have. So advised, they cut their beds, houses, etc. in two. (Cf. M241.) J2469.3
• Enemies each burn own houses to be able to sell ashes. K941.3
• Rats cause cats to be killed. The rats unite and all go to houses together, increasing or decreasing their ravages with the increase or decrease in the number of cats. Thus the cats are suspected of the damage and are killed. K2172
• Roads go over roofs of houses. X1551.1