52 motifs match “insects”  ·  back to the chapters

• First human being killed by jealous brothers (reptiles and insects). A1297
• Creation of insects. A2000
• Insects from body of slain monster. Usually the monster is burnt; sometimes the insects come from his head, sometimes from his body as it burns. (Cf. A1716.1.) A2001
• Insects from brains, blood, and bones of slain helpful animal. A2001.1
• Origin of insects from various experiences of saint. A2002
• The god Mahadeo turns wood chips into insects. A2002.1
• Origin of insects: released from sack. God places them in a sack and gives it to hare to carry to stream. He must not look in the sack. When he does so the insects escape. The hare laughs and this is the cause of his split lip. A2003
• Insects from devil's post-hole. Devil is given enough land to dig a post-hole. From this come all kinds of insects. To stop them a burning log is put in the hole. Insects therefore hate smoke. A2004
• Origin of insects: God throws sand on lazy shepherds. (Cf. A1716.1). A2005
• Origin of insects: monstrous births from brother-sister incest. A2006
• Creation of miscellaneous insects. A2070
• Creation of lac insects. A2095
• Markings on insects. A2412.3
• Sounds of insects. A2426.3
• Haunts of insects. A2433.5
• Why ant-bear eats insects. A2435.3.8
• Food of insects. A2435.5
• The insects' enemies. (Cf. A2494.13.3, A2494.13.10.2, A2494.13.11.1.) A2494.14
• Origin of plants: creator sends down the insects, who plant them. A2601
• Devastating insects. B16.6
• Speaking insects. B211.4
• Insects' language. B215.6
• Kingdom of insects. B224
• King of insects. B246
• Wedding of insects. B285
• Helpful insects. B480
• Helpful insects – hymenoptera. B481
• Helpful insects – coleoptera. B482
• Helpful insects – diptera. B483
• Helpful insects – lepidoptera. B484
• Helpful insects – hemiptera. B485
• Helpful insects – orthoptera. B486
• Helpful insects – miscellaneous. B489
• Giant insects. B873
• Magic dust vitalizes seeds and they become insects. (Cf. D935.1.) D1594.1
• Saint destroys disastrous insects. D2156.6
• Insects in otherworld. F167.1.3
• Sham dead tested by stinging insects down back. H248.2
• Task: cutting down tree without scratching for stinging insects. (Scratches surreptitiously while gesticulating.) H1184
• Wisdom learned from example of insects. J137
• Expensive means of being rid of insects. J2102
• House burned down to rid it of insects. J2102.4
• Clothes burned to rid them of insects. J2102.6
• Crop burned to rid it of insects. J2102.7
• Frogs to eat insects, snakes to eat frogs. Snakes eat numskull's family. J2102.8
• Deception into bottle (vessel). Insects (or a spirit) having escaped from a bottle are told that they cannot return. They accept the challenge and go back into the bottle. K717
• Insects worry large animal to despair or death. L315.6
• Lies about insects. X1280
• Lies about crossbreeding of insects. X1280.1
• Bumblebees imported to rout mosquitoes; the two insects crossbreed and have stingers on both ends. X1280.1.1
• Lies about ferocious insects. X1280.2
• Insects eat team of horses or mules, pitch horseshoes to see who gets what is left. X1280.2.1