24 motifs match “interest”  ·  back to the chapters

• Parrot and sparrow argue right to inherit property left by man. Sparrow says his interests are the same as man's; parrot says that he caused all man's wealth, since man sold his feathers. People's decision for parrot. B271.1
• Giants repay loan with large interest. Cask of gold for ale, etc. F531.5.5
• The four coins. (Focus.) King: What do you do with the four coins you earn? Peasant: First I eat (feed self); second I put out at interest (give my children); third I give back (pay debts); fourth I throw away (give my wife.) H585.1
• What is sweetest? One's own interest. H633.4
• Test of sex of girl masking as man: spinning wheel brought. Men take no notice; women interested. H1578.1.2
• The valuable neglected for the interesting. J345
• Man has disinterested party punish servant for him lest he himself be unfair in his anger. J571.4.1
• Beware of following an interested adviser. J758
• Futility of expecting stranger to have one's interest at heart. J1087
• Interested only in his capital. Preacher tells parishioners (regarding the day's offering): "You will get back 100 for 1." Donor of a penny: "I'll be glad to get back my capital!" J1583
• A man without a stomach. The man complains that he is a mere slave of his stomach. His wish is granted and the stomach taken away from him. He discovers soon that life has become very uninteresting to him, and recovers his stomach again. J2072.4
• The cat and the eel-pie. Woman puts cat in flour bin to catch a mouse. The cat eats the pie in the bin and loses interest in the mouse. J2103.1.1
• How did the cow get on the pole? A fool hides his purse on a pole on a cliff. A rascal substitutes cow-dung for the money. The fool is interested only in how the cow could have reached the purse. J2382
• Owner's interest distracted while goods are stolen. K341
• Usurer blackmailed. Shrewd suitor persuades usurer to charge him 100 per cent interest, then has him arrested. Thus gets daughter for wife. K443.11
• Executioner kept busy or interested until rescue comes. Sometimes until he changes his mind. K555
• Seventy tales of a parrot prevent a wife's adultery. The parrot keeps her interested until her husband's return. K1591
• Wise man sent by king to rival to give him interested advice. K1994
• Numskull bribed to keep silent in elephant sale when he manifests interest, though utterly ignorant. N613
• Frog removed from queen's nose by telling such interesting story that she gives quick breath and dislodges him. N641.2
• Woman enamored of an unknown knight in a tournament loses interest when she finds that it is her husband. (Cf. R222.) T236
• Wolf loses interest in the sermon when he sees a flock of sheep. A dervish preaches to him. U125
• Heron (crane) loses interest in heaven if there are no snails. U125.1
• Unfinished tales. Just as the interest is aroused the narrator quits. "If the bowl had been stronger my tale had been longer." Z12