27 motifs match “invited”  ·  back to the chapters

• The cat as vixen's husband. Frightens the other wild animals invited by the vixen. (Cf. K2324.) B281.9.1
• Wedding of turkey and peacock. All birds invited except eagle. This omission starts great conflict. B282.1
• The offended skull (statue) (Festin de Pierre). A skull (statue) is invited to dinner. Attends the dinner and takes his host off to the other world. C13
• Dinner with the dead. Dead man is invited to dinner. Takes his host to other world. E238
• Dead children invited to eat at God's table. E754.2.4
• Fairy takes revenge for not being invited to feast. F361.1.1
• Fairy kills man who refuses his hospitality. Man refuses to visit fairy after being invited. (Cf. F361.15.) F361.17.7
• Devil rides away on an ass. Angered because God has not invited him to his wedding. G303.7.2
• Persistent beggar invited upstairs. A beggar will not come in but insists on the man coming down to the door. When he asks alms the man bids him come upstairs. Then he says he has nothing for him. "You made me come down for nothing; I make you come up for nothing." J1331
• Revenge by interrupting feast. A rabbi who has been inhospitably treated is afterwards invited to dinner. He keeps the guests so amused by his jokes that they fail to eat and the feast is spoiled. J1564.2
• The literal host: bread and salt. Guest finds that his host spoke literally when he invited him to share his bread and salt. Later, when the host threatens an importunate beggar, the guest advises the beggar to flee since the host means what he says. J2476
• Playing godfather. By pretending that he has been invited to be godfather, the trickster makes an opportunity to steal the provisions stored by him and the dupe for the winter. When he returns on successive occasions he reports the name of the child as "Just Begun," "Half Done," etc. K372
• Supper won by disguising as an invited guest. K455.2
• The devil gets into the ark. The devil wants to know what Noah is doing when he is building the ark. He forbids Noah's wife to enter the ark until Noah has also invited him. K485
• Attack made on groom after he has been invited to female apartments to have meal with bride. K778.4
• Enemies invited to banquet and killed. (Cf. K871.2.) K811.1
• Enemies invited to feast and poisoned. K811.1.2
• Troll bluffed away from christening. He is invited but told that guests will include the Virgin Mary, Thor the Thunderer, etc. He stays away but sends the finest present. K1736
• Enemy invited for marriage with relative attacked. K2013
• Enemy invited to meeting and attacked. K2013.1
• Trickster admits defeat: enemy and friends invited to fort for ceremony and then attacked. K2366.1
• Enemy leaders invited to banquet and poisoned. (Cf. K871.1.) K2369.12.1
• Three deformed witches invited to wedding in exchange for help. M233
• Brothers accidentally reunited when wedding of one to a king's daughter is celebrated and neighboring rulers are invited. N733.5
• Smith honored by king as indispensable. Invited to festival. P447.5
• Lion divides slain bullock. The thief who demands half of the bullock driven off; the traveler who modestly withdraws invited to take half. Q3.2
• Groom invited after marriage ceremony into female apartments to eat wedding breakfast with the bride. T137.3