65 motifs match “jewels”  ·  back to the chapters

• Goddess represented as mounted on a drake, attended by eight chief snakes attended by snake jewels. A137.9
• God's temple of jewels. A151.4.1
• Jewels of the gods. A156.1
• Animals with members of precious metal (jewels). B101
• Animal of precious metal (jewels). B102
• Snake vomits jewels. B103.4.2.2
• Kite steals jewels and thus saves condemned man. Innocent man in possession of stolen jewels, is about to be apprehended. Kite carries off the jewels and saves him. B522.2
• Transformation: object to jewels (or vice versa). D475.4
• Transformation: stones into jewels. D475.4.1
• Transformation: dishes to jewels. D475.4.3
• Tears become jewels. D475.4.5
• Transformation: fingernails into jewels. D475.4.6
• Transformation: hairs to jewels. D475.4.7
• Oil changed to jewels. D475.4.9
• Magic jewel (jewels). D1071
• Jewels produced by magic. D1071.0.1
• Jewels aid in search for treasure. (Cf. D1071.) D1314.8
• Jewels from hair. D1454.1.2
• Jewels from tears. D1454.4.2
• Magic bird (when eaten) gives power of excreting jewels. (Cf. D1032.) D1561.2.1
• Deer of gold and jewels possessing life. D1620.2.3
• Shower of jewels magically drawn from sky. D2101.2
• Ghost of murdered girl appears and lends jewels needed for a ball in exchange for flowers. E363.5.1
• Jewels in streams of otherworld. F162.2.10
• Temple of jewels in otherworld. F163.2.1.1
• Treasure and jewels in otherworld. F166.1
• "The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann" (fairies?). F244.1
• Dwarfs possess treasure (gold, jewels, etc.). F451.7.1
• Underground palace full of jewels. F721.5.1
• Stones of island are jewels. F731.4
• City of jewels. F761.4
• Palace of jewels. (Cf. F721.5.1.) F771.1.5
• Temple of jewels. F773.3
• Tree with leaves of jewels. F811.2.2
• Fruits containing jewels. F813.0.1
• Extraordinary jewels. F826
• Wagon of jewels. F861.3
• Rain of jewels. F962.8.2
• Girl born with costly jewels: sign of royalty. H71.7.1
• Recognition by smell of jewels worn about neck. H93.0.1
• Quest for castle of jewels. H1343
• Millstone preferred to jewels. Man shown jewels that cost much money; he replies that he has better stones (millstones) that earn that much. J245.1
• Apparent beauty may be of the least importance. Ruler admires jewels's beauty but neglects to inquire about their marvelous virtues. J264
• Father leaves sons three jewels – Christianity, Judaism, Mohammedanism. All to be used. (Cf. J1262.9.) J462.3.1
• Greedy man dissatisfied with gold looks for jewels; finds only iron and eventually nothing. J514.5
• Philosopher spits in king's beard. It is the only place he can find at the royal table not covered with gold and jewels. J1566.1
• Clever ways of concealing jewels (treasure). J1655
• Jewels concealed in cowdung cakes. J1655.1
• Gold and jewels sold for trifle. J2093.6
• A snake for the real daughter. Stepdaughter, married to a snake, appears decorated with jewels. Stepmother desires a snake be procured for her daughter. She is swallowed instead. J2415.7
• Covetous husband desiring wife's jewels tells her he has vowed to offer them to deity. K361.6
• False set of rings to offset genuine. Jewels bought with counterfeit money. K476.4
• Trickster persuades policeman to take his place in the stocks. Then tricks policeman's wife into giving him jewels. K714.1.1
• Dupe induced to dive for alleged jewels. K1051.1
• Seduction by scattering jewels. Girl seized when she tries to take jewels. K1332.1
• Seduction by promise of jewels. K1332.3
• Goat singing a threatening song bought off with food and jewels. K1767
• Accustomed rags preferred to new garments. A Brahmin returns home to find a palace instead of a cottage; he recognizes his wife only after she throws off her jewels and ornaments to stand before him in her old rags. L217
• Wrecked man saved on coffer of jewels; becomes rich. N226
• Serpent steals jewels: person falsely accused of theft. (Cf. N347.) N352.3
• Jewels as reward. Q111.7
• Trail of jewels. R135.0.3
• Jewels of Cornelia. She shows her children as her jewels. T265
• Woman sells favors to obtain many jewels. T455.1.1
• Jewels as sacrifice to sea. (Cf. V11.2.) V12.2