85 motifs match “kept”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun kept in box. A721
• Sun and moon kept in pots when they do not shine. A721.0.1
• Sun kept in a case. A721.0.3
• Theft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earth. A721.1
• Moon kept in box. (Cf. A755.1). A754
• Theft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earth. A758
• Fettered monster kept just out of reach of water. The water is always drunk by vulture as he is ready to take it. A1074.5
• Impounded water. Water is kept by monster so that mankind cannot use it. A hero defeats the monster and releases the water. (The monster is sometimes a giant frog.) A1111
• Why sea waters are warm: kept so by Leviathan. A1119.2
• Rain kept in waterskin dragged along sky floor. A1131.4.1
• Night stolen and kept in jar. A1174.3.1
• Of first parents husband so hideous he is kept hidden. A1279.1
• Light kept in box (basket). Stolen. A1411.1
• Hoarded game released. Animals are kept imprisoned by malevolent creature. Released by culture hero. A1421
• Origin of human wisdom. It is kept hidden by monster and is later stolen. It escapes and spreads through the world. (Cf. A1111, A1421.) A1481
• Wild animals kept as dogs. B575.1
• Cocks kept from intercourse with hens have tenderest meat. B754.5
• Cat must be kept from dying person because it will catch the person's soul issuing (from mouth) in form of mouse. (Cf. E731.3.) B766.1.1
• Wild pigs kept by demigod as if domesticated. B845.1
• Tabu: opening gourd in which star-wife is kept. When curious girls do so, she flies up to sky. C31.1.5
• Tabu: eating food kept for animals. C248
• Magic object acquired by tricking devil. Man gets shelter in storm; devil gets wet. Devil gives man magic object in return for information as to how he kept dry. D834
• Consecrated bread kept in mouth and fed to toad produces love. D1355.10.1
• Saint kept in boiling water for three days shows no signs of discomfort. D1841.2.1
• Beer magically kept from brewing. D2084.1
• Butter magically kept from coming. (Cf. D1573, D2083.) D2084.2
• Swine magically kept from fattening. D2089.3.1
• Flowers magically kept from withering. D2167.3
• Evil spirits kept out by stone wall. D2177.4
• Resuscitation by mummified dog. Dog is kept in box. Revives and resuscitates dead hero. E53.1
• Man kept alive by consecrated sword. (Cf. D1081, E765.3.0.1.) E163
• Dead rich man returns to rebuke his children who have kept the money he promised to the church. E415.2
• Account book of men summoned to death kept in heaven. E481.8.1
• Soul kept in object. (Cf. E765.) E711
• Soul (or life) kept in special part of body. E714
• Separable soul kept in animal. E715
• Soul of unborn son comes out of mother's mouth (in form of stone), is kept by her, and later is given to son. (Cf. E711.7.) E726.2
• Light must be kept burning by corpse to keep evil spirits away. E752.10.2
• Water fairy changeling kept out of water too long, dies. F321.1.5
• Water-man is rendered powerless if kept away from water. F420.4.6
• Room heated by crowded corpses kept on hand by ghoulish ogres. F686.2
• Remarkably hot spear must be kept in bath of blood (poison). F834.1
• Armies miraculously separated (kept from coming to battle, etc.). F1097
• Giant's hair grows into rock. He is thus kept from falling from cliff. G122
• Witch kept under control by means of a magic iron nail driven in her head. G272.14
• Consecrated wafer kept in mouth in order to be a witch. G281
• Arm of monster kept as token of innocence of dog. Scottish: Campbell-McKay. H105.3
• Task: give sheep good care but do not let it fatten. (Sheep fed but kept near wolf where it is afraid and does not fatten.) H1072
• Quest for covering that is kept in an emerald box by the well. H1348.1
• Friendship kept up even during sons' jealousy and enmity. H1558.10
• Wisdom from continual reminder of foolishness in the past. Unjust judge skinned and his skin stretched over a footstool kept in the presence of judges, so as to remind them to be just. J167
• Angel in form of young man shows skeptical hermit that ways of providence are inscrutable. J225.0.3
• Little fish in the net kept rather than wait for uncertainty of greater catch. J321.2
• Old ox yoked with young ox. Thus kept in order. J441.1
• Man is arrested for drunkenness; he is so drunk that trial must be postponed. When he is tried later, he is told how at the earlier trial he had kept repeating that the judge was a very wise judge. When he hears this he admits that he must have been very drunk. J1289.12
• Animals or objects kept warm. J1873
• Absurd ignorance concerning place for animal to be kept. J1904
• Blind beggar overheard telling that his money is kept in a stick. Thief exchanges sticks. K333.4
• Trickster dupes woman into putting him into basket. He thus learns where food is kept. K359.3
• Wolf kept at door until children have been christened. He loses his feast. K551.8
• Executioner kept busy or interested until rescue comes. Sometimes until he changes his mind. K555
• Victim tricked into prison and kept there. K714.1
• Importunate lover kept overlong at supper: must leave. K1227.9
• Irrevocable judgment of king upheld. King leaves laws that must be kept until his death. Years later he has his bones sent back to that land to let people know that he is dead and they are free. M14
• Promise kept in deed but not in spirit. M205.0.1
• Dying man's promise will be kept. M251
• Hero kept from going to battle lest he be slain. M341.2.18.1
• Money cannot be kept from where it is destined to go. Miser told that his hoard is to go to poor man. He hides it in a trunk and throws it into the sea but it drifts to the house of the poor man who tries in vain to restore it to its owner. N212
• The sacred partnership. Man is abducted by pirates and kept in slavery forty years. Upon his return his friend divides his earnings with him. P319.4
• Son insists on following father's trade. This has been kept secret at request of dying father who was unsuccessful. Son learns from mother. P401
• Pledge with enemy to be kept. P557.2
• Captive knight freed for having kept his word. Is allowed to leave to collect ransom (or marry fiancée). When he returns his captor frees him (or raises ransom). Q54.2
• Queen kept in palace of forty doors, each of them watched by a dog. R41.5.1
• Man transformed to animal kept as pet by heroine. (Cf. D658.) T33
• Lover's body kept embalmed for years by grieving mistress. (Cf. T211.4.) T85.4
• Love kept up even after one of the parties is married to another. T88.1
• Spouse's corpse kept after death. T211.4
• Wife's corpse kept after death. T211.4.1
• Husband's corpse kept after death. T211.4.2
• Imprisoned virgin to prevent knowledge of men (marriage, impregnation). Usually kept in a tower. (Danaë.) T381
• Conservative but absurd way of slaughtering hog stubbornly kept. U139.2.1
• Clothes of knight who kneels in mud before host as it passes miraculously kept clean. V34.4
• Imprisoned miner kept alive by masses performed by his wife. V41.1
• Calves kept separate from cows in commemoration of hero's death. V65.1
• Skeptic kicked by sacrificial animal. V346