29 motifs match “ladder”  ·  back to the chapters

• Ladder to heaven (applied to saint). A666
• Eight (symbolical) steps of the ladder of heaven. A666.1
• Rodent gnaws away ladder to other world and thus ghosts remain on earth. A666.2
• Stag defeated by snail vomits his gall-bladder. A2211.13
• Gall-bladder of animal. A2386
• Forbidden ladder. C611.3
• Transformation: stretching fingers to make ladder. D485
• Magic gall-bladder of animal. D1015.2
• Magic gall-bladder warns of danger. (Cf. D1015.2.) D1317.2
• Ladder to upper world. F52
• Ladder of glass to upper world. F52.1
• Columns of smoke as ladder to upper world. (Cf. F61.3.1.) F52.2
• Descent from upper world on magic feather (like ladder). F61.2.1.1
• Knockers kick rungs out of ladders, cutting off escape of trapped miners. F456.1.2.1.4
• Extraordinary ladder (stair). F848
• Girl's long hair as ladder into tower. Rapunzel. F848.1
• Ladder of fingers (toes). F848.2
• Ladder of bones. (Usually bones are stuck in side of steep and slippery mountain.) F848.3
• Ladder of fire. F848.4
• Ordeal: walking on ladder of knives. H225.1
• Task: making ladder which whole army cannot set up. H1147
• The ladder market. A thief climbs over a wall by means of his ladder. When caught in the garden he says that he is a seller of ladders. Owner: "Is this a ladder market?" "Can't one sell ladders everywhere?" J1391.2
• The guest who could not keep warm. He keeps calling for more bed clothes. The host finally piles a ladder, a trough, etc., on top of him until he calls for help. J1563.1
• A step-ladder for setting the table. Servant who leaves off the salt is instructed to bring in the step-ladder so as to see what is missing. J1573.1
• To keep first thing touched. Wealth (or woman) is on platform. First thing touched is ladder leading up. K285
• Lover gets into maiden's room by means of a ladder. K1348
• Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder. L472
• Ladder as symbol of upward progress. Z139.7
• Ladder to heaven as symbol of saint. Z139.7.1