23 motifs match “laughing”  ·  back to the chapters

• Negroes as curse on Ham for laughing at Noah's nakedness. A1614.1
• Laughing animal. B214.3
• Laughing toad. B214.3.1
• Laughing tabu. C460
• Tabu: bearded man laughing when shaken. C461
• Tabu: laughing at sight of ghosts. C462
• Laughing fish reveals unjust judgment. A severe judgment is rendered for a small offence. As the convicted man is being led away, a dead (dried) fish is heard to laugh. The fish reveals that he has laughed at the foolishness of the judge who, while he punishes minor offences severely, is unable to see the capital crimes in his own household. (Cf. D1281.) D1318.2.1
• Magic laughing object. D1617
• Magic laughing stone. (Cf. D930.) D1617.1
• Magic results from laughing. D1773
• Laughing skull advises hero. (Cf. E545.) E366.1
• Skillful tailor sews bean together after bean has split from laughing. F662.3
• Laughing and crying at the same time (sundry reasons given). F1041.11
• Task: coming laughing and crying at once. (Rubs eyes with a twig to simulate crying.) H1064
• The laughing ass. King has trickster's horse's tail cut off. Trickster retaliates by cutting off part of upper lip of king's ass. At trial the animals are brought forth. Everyone laughs at the ass. Trickster: "If everyone laughs at the ass, how could the ass help laughing at her companion without a tail?" Freed. J1169.5
• Asking favor when master is in good humor. Fool waits till master is laughing at servant's stupidity. J2461.8
• Deceptive laughing contest. K87
• Laughing contest: dead horse winner. The ogre tries to laugh as long as the dead horse with a grinning mouth. Laughs till he dies. K87.1
• Compassionate executioners. Slaves charged with killing (drowning) the infant heroine are touched by her "laughing smile" and put her in a calfshed (hollow tree), where she is found by cowherds, who rear her. K512.0.1
• Escape by laughing and crying at same time. Captured bird cries in thinking of her little ones and laughs under pretext that the hunter is wasting his time instead of taking the treasure which she pretends is in her house. The hunter leaves her. K608
• Making sheep laugh and dance. Told to bring in sheep laughing and dancing, trickster cuts off their upper lips and breaks their legs. K1445
• Monkey instead of girl in floating basket: hermit made laughing-stock. He has persuaded girl's foolish father to place her in the basket. Prince takes girl and leaves monkey in her place. (Cf. K1333, K1674.) K1625
• Thief imagines that group of people in street are talking and laughing at him; he confesses. N275.4