59 motifs match “laws”  ·  back to the chapters

• Fettered monster questions visitor. He asks "Are lambs still being produced?" or the like; i.e. is nature still normal? He must remain fettered till he hears that nature's laws no longer hold. A1074.3
• Natural laws inoperative at end of world. A1091
• Origin of laws. A1580
• Laws given directly by deity. A1580.2
• Origin of laws: division of property in a family. A1585
• Origin of laws – miscellaneous. A1589
• Gull from transformed cat. A cat catches a strong fish with her claws. The fish carries the cat on its back to the sea, where the gull originates from the cat. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.1
• Chipmunk's back scratched: hence his stripes. As he is trying to escape, bear catches him with his claws and marks him permanently. (Cf. A2413.2.) A2217.2
• Animal characteristics result of lawsuit. A2255
• Wool on his forehead awarded sheep in lawsuit. He is given the privilege of keeping it when the rest of his body is shorn. (Cf. A2322.5.) A2255.1
• Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2255.2
• Animal characteristics: claws and hoofs. A2376
• Dog's claws as grains under paws. In the great famine, God leaves the dog grain under his paws. From this grows new seed. A2376.2
• Why porcupine has only four claws. A2376.3
• How crab got its claws. A2376.4
• Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws. B31.1
• Lawsuit between the owl and kite. B270.1
• Lawsuit between owl and mouse. B270.2
• Lawsuit against animals. B272.1
• Girl removes dog from lion's claws without being harmed. B848.2
• Fairy transforms herself into a monstrous being with head of an ape, thin legs, sharp claws, fish scales and bristles. D49.3
• Fairies are outlaws hiding out. F251.14
• Water-spirits have laws. F420.3.4
• Dwarfs are subject to laws of nature. F451.3.5
• Person with claws on the feet. F517.1.4
• Giant with nails like claws. F531.1.6.1
• Trees with green birds hanging by claws. F811.9
• Men with iron claws eat girl. G88.1
• Devil has claws. G303.4.4
• Devil has five claws. G303.4.4.1
• Devil has claws on his feet. One can tell a devil by claws protruding through his shoes. G303.4.4.2
• Devil dances with maid and puts his claws through her hands. G303.10.4.5
• Priest separates girl from devil's claws. G303.16.14.1.1
• Beak and claws of slain monster as proof of slaying. H105.5.3
• Abandoned son shows claws and tail of tiger to which his parents have exposed him. H105.5.4
• What four things are hardest to hold? Wolf by eyebrows, bear by claws, snake by tail, hawk by beak. H659.2.1
• Tasks contrary to laws of nature. H1020
• Bear learns how to catch crabs with his hairy claws. J102
• Wisdom of child decides lawsuit. King in disguise sees child's game which represents the case. J123
• Noblemen being ruined by long lawsuit decide wisely to join their families in marriage and save their fortunes. J552.2
• Bishop fond of lawsuits is ordered by king to settle them: bishop pleads for a few to be left so that he will have something to live for. J552.2.1
• Lion suitor allows his teeth to be pulled and his claws to be cut. He is then killed. J642.1
• Detection of theft by finding bag-repairer. Two men are in a lawsuit and before witnesses seal the documents in a bag to await arrival of the king. One of the men cuts the bag open, changes the documents, and has a repairer sew it up again. On the king's arrival the change is discovered. By having a fine carpet repaired the expert repairer is discovered. Confession follows. J1141.5
• Execution escaped by invoking laws of hospitality. J1183
• A present or a retaining fee. An abbot presents a lawyer with a fine horse. Later the abbot comes to Rome and calls on the lawyer for help. The latter returns the horse. "I did not know that you had a lawsuit in Rome." J1559.1
• Foolish lover ignorant of mistress's flaws. J1737
• Christian laws are profitless, Turkish ambassador says. Good people do not need them; bad people do not reform as a result of them. J1825.1
• Absurd disregard of natural laws. J1930
• Absurd disregard of natural laws – miscellaneous. J1959
• The bear riding the horse lets his paws fall on the horse's flanks. He is caught on a tree and leaves his claws in the horse's flesh. J2187
• 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
• Vow to abide by laws. M185
• Laws. P522
• Heptads. Laws made in groups of seven. (Cf. Z71.5.) P541.1
• Laws made at yearly feast. P541.2
• Laws made at feast every seven years. P541.2.1
• Man slits tongue of magpie so that it can learn to speak. His fingernails grow out like bird's claws as punishment. Q285.1.1.1
• Child born with claws as result of curse by dying peddler murdered by its parents. T551.9
• Absurd disregard of natural laws. X1740