25 motifs match “length”  ·  back to the chapters

• Why days lengthen in spring. A1155
• Determination of night and day. After much discussion, the relative length of these divisions is determined. A1172
• Grave equals five times length of any person's foot. D482.5.1
• Snake grows to 300 leagues length. D487.1
• Summer magically lengthened. (Cf. F162.1.1, F971.5.) D2145.2.1
• Day magically lengthened. D2146.1.1
• Night magically lengthened. D2146.2.2
• Resuscitation impossible after certain length of time. E162
• Resuscitation after great length of time. (Cf. D1857.) E162.0.1
• Giant girl's face is an elbow length wide. F531.2.2.1
• Blue, protruding teeth of one and a half elbow-length. F544.3.3.1
• Holy man's hair of enormous length, so long has he remained praying at one spot. F555.3.2
• Strong men knock on door with beam of twenty elbow-lengths. F631.6.1
• Man carries a beam eighteen feet in length and cuts path through jungle at same time. F631.6.2
• Man can lengthen swords by twirling them between his fingers. F679.2
• Gigantic sword. Sword eight elbow-lengths long and two spans broad. F833.8
• How far from earth to heaven? A leg's length, for it is written, Heaven is my throne and earth my footstool. H682.1.8
• Pigeons cover the sun's rays with their outstretched wings and lengthen night to six months so that hero's task can be completed in one night. H982.1
• Task: making shawl-cloth one hundred cubits in length out of one cocoon of silk. H1022.4.3
• How many priests should one have in one place? How many fox tails will reach to heaven? All depends on the length of the tails. J1291.3
• The cynic discusses heaven. Hearing a man discoursing at great length about heaven, he asks, "When did you come down from there?" J1442.8
• Sewing contest won by deception: the long thread. The ogre sews with the whole length of the thread. When he returns from the first stitch, the tailor has his task finished. K47.1
• Punishment: stretching tongue to enormous length. Q451.4.10
• Person pulls up old oil wells and sells them for post holes after sawing them up into short lengths. X1761.1
• Seven years as length of course in school. Z72.4