63 motifs match “leopard”  ·  back to the chapters

• Leopards as God's messengers. A165.2.1.1.5
• Color of leopard. (Cf. A2219.1.) A2411.1.1.1
• Spots on leopard. A2412.1.2
• Why leopard walks alone. He killed treacherously his saviors and all animals deserted him. A2433.2.3.1
• Why leopard lives where he does. A2433.3.18
• Food of leopard. A2435.3.17
• Why leopards eat men. A2435.3.17.1
• Cause of leopard's walk. A2441.1.9
• Why leopard cannot capture animal who passes him on right side. A2463.1
• Friendship between leopard-cat and squirrel. A2493.7
• Friendship between leopard-cat and night-jar. A2493.7.1
• Friendship between leopard and goat. A2493.8
• The leopard's enemies. A2494.2
• Enmity between leopard and antelope. A2494.2.1
• Enmity between leopard and lion. A2494.2.2
• Enmity between leopard and goat. (Cf. A2281.) A2494.2.3
• Enmity between leopard and deer. A2494.2.4
• Enmity between dog and leopard. A2494.2.5
• Enmity between leopard and sheep. A2494.2.6
• Enmity between leopard and monkey. A2494.2.7
• Why leopard is strong. A2528.1
• Leopard with nine tails. B15.7.7
• Leopard released: grateful. B375.7
• Helpful leopard. B431.1
• Wild leopards guide Jesus and the Holy Family through wilderness in flight to Egypt. B563.5
• Marriage to leopard. B601.4
• Leopard as suitor. B621.5
• Marriage to leopard in human form. B651.11
• Lions do not mate with their fellows, but prefer leopards. (Cf. Q551.3.) B754.3
• Transformation: man to leopard. D112.4
• Transformation: leopard to person. D312.3
• Transformation: hare to leopard. D411.3.1
• Transformation: ox-demon to leopard. D412.2.4
• Transformation: dog to leopard. D412.5.5
• Transformation: handkerchief with three knots to golden leopard, golden snake, and golden monkey. D454.3.2.2
• Magic leopard gall causes death. (Cf. D1015.2.) D1402.3.2
• Saint forces a beast (leopard, wolf) to bring back stolen child (domestic animal) to his mother (owner). D2156.3
• Strong man throws leopard. F624.1.3
• Strong man kills leopard. F628.1.1.2
• Leopard ashamed of having been bitten by lizard. J411.10
• Jackal and leopard tie tails together for mutual protection. Frightened, they run apart and injure each other. J681.1.1
• Thief mistakes leopard for calf (ass). J1758.4
• Other animal's tail tied to tiger's (leopard's): killed when tiger flees. J2132.5.1
• Antelope sends leopard for fire, eats game while leopard is gone. K345.4
• Tortoise cheats leopard by substituting bundle of resin for bundle of meat. K476.1.2
• Trickster claims to be holding up sky. Leopard, afraid to let sky fall, leaves him. K547.14
• Too dirty to eat. Trickster, cornered by leopard, leaps into swamp, then says he is too dirty to eat. Leopard smells of him and agrees. K553.6
• Leopard concealed in bundle betrays self when threat is made to run spear through bundle. K607.3.3
• Escape by pretended debate as to which must be judged. Jackals thus induce leopard to permit them to enter their cave, while he waits in vain. K622.1
• Leopard persuaded to enter bag in order to see trickster perform marvel. K711.2
• Leopard traps lion by having two doors to cave, one large, one small. Lion enters large entrance and leopard leaves by small and attacks back of lion. K730.3
• Leopard and crocodile both sent for the dog. Neither has seen a dog nor have they seen each other. Man sends them to the same place saying that the dog will be there. They kill each other. K978.1.1
• Leopard wants teeth filed: large stone dropped from tree knocks all leopard's teeth out. K1015.2
• Rat changes name and wins wife intended for leopard. K1371.3
• Leopard frightened away by report of lizard's presence. Lizard has bitten leopard before. K1715.5
• Leopard poses as brother and kills child. K2011.1.4
• Jackal as nurse for leopard cubs eats their food. Chased by leopard. K2061.11
• Lizard defeats leopard. L315.11
• Leopard tied in bag in water floats to shore and finds a mate. Grateful to trickster who has tied him up. N228
• Abduction by leopard. R13.1.9
• Children are spotted like leopards as result of bestiality. T465.4
• Man in hollow tree defends himself successfully from leopard and bear. X1854
• Man invites animals to come and work in his field. Rooster kills beetle; cat kills rooster; dog kills cat; leopard kills dog; hyena kills leopard; buffalo kills hyena; elephant kills buffalo, and lion chases elephant so that both fall into trap. Man calls wives to see meat he has killed. Z43.6