28 motifs match “lion's”  ·  back to the chapters

• Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse. A1811.2
• The lion's enemies. A2494.7
• Man-lion. Man with lion's head. B27
• Wolves and wild pigs condemned to death in lion's court for killing and eating sheep. B275.1.3.2
• Lion is freed from net by mouse. Mouse asks that his son marry lion's daughter. Request granted. The mouse is trampled to death by his bride. B363.1
• Thorn removed from lion's paw (Androcles and the Lion). In gratitude the lion later rewards the man. B381
• Lion's roar causes havoc at 300 miles. At 300 miles all women miscarry, at 200 teeth of all men drop out. B741
• Locusts with jaw teeth strong as lion's. B747.2
• Girl removes dog from lion's claws without being harmed. B848.2
• Magic hair of lion's tail. D1023.3
• Treasure falls from stone lion's mouth. (Cf. D1268.) D1469.13
• Riddle: from the eater came forth meat and from the strong sweetness. (Swarm of bees and honey in lion's carcass.) H804
• Task: bringing a baby lion's tail to use as broom. H1151.11
• Quest assigned because of feigned illness. Lion's milk (or the like) said to be necessary as cure; hero therefore sent on dangerous quest. H1212
• Quest for lion's milk. H1361
• Cubs furnish lion's (tiger's, etc.) milk to hero. H1361.0.1
• Mouse on lion's mane. Lion angry at impudence of mouse. J411.8
• Fox sees all tracks going into lion's den but none coming out. He saves himself. J644.1
• The lion's share. Ass divides booty equally between himself, fox, and lion. Lion eats ass. Fox then divides: gives lion meat and he takes bones. J811.1
• Ass in lion's skin unmasked when he raises his voice. J951.1
• Dog follows lion. Flees at lion's roar. J952.3
• Jackal ordered to take meat to lion's family takes it to his own. K361.1
• Hare in lion's skin gets meat from lioness. K362.5
• Animal lured into lion's den. K714.6
• Fox leads ass to lion's den but is himself eaten. When he gets there the ass kicks him so that he falls on the lion's bed. K1632
• Jealous courtiers shake king lion's confidence in his councillor, the virtuous jackal, by accusing the jackal of stealing the lion's food. K2141
• Imprisonment in lion's den. R45.2
• Children rescue mother from lion's den. R154.0.1