34 motifs match “lions”  ·  back to the chapters

• Lions as God's messengers. A165.2.1.1.6
• Lions in hell. A671.2.12
• Land of lions. B221.3
• King of lions. B241.2.1
• Dance of lions. B293.4
• Woman slandered as adulteress is thrown into lion pit. Lions do not harm her. B522.3
• Lions do not mate with their fellows, but prefer leopards. (Cf. Q551.3.) B754.3
• Hungry lions do not harm saint. B771.2.1
• Lions made tame by Moses' rod. B771.2.3
• Lions placed in city to prevent entrance. B847
• Seeds cast on lions and tigers render them helpless. (Cf. D971.) D1410.1
• Magic rod tames lions. (Cf. D1254.2.) D1442.4.1
• Pavilions produced by magic. D2178.3
• Forked glen full of toads, lions on way to otherworld. F144.1
• Bonga house filled with snakes, tigers, and lions. F221.2
• Strong man sent to milk lions: brings lions back with him. F615.2.1
• Strong man sent to kill lions: does so and frightens king. F615.2.2
• Bath of blood of dragons, lions, adders, etc. F872.3.1
• Witch has an army of dragons, lions and bears. G225.5
• Reductio ad absurdum of riddle: stallions of Babylon. "Why is my mare restless when stallions of Babylon neigh?" Hero beats cat for having strangled a cock last night in Babylon (impossible distance away). H572
• Quest to lions', elephants', and serpents' land for green stone. H1289.1.1
• Test of valor worthy for kingship: taking possession of royal insignia placed between two ferocious lions. H1561.5
• Presumptuous wolf among lions. Large wolf, called by his companions "Lion". Presumes to mix with lions but is only a wolf. J952.1
• Fight of lions and bulls. Lion succeeds only when bulls separate. J1022
• Unsuccessful imitation of a god: lions fall out of the furnace instead of men covered with gold and silver. J2411.1.2
• Lions flee because of the crowing of white cock, elephants because of swine's grunting. J2614.3
• Captive throws his hat to lions who fight over it while he escapes. K671
• King keeps lions as pets and a lion-tamer at his palace. P14.22
• Man saved from lions as reward. Q151.11
• Punishment: being fed to lions (wild beasts). Q415.4
• Punishment: transformation of lovers into lion and lioness for desecrating temple. They have had sexual relations in the temple. It was believed that lions do not mate with each other; hence their sin could not be repeated. Q551.3.1
• Lions despise what asses admire (braying). U149.1
• Dissatisfied fox. In kingdom of lions laments that he always gets the worst bits of food. W128.2
• The tragic death of the three gnats. One of them meets his death between the horns of two struggling oxen, another because of two restless stallions, the third during a tussle between two giants. X1295.1