50 motifs match “lizard”  ·  back to the chapters

• God of lizards. A446.1
• God whose shadow on earth is a lizard. A446.1.1
• Mythical lizards parents of culture hero. A511.1.8.3
• Sun and moon born of lizard. A715.6
• Mountain from accident to primeval lizard. Lizard passing through a mountain is broken; his fore and hinder parts become mountains. A961.3
• The lizard hand. Man's hand is modeled on that of the lizard. A1311.1
• Why man does not change his skin: ancient contest lost by toad, representing man, won by lizard. A1319.12.1
• Creation of lizard. A2148
• Lizard dips head in palm-oil: cause of red head. (Cf. 2320.3.) A2211.8
• Lizard swallows fish bone: hence head bobs up and down. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2211.9
• Lizard wins contest with toad: why snakes and lizards change their skins. A2250.2
• 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
• Lizard's tail imitated from snake's. A2272.2
• Why snakes and lizards change skins. (Cf. A2250.2.) A2311.9
• How lizard got red head. (Cf. A2211.8.) A2320.3
• Why giant lizard is blind. Chose poison instead of eyes. A2332.6.2
• Where lizard got tail. From the snake. (Cf. A2247.) A2378.1.3
• Why lizard bobs head up and down. (Cf. A2255.2, A2211.9.) A2474.1
• Enmity between chameleon and lizard. A2494.16.2
• Enmity between bird and lizard. Latter muddies water. A2494.16.4
• Dragon as modified lizard. B11.2.1.2
• Basilisk. A mythical lizard or serpent whose hissing drives away all other serpents. B12
• Divination by fall of house-lizard. B147.3.0.1
• Lizard's language. B215.5.1
• King of lizards. B244.3
• Helpful lizard. B491.2
• Marriage to lizard. B604.4
• Lizard paramour. B613.3
• Scaly lizard jumps into person's mouth. B784.1.7
• Tabu: crushing lizard's eggs. C544.1
• Transformation: man to lizard. D197
• Transformation: lizard to person. D397
• Lizard in human form killed; corpse is lizard. D712.9.1
• Reincarnation as lizard. E614.2
• Frustrated boy reborn as lizard. E694.3
• Wooden lizard used to kill evil spirits. F839.7
• Lizards are offspring of the devil. G303.10.10
• Lizard as ogre. G354.3
• Test: guessing origin of animal lungs. Lungs of fattened lizard are further inflated. H522.1.3
• Leopard ashamed of having been bitten by lizard. J411.10
• Lizard tries to make himself as long as snake. Kills himself. J512.9
• Fool sells balls of thread to great lizard. Next day he finds a treasure there. J1852.1.1
• House burned down to get rid of lizard. J2102.4.1
• "Let no one in." When lizard comes in fool burns house down to drive it out. J2516.6
• While swimming with the lizard, toad exchanges own ugly daughter for lizard's pretty one. K476.5
• Leopard frightened away by report of lizard's presence. Lizard has bitten leopard before. K1715.5
• Treacherous lizard. K2295.4
• Lizard defeats leopard. L315.11
• Child born bearing lizard in each hand. T552.2.1
• Lizard eats cricket, frog eats lizard, snake eats frog, eagle eats snake, man shoots eagle; animals escape except lizard. Man takes eagle home. Z49.10