31 motifs match “longer”  ·  back to the chapters

• God makes man's hand rigid so he can no longer torment captive. A185.2.2
• Why stones no longer grow. Devil sows stones; God sends cold to prevent their growing. A975.1
• Why stones no longer grow: punishment for injuring foot of holy person. A975.1.1
• Fettered monster questions visitor. He asks "Are lambs still being produced?" or the like; i.e. is nature still normal? He must remain fettered till he hears that nature's laws no longer hold. A1074.3
• Why men no longer know time of death. Custom changed when men began to repair fences with stalks when they knew they were to die the next day. A1593
• Unicorn thrown from ark and drowned: hence no longer exists. A2214.3
• God changes color (tails) of devil's cows. Devil makes all animals of same color (or all tailless). When God makes them of different colors (or with tails) devil no longer recognizes them. (Cf. A2378.1.) A2286.2.4
• Why bee's sting is no longer fatal to man. A2346.2
• Why ants no longer live on the back of the hare. A2584.2
• Why plants no longer reach sky. A2775.0.1
• Stretching sepulchre. Magically becomes longer. D482.5
• Faster one walks, longer the trail. The slower, the shorter. D1783.3
• Fairies once seen by mortals no longer invisible at will. F255.3
• Water stops flowing when no longer needed. F930.5
• Arm grows longer from giving alms. F1095
• Wolf eats the devil; therefore, devil no longer lives in the world. G303.17.3.3
• Question (on quest): How can ants secure longer life? (Answer: by doing without wings.) H1292.11
• Sheep and ignorant shearer. Had rather die than suffer longer from him. J229.2
• Tame fox helps dogs against wild foxes. Is no longer trusted by latter. J683.3
• Cat only drives rats away; if she killed them she would no longer have employment. J766.1
• The needy philosopher. Philosopher asks ruler for money Ruler says that philosophers do not need money. Philosopher: "If I am rewarded, I will say that you are right; I will no longer need money." J1289.4
• The Lord has Risen. A parson hides his money in a holy place and leaves a sign, "The Lord is in this Place." A thief takes the money and leaves a sign, "He is risen and is no longer here" J1399.1
• Getting a sword to lift the cheese. A numskull sees a cheese by the side of the road and tries to lift it up with his sword, but the sword is too short. He leaves the cheese and goes away to borrow a longer sword. Meantime someone else takes the cheese. J2173.2
• Peasant no longer wants a horse since the new born foal is so heavy to carry. J2212.8
• The doctor no longer needed. As the fool starts for the doctor the wife changes her mind. He continues to the doctor so as to tell him about it and to say that now he need not come. J2241
• The hawk frightened at the snipe's bill. The snipe: "It is a bill, but it is good for nothing (weak)." The hawk is no longer afraid. J2616
• To owe sixteen florins. Horse bought on condition that the buyer pay ten florins and owe sixteen. In court the buyer insists on the bargain and shows that if he pays the sixteen florins which he owes he will break the bargain, for then he would no longer owe. K224
• Slow flying swan lasts longer than speedy crow in flying. L394
• Pigeon hastily kills his mate for stealing wheat. It has merely dried out and no longer fills the nest. When the dampness later swells the wheat, he sees his mistake and kills himself in remorse. N346
• Cat unjustly accuses cock and eats him. Although all the cock's defenses are good the cat tells him that she can no longer go hungry and eats him. U31.1
• Unfinished tales. Just as the interest is aroused the narrator quits. "If the bowl had been stronger my tale had been longer." Z12