91 motifs match “lovers”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sea-queen and hand maidens entice lovers. A421.1.1
• Sun and moon as lovers. (Cf. A736.1.1.) A736.1.3
• Stars as transformed lovers. A761.3
• Origin of rainbow: transformed butterflies (souls of lovers). A791.9
• Cliff from lovers' leap. Lovers in despair throw themselves from a high place. This becomes a cliff. A968.2
• Mermaids tear their mortal lovers to pieces. B81.2.2
• Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by detaining lovers through magic. Heroine takes up residence near home of her forgetful husband. She is apparently going to permit a lover to sleep with her when she detains him by having him try to place some magic birds on their roost. They continue to fall down throughout the night. (Or the lover is left magically sticking to a calf's tail or other object.) The thwarted lover tells of his experience, and in this way the attention of the husband is gained. D2006.1.1
• Lovers' tragedy re-enacted. (Cf. E334.5.) E337.3
• Lovers buried apart found in one grave each morning. (Cf. E631.0.1.) E419.6
• Twining branches grow from graves of lovers. (Cf. E419.6.) E631.0.1
• Tops of trees from lovers' graves show shapes of their heads. E631.0.1.1
• Tablets made of trees from lovers' graves magically unite. E631.0.1.2
• Dead lovers are now two stones lying together. E642.1
• Smoke from funeral fires of two lovers mingles in sky. E643.1
• Water-spirits help lovers. F420.5.1.3
• Water-maidens make conditions for lovers. F420.6.1.5
• Mountain-men as lovers of herding-girls. F460.4.1.1
• Lovers identical in appearance. F577.4
• Ascetic carries woman in his hair, but she has two lovers in her cloak and outwits him. F1034.2.1
• Hearts break when lovers are told beloved is dead. F1041.1.1.4
• Witch transforms her lovers into animals. Circe. G263.1.0.1
• Witch causes lovers on stile to think they are surrounded by water. G269.23
• Swinging ogre. Girls who swing their lovers over pit, cut rope, and later devour them. G327
• Tokens between lovers. (Cf. H105.6.) H82.3
• Identification between lovers by matching claw and leg of dragon. H105.6
• Chastity index. Objects indicate faithfulness or unfaithfulness of separated lovers (husband or wife). H430
• Traveler says he must look after his net to see if it has taken fish. (He has left his lady seven years before with a pledge of faithfulness. Net has taken fish – lady has had lovers.) H586.2.2
• Message falsified to bring about death of lovers. K1087.1
• Humiliated or baffled lovers. K1210
• Importunate lovers led astray. K1218
• Four importunate lovers are forced to hide in four-compartmented chest which is sold. K1218.1.4.1
• Lovers observed in intrigue make absurd excuses. (Afraid of ghosts, have chill, etc.) K1271.2
• Adulteress locks up hidden husband and meets lovers. K1514.6
• The lovers as pursuer and fugitive. The wife is visited by two gallants. When the husband approaches, one goes out with drawn sword; the other hides in the house. She convinces her husband that she has given refuge to a fugitive. K1517.1
• Husband returns home secretly and spies on adulteress and lovers. K1551
• Husband persuades wife to light wicks and carry knife in hand before committing adultery: lovers frightened away. K1569.6
• Spying parent jolted in basket. A lover is let down into a girl's room at night in a basket. The spying parent stumbles into the basket and is jolted about by the lover's confederate. The parent thinks the devil has got him and leaves the lovers in peace. K1663
• False guardian betrays refuge of fleeing lovers. K2093
• Treacherous lovers. (Cf. K2221.) K2230
• Lovers vow to marry only each other. M149.1
• Prophecy: girl shall have a hundred lovers, shall marry her servant and die from spider's bite. This happens. M345.1
• Prophecy: woman will have many lovers. M345.1.1
• Prophecy: lovers not destined to meet in life will never part after death. M369.2.2
• Accidental separation of lovers. N318
• Father kills self believing that son is dead. The son forgets to spread white sails, the prearranged signal of his safety. (Told also of lovers.) N344
• Lovers meet at temple. N711.4.1
• Lovers first see each other on shores of lake. N715
• Accidental reunion of lovers. N737
• 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
• Lovers abducted by pirates. R12.3
• Lovers ransomed from prison. R121.7
• Lovers elope to prevent girl's marriage to undesired fiancé. R225.2
• Forest as refuge of eloping lovers. (Cf. R225.) R312.1
• Cave as eloping lovers' refuge. (Cf. R225, T35.) R315.1
• Lovers fleeing from slavery are recaptured. (Cf. R211.4.) R352
• Lovers meet in their dreams. T11.3.1
• Predestined lovers. Future wife or husband assigned by destiny. (Cf. T54.) T22
• Lovers mated before birth. Fate compels their union as soon as they meet. T22.1
• Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time; identical prophecies for both. (Cf. T61.5.) T22.4
• Lovers' meeting. T30
• Lovers' meeting: hero in service of heroine. As page, or the like. T31
• Lovers' meeting: hero in service of lady's father. T31.1
• Lovers' meeting: heroine heals hero's wounds. (Cf. T67.2.) T32
• Lovers' meeting: hero in heroine's father's prison from which she helps him to escape. T32.1
• Lovers meet at social gathering. T34
• Lovers' rendezvous. (Cf. R315.1.) T35
• Fountain (well) as lovers' rendezvous. T35.1
• Pavilion as lovers' rendezvous. T35.2
• Hesitation in making up mind spoils lovers' rendezvous. (Cf. J2166.) T35.4
• Communication of lovers. T41
• Communication of lovers through hole in wall. T41.1
• Communication of lovers through hole in floor. T41.2
• Lovers' signal. Informs lover when he must come. T41.3
• Conversation of lovers. T42
• Unacquainted lovers converse in sign language. T42.1
• Lovers converse in figures of speech not understood by others. T42.2
• Betrothal by lovers' drinking each other's blood. T61.1
• Parting lovers pledge not to marry for seven years. T61.2
• Woman entertains two lovers on alternate nights. They expose the deception and scorn her in public. T72.4
• Lovers treacherously separated. T84
• Lovers buried in same grave. T86
• Lovers die at the same time. T86.2
• Lovers forbidden to marry starve themselves to death. T87
• Rival lovers do battle for girl. (Cf. T86.1.) T92.7
• Three lovers mourn for dead girl: one throws himself into her funeral pyre; another gathers together the ashes and vows to spend his life sitting upon them; third resolves to turn fakir. T92.14
• Lovers reunited after many adventures. T96
• Virgin Mary as protectress of illicit lovers. T401
• Lovers reared as brother and sister learn to their joy that they are not related. T415.3
• Two lovers give each other up when they learn that they are brother and sister. T415.4
• Man has a son not his wife's; wife has a daughter not her husband's. Children become lovers. T491
• Lovers' assignation by symbolic messages. Z175.2