31 motifs match “lowly”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun-snarer: fast sun. The sun goes too fast to dry clothing. The hero snares the sun's legs with a rope as he is climbing up from the underworld. He releases the sun upon the promise to go more slowly. A728.2
• What does God do? He brings low the proud and exalts the lowly (said by shepherd masking as bishop to king, who has exchanged places with him). (Cf. H562.) H797.1
• Grains slowly munched in order to keep from sleeping. (Cf. H1471.) H1483
• Pine and thornbush dispute as to their usefulness. Beauty of form does not give worth; pine grows slowly but it will withstand storms. J242.2
• Great refuse to associate with lowly. J411
• Boar refuses to fight with lowly ass. J411.1
• Noble poets refuse to associate with truly good poet because of his lowly birth. J411.3.1
• Profitable association of great and lowly. J412
• Presumption of the lowly. J950
• Lowly masks as great. J951
• Lowly animal tries to move among his superiors. Detected. J952
• Self-deception of the lowly. J953
• Foolish boast of ancestry by lowly. J954
• Lowly tries in vain to be greater than he is. J955
• Hired men sing of displeasure with food; change song when food is improved (cante fable). The Westmoreland text follows: (Mowers sing this very slowly, mow in tempo)|Curds and whey, Iv-ve-ry day,|(After the food is improved they sing and work in tempo)|Ham and eggs, mind thy legs. (Cf. K1546.) J1341.11
• Fool writes letter very slowly: recipient cannot read fast. J2242.2
• Obedient husband walks slowly. Arrives home after dawn when wife's lover has gone. J2523.2
• Lowly hero overcomes proud rivals. L156.1
• Lowly hero marries princess. L161
• Lowly heroine marries prince (king). L162
• Lowly boy becomes king. (Most references to L161 apply here). L165
• Lowly successful hero invites king and humbles him. L175
• Lowly successful soldier invites general and humbles him. L175.1
• Princess married to lowly hero must live in slave quarters. Q485.1
• Co-wife forces pregnant woman to perform lowly tasks. (Cf. T257.2.) S185.1
• Princess declares her love for lowly hero. T55.1
• Noble and lowly in love. T91.6
• Lowly person falls in love with king (queen). T91.6.1
• King (prince) in love with a lowly girl. (Cf. L162, T121.8.) T91.6.2
• Princess falls in love with lowly boy. (Cf. L161.) T91.6.4
• Princess marries lowly man. (Cf. L161.1.) T121.3.1