35 motifs match “malevolent”  ·  back to the chapters

• Hoarded game released. Animals are kept imprisoned by malevolent creature. Released by culture hero. A1421
• Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small". C433
• Werwolf. A man changes periodically into the form of a wolf. He is usually malevolent when in wolf form. D113.1.1
• Water gradually envelops girl filling pitcher and drowns her. Work of malevolent rice-spirit. D1432.1
• Malevolent return from the dead. E200
• Dead lover's malevolent return. E210
• Dead relative's malevolent return. E220
• Dead spouse's malevolent return. Usually to protest with survivor because of evil ways. E221
• Dead mother's malevolent return. E222
• Dead relative's malevolent return – miscellaneous. E229
• Other malevolent revenants. E260
• Malevolent revenants – miscellaneous. E279
• Malevolent return from the dead – miscellaneous. E290
• Miscellaneous acts of malevolent ghosts. E299
• Locations haunted by non-malevolent dead. (Cf. E270–E284 for locations haunted by malevolent ghosts.) E330
• Non-malevolent road ghosts. (Cf. E272, E581, E582.) E332
• Non-malevolent churchyard ghost. (Cf. E273.) E333
• Non-malevolent ghost haunts scene of former misfortune, crime, or tragedy. (C.f. E336, E337, E338, E339.) E334
• Non-malevolent mine ghosts. (Cf. E275.1, E334.5.1, F456.) E336
• Non-malevolent ghost haunts building. See E281, E402. E338
• Non-malevolent ghost haunts house or castle. E338.1
• Non-malevolent ghost haunts church. (Cf. E283.) E338.2
• Non-malevolent ghost haunts cloister. E338.3
• Dog saves man from malevolent living corpse. Dog killed, man safe. (Cf. B524.1.1.) E439.3
• Bongas. Roughly equivalent to fairies. Generally malevolent, but often not. F201
• Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies). F360
• Malevolent or hostile beings in otherworld. F360.0.1
• Malevolent fairies – miscellaneous. F369
• Malevolent water-spirits. F420.5.2
• Schrätel. An elf-like, male, malevolent wood-spirit. F441.1
• Malevolent dwarf. F451.5.2
• Malevolent mountain-men. F460.4.4
• Giant ogre. Polyphemus. (For motifs concerning giants who are not malevolent but merely large, see F531.) G100
• "Black" and "white" witches. Malevolent and benevolent. G220.0.1
• Demons. Malevolent creatures (not usually further defined). G302