27 motifs match “marking”  ·  back to the chapters

• Appearance of animal from marking or painting. A2217
• Markings on animals as recollections of Christ's life and sufferings. (Cf. A2412.) A2221.3
• Squirrel's markings and immunity from falling as reward by deity. A2221.8
• Why spider has markings on back. A2356.3.4
• Animal characteristics: internal markings. A2367.2
• Origin of animal markings. (Cf. A2211.12, A2221.3, A2221.7.) A2412
• Creator sends two deities to tatoo all creatures: origin of animal markings. A2412.0.1
• Markings of mammals. A2412.1
• White markings on deer. A2412.1.1
• Markings on birds. (Cf. A2211.7.) A2412.2
• Markings on tail-feathers of ruffed grouse. A2412.2.1
• Markings of francolin. (Cf. A2232.6.) A2412.2.2
• Markings on insects. A2412.3
• Markings on fish. (Cf. A2217.3, A2213.2.) A2412.4
• Markings on sun-fish. (Cf. A2217.3.) A2412.4.1
• Markings on king-salmon. A2412.4.2
• Markings on cod-fish. From devil's fingers. A2412.4.3
• Markings on flying fish. A2412.4.5
• Markings on other animals. A2412.5
• Markings on tortoise's back. A2412.5.1
• Markings on bark of plant. A2751.3
• Marking the place. J1922
• Marking the place on the boat. An object falls into the sea from a boat. Numskulls mark the place on the boat-rail to indicate where it fell. J1922.1
• Marking the place under the cloud. Numskulls leave a knife in the field, marking the place by putting it under a heavy cloud. Next day the cloud is gone and the knife lost. J1922.2
• Marking the place in the sand. Vessel left under mound in sand while owner is swimming. Others make similar mounds so that it is lost. J1922.3
• False tokens of woman's unfaithfulness. Tokens are stolen from the woman, or her secret markings are seen by treachery. K2112.1
• The dream of marking the treasure. A man dreams that he finds treasure and that he marks the spot with his excrements. Only the latter part of the dream is true. X31