58 motifs match “master's”  ·  back to the chapters

• Dog guards master's life and wealth: may eat before other animals. A2223.5
• Why cat and dog fight: dog ate up cat's part in master's reward. A2281.3
• Horse weeps for master's (saint's) approaching death. B141.2.1
• Faithful animal at master's grave dies of hunger. B301.1
• Faithful dog follows master's dead body when cast into river. Supports body. B301.1.1
• Faithful animal doesn't allow anybody to come near to master's corpse. B301.1.3
• Faithful animal at master's grave avenges his murder. B301.2
• Faithful horse lays his head on slain master's breast. B301.4.1
• Faithful horse lays his head in lap of dead master's wife. B301.4.3.1
• Faithful cattle fight at master's grave until they cast their horns. B301.6
• Faithful cow refuses to move for grief at master's death. B301.6.2
• Faithful horse pushes sleep thorn out of its master's head, so that he awakes. B511.3
• Dogs break bonds and kill master's attacker. B524.1.2.1
• Wolf defends master's child against serpent. B524.1.4
• Dog defends master's child against animal assailant. B524.1.4.1
• Helpful bird kills snake attacking master's wife and child. B524.1.6
• Horse kills master's attacking enemies. B524.1.7
• Animal guards master's dead body. B576.4
• Horse kicks to death master's murderer. B591.2
• Boat obeys master's will. D1523.2.4
• Strong man sent to devil's mill: drives devils to master's house. F615.1
• Servant grieves over master's death. Kills wife and himself. F1041.1.3.2
• Untrained colt result of master's neglect. J143
• In spite of master's advice disciple stays in country where everything has cheap price. Gets into trouble. J342.1.1
• Man tells servant that he may have anything he can take with his teeth (eat). Servant takes master's cape with his teeth. J1161.10
• A dog to scent the rice. Given very thin rice soup, wit inquires about the master's dogs. "He should have one to scent the rice in this soup." J1341.3
• Hungry apprentice attracts master's attention by telling lies on him. J1341.5
• Daydreamer has lost his chance for profit. He has broken his master's pots while dreaming of future profits. He has therefore lost more than the master and excuses himself of blame. J1493
• Master says that he has eyes in back of head: servant cheats him. Holds up food to master's back and then not having objection raised, eats it. J1511.9
• That which was promised him. A tenant promises his daughter to his master against her will. The master sends for "that which was promised him." The daughter sends the horse, and it is taken into the master's chamber. J1615
• The sound of the harp. An apprentice harpmaker is blamed that he has not made the harp sound. He throws the harp at his master's head and breaks it to pieces: "There you have your sound." J1626
• Urine diagnosis to tell where a man comes from. A farmer takes some of his master's urine for examination. The doctor asks where the man comes from. "You will soon see," says the man, expecting the analysis to tell. (Cf. K2321.1.) J1734.1
• His pupils grab a dog's tail and think it is their master's. J2015
• Fool forgets master's message. As result of his absent-mindedness he is given a heavy mortar to take to his master. The latter makes him return it as punishment. J2044
• Message after a week. A fool is sent to tell his master's wife that he will not return that day for dinner. He delays the message for a week. J2192.1
• The servant to improve on the master's statements. The wooer makes boasts to the girl and the servant always doubles the master's boast. Finally the master says, "I have poor eyesight." – The servant, "You don't see at all." (Or the master coughs and apologizes; the servant says that he coughs all night.) J2464
• Think thrice before you speak. The youth obeys literally the precept even when he sees the master's coat on fire. J2516.1
• Remove turban as last duty. Sleepy servant removes master's turban while still in council meeting. J2516.7
• Trickster grooms master's old mule and then sells him back without detection at huge profit. K134.3
• The "spoiled" anchovies. Servant eats all of master's anchovies. When master asks for some, the servant brings in a covered dish, and tells him that the fish smell very bad. The master tells the servant to throw them away. K344.1.2
• Serving-man in his master's place. K1317.1
• Trickster exchanges master's tame horse for vicious bullock. K1456
• To heat water for master's bath. Servant pours boiling water on him. K1462.1
• Master's mother killed: wood heaved on her head. K1466
• Dog guards chastity of master's wife during his absence. K1591.2
• Flattering foreman tricked by his master. He always answers his master's remarks, "I have thought of the same thing too." He falls into the trap when his master says, "I am going to sow salt." K1637
• Herdsman threatens invasion with enormous herds: bought off. He hires himself as herdsman of all his master's flocks for ten years. He then sends notice to surrounding peoples that he is coming with his master's flocks to graze. They bribe him to stay away. K1784
• Helpful cat borrows measure for his master's money. The master thus gains a reputation for wealth. K1954.1
• Dog at his master's table is friendly to guest. On the street he barks at him. K2031.1
• Magpie leads other magpies into his master's net. Promises them that the master will teach them to speak. K2032
• Ignorant steward straightens his master's accounts. The educated stewards have always cheated. The ignorant puts his belongings in one box, his master's in another. Both master and steward gain. L144.1
• Wager: whose hunger is it more difficult to appease – that of man or that of beast? When nuts are strewn before master's well-fed guests, they snatch and eat them. Herdsman wins wager. N73
• Man captured by pirates is maimed, crippled, blinded. He is patient through it all. Finally he is elected ruler by his dead master's subjects. N251.1
• Faithful servant guarding master's wife from danger falsely condemned for betraying his master. N342.1
• Faithful servant dies for his master. Puts on his master's clothes so as to be slain in his place. (Cf. P316.) P361.1
• Faithful servant kills his master's murderer and is killed in turn. P361.1.1
• Faithful servant dies avenging master's death. P361.6
• Servant planning to possess his master's goods. Has already possessed his wife. P365.2