27 motifs match “material”  ·  back to the chapters

• Material of which angels are created (fire, water and snow). A52.3
• Creation: materialization of creator's thinking. Creator "thinks outward in space" and thus produces the universe. A612
• Mankind made from miscellaneous materials. A1260
• Animals try in vain to repair sleigh. They get unsatisfactory materials. B831
• Transformation: material of object changed. D470
• Transformation: miscellaneous objects change material. D479
• Supernatural agency moves new church foundation (or building materials) to another site, at night. D2192.1
• Dead provide material aid to living. E363.5
• Materials of bridge to otherworld. F152.1
• Castle of unusual material. F771.1
• Trees of extraordinary material. F811.1
• Dress of extraordinary material. F821.1
• Ship of extraordinary material. F841.1
• Extraordinary material of bridge. F842.1
• Carriage from extraordinary material. F861.4
• Task: construction from impossible kind of material. H1021
• Task: construction from impossible amount of material. H1022
• Task: collecting enormous amount of material (number of rare objects, etc.) H1149.4
• Monk goes to wilderness to escape work on material things. Finds that he must work to live and returns to monastery. J215.4
• Clever minstrel gets a new robe. Has tattered robe mended with scarlet. Ridiculed "I wish the rest of the robe were of the same material". Is given one. J1115.5.1
• "Eat spiritual food, not material," say monks to lazy brother who criticizes them for working in the garden. J1511.16
• Dog as wolf's shoemaker eats up the materials. Devours the cow, hog, etc. furnished him. K254.1
• Material rewards. Q110
• Learning a trade in bed. Working independently, the lazy fellow spoils the materials received – starts making something big, which at the end turns to nothing. For example, begins with forging a plough: this becomes an axe, the axe a knife, and knife a needle, the needle – nothing. (Cf. J2080.) W111.5.9
• Mountain of unusual material. X1528
• Absurd disregard of the nature of non-material things. X1760
• Nine materials used in building Tower of Babel. Z71.6.4