93 motifs match “messenger”  ·  back to the chapters

• Messenger of the gods. A165.2
• Deity's messenger can assume any guise he wishes. A165.2.0.1
• Animals as messengers of the gods. A165.2.1
• Wild beasts as messengers of the gods. A165.2.1.1
• Tiger as god's messenger. A165.2.1.1.2
• Elephant as god's messenger. A165.2.1.1.3
• Bears as God's messengers. A165.2.1.1.4
• Leopards as God's messengers. A165.2.1.1.5
• Lions as God's messengers. A165.2.1.1.6
• Birds as messengers of the gods. A165.2.2
• Angels as God's messengers. A165.2.3
• Powers of nature (sun, moon, etc.) as God's messengers. A165.2.4
• Lightning as God's messenger. A1141.5
• Origin of death: wrong messenger goes to God. A1335.1.1
• Pestilence brought to man in box by messenger from creator. A1337.0.1.1
• Snipe messenger for warriors because he was a messenger when a man. A2261.6
• Animal as messenger. B291
• Animal tried out as messenger. Hen (cock) the only one successful. B291.0.1
• Unwelcome bird (insect) proves to be messenger. B291.0.2
• Bird as messenger. B291.1
• Raven as messenger. B291.1.1
• Raven as devil's messenger. B291.1.1.2
• Crow as messenger. B291.1.2
• Dove as messenger. B291.1.3
• Falcon as messenger. B291.1.4
• Goose as messenger. B291.1.5
• Parrot as messenger. B291.1.6
• Heron as messenger. B291.1.7
• Vulture as messenger. B291.1.8
• Eagle as messenger. B291.1.9
• Hawk as messenger. B291.1.10
• Swallow as messenger. B291.1.11
• Pigeon as messenger. B291.1.12
• Domestic beast as messenger. B291.2
• Horse as messenger. B291.2.1
• Dog as messenger. B291.2.2
• Wild beast as messenger. B291.3
• Fox as messenger. B291.3.1
• Hare (rabbit) as messenger. B291.3.2
• Other animals as messenger. B291.4
• Bee as messenger from heaven to earth. B291.4.1
• Snake as messenger. B291.4.2
• Whale as messenger. B291.4.3
• Ability to see messengers of Pluto. D1825.3.4.2
• Provisions provided by messenger from heaven. D2105.2
• Fairy as messenger from fairyland. F234.2.6
• Rainbow spirit as messenger. F439.1.3
• River acts as messenger. F932.5
• Earl throws jar of water after undesired messenger. F1041.16.11
• Disguised devil as messenger to adulterous people. G303.9.4.5.2
• Bird as messenger of devil. G303.10.17
• Identifying tokens sent with messenger. H82
• Credential tests: proof that messenger comes from certain person. H242
• Animals compete as messenger to call father of new-born child. Their voices are tried. H483
• Ogress assumes frightful guises to frighten messengers. H1401.2
• Death's three messengers. Warns man by loss of appetite, loss of desire for drink, and sickness. Man does not recognize the messengers. J1051
• No thanks to the messenger. A messenger tells a man that he has a newborn son. "Thanks are to God, but I am not beholden to you for it." J1358
• Tidings brought to the king: You said it, not I. The messenger arranges it so that the king says the words in the form of a question. J1675.2.1
• Animals mistaken for messengers. J1762.0.1
• The messenger without the message. A fool is told that he is to go to a neighboring castle the next morning. He is to take letters, but the next morning without reporting for instructions the fool goes on the journey. He is given a bag of stones to carry back. J2192
• Carrying his own message. A man who is away from home writes a letter to his wife but can find no messenger. He delivers the letter himself and then goes on back to where he has been. J2242
• Alleged messenger from relatives in distress given goods to deliver. J2326.4
• The obedient husband: the leave of absence. His wife says, "You may go away for a little while." He stays away for days and then sends a messenger to his wife asking if he has been away long enough. J2523
• Foolish messenger muddles message. J2671.4
• Animal sold as messenger. K131
• Alleged speaking hare sold as messenger. K131.1.1
• Bird sold as messenger. K131.2
• Bread dropped in mud; messenger returns for more. A youth poses as a rich man's servant and gets a sack of bread from a baker. The baker boy is to go along and collect. The rascal drops two loaves in the mud and sends the boy back for fresh ones. Meantime he runs off with the rest of the bread. K343.1.1
• The cup to be repaired. A thief poses as a messenger from a husband to his wife asking that a certain silver cup be sent for repairs. K362.3
• Entry into enemy's presence by pretending to be a messenger from a relative. K477.3
• Uriah letter changed. Falsified order of execution. A messenger is sent with a letter ordering the recipient to kill the bearer. On the way the letter is changed so that the bearer is honored. K511
• Messenger from lover to girl-captive in harem poses as a singer who amuses the harem ladies in their apartments. K1323.1
• Trickster purports to be deity's messenger to procure demon-skins for his drum. Demons bribe him instead of devouring him. K1715.9
• King disguised as own messenger. K1812.15
• Messengers announce successive misfortunes. N252
• Messengers announce successive misfortunes to warrior as he sets out for war. Tells of death of father, mother, brother, and sister, but he refuses to turn back. N252.1
• Misunderstood message causes messenger to be killed (accused). N341
• Delay in bringing pardon allows deserved execution. Messenger, ignorant of contents of message, stops to view culprit's execution. N394
• Accidental meeting of seeker of exiled prince with prince at meal. Messenger in pilgrim garb invites unknown prince to eat with him. Recognition. N745
• Court messenger. P14.15.2
• Discourtesy to messengers of the Gods punished. Q221.1.1
• Impudent suitor or his messenger hanged or threatened with hanging. Q413.5.1
• Undesired suitor's messengers imprisoned. Q433.11
• Right hands cut off enemy's messengers. Q451.1.6
• Messenger of Death imprisoned. R6
• Prisoners taken in war (enemy's messengers) hanged. S113.1.2
• Messengers seek wife for hero to resemble image they carry with them. T51.3.1
• Harper as love messenger sent by girl. T55.9
• Faithless widow ready to marry messenger who brings news of husband's death. The husband, however, has only feigned death to test her. (Cf. T235.) T231.3
• Sending four messengers with four winds. Z71.2.8
• Death's messengers. Z111.6
• Death's messengers bribed with food. Z111.6.1
• Salt in food given Death's messengers renders them harmless. Z111.6.2