23 motifs match “messengers”  ·  back to the chapters

• Animals as messengers of the gods. A165.2.1
• Wild beasts as messengers of the gods. A165.2.1.1
• 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
• Ability to see messengers of Pluto. D1825.3.4.2
• 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
• Animals mistaken for messengers. J1762.0.1
• 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
• Discourtesy to messengers of the Gods punished. Q221.1.1
• Undesired suitor's messengers imprisoned. Q433.11
• Right hands cut off enemy's messengers. Q451.1.6
• 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
• 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