50 motifs match “minister”  ·  back to the chapters

• Minister of lion-king a crane. B240.4.1
• Ghost laid by priest (minister). E443.2.4
• Ghost laid by group of ministers. By prayer and services, usually with "bell, book, and candle" or some modification of the procedure. E443.2.4.1
• Stolen mother returns from fairyland each Sunday to minister to her children. F322.3
• Devil visible to one who walks in minister's (or minister's wife's) holy shoes (galoshes). G303.6.2.4
• Devil appears to minister's serving man to warn of impending disaster to the house. G303.6.2.6
• Devil wooes woman; she discovers identity in time to escape with aid of minister who swallows candle after getting devil to promise she could live as long as the candle lasted. (Cf. K551.9.) G303.12.5.4
• Administering sacrament destroys devil's power. G303.16.5
• Chaplain administers sacrament and saves woman's soul from devil. G303.16.5.1
• King defeated in repartee by boy, who thus wins girl. Boy: "Who would give a man a bath, feed him his rice, and then bring him the tamal-pan to chew?" King: "No one but a wife." Boy claims minister's daughter. H507.1.0.2
• King and clever minister. King propounds riddles and questions to his clever minister. H561.5
• King gives enigmatic order to minister. H587
• King: Show me a ruby eight for a pice, nectar eight for a pice, and a faithless creature worth one-eighth of a pice. Minister: The lamp sells at eight for a pice and gives more light than any ruby; the water is the real nectar; and the dog is worthless and faithless lover because he follows anyone who feeds him. H587.1
• King asks favorite minister to show him a trick that he has never seen before. H1182.2
• King in quest of his prime minister who has left him in anger. H1385.12
• Contest in generosity. Ruler vies with minister in generosity. Minister declared loser and condemned to die. Pardoned on acknowledging defeat. H1552.2
• Minister taught by parable to make obeisance to the new king. J80.2
• Minister's clever daughter-in-law uses wisdom to defeat Brahmin's wealth. J185.1
• Foolishness of king's taking a washerman for chief minister; washerman makes no preparation for war and kingdom is conquered. [Inadvertant duplication of U129.3.] J677
• Prime minister bribes priest to persuade king that ocean of milk he wishes sought for had curdled. J811.5
• Dissenting minister to king: "Let the king do as seems good in his eyes". J814.5
• Clever minister's daughter. J1111.5
• Clever minister. J1115.10.2
• Minister threatens divine punishment to thief in congregation. The thief confesses. J1141.14
• Skeleton has all his ribs. Indian examines skeleton of man at museum, finds there is no rib missing, concludes that ministers have deceived him in telling him the story of Adam. J1262.8
• The priest administers to a man sick with infectious disease. Shows him the Host through window, and says: "Have hope and imagine you receive it." The man shows the priest a coin through the window, and repeats the same phrase. J1551.10
• More than twenty commandments. Numskull asked the number of commandments replies that there are twenty. He explains to another that he knows there must be more than twenty because the minister would not accept his answer. J2213.5.1
• The imitative choir. Minister tells congregation that he has forgotten his spectacles, that he cannot line out the hymn as he customarily did. The choir sings his words. He tries to explain, apologizes. The choir repeats the apology in song. J2498.1
• Devil is made sick of his bargain. Devil helps shepherd boy become a minister on condition that he mention Satan by name each time he enters pulpit. Boy consents but does so in such a way that devil begs to abolish the agreement. K262.1
• Gullible king gives large sums to minister for construction of imaginary weapon and then more to have it destroyed. K499.7
• Respite from death until minister shows king how to reap pearls. K551.21
• Ruler promises minister that he will not kill him "on any day of his life." Dispels his suspicions. Has him killed at night. K929.3
• Minister dupes raja into entering body of dead parrot, then enters rajah's body. K1175
• Trickster friar seduces woman under pretence of administering forgotten sacrament. When the woman objects, the husband who thinks the friar is engaging in a legitimate process, orders: "Bear the ordeal in peace." K1354.2.2
• Woman in male disguise made minister. K1837.8.1
• Housemaid disguised as minister. K1839.10
• Falsely accused minister reinstates himself by his cleverness. K2101
• Treacherous minister. K2248
• Treacherous minister's son. K2248.1
• Gardener made king by minister decides against him in law case and returns lands to plaintiff. M13.3
• Royal ministers. P110
• Banished minister found indispensable and recalled. P111
• Minister acts as stepping-stone in midst of flame-filled trench so that king can step across from one side to the other. P116
• Minister's son recovers prince's lost wife for him. R131.11.5
• Royal minister rescues abandoned queen(s). (Cf. P110.) R169.7
• Minister's daughter to marry first bachelor who arrives. T62.2
• Prince falls in love with minister's daughter. T91.6.3
• Washerman as minister thinks of washing and fails the king. [Inadvertant duplication of J677.] U129.3
• Minister always says, "It is for the best," when anything happens. W25.2
• Young man plowing corn sees letters "P. C." formed by clouds. He explains situation to minister, asks to be ordained. The minister explains that the letters mean "plow corn" instead of "preach Christ". X459.1.1