37 motifs match “mirror”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun and moon metal mirrors in sky. A714.4
• Transformation: mirror to glass mountain. D454.12
• Transformation by looking in a mirror. D579
• Magic mirror. D1163
• Mirror answers questions. (Cf. D1163, D1323.1.) D1311.2
• Magic clairvoyant mirror. D1323.1
• Magic mirror reflects the face of whoever dies. D1323.1.1
• Magic mirror causes blindness. (Cf. D1163.) D1331.2.6
• Magic mirror renders invisible. Does so when owner looks into it. (Cf. D1163.) D1361.28
• Magic mirror kills enemy soldiers. (Cf. D1163.) D1400.1.13
• Magic wishing mirror. (Cf. D1163.) D1470.1.38
• Magic mirror as infallible weapon. (Cf. D1080, D1163.) D1653.1.8
• Breaking mirror as evil omen. D1812.5.1.3
• Rejuvenation by looking into mirror. (Cf. D1163.) D1889.2
• Life token: mirror becomes black (misty). (Cf. D1163.) E761.4.3
• Girl borrows comb and mirror from bonga (fairy): carried to fairyland when she returns them. (Cf. F322.1.1.) F324.1
• Sword as mirror. F833.3.1
• Devil appears when a woman looks at herself in the mirror after sunset. G303.6.1.4
• Magic mirror as chastity index. (Cf. D1163.) H411.15
• Quest for lost magic mirror. H1346
• Quest for stolen mirror. H1346.1
• Father with handsome son and hideous daughter. Advises both to look in mirror daily lest son exchange handsome face for bad character; daughter to triumph over face by good manners. J244.1
• Mirror begrimed by snail. J451.4
• Imagined intercourse, imagined payment. A woman demands money for a visit which she dreams of having had from a merchant. She is shown the money in a mirror. J1551.1
• Image in mirror mistaken for picture. J1795
• Foolish demon sees his reflection in trickster's mirror and is convinced he has been captured. J1795.1
• How he looks in his sleep. A man stands before mirror with his eyes shut to see how he looks in his sleep. J1936
• Man takes mirror to bed to see whether he sleeps with his mouth open. J1936.1
• Guardian beast overcome by hero's mirrors. K335.1.7
• Dragon attacks own image in mirror. K1052
• Deception: mirror-reflection convinces dupe he is trickster's captive. K1883.7
• Adulteress pretends shame before male statue (mirror, male fish). K2051.1
• Treasure found by clairvoyant mirror. (Cf. D1323.1.) N533.2
• Love through sight in magic mirror. (Cf. D1163.) T11.7
• Courtier in love with queen. Queen asks him whom he loves. He holds up a mirror to her as answer. (Cf. T57.1.) T91.6.1.1
• Bride and groom look into a big mirror while old member of family knocks both their heads together. T135.13
• Peacock admires self in mirror. W116.4