43 motifs match “mission”  ·  back to the chapters

• Return of mortal reincarnation of celestial being to the country of the gods after his mission has been accomplished on earth. A566.1
• Christian paradise (Terra Repromissionis) corresponding to pagan Celtic otherworld (Ireland). A694.1
• Wedding of turkey and peacock. All birds invited except eagle. This omission starts great conflict. B282.1
• Men sent on mission prohibited from fishing and quarreling. C833.9
• Tabu: stranger to play with someone without asking permission. C892
• Disenchantment by submission. The helper must submit to the will of the enchanted person. D730
• Disenchantment of animal by admission to woman's bed. D734
• Father-in-law gives daughter-in-law enigmatic permission to go home. H588.0.1
• Test for admission to warrior band. H1566
• Execution escaped by use of special permissions granted the condemned. J1181
• The weighted order-cards. To a man going on a voyage, various people give commissions for purchases, which he writes down on cards. Some give him money; some promise it on his return. On ship he looks the cards over, placing the proper gold on the proper card. A wind blows into the sea those not weighted with gold. J1382.2
• Absurdity of entrusting military mission to bishop. Courtier rebukes king by asking that he be given an ecclesiastical post. J1536.1
• Fraudulent permission sold. K157
• The priest made sick of his bargain: three words at the grave. A poor man in return for a steer gets permission from the priest to speak three words at the burial of his enemy, the rich man. Priest: "From earth are you come." Man: "Now the steer is dead." Priest: "In earth shall you remain." Man: "Father, do you want the meat?" Priest: "I wish you were in hell!" etc. K262
• Trickster sells mother's wine to merchant without asking her permission. Mother saves part of wine because purchaser is dilatory in removing casks. K499.1
• Wild boar given permission to squeal before wolf eats him. Rescue arrives. K551.3.4
• Titmouse receives permission to sit on branch and sing before being sacrificed. K551.3.7
• Jackal in tiger's house has permission to sit with tail hanging down between bamboo stems. Enlarges gap thus made and escapes. K563.1
• Murder feigned to effect escape. Knight is refused permission to leave city. He rushes to city gates and pretends that he has just killed a public enemy. Is aided in his escape. K579.6
• Fox in sheepskin gains admission to fold and kills sheep. K828.1
• Chaste woman refers lover to her husband for permission. K1231
• Discovery of abbot's (abbess's) incontinence brings permission to monks (nuns) to do likewise. K1274
• Admission to woman's room by means of cap of invisibility. K1349.10
• Transformed person sleeps before girl's door, at foot of bed, in the bed. Is disenchanted upon admission to the bed. K1361.1
• Bluff: wealth gained by seeming to be in the king's confidence. Courtier asks the king for a reward that will cost nothing. He gets permission to listen to the king's devotions. He now receives bribes because of his apparent influence. K1782
• Disguise as missionary. K1826.4
• Falsely accused hero sent on dangerous mission. K2102
• Heaven entered by trick: permission to pick up cap. Trickster throws a cap or leather apron inside the gate. K2371.1.1
• King commanded to wear enemy's shoes on his shoulders as sign of submission. L416
• Arrogant farmer allows none to ride his precious horse without permission. He kills the man who does it, but is in revenge deprived of most of his goods. L434
• Man keeps word to return to enemy if his mission to his people fails. M202.2
• Prophecy: remission of tax through endeavor of saint. M364.2
• King angry at hero who rides straight into the castle without permission. P14.11
• If host does not return, the house shall belong to the guest. So declares the host as he departs on a mission for the guest. P326
• Tribe failing to attend yearly feast to send gift as sign of submission. P531.1
• Submission indicated by defeated lying with conqueror's sword between teeth. P555.1
• Reward: admission to heaven. Q172
• Fairy minstrel asks admission to heaven as reward for playing for saint. (Cf. F262.3.) Q172.0.1
• Punishment and remission. Q570
• Night emissions from lusting after certain woman bring man near death. T24.1.1
• Lover buys admission to woman's room. T45
• Submission as clerical virtue. V461.4
• Permission refused to drink from water tank. W155.5