119 motifs match “monkey” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Monkey as god. A132.2
• Descent of men from monkeys. A1224.5
• Men are monkeys who have lost their tails. A1224.5.1
• Man given hands, feet, mouth and nose by monkey. A1225.2.1
• Men and animals readjust span of life. At first, thirty years are given to all animals and to man. For the animals it is too long, for man too short. Man is given a portion of animals' lives. Years 1–30 vigorous (man's own); 30–48 burdens and blows (ass's); 48–60 no teeth (dog's); 60–70 foolish (monkey's). A1321
• Why Birhors eat flesh of monkeys and baboons. A1422.2
• Creation of monkey. A1861
• Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.) A1861.1
• Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.) A1861.2
• Creation of monkey: lazy man. A1861.3
• Monkey borrows tail from deer and refuses to return it. A2241.11
• Why monkey's face is black. A2330.3
• Why monkey's buttocks are red. A2362.1
• How monkey got its tail. A2378.1.8
• Why monkey has short tail. A2378.4.6
• Color of monkey. A2411.1.5.1
• Why monkey lives in tree. A2433.3.19
• Why monkey has first fruits of harvest in every field. A2433.3.19.1
• Cause of monkey's walk. A2441.1.1
• Friendship between monkey and elephant. A2493.14
• Friendship between monkey and tiger. A2493.14.1
• Friendship between monkey and lion. A2493.14.2
• Friendship between monkey and stork. A2493.14.3
• Friendship between monkey and rabbit. A2493.14.4
• Friendship between partridge, monkey and elephant. A2493.14.5
• Enmity between leopard and monkey. A2494.2.7
• Enmity between monkey and lion. A2494.7.1
• Why monkeys do not fall from trees. A2576
• Speaking monkey. B211.2.10
• Kingdom of monkeys. B221.1
• Monkey as king of animals. B240.12
• King of monkeys. B241.2.2
• War of monkeys and grasshoppers. B263.6
• Wedding of monkey. B281.10
• Monkey as domestic servant. B292.2.1
• Monkey's money stolen. B294.2.1
• Monkey buys liquor. B294.2.2
• Monkey plays chess. B298.1
• Monkey released: grateful. B375.5
• Thorn removed from monkey's tail. B381.2
• Helpful monkey. B441.1
• Marriage to monkey. B601.7
• Person plans to marry monkey. B601.7.1
• Monkey paramour. B611.6
• Marriage to person in monkey form. B641.7
• Monkeys attack by throwing coconuts. B762
• Monkeys always copy men. B786
• Monkeys construct a bridge across the ocean. B846
• Transformation: man (woman) to monkey. D118.2
• Transformation: monkey to person. D318.1
• Transformation: monkey to other animal. D411.5
• Transformation: monkey to eagle. D411.5.1
• Transformation: monkey to candle-moth. D411.5.2
• Transformation: monkey to ant. D411.5.3
• Transformation: monkey to ox. D411.5.4
• Transformation: hair to monkey. D447.1.1
• Transformation: handkerchief with three knots to golden leopard, golden snake, and golden monkey. D454.3.2.2
• Monkey becomes 100,000 feet high. D487.2
• Charm to catch hare and monkey. (Cf. D1273.) D1444.2
• Monkey cut in two by magic sword becomes two monkeys. (Cf. D1081.) D1652.9
• Revenant as "man-monkey". E423.2.9
• Reincarnation as monkey. E612.12
• Prince married to a she-monkey (really queen of the fairies). F302.11
• Monkey-like little people. F529.8
• Monkey jumps through body of tiger. F916.1
• Devil in form of monkey. G303.3.3.2.7
• Silent princess gives right answer when talking monkey is given wrong one by suitor-prince. H343.2
• The monkey and the lost lentil. Lets all others he has in his hand fall in order to search for it. J344.1
• Monkeys planning to found a city desist lest with walls up it will be easier to catch them than before. J648.1
• Clever merchant profits by being robbed. Monkeys steal his caps. Traps monkeys and sells them. J1115.7.1
• Half of money thrown into tank. The monkey to the grocer: "You sold half water and half milk." J1551.9
• Glowworm thought to be a fire. The bird who tries to keep the monkeys from this error is killed for her pains. J1761.3
• Dressed up monkey thought to be a nobleman. J1762.6
• Monkey seeing tiger attack his shadow is frightened so that he falls from tree. J1790.3
• Fools sent to buy cow procure a monkey instead. J2081.4
• Monkey jumps over a ravine with his sword girded on. Falls to his death. J2133.2
• Monkey jumps into water after a butterfly. J2133.10
• Monkey cuts his throat, thinking that he is imitating the cobbler. J2413.4.3
• Monkey sneezes in king's presence like rabbit. Killed. J2413.6
• Father tells son that he has been scratched by "hairy rascals" (monkeys). Son attacks hairy ascetics. J2484
• Monkey cheats fox of his share of bananas. Climbs on a tree and tosses peelings down upon fox. K171.9
• Man allows himself to be carried off by monkeys, who mistake him for cow: steals their magic cups. K311.6.2
• Monkeys lure tortoise into a tree and carry away his load of salt. K343.4
• Monkey causes girl to cry as if from hunger: eats food given her. K461.2
• Trickster paid to teach monkey to talk. K491.1
• Escape in monkey-skin. K521.1.3
• Escape by alleged possession of external soul. Monkey caught for his heart (as remedy) makes his captor believe that he has left his heart at home. K544
• Crocodile persuaded to open his mouth. When he does, he shuts his eyes automatically and monkey escapes. K561.3
• Monkey in danger on bridge of crocodiles pretends that the king has ordered them counted. K579.2
• Monkey saved from trap by feigning marriage. K579.4
• Monkey attracts attention of mowers until young birds can fly away from the harvest field. K644
• Monkey saves condemned birds through feigned dream. K645
• Monkey lures tiger into tree-top and sets fire to it. K812.3
• Monkey killed by girls who pretend to wash its buttocks. K831.2
• Monkey tricked into jumping in water and drowning self. Jackal hides in reeds which screen water. K891.3
• Disease to be cured by heart of monkey. (Cf. K544.) K961.1
• Brain of snake said to be only cure for monkey's disease. Monkey to be killed by snake when he goes to hole. K961.2.1
• Monkey "shares" ointment with tiger: produces sores. K1043.1
• Monkey instead of girl in floating basket: hermit made laughing-stock. He has persuaded girl's foolish father to place her in the basket. Prince takes girl and leaves monkey in her place. (Cf. K1333, K1674.) K1625
• "Big 'Fraid and Little 'Fraid." Man decides to frighten another (or his son or servant). He dresses in a sheet; his pet monkey puts on a sheet and follows him. The person who is doing the scaring hears the victim say, "Run Big Fraid, run; Little Fraid'll get you." The scarer sees the monkey in the sheet, runs home. (Cf. K1833.) K1682.1