23 motifs match “monsters”  ·  back to the chapters

• Culture hero (demigod) overcomes monsters. A531
• Flood from conflict of monsters (giant animals). A1015.1.1
• Birth of monsters as sign at end of world. A1070.1
• Monsters kill each other off at end of world. A1087
• Water-monsters lick saint's feet. B251.2.6.1
• Magic spring guarded by demons (monsters). D927.2
• Saint's bachall keeps off monsters and ghosts. (Cf. D1277.) D1385.8
• Entrance to other world guarded by monsters (or animals). F150.2
• Serpents (monsters) in otherworld. F167.11.1
• Land where women live separate from men. Cohabit with water monsters. F566.2
• Valley full of dreadful monsters. F756.5.1
• Army of cannibal monsters. G11.16
• Monsters. Usually not clearly defined. See this entire chapter on ogres. G301
• Devil in form of dragons and monsters of various sorts. G303.3.2.4
• Herds of sea monsters on surface of sea. G308.3
• Monsters of the sea: two whales of human parentage. G308.8
• Path between monsters. Scylla and Charybdis. G333
• Amphibious tree-destroying monsters. G346.3.1
• Suitor task: to kill other monsters. H335.3.7
• Stepbrothers kill devastating monsters. P283.1
• Youths and maidens as yearly tribute to monsters (Fomorians). S262.2.1
• Lesbian love: women give birth to monsters as result. T462.1
• Saint overcomes (destroys) monsters (dragons). V229.4