29 motifs match “mosquito”  ·  back to the chapters

• Gods keep mosquitoes as pets. A155.4
• Origin of mosquitoes. A2034
• Deity's wife creates mosquitoes to drive her husband out of jungle. A2034.1
• Mosquitoes created by goddess to make sleeping outside impossible to men. A2034.1.1
• Deity creates mosquitoes to irritate other gods. A2034.1.2
• Mosquitoes from bones of slain demon flung into the air. (Cf. A2001.) A2034.2
• Mosquitoes from ashes of bad woman. (Cf. A2001.) A2034.3
• Mosquito's buzz. A2426.3.5
• Why certain district is free of mosquitoes. A2584.1
• Mosquito gives hero advice as to which choice to make. B569.3
• Transformation: serpent to mosquito. D418.1.3
• Task: bringing quantity of mosquito bones within month; countertask: furnishing scales with wind as beams and heat as pans. (Cf. H951.) H1022.9
• Numskull thinks fireflies are mosquitoes carrying lanterns to find victims. J1759.3
• Numskulls try to kill mosquitoes with bows and arrows: only injure themselves. J2131.0.1
• Mosquitoes sting King Pharaoh and show they are stronger than the man who cannot escape them. L392.1
• Bumblebees imported to rout mosquitoes; the two insects crossbreed and have stingers on both ends. X1280.1.1
• Remarkable mosquitoes. X1286
• Lie: the large mosquito. X1286.1
• Lie: wingspread of large mosquito. X1286.1.1
• Lie: weight of large mosquito. X1286.1.2
• Lie: mosquito's long bill. X1286.1.3
• Large mosquitoes fly off with kettle. They have drilled through kettle. Their bills are clinched inside like nails. X1286.1.4
• Large mosquitoes carry off prey. X1286.1.5
• Big mosquito with golden palace in his mouth. X1286.1.6
• Large mosquitoes – miscellaneous. X1286.1.7
• Lies about ferocious mosquitoes. X1286.2
• Man cures rheumatism: puts mosquito milk in a cat's horn, stirs it with duck's crotch. X1787
• Louse and flea wish to marry. Mosquito, toad, ant, etc. volunteer to supply the wedding feast. Z31.2
• Trial among the animals. Deer steps on kitten: cat investigates. Deer has been frightened by bird, this bird by another bird .... by crab's pointed claw, crab by mouse in his hole. Cat eats mouse. (Frog croaks because turtle carries his house on his head; turtle carries house because firefly is bringing fire; firefly brings fire because mosquito tries to bite him, etc.) Z49.6