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

• God's unusual mouth. A123.2.2
• Maggots squirm from mouth of man-eating god. A123.2.2.1
• Goddess with eight mouths. A123.2.2.2
• Thunder god or spirit has very long mouth. A284.3.1
• Earth from nut in devil's mouth. God throws a nut over his left shoulder. The devil catches it in his mouth. The nut grows rapidly and the devil spits it out. A835
• Man given hands, feet, mouth and nose by monkey. A1225.2.1
• Origin of hair around mouth and eyes. Original dispute between Hair and Stomach. Stomach compelled to stay on inside of man. Hair stands on guard at mouth and eyes to see that Stomach does not escape. A1315.4
• Discourteous answer: flounder's crooked mouth. When God asks him where he is going, instead of answering he turns to go toward God. His mouth becomes crooked. (Cf. A2341.1.) A2231.1.2
• Flounder complains in race: crooked mouth. In race between fish he cries out in jealousy because herring is winning. He is punished with crooked mouth. (Cf. A2341.1.) A2252.4
• Origin and nature of animal's mouth. A2341
• Why flounder's mouth is crooked. (Cf. A2252.4, A2231.1.2.) A2341.1
• Why animal's mouth is large. A2341.2
• Why opossum's mouth is large. A2341.2.1
• Why zebra's mouth is large. A2341.2.2
• Why animal's mouth is closed. A2341.3
• Why serpent's mouth is closed. A2341.3.1
• Why gorilla and chimpanzee have large teeth in mouth: punishment for neglecting possessions. A2345.9
• Why animals move mouth, nose, etc. A2476
• Why rabbit continually moves mouth. A2476.1
• Many-mouthed animal. (Cf. B15.7.2.) B15.2
• Six-mouthed serpent. B15.2.1
• Monster three-legged ass. Stands in the ocean. Has three feet, six eyes, nine mouths, two ears, one horn, a white body. Two eyes are in eye position, two on top of his head, two on his hump. He renders powerless by the sharpness of his eyes. He has three mouths in his head, three in his hump, and three in the inner parts of his flanks. Each mouth is the size of a cottage. (Cf. B13, B15.1, B15.2, B15.4.) B15.7.2
• Man with horse's mouth. B21.3
• Fish with coin in mouth. B103.4.1
• Silver and gold run from cod's mouth. B103.4.1.1
• Serpent with jewel in his mouth. B103.4.2
• Otter carries flaming wood in mouth. B193
• Llewellyn and his dog. Dog has saved child from serpent. Father sees bloody mouth, thinks the dog has eaten the child, and kills the dog. B331.2
• Snake creeps into man's mouth and heals him. B511.1.1
• Fox holds in its mouth a beautiful flower which he gives to hero. B584.1
• Fish bears men-children. Has swallowed rinsings of man's mouth. B631.3
• Animal impregnated through mouth (ears). B754.6.1.1
• Snake takes tail in mouth and rolls like wheel. B765.1
• Snake crawls from sleeper's mouth. B765.5
• Cat must be kept from dying person because it will catch the person's soul issuing (from mouth) in form of mouse. (Cf. E731.3.) B766.1.1
• Scaly lizard jumps into person's mouth. B784.1.7
• Patient fed salt: animal comes out for water. The patient is fed salt or heavily salted food and allowed no water for several days. He then stands with mouth open before a supply of fresh water, often a running brook. The thirsty animal emerges to get fresh water. B784.2.1
• Frog is enticed from patient's mouth by offering it a piece of cheese. B784.2.3
• Sore mouth as punishment for breaking tabu. C941.3.1
• Mouth expanded because of broken tabu. C948.1
• Transformation by placing pill in mouth. (Cf. D1243.) D551.6.1
• Disenchantment by taking key from serpent's mouth at midnight. The disenchanter is to take the key (three keys) from the mouth of the woman in serpent form with his own mouth. D759.1
• Disenchantment by removal of enchanting pill from mouth. (Cf. D551.4.1.) D765.1.1
• Stolen magic object stolen back by helpful cat and dog. They steal the ring from the thief's mouth. D882.1.1
• Magic mouth harp. D1225.1
• Consecrated bread kept in mouth and fed to toad produces love. D1355.10.1
• Magic amulet in mouth conquers enemies. (Cf. D1270.) D1400.1.6
• Treasure falls from mouth. (Cf. D992.2, D1454.3.) D1454.2
• Treasure falls from stone lion's mouth. (Cf. D1268.) D1469.13
• Opening mouth makes door open wider. D1782.1.1
• Thumb of knowledge. Man cooks magic animal and burns thumb. When he puts thumb in mouth he has magic knowledge. (Cf. D1810.3.) D1811.1.1
• Power of prophecy lost by spitting. When possessor of power on request spits into mouth of man who has taught him, he loses the power. D1812.6.1
• Magic sight from thumb of knowledge. Man cooks magic animal and burns thumb. When he puts thumb into mouth he has magic sight. (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) D1821.2
• Person who yawns cannot close mouth. D2072.0.5.2
• Resuscitation by removal of poisoning cobra flesh from dead man's mouth. E21.1.1
• Ghost strikes man in face, making his mouth crooked. E265.1.3
• Ghost (revenant) kills by spewing water from his mouth on Hallowe'en. (Cf. F211.1.1.1.) E268
• Flames issue from corpse's mouth. E421.3.7
• Coin placed in mouth of dead to prevent return. E431.11
• Seeds of poppy poured into revenant's mouth. E439.4
• Forgetting Charon's fee. Philosopher forgets to put coin in mouth before death (Charon's fee). Charon: "Don't you know the custom?" Answer: "Yes, but I couldn't put off dying for a quarter!" E489.3
• Dogs with eyes hanging out over mouth in wild hunt. E501.4.1.4
• Ghost strikes man on mouth; leaves his mouth crooked. E542.1.3
• Soul leaves body because of God's kiss on mouth. E722.2.12
• Soul of unborn son comes out of mother's mouth (in form of stone), is kept by her, and later is given to son. (Cf. E711.7.) E726.2
• Head in otherworld well emits stream of water from mouth. F162.5.2
• Spirit of earthquake has very long mouth. F438.2
• Wood-spirit without hands, feet, or mouth. F441.4.2
• Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast. F511.0.1.1
• Person unusual as to his mouth. (Cf. F544.) F513
• Person with mouth in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) F513.0.1
• Person with mouths all over body. F513.0.2
• Mouthless people. F513.0.3
• Person with mouth in breast. F513.0.4
• Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowed. F531.2.6
• Remarkable mouth. (Cf. F513, F531.1.4, F531.1.6.2.) F544
• Remarkably large mouth. F544.0.1
• Mouth opens so wide that lungs (gullet) may be seen. F544.0.1.1
• Man's mouth, from fear of sea-monster under lake, "distended to both his ears." F544.0.2
• Mouth of man emits flames when open for speech. F544.0.3
• Mouth open to drink for forty days. F544.0.4
• Woman fed by bees' dropping honey into her mouth (lie). F561.6
• Skillful marksman shoots pipe from man's mouth. F661.2
• Skillful musician plays nine mouth harps at once. F679.9
• River flows from man's mouth. F715.1.5
• Elephant allows jackal to quench his thirst by entering through his mouth to his stomach. F929.1
• Seven-mouthed cannibal ogre. G11.17
• Witch recognized by seeing wasp (beetle) enter her mouth while asleep. Only when it enters can she be awakened. G251.1
• Witch kills with aid of witch-ball (hair rolled in beeswax). The ball is sometimes found in the mouth of dead victims. G262.4
• Person removes string with thirteen knots from child's mouth. G271.10
• Consecrated wafer kept in mouth in order to be a witch. G281
• Devil holds molten coin in mouth. G303.4.8.2
• Devil and Drake carry waters of English Channel from Dartmoor to Plymouth. G303.9.2.4
• Ogre monstrous as to mouth. G363
• Ogre with flaming mouth. G363.1
• Large tusks grown from ogre's mouth. G363.2
• Rakshasa. Dog or ape-shaped; red hair and eyes; mouth reaching from ear to ear; ears pointed like spears; shape-changers; cannibals; three heads, five feet, four eyes, no fingers, bear-neck, horns. Attack women. G369.1
• Flame issuing from mouth as sign of royalty. H41.4
• Prophecy for newborn princesses: the one who takes gold in the mouth will be married to a prince; the one who takes hawkweed, to a peasant. H41.6
• Recognition by token – mouth-harp left by bed. H142