57 motifs match “murdered”  ·  back to the chapters

• Earth from the body of murdered child. A831.5
• Son of first human couple murdered by tiger sent by god; his head becomes the sun, his chest the moon, and his blood gives the red earth its color. A1277.3
• Vulture's chicks will not eat dead hero's leg, since they know he has been treacherously murdered. B159.4
• Helpful animal reincarnation of murdered child. B313.2
• Tabu: touching bones of murdered person. C541.3
• Murdered man's head will cause earth to burn up or sea to boil: must be carried about. (Cf. D1278.) D1549.7
• Ghost of murdered child. E225
• Ghost light hovers over hiding place of body of murdered person. E231.3
• Ghost of murdered person haunts burial spot. (Cf. E413.) E334.2.1
• Ghost of murdered girl appears and lends jewels needed for a ball in exchange for flowers. E363.5.1
• Murdered person cannot rest in grave. (C.f. all references to E231, E334, E337.1.1, E337.3.) E413
• Animals in wild hunt reincarnation of murdered person. E501.4.0.1
• Reincarnation of murdered child as bird. E613.0.1
• Reincarnation as musical instrument. The Singing Bone. A musical instrument made from the bones of a murdered person, or from a tree growing from the grave, speaks and tells of the crime. E632
• Speaking bones of murdered person reveal murder. E632.1
• Bird, reincarnated murdered girl, resumes her original form when persecutor's blood is poured on her. E696.1
• Wraith of murderer tells authorities where to find girl he has murdered. The murderer is in church at the time. E723.4.2
• Unbaptized children as nightmares. When caught, they beg baptism. Usually they are murdered illegitimates. F471.1.3
• Earthquake when good man is murdered. F960.2.5.1
• Grass will not grow where blood of murdered person has been shed. F974.1
• Flame indicates place where innocent person was murdered. F1061.4
• Abandoned infant lives by eating corpse of murdered father. (Cf. S350.) G25
• Recognition of murdered person by severed fingernail. H57.2.2
• Tongue as proof that man has been murdered. H105.2
• Ordeal: carrying murdered man's blood. Must not spill it. H227
• Test of wife's ability to keep secret: the buried sheep's head. Husband tells her that he is burying head of murdered man. She is to keep secret. She tells. When head is dug up it is sheep's head. H472.1
• Riddle of the murdered lover. With what thinks, I drink; what sees, I carry; with what eats I walk. (Queen has cup made from skull of her murdered lover; ring with one of his eyes; she carries two of his teeth in her boots.) H805
• Murderer detected by actions of murdered man's dog. Attacks murderer whenever possible. J1145.1
• Sham murder: trickster attacked by angry mother causes her to spear ox guts and believe she has murdered him. K522.7
• Object substituted for murdered person so as to allay suspicion. K525.3
• Three cries allowed maiden about to be murdered. Rescue arrives. K551.3.3
• Statue mourned and buried in order to account for murdered person. K661.2
• Insect in nose of murdered person simulates snoring and allays suspicion. K661.3
• Groom murdered, while watchmen and bride are brought to sleep by music. K873.2
• Ogre suitor persuaded by woman to bury her murdered lover: she cuts off his head. K912.3
• Man murdered while praying. K918
• Man murdered at his wife's side. (Cf. K873.1.) K959.2.3
• Murdered person's request and promise. M257.2
• The Cranes of Ibycus. Murdered man calls on cranes, the only witnesses of the murder, to avenge him. The cranes follow the murderer and point him out. N271.3
• Game with ancestors' bones. A boy interrupts a game played with the bones of his father or other murdered relative. P203
• Stepfather murdered. P281.2
• Punishment: carrying corpse of murdered man. (Cf. Q211.) Q511
• Punishment: carrying corpse of murdered man until stone as long as murdered man is found. This is to be put on the grave. Q511.1
• Punishment: carrying corpse of murdered man until another can be induced to take it. Q511.2
• Corpse of murdered man sticks to murderer's back. (Cf. Q211.) Q551.2.4
• Punishment: melon in murderer's hand turns to murdered man's head. Q551.3.3.1
• Body of murdered man cannot be moved nor can water be drawn from a well to wash it. Leads to exposure of murderer. Q559.3
• Hero locked up while his father is murdered. R54
• Skin of murdered person found in enemy's house. S114.1
• Head of murdered man displayed before his own house. S139.2.1
• Head of murdered man taken along as trophy. S139.2.1.1
• Ashes of murdered person passed through sieve and remains put to manure heap. S139.2.2.8
• Abandoned or murdered children. S300
• Children murdered. S302
• The Pot of Basil. Mistress keeps murdered lover's skull in flower-pot. T85.3
• Child born with claws as result of curse by dying peddler murdered by its parents. T551.9
• Murdered boy still sings "Ave" after his death. (Chaucer's Prioress's Tale.) V254.7