71 motifs match “murderer”  ·  back to the chapters

• Faithful dog kills would-be murderer of sleeping master. B524.7
• Horse kicks to death master's murderer. B591.2
• Water rages by boat of would-be murderer. (Cf. D1242.) D1317.22
• Blood springs from murderer's finger when he touches victim. D1318.5.1
• Corpse bleeds when murderer touches it. D1318.5.2
• Resuscitation after murderer is buried in the earth, wood laid over him, and a lighted lamp on its top. E185.1
• Dead mother returns to invoke curse on murderer-son. E222.3
• Ghost tells name of murderer. E231.1
• Ghost skeleton points lance at murderer. E231.2
• Ghost returns to murderer, causes him to confess. E231.5
• Return from dead to slay own murderer. E232.1
• Ghost an unjustly executed man. Real murderer found. E234.4
• Murderer cannot rest in grave. E411.1
• Ball of fire haunts murderer. E530.1.2
• Grass does not grow on murderer's grave. (Cf. H271.) E631.2
• Drowned girl reborn as leech to take revenge on murderers. E693.1
• Wraith of murderer tells authorities where to find girl he has murdered. The murderer is in church at the time. E723.4.2
• Murderer's children become dwarfs. F451.1.2
• House of skulls. Murderer's abode. F771.1.9
• Murderer caused to eat victim's flesh unwittingly. Sickens and dies. G62
• Recognition of murderers by their short hair. H75.7
• Arrested farmer tells who he is: one son is thief (priest), second beggar (teacher), and third murderer (doctor). H581.4
• Test of friendship: substitute as murderer. A man in misery gives himself up as a murderer rather than endure further misery. His friend tries to take on himself the guilt and be substituted. The real murderer, touched by the generosity, confesses. H1558.2
• Prevention of hostilities by disarming the suspect. Later learned that he is a fugitive murderer. J626
• Murderer detected by actions of murdered man's dog. Attacks murderer whenever possible. J1145.1
• Demand that murderer restore life to victim. J1955
• Man refuses to pay murderer for killing and kills him. K231.10
• Murderer or captor otherwise beguiled. K600
• Escape by posing as member of murderer's family or tribe. K601
• Murderer or captor beguiled – miscellaneous. K619
• Murderer makes outcry so that innocent person is accused of murder. K2116.4
• Murderer warned by God's voice that murder will be avenged. M348
• The sun brings all to light. The murderer repeats as he sees the rays of the sun, the last words of the dying man, thus betraying the crime. N271.1
• 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
• Ravens pursue murderer who has killed two children. N271.3.1
• Murderer through miracle suspected of theft; murder thus discovered. N271.5
• Murderer traced through victim's ring. N271.8
• Tree follows murderer. N271.9
• Ship will sink if murderer is aboard. N271.10
• Murder will out: murderers quarrel under influence of drink and reveal crime. N271.11
• Queen marries murderer of her fiancée. P22
• Guest given refuge. Murderer of a man's father takes refuge in his house and is saved by him. P322
• Faithful servant kills his master's murderer and is killed in turn. P361.1.1
• God punishes murder of brother-in-law by having murderer's male heirs die. (Cf. Q558.) Q211.9.1
• Heart and liver of murderer torn out. (Cf. Q211.) Q469.6
• Heart of murderer cut out. (Cf. Q211.) Q469.6.0.1
• Murderer torn limb from limb. (Cf. Q211, Q416.) Q469.12
• Corpse of murderer mutilated. (Cf. Q211.) Q491.6
• Murderer's corpse cut into pieces. Q491.6.1
• Murderer does penance. (Cf. Q171.1.1, Q211.) Q520.1
• Murderer's penance complete when he kills a greater murderer and prevents a crime. (Cf. Q211.) Q545
• Corpse of murdered man sticks to murderer's back. (Cf. Q211.) Q551.2.4
• Punishment: calf's head in murderer's hand turns to corpse's head. (Cf. Q211.) Q551.3.3
• Punishment: melon in murderer's hand turns to murdered man's head. Q551.3.3.1
• Punishment: small catch of fish for child-murderers. Fisherman and his wife have always caught three fishes. From greed they kill their child in order to have more fish for themselves. But they thereafter catch but two fishes. (Cf. Q211.4.) Q553.5
• Mark of Cain. Permanent mark as curse on a murderer. (Cf. Q211.) Q556.2
• Saint curses murderer with shortness of life here and hell beyond. Q556.10.1
• 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
• Murderer killed by his own spear. (Cf. Q211.) Q582.3
• Murderer escapes to sky on sky rope. (Cf. F51.) R323.1
• Murderer escapes to sky in magic chariot. R323.2
• Saint offers murderer refuge. R325.3
• Spouse murder pact. Princess kills her husband. Prince kills his wife. Murderers marry and usurp the throne. S63
• Murderer kills all who come to certain spot. S110.5
• Sword left for posthumous son to kill father's murderer. T645.1
• Virgin Mary aids repentant slayer of priest. Priest is resurrected in order to forgive murderer and then is returned to tomb. V276.3
• A Christianized Jew becomes a priest. During Mass, he stabs the consecrated host, blood flows (cf. C55, J1261.2, V30). He kills the other priest who saw him commit the sacrilege, and before killing, forces him to renounce his faith. A miracle exposes the murderer. V364
• Murderer becomes ascetic. V462.0.4
• Woman shelters son's murderer out of charity. W15
• Murderer goes to victim's son and asks to be killed. The son aids him to escape. W15.1
• Hardhearted person refuses reprieve for father's murderers. W155.4