63 motifs match “names”  ·  back to the chapters

• Gods (supernatural beings) have many names. (Cf. C432.) A139.1
• Naming the stars. The "Great Star" names the stars. A765
• All things receive names. A1191
• Origin of personal names. A1577
• How animals received their names. A2571
• Adam names male animals, Eve, female. A2571.0.2
• Names of animals explained by their characteristics. A2571.0.4
• Origin of plant names. A2781
• Eating totem animal (or animal namesake). C221.2
• Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small". C433
• Blinded trickster directed by trees. He asks them their names and by their answers he can tell where he is. (Cf. D950.) D1313.4
• Listening at church door on Halloween to hear the names of those to die in the coming year. (Cf. D1825.6.) D1827.1.1
• Animals summoned by pronouncing their names. D2074.2.4.2
• Names given the soul. E700.1
• Names for otherworld. F0.1
• Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their song and completing it by adding the names of the days of the week. F331.3
• Names for dwarfs. F451.8
• Common names for dwarfs. F451.8.1
• Proper names for dwarfs. F451.8.2
• Trolls may not utter holy names. F455.7.3
• Lands with extraordinary names. Land of the boot, the towel, the walking-stick, and the like. F703
• Names applied to the devil. G303.2
• Devil writes into book names of those who call on him. G303.6.1.2.1
• Devil writes down names of men on a hide in church. Woman laughs when she sees him. G303.24.1.3
• Devil stands in church door and writes down names of his own people on a sheepskin. G303.24.1.4
• Devil writes names of those who sleep in church. G303.24.1.7
• Devil writes down names of those who look backwards in church. G303.24.1.7.2
• Devil writes down names of those who whisper in church. G303.24.1.8
• Ring with names inscribed on it. H86.3
• Ordeal: names of suspected persons are placed in chalice on altar: the one to whom the lot falls is guilty. H233.1
• Test: guessing trolls' names in order to save one's life. H516
• Curse evaded by guessing names in magic writing. H517
• Symbolic interpretation of names. H602.3
• Riddle: who has had, here below, two names? (Jacob-Israel.) H817
• His address: a big high house. Mayor asked about where he lives, names his village and directs the enquirer to a big high house. J1742.2
• Ignorant notary cannot draw up document. The names of the participants are not the same as those in his sample form. J1749.2
• Names of dogs literally interpreted. The names are "The Shepherd" and "Get the stick". When the man calls his dogs to dinner, the thief thinks that he is telling the shepherd to get a stick. J2493
• Sheep thief pretends to buy wethers from the ram, names the price himself. Owner overhears, takes the ram to the thief to collect. K439.5
• Woman alone in house rolls cheeses down the stairs after calling names of men in the house. Attackers think the men of the house are rushing down the stairs. K548.1
• Boys warned by dogs' names to escape. K649.5
• Animal persuaded to be tied through curiosity to learn secret names. K713.1.4
• The unusual names. Assuming unusual names, the servant deceives the girl, her mother, and her father. K1399.2
• Shipwrecked men call themselves by false names. K1831.1
• Names of future kings foretold. M369.4
• Curse on everybody on earth who listens to the fatal mentioning of trolls' names, is evaded by person in cave, because he is in the earth. M427
• Card-playing parson. The parson plays cards all Saturday night, goes to sleep at church, and calls out the names of the cards. N5
• Wager: who can call three tree names first. The bear names different varieties of the same tree, so that the fox wins the wager. N51
• Wager about tree names: learned and common names. Brahmin gives learned names but servant's common names are confirmed by illiterate peasants. N51.1
• Wager: more doctors than men of other professions. The trickster feigns toothache. Everyone suggests remedies. He takes down their names as doctors and wins the wager. N63
• Murder revealed by unusual names of boys. The dying man leaves message to name his sons "O God" and "O king" (or the like). This arouses the king's curiosity and brings the murder to light. N271.2
• At son's wedding king names him as successor. P17.0.2.1
• Dying king names successor. P17.3
• Friends exchange names. P311.0.1
• Princess calls her suitors ugly names. T76
• Angel names child. T596.1
• Angel names child. V241.4.1
• Names of persons in the Trinity. The priest's example: the three cows. The boy: "The Holy Ghost has just had a calf." X435.4
• Blason populaire. Despiteful names used by one city for another. X681
• The extraordinary names. A place where animals and things are designated by senseless names. (Cf. Z32.2.1.) X1506
• Nut hits cock in head: he thinks world is coming to an end. He sends the hen to tell the duck, the duck to tell the goose, etc. Final formula: – Fox, who told you? – Hare. – Hare, who told you? – Goose. – etc. For sequel see Type 20C. Sometimes the animals have queer names (cf. Z53). Z43.3
• The animals with queer names: as hen (henny-penny), cock (cocky-locky), goose (goosey-poosey). (Cf. Z32.2.1.) Z53
• Names of giants (Fomorians) with sinister significance. Z100.1
• Symbolic names. Z183