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

• Man given hands, feet, mouth and nose by monkey. A1225.2.1
• Distribution of noses. The earlier comers receive big noses, the later small. A1316.1
• Forming of the nose. Nose was made from clay taken from the posterior of the already created man. A1316.1.1
• Origin of nose-flute. A1461.7
• Shrew blows nose into snout. Sent after fire, he finds but a little which he tries to revive by hard blowing. A2211.5
• Mouse's nose pulled out long. A2213.4.3
• Bat falls from high perch due to extreme heat of sun's rays, breaks bones, etc. Hence peculiar feet and nose. A2214.6
• Rabbit (frog) eats seed-grain from fields: nose closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2335.2.4.) A2238.1
• Origin and nature of animal's nasal organ (nose, snout, proboscis, etc.). A2335
• Origin of animal's nose. A2335.1
• Nature of animal's nose. (Cf. A2213.4.3.) A2335.2
• Why deer has white mark on nose. From white ashes. A2335.2.1
• Why lynx has short, blunt nose. A2335.2.2
• Why raven has nose marked as if it had been broken off. A2335.2.3
• Why hare's nose is closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2238.1.) A2335.2.4
• Why steer has no hair on his nose. (Cf. A2221.5.1.) A2335.2.5
• Why tapir has long nose. A2335.3.2
• Why hornbill speaks through his nose. A2423.1.5
• Why animals move mouth, nose, etc. A2476
• Animal unusual as to his nose (snout). B15.5
• Prince awakened by fly on his nose in time to save himself from enemy. B521.3.3.1
• King breaks his own tabu and meets with the punishment he has set for violation of it. (His nose is cut off). C901.4.1
• Nose to be cut off as punishment for breaking tabu. C948.2
• Magic object makes nose long (restores it.) D1376.1
• Magic fruit makes nose long (restores it.) D1376.1.1
• Magic apple makes nose long (restores it). (Cf. D981.1.) D1376.1.1.1
• Magic cherry makes nose long (restores it). (Cf. D981.4.) D1376.1.1.2
• Magic ring makes nose grow long (restores it). (Cf. D1076.) D1376.1.2
• Treasure from nose (with sneezing). D1454.9
• Amulet cures nosebleed. (Cf. D1070.) D1504.2
• Dark-haired people (with bowed nose) as magicians. D1711.9
• Resuscitation by magic powder blown into nose. E108.1
• Husband resuscitated after wife's nose is cut off and thrown over grave. E165.2
• Corpse bites off woman's nose. E259.1
• Troll with snout for nose. F455.2.7
• Huldra-men with long teeth and nose. F460.1.6
• Person unusual as to his nose. (Cf. F531.1.6.6, F543). F514
• Noseless person. F514.1
• Person with crook(s) on end of the nose. F514.4
• Person grows a second nose. F514.5
• Giant with peculiar nose. F531.1.6.6
• Giant with crook on end of his nose. F531.1.6.6.1
• Noseless pygmies. (Cf. F514.1.) F535.4.3
• Remarkable nose. (Cf. F514.) F543
• Remarkably long nose. F543.1
• Long nose used as poker. F543.1.1
• Long nose used as hen roost. F543.1.2
• Remarkably long, hooked nose. F543.1.3
• Remarkably large nose. F543.2
• Nose turned upside down. F543.3
• Skillful marksman shoots spear through nose-ring. F661.3.1
• Man shoots pearls from wife's nose-ring. F661.10
• Unwitting cannibalism: scavenger in wedding feast finds basket of noses put there by hero and thinks it full of meat. G63
• Devil's nose. G303.4.1.4
• Devil has a long nose. G303.4.1.4.1
• The devil dies of a nosebleed resulting from overheat. G303.17.3.1
• Ogre monstrous as to nose. G362
• Noseless ogre. G362.1
• Pug-nosed ogre. G362.2
• Ogre deceived by showing sharp knife or sword for nose or tongue. G572.2
• Ears, fingers and noses of demons cut off as proof of killing them. H105.5
• Recognition of tiger-slayer by tips of ears, nose, and tail of tiger. H105.5.1
• Contest in lifelike painting: fly on saint's nose. Second artist in first artist's absence paints a fly on a saint's nose in a picture. On his return the first artist tries to drive away the fly. H504.1.1
• Noseless man persuades fools to cut off noses. J758.1.1
• Killing the fly on the judge's nose. The judge has told the boy that he should kill a fly wherever he sees one. J1193.1
• How does goddess with thousand faces blow her noses? J1261.10
• Numskull thinks the bishop's snoring is his death rattle. He strikes at a fly on the bishop's nose because it seems to be killing the bishop. J1833
• Numskulls count selves by sticking their noses in the sand. They then count the holes. J2031.1
• Short-sighted wish: all he pulls on will follow. He blows his nose and it pulls out long. J2072.3
• Old woman demands something that she would remember all her life: her nose cut off. J2072.6
• Nose cut off to get it out of the light. J2119.1
• Improving the wife's face by cutting off her nose. J2119.1.1
• Gullible husb and made to believe he has cut off his wife's nose. She, in another house, has had her nose cut off by mistake. She makes him believe he has done it by making him angry enough to throw a razor at her. When he throws the razor she claims it has cut off her nose. J2315.2
• Literal fool: fool told to follow his nose in a journey, runs head against tree, climbs it. J2461.6
• The fool and the visitor's large nose. The fool asks where he got the large nose. Is removed from the room. He comes back to mend matters. He says, "What a small nose you have!" He is again taken from the room. The third time: "What difference does it make whether you have a nose or not?" J2512
• "Thank Fortune it wasn't a melon." Man contends that melons should not grow on slender vines but on tall trees. He is hit on the nose by a falling nut. Is thankful it wasn't a melon. J2571
• Why he couldn't see. One fool to another: "What would happen if you cut off your nose?" "I couldn't smell." "What would happen if you cut off your ears?" "I couldn't see." "Why couldn't you see?" "My hat would fall down over my eyes." J2721
• Insect in nose of murdered person simulates snoring and allays suspicion. K661.3
• Robbers' (giants') noses cut off as they enter house. K912.0.1
• Pepper up noses as remedy. K1014.1
• Friar adds missing nose (fingers) to unborn child: foetus is imperfect and he will substitute for absent husband. Is praised by the latter on his return. K1363.2
• The cut-off nose. (Lai of the Tresses.) A woman leaves her husband's bed and has another woman take her place. The husband addresses her, gets no answer and cuts off her nose (hair). In the morning the wife still has her nose (hair). The husband is made to believe that it has grown back by a miracle (or that he was dreaming). K1512
• Sham physician pretends to diagnose entirely from urinalysis. Really from observation and inference from trifles. K1955.2
• Queen falsely accused of having poisoned husband. Ignorant doctors cannot diagnose king's illness. Queen burned at stake. K2116.1.2
• Nose wagered. N2.3.4
• Bread accidentally dropped from tree on bear's nose kills bear. N331.2
• Frog removed from queen's nose by telling such interesting story that she gives quick breath and dislodges him. N641.2
• A nose for a nose. P522.1.1
• Nose cut off for failure to pay tax. (Cf. Q451.5.) P536.1
• Nose cut off as punishment. Q451.5
• Nose cut off as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Q451.5.1
• Mistress's nose cut off as punishment for faithlessness. Q451.5.1.1
• Nose cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.) Q451.5.2
• Nose of falsely accusing bishop bitten off. (Cf. Q263.) Q451.5.3
• Nose cut off as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Q451.5.4
• Humiliating penance: king to rub nose five times on red hot griddle. Q499.8
• Son on gallows bites his mother's (father's) nose off: punishment for neglect in youth. Q586
• Murder with hot iron. Bored through eye or nose. S112.2
• Mutilation: nose cut off or crushed. S172
• Angry paramour bites off his mistress's nose. S172.1