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

• Brothers as creators. A15.2
• God carries brothers and sisters on his back in basket. A137.4.1
• Culture heroes brothers. A515.1
• Sworn brothers as culture heroes. A515.1.2
• Universe from copulation of various objects to produce others. A615.2
• Soul-bridge: easy for righteous to cross, more difficult for others. A661.0.5.1
• Sun and moon as brothers. A736.3
• Sun and moon as twin brothers. A736.3.1
• Sun and moon brothers: sun clever, moon stupid. A736.3.2
• Each of sun brothers works for a month and plays for the other eleven; were they to work all together, the world would be burned up by the heat. A739.3
• Moon is wife to all twelve brothers of the sun and they have her a month at a time because she ate up her sisters. A753.1.4.2
• Most brilliant stars children of the sun; others are children of the moon. A764.3
• First human being killed by jealous brothers (reptiles and insects). A1297
• Bad women from transformed hog and goose. Peter, having only one daughter, foolishly promises her to three men. He asks the Lord to create two others. This request is granted. The first creature he meets on two successive mornings he is to greet, and they will be transformed. He meets a hog and a goose. His two new daughters have these characteristics. A1371.3
• Why brothers and sisters do not marry. A1552.1
• Bat, diver, and thornbush shipwrecked. Bat brought money, bush put on clothes, and diver brought leather. All shipwrecked. Diver is looking for his leather. Bush looks for his clothers and holds fast to all passers-by. Bat is abroad only at night to escape creditors. (Cf. A2471.4, A2491.1.) A2275.5.3
• Why some fish swim deep; others shallow. (Cf. A2238.3.) A2444.1
• Why donkeys always urinate when others begin. A2495.3
• Curse of tale-telling banana affects all others. A2726.1
• Sea-monster honors saint above all others. B251.2.8
• Helpful animal brothers-in-law. B314
• "We three" – "For gold" – "That is right" devil's bargain. Three brothers have agreed to say only these things. They incriminate themselves. C495.2.1
• Man must be killed with first blow: others will not harm him. C742.1
• Inability to transform self in presence of others. D502
• Motive for transformation of others. D660
• Disenchantment by faithfulness of others. D750
• Disenchantment by sewing shirts for enchanted brothers. D753.1
• Disenchantment by faithfulness of others – miscellaneous. D759
• Magic object stolen by brothers. D861.3
• Spring augments milk of nursing mothers who drink its water. D927.3
• Magic spectacles allow wearer to read others' thoughts. (Cf. D1299.5.) D1316.4.2
• Cures by the milk of the mothers of saints. (Cf. D1500.1.10.) D1500.1.33.1.1
• Line drawn by saint's bachall separates calves from their mothers. (Cf. D1272.1, D1277.) D1574
• Magic fish talk so that ogre thinks hero has many brothers with him. (Cf. B175.) D1613.1
• Dream shows others in danger. D1813.1.6
• Saint blesses brothers' eyes so that they see heaven. D1820.3
• Resuscitation when strangling corset-lace breaks. Girl laced so tightly in corset that she faints. Brothers carry her to her grave. They stumble. Corset-lace breaks and girl revives. E21.2
• Dead husband returns and lives with his wife. He is invisible to others. (Cf. F378.) E321.2
• Soul hidden in a series of coverings. This motif is combined with several others. Usually the soul will be hidden in an egg, in a duck, in a well, in a church, or a similar series. E713
• Trees bloom, others bear concurrently in otherworld garden. F162.1.3
• Giant allows others to cling to him while he swims with them safely across the rivers. F531.3.13.2
• Brothers identical in appearance. F577.2
• Extraordinary companions are brothers (twins, triplets). F601.5
• Two berserk-brothers. F610.3.3.1
• Brothers acquire extraordinary skill. Return home and are tested. F660.1
• Brothers eat their sister. G73.1
• Giant's fields fertile; others arid. G112
• Witch estranges brothers. G269.7
• Witch causes person to break wind in presence of others. G269.21.1
• Man marries a she-devil He catches her as succubus and marries. Some years later his wife's brothers invite them to a feast (wedding) and he gets gifts or wife's dowry. G303.12.6.1
• Mistake of elder leads two brothers to the home of ogre. G401.1
• Recognition of brothers brought about by bouquet of flowers tied as father's gardener used to do. H16.3
• Combat of unknown brothers brings about recognition. H151.10
• Suitor test: choosing princess from others identically clad. H324
• Suitor test: choosing sweetheart's sedan chair from thirty others like it. H324.1
• Three brothers contest in wishing. Third wishes for all that the other brothers have wished for. H507.3.1
• "Never greet anyone." (Start your work the earliest, so that not you but others may greet you.) H588.12
• Tasks assigned at suggestion of jealous brothers (sisters). H912
• Task imposed by elder brothers. H934.4
• Quest for king's joy and woe. (King tells of adventures in which his brothers are all killed. They were a joy to him but their death a woe.) H1378.2
• "Do not keep bad company": counsel proved wise by experience. Breaking of father's first counsel causes the breaking of all the others. J21.25
• The monkey and the lost lentil. Lets all others he has in his hand fall in order to search for it. J344.1
• Prince of democratic tastes chosen. King asks three sons what kind of bird they would prefer to be. First: an eagle, because it is ruler of birds; second: a falcon; because it is beloved by the nobles; third: a bird which flies with many others, so as to receive advice. King chooses third. J412.1
• Three sins of the hermit. Choice of three sins given him: adultery, murder (theft), drunkenness. He chooses drunkenness; the others follow. (Cf. J21.25.) J485
• Brothers compose quarrel and save umpire's fee. J552.5
• Forethought in conflict with others – general. J610
• Forethought in prevention of others's plans. J620
• Enemy brothers unite to fight a common enemy. J624.3
• Avoidance of others' power. J640
• Avoiding places which have been fatal to others. J644
• Thornbush blamed by fox for wounding him. He should have known better than to lay hold of something whose nature is to lay hold of others. J656.1
• Forethought in defences against others. J670
• Victorious ally feared by others. J684.4
• Brother who conforms to naked people's customs honored. Two brothers go to the land of Naked People. One of the brothers wears clothes and is punished. J815.2
• Consolation by thought of others worse placed. J880
• Timid animal consoled when he sees others more timid. J881
• Cure yourself before doctoring others. J1062
• Illegitimate daughter of trickster inherits father's ability to dupe others. J1111.2
• Cheaters examined apart; first made to repeat paternoster. Others think that he has confessed and truth is discovered. J1141.3
• Silence points to guilt. Important man quarrels with commoner. Asks bystanders: "Who is right?" Silence. Newcomer states that the important man is wrong. "Had he been right the others would have said so." J1141.8
• Poet puts others out of countenance. J1224
• The gift of the fool. Of three brothers the shoemaker makes shoes for the queen and princess; the tailor, clothes; the fool – children. J1272
• Child born one month after marriage. Father-in-law to son-in-law: "Do like my grandson and you will always be ahead of others." J1276.1
• Gifts from the brothers. A king gives a man a coin. "Is that all you give your brother?" "Are you my brother?" "Surely, we both pray, Our father, etc." "If all your brothers give you as much as I you will be rich." J1283
• The overloaded mule. Priest complains that miller's mule is overloaded. "No, he isn't; he can still carry all your and your brothers' patience." J1302
• Beggar claims to be emperor's brother. (All men are descended from Adam.) Emperor gives him small coin. Beggar protests. Emperor: "If all your brothers gave you that much you would be richer than I." J1337
• The double fool. A numskull caught changing meal from others' sacks into his own. Miller asks him what he is doing. "I am a fool." "Why then don't you put your meal into their sacks?" "I am only a simple fool. If I did that I should be a double fool." J1393
• The fairest thing in the garden. Three brothers asked by princess what is the most beautiful thing in the garden. The youngest replies, "Yourself." He wins the princess. J1472
• The fish in the sleeve. A particularly obnoxious man delays others while he haggles over prices with a butcher. Meanwhile a parson takes the three fish the man has laid down and puts them into his large sleeves. The man is angry and searches in vain for them. The parson then shows them and advises him not to let people cheat him. J1604
• Jumping into the river after their comrade. Through misunderstanding one of the men jumps into the river. He calls out; the others think that he wants them to follow, and all jump in and are drowned. J1832
• The mad wheelbarrow. Fools chain a wheelbarrow, bitten by a mad dog, lest it bite others. J1887
• Three brothers take turns using mule. None of them feeds him, supposing that the others have. The mule dies. J1914.2
• Marking the place in the sand. Vessel left under mound in sand while owner is swimming. Others make similar mounds so that it is lost. J1922.3
• The fool puts but one stick of wood in the stove. "Several others have burned up." J1963
• Three brothers buy cow for common use; each brother pays the farmer full price. J2037.2
• Cow tied tight with stones in order not to blow away, but is unable to do all others things too. J2119.8
• Fool re-enacts the accident. Falls and injures self and others. (Cf. J2062.) J2133.14
• Numskulls carry one another through mud and the others back in order that not all get dirty. J2163.1
• The axes thrown away. The first lets his axe fall. The others throw theirs in the same place. J2171.4
• Numskull is sent to fetch children. He either smothers them during conveyance or scalds them during bathing. (Cf. J2465.4.) J2175.5