32 motifs match “otherwise”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun led through stream to cool off heat at night; otherwise might consume earth. A722.5.2
• Inequalities of fortune among men, otherwise the work of the world will not go on. A1599.8
• Helpful animal otherwise acquired. B319
• Animals serve man otherwise. B579
• Tabu: stepping on bread (or otherwise misusing it). C535
• One must eat "death vegetable" whenever one sees it. Otherwise god will be angry. C662
• Injunction: sleep where night overtakes you. Otherwise misfortune will come. C683
• Tabu: striking monster twice. Though monster begs that hero strike him again, hero refuses. Monster would otherwise revive. C742
• Magic object otherwise obtained. D850
• Magic carpenter constructs bed and stool that can become big or small, luxurious or otherwise. D1620.3.2
• Robber-proof house: thieves are petrified when they enter house for unlawful purposes; are fed and welcomed, otherwise. D2072.5
• "If I were not your next of kin." Ghost tells man that otherwise he would tear him into pieces. E229.1
• Ghost aids living otherwise. E363.6
• Person otherwise killed by accident cannot rest in grave. E414.1
• Fairies otherwise defeated. F389
• Angels as familiar spirits. Act as servants about the house of saints and serve them otherwise. F403.2.2.2
• Dwarf otherwise caught and thus forced to procure what hero demands. F451.3.2.1.2
• Ogre otherwise subdued. G580
• Man on sinking ship eats salt. Otherwise he will not enjoy the large amount of water that he must drink. J861.2
• Hostess says that she has no spoons. Otherwise she would be glad to give something to eat. A joker brings along the necessary spoons. J1561.4.1
• King's attention attracted by fighting when it cannot be otherwise gained. J1675.1.1
• How the fishes got there. Guests of host who waters his wine put little fishes into the wine jug. "Now I confess that I put water into the wine; otherwise the fishes could not be there." J2281
• Contest in jumping from the church tower. The devil is not to look behind him. The man runs downstairs (or otherwise cheats). K17.2
• Murderer or captor otherwise beguiled. K600
• Dupe otherwise persuaded to voluntary self-injury. K1040
• Husband carries off box containing hidden paramour. Latter exposed (otherwise discomfited). K1555
• Husband takes place of paramour. Beats or otherwise discomfits wife. K1569.4
• Deception by sham blood. By stabbing bag of blood (or otherwise) trickster makes dupe think that he is bleeding. K1875
• Sham magician promises to induce love by magic. Dupe is frightened (to death, robbed, or otherwise discomfited) by magician or confederate. K1963.2
• Grateful dead man kills princess's monster husband. (Or otherwise renders her innocuous to the bridegroom.) T172.2.1
• Deaf man visits the sick. He plans the conversation with the expected answers. The answers turn out otherwise. A. How are you? – B. I am dead. – A. Thank God! What have you eaten? – B. Poison, I think. – A. I hope it agrees with you. X111.9
• One-eyed man as appraiser of horse. Has appraised it at half a mark. "He saw only half a horse; otherwise he would have valued it at a mark." X122