28 motifs match “overcomes”  ·  back to the chapters

• Culture hero (demigod) overcomes monsters. A531
• Animal overcomes man's adversary. B524
• Spell overcomes all danger. (Cf. D1273.) D1380.24
• Magic object overcomes person. D1400
• Saint's bachall overcomes beast in hell. D1400.1.12.1
• Magic object overcomes person – miscellaneous. D1409
• Magic earth-slip overcomes enemies. D2091.15
• Hero fights in otherworld and overcomes king (queen), or fairy. F176
• Strong hero kills (overcomes) playmates: sent from home. F612.2
• Strong man overcomes giant. (Cf. F628.2.3.) F639.4
• Hero overcomes devastating animal. G510.4
• Contest in enduring cold: wind overcomes frost. H1541.2
• The flute makes more noise. A man overcomes his quarrelsome wife by playing the flute as long as she is scolding. J1541.2
• Woman (Amazon) in disguise invites enemies singly into forest and overcomes them. K778.1
• Youngest animal in group overcomes adversary. L72
• Lowly hero overcomes proud rivals. L156.1
• Weak overcomes strong in conflict. L310
• Weak (small) hero overcomes large fighter. L311
• Sick hero overcomes antagonist. L311.1
• Poorly-armed hero overcomes well-armed by strategy. L311.2
• Poor prince overcomes king. L311.3
• Small boy overcomes enraged gorilla. L311.5
• Small animal overcomes large. L315
• Mouse runs into buffalo's ear and overcomes him. L315.1.1
• Nobility of character a mark of kings. Kings overcomes passion for beautiful captives and sends them back untouched to their people. P12.9
• Man who has received sacrament overcomes enemy, a blasphemer. V34.3
• Christ in the desert overcomes devil by fasting. V73.0.1
• Saint overcomes (destroys) monsters (dragons). V229.4