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

• Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner. A1415
• Theft of fire – trick exchange. Child of fire-owner is stolen and then given back in exchange for fire. A1415.3
• Horses refuse to remain with owner who has been cursed by clerics. B133.4.1
• Magic birds die when owner is killed. B192.0.1
• Ram stung by hornet on Sabbath says, "Damn!" Pious owner resolves to sell it next day. B211.1.1.1.1
• Magic dog carries owner in his ear. B557.6
• Magic porridge-pot keeps cooking. Against command, mother of owner bids pot to cook. It fills house with porridge and will not stop until ordered by mistress. C916.3
• Ownership of magic object. D801
• Magic charm (formula) used injudiciously brings death to owner's wife, children, himself. D806.2
• Man poisons couple, owners of magic gong, and gains possession of it. D838.11
• Fairy dun acquired by tricking owner. D839.2
• Magic object acquired by gaining love of owner. D856
• Magic object stolen by owner's fiancée. D861.5.1
• Magic objects stolen from owner by his daughter, with whom he spends the night. D861.8.1
• Magic object disappears at owner's death. D867.1
• Extraordinary flower preserves its freshness so long as it remains unperceived by anyone other than owner. D877.2
• Lance sounds when knocked on shield, except when its owner will be defeated. D1311.17.3
• Magic cloth leads owner to lost horses. (Cf. D1051.) D1314.9
• Magic ring permits owner to learn person's secret thoughts. (Cf. D1076.) D1316.4
• Sword turns upon owner when untruth is uttered. (Cf. D1081.) D1316.11
• When bow is taken away from owner, he loses all strength. (Cf. D1091.) D1336.10
• Magic jewel makes owner fat. (Cf. D1071.) D1349.4
• Magic crystal makes owner courageous. (Cf. D1071.) D1358.3
• Magic mirror renders invisible. Does so when owner looks into it. (Cf. D1163.) D1361.28
• Dagger protects owner from attack. (Cf. D1083.1.) D1381.9
• Flaming shield does not burn owner. (Cf. D1101.1.) D1382.5.1
• Hairs of lion, when burnt, get owner out of difficulties. (Cf. D1023.) D1390.1
• Magic object saves owner from death. D1392
• Magic cudgel beats animals to death for owner. D1401.1.1
• Magic sack furnishes mannikin who cudgels owner's enemies. (Cf. D1193.) D1401.2
• Magic pot with demons who beat owner's enemy. (Cf. D1171.1.) D1401.4
• Drop of hound's blood from magic spear (lance) pierces owner's foot (head). (Cf. D1081.) D1404.2
• Saint casts staffs to distant island. Staff that reaches owner shall have island. (Cf. D1254.) D1524.1.2.1
• Clothes carry owner over water. D1524.2
• Boots carry owner on sea. (Cf. D1065.1.) D1524.2.1
• Belt carries owner over water. (Cf. D1057.) D1524.2.2
• Magic object thrown ahead carries owner with it. D1526
• Magic object performs other services for owner. D1560
• Self-grinding mill. Grinds whatever owner wishes. (Cf. D1263, D1470.) D1601.21
• Self-returning head. When head is cut off it returns to proper place without harm to owner. (Cf. D992.) D1602.12
• Magic object when sold always returns to original owner. (Cf. D1605, D1602.11.) D1602.17
• Magic ring when sold returns to original owner. (Cf. D1076.) D1602.17.1
• Magic powder makes objects speak what owner wants them to. (Cf. D1246.) D1610.0.1
• Magic shirt tells owner when it is stolen. (Cf. D1056.) D1612.5.1
• Magic statue of man labors for owner. D1620.1.6
• Magic island moves about as owner wishes. (Cf. D936.) D1643.3
• Magic object comes at owner's call. (Cf. D1651.) D1649.2
• Harp comes at owner's call. (Cf. D1231.) D1649.2.1
• Objects rebel against their owners. D1649.6
• Inexhaustible pitcher stops pouring only at owner's command. (Cf. D1171.4, D1652.) D1651.4
• Magic musical instrument plays only for owner. (Cf. D1210.) D1651.7
• Magic harp plays only for owner. (Cf. D1231.) D1651.7.1
• Magic wishing-drum works only for owner. (Cf. D1211.) D1651.7.2
• Jewel responds to owner's voice. (Cf. D1070.) D1651.13
• Magic clock flies only at owner's command. D1651.14
• Arrow can be moved only by owner. (Cf. D1092.) D1654.4.2
• Wizard compels thief to deliver stolen property in person to the owner. D1817.0.1.3.1
• Evil eye covered with bag or hide while owner is stoned. D2071.0.1.1
• Long-plaited hair struck on ground summons female goddess to aid of owner. D2074.2.2.1
• Saint forces a beast (leopard, wolf) to bring back stolen child (domestic animal) to his mother (owner). D2156.3
• Eaten heart gives one the owner's qualities. E714.4.1
• Life token: armor rattles at home when owner is killed away from home. E761.7.10
• Life token: music box plays by itself as owner awaits burial. E761.7.11
• Object dies or stops when owner dies. E766
• Clock stops at moment of owner's death. E766.1
• Tree dies when owner dies. E766.2
• Post falls when owners lose estate. E766.3
• Ash pole appears at doorway several times on day owner's daughter dies. (It is used for coffin rests. The pole has previously mysteriously escaped being used for other purposes.) E767.1
• Clothes of wicked person burn when owner dies. E767.2
• Vital skin. Retains life after death of owner. E785
• Shield hung on pole in front of otherworld palace as signal that adventurer must fight with owner. F150.3.1
• Fairies care for tulip bed out of gratitude to owner for not plucking any of blossoms. F339.2
• Fairies cause all ewes to have two lambs for owner who has returned fairy child. F339.3.2
• Beard travels detached from owners. F545.1.6
• Carpenter constructs house of sandalwood which will go wherever owner commands. F675.3
• Sword so heavy that only its owner can lift it. F833.1.1
• Spear so broad that its owner by swinging it puts the light out. F834.2
• Garden becomes wilderness because of owner's wickedness. F975.1
• Books show sorrow for owner's death by falling from shelf. F994.1
• Witch punishes owner for injury or slight by killing his animals. (Cf. G269.10.) G265.4.0.1
• Witch kills balsam plant after owner refuses to give some to the witch. G265.9.1
• Witches shake fruit off trees to punish owner. G265.10.1
• The devil takes service with a farmer in return for the bread he stole. Punishes the evil landowner and makes his master prosperous. G303.9.3.1.1
• Inscribed name on article as token of ownership. (Cf. H94.10.) H86
• Recognition through gold ring with owner's name engraved on it. (Cf. H88.) H94.10
• Holmgang to decide owner of gold. H217.3
• Well rises for sheep only for rightful owner. H251.3.9.2
• Apple as chastity test. Fades if owner is not virgin. (Cf. D981.1.) H411.14
• Task: stealing horse when owner has been forewarned. H1151.2.1
• Test of friendship: the imagined refusal. Man wonders if his friend would lend him his palfrey. Decides he would refuse. Imagines that he has actually asked for the palfrey and has been refused. Cools toward his friend. The owner of the horse asks for an explanation. He agrees to lend him the horse and they are reconciled. H1558.6
• Wisdom from books bought at great price. (Sibylline). Nine books first offered at certain price. Finally after this is refused and the owner throws six of them into the fire, the king pays the same price for three of them. Finds them filled with wisdom. J166.1
• Rat imagines himself owner of camel. He is attached to camel by string. J953.17
• Thief's money scales borrowed. A man buries gold and a thief steals it. The owner detects the criminal. He takes some money to the thief and borrows money scales "to weigh so as to bury with the other". The thief decides that he is detected and hastens to return the stolen money. J1141.6
• The guilty protests his innocence. Animals put to graze in man's garden. Owner greets everyone with: "I know about you!" No one pays any attention to him except the guilty one who says: "I did not do it." Confesses. (Cf. N275.) J1141.9
• The ring to be cut in two and divided between quarreling persons: real owner laments the waste of the gold. J1171.1.1
• Not the same purse as was lost. Finder of a purse containing 800 gulden returns it to owner for reward. Latter says that purse had 900 gulden in it. In court. Decision: The rich man speaks truth. The purse found is not the one he lost. The finder may keep it. J1172.1
• Reductio ad absurdum: the decision about the colt. A man ties his mare to a second man's wagon. The mare bears a colt which the wagon-owner claims, saying that the wagon has borne a colt. Real owner of the colt shows the absurdity (1) by fishing in the street or (2) by telling that his wife is shooting fish in the garden. Neither of these things are so absurd as the decision. J1191.1
• To return the dead elephant alive. Hired elephant dies. Owner demands the live elephant. The god causes the elephant's owner to break pots of the other. Is unable to make specific restitution. J1191.4
• The drunken officer's stolen mantle. Thief confronted by the officer tells all the circumstances of the drunkenness (with many shameful additions). The officer denies the ownership. J1211.2.1
• Thief exposes owner's unjust claim. J1213