92 motifs match “palace”  ·  back to the chapters

• Palaces of the gods. A151.4
• Palace of gods with door at each end for sun's journey. A151.4.2
• God (Indra) has palace on Milky Way. A151.6.1
• Animals build palace (house) for man. B572.1
• Transformation: branch of tree to palace. D451.1.0.1
• Transformation: nut to palace. D451.7.1
• Transformation: palace to gold. D475.1.15
• Hut transformed into golden palace. D479.8
• Transformation to lion in order to guard palace. (Cf. D112.1, D621.1.) D659.4.1
• Magic palace. D1132
• Palace produced by magic. D1132.1
• Magic castle (palace) provides treasure. (Cf. D1131, F771.) D1457.1
• Magic palace supplies food and drink. (Cf. D1132.) D1472.1.5
• Palace arises from bull's legs buried in soil. (Cf. D1012.1, D1132.1.) D1483.1
• Magic bag builds palaces of gold and gems. (Cf. D1193.) D1483.2
• Magic stick: when planted in ground, palace rises. (Cf. D956.) D1483.3
• Diamond in snake king's forehead in hero's pocket opens lake waters to reveal a pathway to underground palace. (Cf. D1071.) D1551.7.1
• Magic diamond provides ingress to subterranean palace. (Cf. D1071.) D1557.3
• Sunken palace magically raised. D2136.2.2
• Subterranean palace at bottom of lake belonging to king of serpents. F127.1.1
• Shield hung on pole in front of otherworld palace as signal that adventurer must fight with owner. F150.3.1
• One hundred doors in palace of otherworld king. F165.1.0.1
• Fairies' underground palace. F222.1
• Fairies' underground palace cannot be burned by fire nor destroyed by water. F222.1.1
• Dwarfs live in luxurious underground palace. F451.4.1.3
• Mountain-spirits help build palace. F460.4.2.1
• Palace shakes when strong man gets upon its roof. F639.8
• Skillful carpenter constructs large palace overnight. F675.4
• Underground palace full of jewels. F721.5.1
• Submarine castle (palace). (Cf. F771.) F725.3
• Splendid palace underneath tank. F725.3.4
• City with hundred palaces and gardens; in one everything is of gold, in another, silver, etc. F761.1.1
• Extraordinary castle (house, palace). F771
• Golden castle (palace, house). F771.1.1
• Palace of gold and silver bricks. F771.1.1.2
• Palace of jewels. (Cf. F721.5.1.) F771.1.5
• Palace of ice. F771.1.7
• Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rose-water and honey. F771.2.4.1
• Palace at bottom of water tank. F771.3.7
• Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey. F771.7
• Palace gate so big it can only be opened by twelve buffaloes. F776.1.1
• Palace with seven gates, one within the other. F776.3
• Five demons keepers of marvelous garden and palace. F818.2
• After persecuted queen has been driven away from palace, trees do not bear fruits, flowers cease to bloom, and birds do not sing. F975.2
• Devil as builder of palaces (châteaux). G303.9.1.5
• Ruins of a palace haunted by Satan. G303.15.5
• Ogre decapitates captive princess before he leaves palace; resuscitates her on return. G335
• Recognition by brother king of lost brother brought about by model of their father's palace which lost brother builds of clay. H16.1
• Suitor contest: jumping horse over palace. H331.1.2.1
• Riddle: how much is a golden plow (throne, crown, palace) worth? H713
• How much is a golden plow (throne, crown, palace) worth? A rain in May. H713.1
• Riddle: palace consisting of 8760 stones; twelve trees, thirty branches, each with black and white cluster of grapes. Year, months, days, hours. H721.4
• Task: counting palm trees within view of king's palace. H1118.3
• Task: building palace of gold (crystal). H1133.4
• Task: building palace and city. H1133.5
• Task: procuring four full-grown tigers to guard four gates of king's palace. H1154.3.7.1
• Task: procuring four full-grown peacocks to sit one on each of four golden pinnacles of palace room. H1154.7.3
• Task: guarding palace at night that no one can enter or leave. H1199.17.1
• To build a palace in the sky: hawk as architect is let fly in the air. J2060.3
• Carpe diem. An abbot is planning to build a palace. The fool: "Why go to all that trouble? Just enjoy yourself with wine, women, and song." J2197
• The two presents to the king: the beet and the horse. A farmer takes an extraordinary beet as present to the king and receives a large reward. His companion is eager for a reward and leads a handsome steed to the palace. The king rewards him with the beet. J2415.1
• Bureaucrats debate as to who shall put out palace fire: meantime palace burns. J2532
• Fool thankful that God has built a palace without columns. Else the stones might fall down and kill us. J2565
• Thieves disguised as interior decorators. Steal hangings in palace. K311.7
• Theft by disguising as palace official. K311.10
• Thieves enter palace through hole in wall and abduct new bride. K315.3
• Princess has brought ill luck to bridegroom. When palace and retainers disappear after wedding and only humble hut remains, clever fox tells king his daughter's feet have brought ill luck to the groom, his master. King gives half his kingdom in compensation. K443.12
• Animal enticed into palace after it had long fed out of trickster's hand. K811.0.1
• Palace appears to be floating on water – actually glass. K1889.6
• Sham-warrior boasts and is employed at palace. K1951.3.1
• Accustomed rags preferred to new garments. A Brahmin returns home to find a palace instead of a cottage; he recognizes his wife only after she throws off her jewels and ornaments to stand before him in her old rags. L217
• Parrot prefers cold wet nest in freedom to luxury in royal palace. L451.4
• Prophecy of king taking a cruel stepmother to her sons after her death enacted before eyes of dying queen by sparrow family living in tree by palace window. M369.2.1.1
• Curse by oneself. The person in despair curses himself to sink with palace into the earth. M411.0.1
• Personification of Good Luck leaves palace since king is destined to die that night. N113.3
• Boast of poor boy made good by fate: he boasts to elder brothers he will build a palace on a certain spot; accidentally comes on treasure trove and makes good his boast. N234
• Princess catches raja's golden bird; he trails it to her palace. N713.1
• He who can open palace door to be king. P11.4.1
• King keeps lions as pets and a lion-tamer at his palace. P14.22
• All children born in realm on same day as chief's son are brought to palace to be the boy's companions. P32.1
• Palace being built in heaven for pious king. Q172.4
• Cast-forth wife must sit at horse-block of palace and tell story to each newcomer and offer to carry him inside. Q482.4
• Palace in other world of the dead where are rooms full of tongues, hands, etc. of men committing sins in this world. Q561.4
• Captivity in subterranean palace. R41.1.1
• Queen kept in palace of forty doors, each of them watched by a dog. R41.5.1
• Artisan who has built palace blinded so he cannot build another like it. (Cf. S161.0.1, W181.2.) S165.7
• Child exposed at palace gate. S335
• Princess asked for in return for sparing palace. (Cf. S222.) T52.7
• Shepherd in king's palace sickens for country air. U135.2
• Earthquake accompanies entrance of holy man into palace of heathen emperor. V222.9
• Big mosquito with golden palace in his mouth. X1286.1.6
• Lie: heavy rain of boiling water melts palace. X1654.2.1