47 motifs match “passes”  ·  back to the chapters

• God with single eye, through lid of which passes a polished handle with which lid is lifted. A128.2.2
• Why leopard cannot capture animal who passes him on right side. A2463.1
• Magic clairvoyant sphere. Shows all that passes on earth by looking at that part of globe. (Cf. D1264.) D1323.4
• Churchyard mould produces love. Girl takes three handfuls and passes it over churn. (Cf. D1278.1.) D1355.6
• Magic passes from body to body. D1751
• Ishtar unveiled. Goddess going to lower world passes through seven gates, at each of which she is divested of a garment till she is entirely unclothed. F85
• Fairy horse pulls chariot by pole which passes through his body. F241.1.6
• Saint passes through closed doors. F694
• Extraordinarily beautiful mantle. None surpasses it. F821.4
• Fire burns up and crackles when wizard passes fireplace. G229.8
• Sick prince's pulse beats violently when his loved one passes by. H175.3
• Ghost of unknown child passes over heads of parents and bursts in a spray of blood. H175.5
• Apple thrown in race with bride. Distracts girl's attention and as she stops to pick it up, suitor passes her. (Atalanta.) H331.5.1.1
• Riddle: what is that thou passest over with haste? (The field of youth; the mountains of youth, etc.) H767.1
• "Thief has the feathers sticking on his head": guilty woman immediately passes her hand over her head. J1141.1.5
• Refusal to make sacrifice after need is past. In distress a person promises a sacrifice to a god (saint) but disregards the promise when the danger passes. K231.3
• Youngest brother surpasses elder as thief. K308
• Barber passes for a brahmin. K1827.0.2
• Queen passes off girl-child as boy by having pandits say raja must not see his son for twelve years. K1923.6
• Servant takes prince's horse and clothes and passes self off as prince. K1952.0.2
• The unpromising surpasses the promising. L140
• Stupid person surpasses clever. L141
• Inept child eventually surpasses others. L141.4
• Pupil surpasses master. L142
• Pupil surpasses thieves in stealing. L142.1
• Pupil surpasses magician. L142.2
• Son surpasses father in skill. L142.3
• Poor man surpasses rich. L143
• Ignorant surpasses learned man. L144
• Farmer surpasses astronomer and doctor in predicting weather and choosing food. L144.2
• Neglected surpasses favorite child. L146
• Tardy surpasses punctual. L147
• Slowness surpasses haste. L148
• Disagreeable and disliked child surpasses the likeable one. L155
• Beggar with small bag surpasses the one with the large. Latter refuses all but large donations; gets none. L251
• Fool passes as wise man by remaining silent. N685
• Princess cannot be married to someone of low caste, though he passes suitor test. P41
• Physician hides eyes as he passes graveyard. He does not want to see those who have died from his medicine. P424.1
• Death passes by man who fed his stepmother. (Cf. Q65.1.) Q151.2
• Man carried off on bed escapes by grasping tree limbs as he passes under tree. R219.1
• Small trespasses punished; large crimes condoned. U11
• Handsome exterior does not indicate beautiful soul. Angel holds nose when handsome sinner passes. U119.3
• Clothes of knight who kneels in mud before host as it passes miraculously kept clean. V34.4
• Holy man passes through fire for his faith. Only his clothing burns. V222.8
• Angel passes daily over blessed stone. V242.3
• Lazy man misses seeing the sheriff's funeral; he is facing the wrong way as the procession passes. W111.5.11
• Red pepper for the slow ass: man tries it on himself. When, on the advice of a friend, he gives the ass red pepper, the ass runs away. Then he tries it on himself. He runs so fast that he passes the ass. Arriving at home, he says to his wife, "Unload the ass when he comes. I must run through the village a couple of times more." X11