51 motifs match “peacock”  ·  back to the chapters

• The sun a golden bowl on the rim of which sits a peacock; both bowl and peacock are in a crystal box, which rests on a flying chariot. A724.2
• Star from union of girl with peacock. A760.2
• Peacock shows rivers the way to the big valley so they will not go round and round. A934.12
• Creation of peacock. A1996
• Thrush's hospitality to peacock rewarded by being given motley coat of feathers. (Cf. A2411.2.1.1.) A2222.1
• Peacock given ugly feet so as to prevent too great arrogance. (Cf. A2375.2.2.) A2232.7
• Peacock has snake carry devil into paradise: cursed with ugly voice and feet. (Cf. A2375.2.2, A2423.1.2.) A2236.2.2
• Origin of peacock's feathers. (Cf. A2241, A2245.) A2313.3
• Why partridge has pretty feet. Exchanged with peacock. (Also told of jay and flamingo.) (Cf. A2241.) A2375.2.1
• Why peacock has ugly feet. (Cf. A2232.7, A2236.2.2, A2375.2.1.) A2375.2.2
• How peacock got its tail. A2378.1.9
• Color of peacock. A2411.2.6.7
• Peacock's ugly voice. (Cf. A2236.2.2.) A2423.1.2
• Why peacock is vain. A2527.2
• The four characteristics of wine. Devil helps Noah plant vineyard and kills various animals over it. These illustrate the four qualities of wine. peacock: brilliant colors; ape: jokes; lion: boldness; hog: drunkenness. A2851
• Golden peacock. B102.1.2
• Wise golden peacock. B122.0.2
• Peacock's feathers ruffled in presence of poison. (Cf. B143.1.2.) B131.5
• Warning peacock. B143.1.2
• Peacock as bird of ill-omen. B147.2.2.7
• Land of peacocks. B222.2
• Peacock king of birds. B242.1.7
• King of peacocks. B242.2.5
• Wedding of turkey and peacock. All birds invited except eagle. This omission starts great conflict. B282.1
• Hero contests with demons, using fighting animals: cock, goat, bull, horse, wild bull, peacock. B524.1.11
• Man carried by peacock. B552.2
• Person carried by peacock. B557.12
• Peacock pregnant without intercourse. Male spits up semen and female eats it. This as a curse. (Cf. A2236.5.) B754.6
• Only peacock on the steeple of the king's golden temple can be accepted as dowry. C655.1
• Transformation: man to peacock. D166.2
• Reincarnation as peacock. E613.11
• King makes a wooden peacock machine for his son. F675.1
• Peacocks of gold. F855.3.1
• Suitor test: constructing automatic peacock. H326.1.1
• Task: making a peacock of silk. H1021.11
• Task: procuring four full-grown peacocks to sit one on each of four golden pinnacles of palace room. H1154.7.3
• Quest for golden peacock. H1331.1.3.2
• Quest for horse with peacock tail. H1331.4.2
• Peacock proved to be bad king. Chosen because of beauty; too weak to defend his flock. J242.4
• Peacock and crane in beauty contest. Better be able to soar like crane than to strut about like peacock. J242.5
• Peacock spends so much time preening for coronation that birds become impatient and make the owl king instead. J515
• Tortoise joins peacock in dance. Cannot escape hunter; peacock flies off. J684.3
• Jay in peacock's (pigeon's) skin unmasked. J951.2
• Painted jackal admitted neither to the peacocks nor to the jackals. J951.4.1
• Jackal falls into dye vat, tries to pose as peacock: detected. J953.14
• Bird tries to puff itself up to look like peacock. Kills itself. J955.1.2
• Peacock helper dances before enemy army of hero; flame of fire from her tail burns them all to ashes. K916.1
• Peacock left as spy on adulterous wife. K1591.1
• Peacock admires self in mirror. W116.4
• Peacock dissatisfied with his voice. W128.4
• Goose and turkey envious of peacock point out its ugly legs and voice. W195.1