43 motifs match “permit”  ·  back to the chapters

• Goat feeds other animals from its body. Permits them to feed from it internally. B535.1
• Sea turns to ice to permit flight. D675
• Magic ring permits owner to learn person's secret thoughts. (Cf. D1076.) D1316.4
• Revelation of magic secret permits animal to be killed. (Cf. D1273.2.) D1445.1
• Magic object permits man to walk on water. D1524.1
• Medicine on feet permits man to walk on water. (Cf. D1241.) D1524.1.1
• Saint's bachall permits him to walk on sea. (Cf. D1277.) D1524.1.2
• Sand permits man to walk on water. (Cf. D935.1.) D1524.1.4
• Mountain opens and lets ship on wheels out, permitting magician's escape. D1552.4
• Loosing knots permits horse to return home. D1782.3.2
• Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by detaining lovers through magic. Heroine takes up residence near home of her forgetful husband. She is apparently going to permit a lover to sleep with her when she detains him by having him try to place some magic birds on their roost. They continue to fall down throughout the night. (Or the lover is left magically sticking to a calf's tail or other object.) The thwarted lover tells of his experience, and in this way the attention of the husband is gained. D2006.1.1
• Thread under dumb man's tongue cut. This permits him to speak. F954.1
• Devil in fold of knight's cloak. (Cf. G303.6.2.12.) Knight permits him to lodge there and accompany him to a tournament on condition that he leave him without harm upon request. G303.8.9.1
• Ogre deceived by feigned ignorance of hero. Hero must be shown how to get into oven (or the like). Ogre shows him and permits himself to be burnt. G526
• Horse will permit only certain man to ride him. H172.1
• Choice: small injustice permitted rather than to cause troubles of state. J221
• Solomon, permitted by God to make any request, asks wisdom. Granted wisdom and wealth. J231.1
• King buys spendthrift's bed. It must have been an extraordinary bed to permit a man with so many debts to sleep on it. J1081.1
• Robber's defense for stealing from rich. God will not permit them to enter heaven unless we take their ill-gotten goods from them. J1269.8
• The besieged women's dearest possession. (Women of Weinsberg.) Permitted to carry from the city their dearest possession, they take their husbands. J1545.4.1
• The one word petition. A guardian of monks in need of food approaches the prince The prince is busy and says that he will permit the guardian but a single word. The guardian says, "Soup", and secures all the food he wants from the prince. J1618
• Sacrifice of one son to get another. A woman plans to sacrifice her only son so that the gods will permit her to give birth to another son. J2067.1
• Deceptive division of shared wife. Evil takes lower half of wife, Good takes upper half. Child begotten by Evil not permitted to nurse the top half which belongs to Good. K171.7
• Trickster permitted to try on clothes. Goes away with them. K351
• Trickster permitted to try on ornaments. Goes off with them. K351.3
• Money exacted from watchers who permit goods to be stolen. K443.3
• Money exacted from watchers who permit chest to be stolen. The chest is said falsely to be full of money and the watchers subject to severe punishment. K443.3.1
• Money exacted from watcher who permits theft of wooden cow supposed to be real. K443.4
• Escape by false plea. A captive makes a request or proposes an action that permits him eventually to escape. K550
• Respite from death until toilet is made permits escape. K551.4
• Man in devils' power makes them believe he will return and is permitted to leave. Deceives them. K611.4
• Escape by pretended debate as to which must be judged. Jackals thus induce leopard to permit them to enter their cave, while he waits in vain. K622.1
• Trojan wooden horse. Permits capture of the city by concealing soldiers. K754.1
• The bitten cheek. In payment of a debt, a woman permits a man to kiss her; he bites her cheek so that she has a permanent mark. K2021.1
• Weapons disguised permit entry to enemies' camp. K2357.5
• Vow rather to be cut in pieces than permit oneself to be bound. M166.2
• King will not permit a one-eyed man in his presence. P14.2
• None permitted to enter hall of king unless he possesses an art. P14.7
• Strangers to be given precedence over man at home. Duke permits visiting duke to go through narrow path first. This sets custom. P631
• Snake helps girl who permits it to wind itself around her body. Q82.1
• St. Peter's mother dropped from heaven because of hardheartedness. She is permitted to go to heaven on a stalk, but is weighted down by people holding to her skirts. She shakes them off. (Cf. Q172.) Q291.1
• Miracle to permit confession. V23
• Virgin Mary prevents (retards) death so as to save sinner's soul. Permits time for repentance and absolution. (Sometimes resuscitation.) V251