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

• Dispute at creation of sun. God and devil discuss creation. God plans two suns; devil persuades him to create only one. A716
• Underground monster fettered by trick. Is persuaded to try on fetters. (Sometimes told of fettering Satan, who plays same role.) A1071.1
• Origin of animal characteristics: animal persuaded into self-injury. A2284
• Animal persuaded to amputate limb: therefore lacks it. (Cf. A2371.2.10, A2377.1.) A2284.1
• Bustard persuaded to kill all but two children: has but two eggs. (Cf. A2486.2.) A2284.2
• Coyote persuaded to break leg: therefore has thin right leg. (Cf. A2371.2.6.) A2284.5
• Jackal persuades hyena to jump and break foot. Latter has short left hind foot. (Cf. A2375.2.5.) A2284.6
• Why elephant has testicles inside. Persuaded to eat them. (Cf. A2284.4.) A2365.1.1
• Noah's curse admits devil to ark. Devil persuades Noah's wife to stay out of ark till Noah shall call devil in. Noah at last loses patience and calls out, "The devil! Come in!" The devil comes in and turns himself into a mouse. C12.5.1
• Man (woman) persuaded to reveal fatal secret. C420.1
• Transformation to another form to persuade man to go to battle. D659.9
• Magic object acquired by tricking giant. Giant is persuaded to give the objects to the hero. (Cf. D831, where the person tricked is often a giant.) D833
• Tree-spirit persuades man to spare tree. F441.2.0.1
• Devil persuades man to commit suicide. G303.9.4.2
• Demon has to serve girl whom he cannot persuade to break vow of chastity. (Cf. D1714.) G303.16.19.5
• Ogre persuaded to go into hole: buried alive. G512.4
• Ogre persuaded to drink pond dry bursts. G522
• Boy saves life by showing father foolishness of plowing up his crop. Father has been persuaded to kill child. J92
• Monk discouraged by large amount of work to be done persuaded to undertake but a small amount each day. The small task will be done; the large one will merely discourage. J557.1
• Robbers persuaded to give hero sword with which they are afterwards killed. J642.2
• Crane persuades fish to let him change him from one lake into another: he eats fish. J657.3
• Noseless man persuades fools to cut off noses. J758.1.1
• Tailless jackal persuades other jackals to cut off tails. J758.1.2
• Prime minister bribes priest to persuade king that ocean of milk he wishes sought for had curdled. J811.5
• Thief persuaded detective can read thoughts: confesses. (Cf. N275.) J1141.1.9
• The wise man and the rain of fools. A wise man is persuaded to taste water which has turned many persons into fools. He also becomes a fool. J1714.2
• Dupe persuaded to cut off part of his own body. J2131.3.2
• Thieving wolf persuaded to sing. Caught. J2136.5.9
• Dogs of wolf color join the wolves. As soon as they have killed the other dogs the wolves then turn on the wolf-colored dogs which they have persuaded to join them. J2137.2
• Sheep killed by the butcher, who they are persuaded will spare them. J2137.5
• Woman to sound bell for help in childbirth persuaded to sound false alarms: not heeded when help is needed. J2199.1.2
• The dead man in spite of himself. Neighbors who have heard of the numskull's death insist on the funeral although he is alive and well. He is persuaded and is carried on a bier. They meet a busy man whom they try to persuade to join them. He pleads business. The "dead" man speaks: "It's no use, friend, to try to dissuade them." J2311.5
• Wife persuades husband that she has returned immediately. She goes to a neighbor's to cook a fish. She is gone a week. She gets a new fish and cooks it and returns home with the hot fish. She convinces her husband of her short absence. J2315
• Wife leaves home, offers self to lover. Returning persuades husband that she has not been away. J2315.1
• Wife persuades her husband to have a good tooth pulled. J2324
• Master persuaded to buy big fish since small ones creep out of all parts of his body. J2334
• Dupe persuaded that he is invisible. J2337
• Near-sighted man persuaded by doctor that he can see. J2341
• Dupe is persuaded that money will grow if he buries it. J2348
• Alleged return from land of dead with bags of gold persuades dupe to try to imitate. J2411.5
• "Thank God they weren't peaches!" A man plans to take peaches as a present to the king. He is persuaded rather to take figs. They are green and the king has them thrown in his face. He is thankful that they weren't peaches. J2563
• Race won by deception: rabbit as "little son" substitute. A man challenged by an ogre to a running race persuades the ogre to race with his little son instead. By this he means a rabbit. (Cf. K12.2, K15.1.) K11.6
• Wrestling match won by deception: bear as "grandfather." A man challenged by an ogre persuades the latter to wrestle with his old grandfather instead. By this he means a bear. (Cf. K11.6, K15.1.) K12.2
• The backwards and forwards dance. Dupe persuaded to pay for learning this dance (really moving toward and away from a fire). K153
• Trickster persuades dupe to sacrifice animal and give it to him as payment for supposed services. K158
• Trickster persuades girl to reveal hidden gold by promising to make it into ornaments. K283
• Thief persuades owner of goods to dive for treasure. Meantime robs him. K341.4
• Owner persuaded to climb tree while goods are stolen. K341.4.1
• Thief persuades owner to take his place so he can go and catch thief: really steals owner's horse. K341.9.1
• Owner persuaded that his goods are spoiled. (Cf. K355.) K344
• Spoiling the rice-field with dung. Dupe persuaded that the dung has spoiled the field. He gives the field to the trickster. K344.2
• King persuaded to change clothes with thief disguised as old woman. Thief rides king's horse away. K346.1.1
• Woman persuaded to go after her forgotten comb. Goods stolen by guard. K346.3
• Trickster persuades tailor to leave his goods. Makes him believe he will get order to clothe fifty poor. Trickster makes away with goods. (Or tries on boots and makes away with them.) K351.1
• Usurer blackmailed. Shrewd suitor persuades usurer to charge him 100 per cent interest, then has him arrested. Thus gets daughter for wife. K443.11
• Foxes persuade man to plant cooked plants. They eat them at night. K496
• Death evaded by persuading executioner that another victim was ordered. (E.g., boy has been ordered to kill hare. Hare persuades the boy that the father said, "Kill the rooster for the hare.") K511.1
• "Prince will soon want me back." Executioner persuaded to let hero go. K512.0.2
• Iguana persuades jackal to let him go so he can finish his drink. K551.2.1
• Jackal persuades woman to untie his legs so that he may get a drink. K551.17.2
• "Wait till I get fat." Captured person (animal) persuades his captor to wait and fatten him before eating him. K553
• Dwarf persuaded to wait for ram. Lamb and ewe escape. Ram butts dwarf into river. K553.2.1
• Tiger persuaded by jackals to settle argument. Tricked. K555.3
• Animal captor persuaded to talk and release victim from his mouth. Usually cock and fox, fox and wolf, or mouse and cat. K561.1
• Sheep persuade the wolf to sing. Dogs are summoned. K561.2
• Crocodile persuaded to open his mouth. When he does, he shuts his eyes automatically and monkey escapes. K561.3
• Rat persuades cat to wash face before eating: escapes. K562
• Captive trickster persuades captor to pray before eating. Escapes. K562.1
• Hare persuades cat to perform two gallops before eating him: escapes. K562.2
• Tortoise persuades tiger captor to put him in pocket with hole, escapes. K563.2
• Thumbling in animal's belly persuades latter to go to his father's house for plunder: rescued. K565
• Boy swallowed by fish that is thrown up on shore persuades tiger to cut it open with injunction not to look at him. K565.1
• Man persuades robbers to postpone killing him until he can show them his treasure. Leads them into marsh and escapes. K567.2
• Captor persuaded into illusory punishment. K580
• Turtle persuades an animal to swallow him: causes the animal's death and escapes. K582.1
• Pursuer persuaded to sing while captive escapes. K606.0.1
• Pursuer persuaded to put oil on a tree when he wants to climb after fugitives. K619.2
• Trickster persuades pursuers to play fatal deceptive game. K619.3
• Master thief persuades captors to dive into water: steals their clothes. K634.2
• Confederate persuades captor to throw away disguised trickster. K649.12
• Trickster persuades pursuers to ride in his basket. Leaves basket on limb of tree and escapes. K676
• Leopard persuaded to enter bag in order to see trickster perform marvel. K711.2
• Animal persuaded to be tied by promise of food. K713.1.3
• Animal persuaded to be tied through curiosity to learn secret names. K713.1.4
• Hare persuades wolf and fox to put their heads in loops on rope and thus strangles them to death. K713.3
• Trickster persuades policeman to take his place in the stocks. Then tricks policeman's wife into giving him jewels. K714.1.1
• Woman persuaded to hide head in jug: she is caught. K714.5
• Cock persuaded to crow with closed eyes. Seized. K721
• Dupe persuaded to close eyes and open mouth; then hot stones are thrown down throat. K721.1
• Dupe persuaded to ride on trickster's back: captured. (Cf. J651.1.) K726
• Tiger persuaded to walk into house: locked in. K737.2
• Jackals persuaded to enter pit to escape coming storm. Killed. K811.2
• Fox persuades cock to come down and talk to him. Kills him. K815.1
• Fox tries to persuade cock to come down and talk to him. Cock calls dog and fox flees. K815.1.1
• Hawk persuades doves to elect him their king. Kills them. K815.8
• Wounded wolf persuades lamb to bring him a drink, adding that he will get his own food. K815.11
• Victim persuaded to disarm. Killed. K818
• Fairies in animal form persuaded they will hear music better in own shapes. Are killed. K821
• Victim persuaded to hold out his tongue: cut off. Robbers induced by various excuses (to learn to sing, to learn foreign language, to have a hair taken off the tongue). K825
• Victim persuaded to hold out tongue: bitten off. K825.1.1