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

• 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
• Why elephant has testicles inside. Persuaded to eat them. (Cf. A2284.4.) A2365.1.1
• Man (woman) persuaded to reveal fatal secret. C420.1
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• "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
• The backwards and forwards dance. Dupe persuaded to pay for learning this dance (really moving toward and away from a fire). K153
• Owner persuaded to climb tree while goods are stolen. K341.4.1
• 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
• "Prince will soon want me back." Executioner persuaded to let hero go. K512.0.2
• 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
• Crocodile persuaded to open his mouth. When he does, he shuts his eyes automatically and monkey escapes. K561.3
• Captor persuaded into illusory punishment. K580
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Man persuaded to hold out hand for alleged letter from king. Hand cut off. K825.4
• Dupe persuaded to relax vigilance; seized. K827
• Cannibals persuaded to take snuff: killed. K827.2
• Dupe persuaded to sing (dance) on trickster's body. When he approaches the mouth he is killed. K827.3
• Victim persuaded to look into well or pond: pushed in. K832.1.1
• Victim persuaded to look for certain tree: pushed over cliff. K832.5
• Dupe persuaded to take prisoner's place in a sack: killed. The bag is to be thrown into the sea. The trickster keeps shouting that he does not want to go to heaven (or marry the princess); the dupe gladly substitutes for him. (Cf. K714.2.1.) K842
• Dupe persuaded to take prisoner's place suspended in air. K842.1
• Dupe persuaded to take prisoner's place in pit. K842.2
• Dupe persuaded to be killed in order to go to heaven. K843
• Dupes persuaded to be burned, thinking they will be sent back with gifts. K843.1
• Dupe persuaded to play for wedding party. Takes place of trickster, who sets fire and burns him up. K844
• Pursuer persuaded to take fugitive's place in supposed swing. Hanged. (Cf. K852.) K845
• Dupes persuaded to be thrown over precipice. (Cf. K842.) K891.5.3
• Ogre suitor persuaded by woman to bury her murdered lover: she cuts off his head. K912.3
• Dupe persuaded to climb tree. Tree felled and dupe killed. K983
• Dupe persuaded to go to dangerous place; killed. K991
• The tail fisher. The bear is persuaded to fish with his tail through a hole in the ice. When he is attacked and tries to escape, he loses his tail. K1021
• Basket tied to wolf's tail and filled with stones. Wolf is persuaded that it is filled with fish. K1021.2
• Bear persuaded to slide down rock. Wears off tail. K1021.3
• Dupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escape. K1022
• Otter persuaded to rob: beaten. K1022.5.1
• Thieving wolf persuaded to stick head through handle of jar of wine so as to be able to carry it off and also sing. K1022.7
• Dupe persuaded to pick up biting ants. K1023.2
• Dupe persuaded to sit on ant hole. Hindquarters eaten. K1023.3
• Tiger persuaded to eat own eyes. K1025.2
• Jackal persuaded to come to fireplace for food. Burns self. (Cf. K955.) K1032.1
• Dupe persuaded to climb rope for food: rope breaks. K1034
• Dupe otherwise persuaded to voluntary self-injury. K1040
• Dupe persuaded to eat stones. K1043.2
• Dupe persuaded to oversalt (overpepper) food. K1045
• Dupe persuaded to rub salt on wounds. K1045.2
• Dupe persuaded to scald self with hot water in order to learn languages. K1046
• Diving for sheep. Dupe persuaded that sheep have been lost in river. K1051
• Robber persuaded to climb down moonbeam. A man hearing a robber enter tells his wife aloud that he always makes a prayer and then enters the house by climbing down a moonbeam. The thief tries it and falls. K1054
• Dupe persuaded to get into grass in order to learn new dance. Grass set on fire. K1055
• Deer persuaded to butt head into tree. Kills himself. K1058
• Dupe persuaded to transform self into animal. Cannot change back. K1062
• Dupe induced to incriminate himself. Taught incriminating song or persuaded to wear incriminating clothes. K1066
• Dupe persuaded to climb tall tree. Falls. K1113.1
• Dupe persuaded to throw away his knife. Later must go hungry because he has no knife to cut the meat. K1141
• Casual words uttered by dupe used to cheat him of his property. A miser is persuaded by his servant to fast nine days. He calls out on the fifth day "the half" and on the ninth "the whole". She makes people believe that he is making his will and giving everything to her. It is so ordered. K1155
• Man persuaded to go to store with scythe. Is tied up as madman. K1162
• Tiger persuaded to cross river carrying vat rim-upwards. Trickster fills it with stones and tiger loses it. K1183
• Holding down the hat. Dupe persuaded to guard hat supposed to cover something valuable. It covers a pile of dung. (Dupe's goods are sometimes stolen.) K1252
• Dupe persuaded to fight with alleged gold-dropping bear: trickster meantime steals his clothes. K1252.1
• Girl persuaded to sit on certain plant: seduced. Man as sham doctor tells her how to heal her burnt groins. K1315.2.1