69 motifs match “persuades”  ·  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
• Jackal persuades hyena to jump and break foot. Latter has short left hind foot. (Cf. A2375.2.5.) A2284.6
• 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
• Tree-spirit persuades man to spare tree. F441.2.0.1
• Devil persuades man to commit suicide. G303.9.4.2
• 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
• 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
• Alleged return from land of dead with bags of gold persuades dupe to try to imitate. J2411.5
• 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
• 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
• Thief persuades owner to take his place so he can go and catch thief: really steals owner's horse. K341.9.1
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Turtle persuades an animal to swallow him: causes the animal's death and escapes. K582.1
• 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
• 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
• Fox persuades cock to come down and talk to him. Kills him. K815.1
• 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
• Fox persuades bird to show him how she acts in a storm: he devours her. (Bird has advised other bird how to avoid the fox; he is revenged.) K827.1
• Tied animal persuades another to take his place. K842.3
• Trickster being attacked by ferocious animal persuades dupe to take his place. K846
• Making the beard golden: "such a one". A man named "Such a one" persuades an ogre to have his beard gilded. He covers it with tar and leaves the ogre caught to the tar-kettle. The ogre with his tar-kettle wanders about and asks everyone, "Have you seen such a one?" K1013.1
• "Painting" on the haycock. The fox persuades the wolf to lie on the hay in order to be painted. He sets fire to it. K1013.2
• Beginning with the smallest. Animals are to eat one another up to avoid starvation. The fox persuades them to start with the smallest. K1024
• Eating his own entrails. The fox persuades the wolf to do so. K1025
• Duck persuades cock to cut off his crest and spurs. The cat attacks the duck, who cries, "peace, gentlemen, peace!" K1065
• Fox persuades bear to lie in the haycock and wait for sheep. He sets fire to the hay. (Cf. K1013.2.) K1075
• Treacherous counselor persuades king's son to woo his father's young bride whom he is sent to get, and as he tells the king that he is her lover both are killed. K1094
• God persuades hero to substitute a false bride for his father; this results in a fight where the son kills the father. K1094.1
• Lover deceived by false suicide agreement. The woman persuades her lover to jump from a cliff; she will follow. She does not jump. K1232
• Trickster rides dupe a-courting. Feigns sickness and persuades dupe to carry him. Thus wins the girl. K1241.1
• Monk persuades a father to set daughter afloat in box: monk seduces her. K1367
• Adulteress persuades husband to milk cow with his eyes blindfolded: meets lover. (Cf. Chaucer's Merchant's Tale.) K1516.5
• Wife confesses to disguised husband. She suspects the fraud and persuades him that she knew the ruse and was testing him. He begs forgiveness. K1528
• Husband persuades wife to light wicks and carry knife in hand before committing adultery: lovers frightened away. K1569.6
• Husband kills surprised paramour. Wife persuades him he has killed thief. K1569.9
• Lover's gift regained: accidental discovery of identity. The lover, ignorant of the identity of the husband, tells him of his experience with the wife. The husband persuades the lover to lead him to the scene, where the wife is compelled to restore all but a small part of the money. K1581.4
• King persuades men to follow him, pretending that he is going to make peace with his brothers, instead battle. K1774
• Jackal persuades deer to steal from farmer, then informs farmer who catches deer. K2037
• Noah's secret betrayed by his wife. The devil persuades his wife to intoxicate him and then find out what he is doing (building the ark). K2213.4.2
• Queen persuades king to make war without cause that her sons may have territory. P23
• Queen persuades husband to riot against his superior. P23.1
• Queen persuades husband to claim her father's kingdom after his death. P23.2
• Queen persuades husband to avenge her father. P23.3
• Girl persuades her father to marry a widow who has treated her kindly. S31.5
• Belfagor. The devil frightened by the shrewish wife. A man persuades his shrewish wife to let herself be lowered into a well. When he comes to pull her out he raises a genie (devil) who is glad to escape from the woman. Later he frightens the devil by telling him that his wife has escaped. T251.1.1