40 motifs match “picture”  ·  back to the chapters

• Tabu: offending devil. A smith or priest continually insults the devil's statue or picture (cf. C13). The devil brings the offender into dangerous situation (suspicion of theft or murder), and saves him miraculously when he promises never again to abuse the devil's likeness. C45
• Transformation: picture to person. D435.2
• Picture comes to life. D435.2.1
• Magic picture. D1266.2
• Magic picture causes people to wet the bed. (Cf. D1379.4.) D1379.4
• Magic picture prevents disease. (Cf. D1266.2, D1586.1.) D1500.2.3
• Picture that cannot be removed in ship. (Cf. D1266.2, D1654.6.) D1654.8
• Wizard shows form or shadow or picture of thief. (Cf. D1323.1, D1821.3.7.1.) D1817.0.1.4
• Picture magically made hideous. D1873.1
• Ghost-like picture. E532
• Life token: picture burns black. E761.4.2
• Eye with picture in the pupil. Witch with picture of cat (dog) in pupil. F541.2
• Marvelous picture falls from sky in storm. F962.12.3
• Recognition through picture. Picture is publicly displayed and brings about recognition of lost person. H21
• Picture as chastity index: indicates by its color. (Cf. D1266.2.) H439.1
• Contest in lifelike painting: fly on saint's nose. Second artist in first artist's absence paints a fly on a saint's nose in a picture. On his return the first artist tries to drive away the fly. H504.1.1
• Task: showing picture of a voice. H1033
• Quest for original of picture. H1213.1.2
• Quest for bride for king like picture he has seen. (Cf. H1381.3.1.2.1.) H1381.3.1.1.1
• Quest for unknown woman whose picture has aroused man's love. (Cf. H1381.3.1.1.1.) H1381.3.1.2.1
• Trickster artist hoodwinks king: cuckold's eyes cannot see picture. King pretends to see the picture. Courtiers reveal that there is no picture. J1492
• Substitute for candle repaid with substitute for money. A monk gives a man a stick instead of the candle the man has wanted to burn before a holy picture. The monk says that it will have the same effect as if the candle were burned. The man takes out his purse and lets the monk touch it. J1551.5
• "Here is half of picture and you must imagine other half." Jester later redecorates house in fragments of pictures. J1551.11
• "Cause liberality to be depicted." Answer of hungry man when host asks for suggestion for a picture to be painted of something that has not been seen. J1576
• Picture mistaken for original. J1792
• Image in mirror mistaken for picture. J1795
• "Taking a pattern (picture) of conduct" from other people. Fool steals a picture from the church. J2471
• Buyer draws picture of grindstone on his order list. The grocer sends him a cheese. The buyer has forgotten to draw the hole. J2685
• The picture of the Virgin Mary saves the priest. K218.5
• Bride substitutes wooden picture while she herself escapes sleeping groom. K525.1.2
• Vow not to reign and to starve to death unless picture's original is found. M151.2.1
• Prophecy: death from tiger. Tiger picture comes to life and kills man. M341.2.10.2
• Hero ransoms maltreated picture of a saint. As reward he gets help from the grateful saint. N848.1
• The devil's likeness. A squire demands somebody to paint a living picture of the devil; when he sees it, he dies. Q338.2
• Love through sight of picture. T11.2
• Ugly picture of suitor makes girl refuse him. T11.2.0.1
• Match arranged by means of pictures of both parties. T51.3
• King chooses bridegroom for daughter from boys' pictures. T131.1.2.2
• Stone turns red when saint's picture is removed. V229.23
• Pagan sybil draws picture of Madonna and Child in sand. Result of vision. V341