39 motifs match “plague”  ·  back to the chapters

• God and the devil torment each other with their creations. Devil pesters God with gnats. God makes a fire and safeguards himself; God plagues the devil with fleas. Devil is unable to find means of protecting himself. A63.4.1
• Battle between God's orderly (giant) and plague. A162.6
• Animals from frogs sent as one of Egypt's plagues. A1734
• Creation of flea: God plagues the devil with fleas. A2032.4
• Plague for breaking tabu. C941.4
• Magic incense protects from plague. (Cf. D1295.) D1389.15
• Magic object relieves from plague. D1586
• Magic image of animal relieves from plague (of that animal). (Cf. D1266.2, D1500.2.3.) D1586.1
• Prayer to Virgin protects against plague. (Cf. V250.) D1586.2
• Incense relieves from plague. D1586.3
• Plague as bad omen. D1812.5.1.19
• Plague magically invoked. D2061.1.5
• Magic plague of frogs drawn down on foe. D2091.2
• People living on mountain dedicated to angel free from plague. D2162.4
• Spirit of plague. F493
• Plague as monster. F493.0.1.1
• Upon destruction of pestilence-spirit, plague ceases. F493.3.1
• Sign of great plague: sky seems afire. F493.5
• One bull, one cow survive plague. F989.6
• Cannibalism during plague. G78
• Priest frightens away parasitic guests. Tells them he has that morning confessed man with plague. J1563.8
• Pseudo-magic charm (letter): to ward off plague. Obscene contents. K115.1.3
• Thieves steal pig and make it impersonate person with plague. Owner and family flee. K335.0.2.1
• Sham doctor prescribes medicine for king's army; they fall ill; invading army, seeing multitudes being carried away in litters, flee, thinking there is a plague. K2368.3
• Prophecy of a plague consisting of "a flame of fire" which shall destroy three-fourths of the population of Ireland. Plague can be prevented by fasting, etc. M356.2
• Curse: to be plagued by nightmares. M431.10
• Diseases (plague) invoked to combat overpopulation. P721
• Reward: end of plague. (Cf. Q552.10.) Q146
• Devil plagues impious people. Q220.1
• Punishment of evil magician who has caused plague. Q392
• Plague as punishment. Q552.10
• Recurrent plague during reign of wicked king. (Cf. Q552.3.) Q552.10.1
• Usurer flees city to escape plague. On his return he boasts that God did not get him. He takes the plague and dies. (Cf. Q221.3.) Q558.3
• Saints (monks) sacrifice themselves (to avert plague). S263.5.1
• Burial of live girl to banish plague. S266
• Woman stricken by plague and forsaken by her husband is sought out by unsuccessful lover and dies in his arms. T88
• Proclamation of dogma of Immaculate Conception stops plague. V312.1
• Plague from Jews' poisoning wells. V362
• Ten plagues. Z71.16.2.1