34 motifs match “points”  ·  back to the chapters

• Four maidens as earth-supports. One is at each of the cardinal points. (Cf. A842.) A841.2
• Determination of world quarters. The four cardinal points. A1182
• Creator appoints a chief for each class of created things: Lucifer for demons, Sion for mountains, etc. A1187
• Hawk lighting on man points out criminal. B152.3
• Squirrel points out road. B563.3
• Magic object points out road. D1313
• Magic two-edged knife indicates direction. Points in proper direction; bends downward to indicate wrong direction. (Cf. D1083.) D1313.8
• Magic shoe points out road. (Cf. D1065.2.) D1313.13
• Magic thornbush points out road. (Cf. D958.) D1313.14
• Divining rod points to house of thief. D1314.2.3
• Divining rod (twig) points out spot where unwed mother had drowned child. D1314.2.4
• Tree points way to fugitive but misdirects enemy. (Cf. D950.) D1393.4
• Ghost skeleton points lance at murderer. E231.2
• Ghostly chair in cellar jumps up and down on three legs, points with fourth at spot on floor. Witnesses dig up body from under floor. E539.4.1
• Life token: direction dagger points determines if ogress has been killed. E761.7.15
• Performing on spear points. F698.2
• Insect points out deity by settling where he is. H162.1
• Magic object points out unchaste woman. H411
• Symbolic interpretation of points on a bishop's hat. H608.1
• How many stars in the heavens? As many as the points on paper; if you don't believe it, count them yourself. H702.3
• Quest over path bristling with sharp points (knives, axes, etc.). H1236.1
• Silence points to guilt. Important man quarrels with commoner. Asks bystanders: "Who is right?" Silence. Newcomer states that the important man is wrong. "Had he been right the others would have said so." J1141.8
• Points of view. Man to friend who drinks very little: "If everyone drank as you do, wine would be cheap." Answer: "On the contrary, it would be expensive because I drink all I want." J1315
• The lion and the statue. A man points out the statue to show the supremacy of man. The lion: "If it had been a lion sculptor, the lion would have been standing over the man." J1454
• Fool points out hiding place to evil spirits. J2367
• Substituted arrows. Hero given arrows with soft points and sent after dangerous enemies. The deception discovered and the enemy discomfited. K1617
• Penniless wooer: patch of land. After marriage he takes the bride to look at his land. He puts on soiled clothes. She looks at the land; he points to the patch on his clothes. "That patch is mine." K1917.1
• Woman and sick husband. "Would that Death take me in his stead." When Death comes she points to her husband. K2065.1
• Peasant betrays fox by pointing. The peasant has hidden the fox in a basket and promised not to tell. When the hunters come, he says, "The fox just went over the hill," but points to the basket. K2315
• Supernatural voice points out criminal. N278
• Divine person points out site for church. V111.3.2
• Lazy man asked direction only points with his foot. W111.5.3
• Miser appoints himself as the sole heir of his own estate. W153.8
• Color symbolism of the cardinal points. Z140.2.1