33 motifs match “pope”  ·  back to the chapters

• Priest stamps on stone to prove truth of pope; print is still visible. A972.1.2
• Animal journeys to Rome. Cock, geese, or dog go to Rome to become Pope. B296.1
• Disenchantment by prayer (mass) of Pope. D781
• Bell sounds to designate pope. (Cf. D1213.) D1311.12.1
• Magic knowledge of the Pope. D1810.0.9
• Man magically made to believe himself bishop, archbishop, and pope. When he continues to refuse payment to the magician, the latter shows him the reality. D2031.5
• Extraordinary wind bursts open locked doors of church to show that dead pope is worthy of burial there. [Inadvertant duplication of Q147.2.] F963.3
• Devil flees at pope's blessing. G303.16.2.3.2
• Test of king (pope): his candle lights itself. H41.3
• Recognition when parents come to son (priest, pope) to be confessed. H151.3
• Bird indicates election of king (pope). H171.2
• Pope selected by chair moving toward candidate. H171.6
• Pope tests women's disobedience: not to look into box. (Cf. H1554.1.) They do so and are not allowed to hear confession. H1557.4
• Literal penance: boy outwits pope. For three years not to drink wine, not to lie in bed, nor sleep with a prostitute. He goes to a convent, sleeps on eider down, and sleeps with the nuns. (God's daughters). When the pope condemns him he says he will go to his brother-in-law (Christ: he has wedded God's daughters). (Cf. J1764.5.) J1161.5
• Enoch Arden decision. Man believing wife dead becomes a priest. Later finds her alive. Pope's decision: he may remain both a priest and husband but must not consort with any other woman. J1179.10
• Blessing not worth a penny. Beggar woman asks pope for shilling and, being refused, for a penny. Finally asks for his blessing, which he gives. Old woman: "If your blessing had been worth a penny, you wouldn't have given me that." J1261.4
• Rich man shakes ducats into pope's lap. Pope says, "Who could withstand such an armored army?" and decides for the rich man. J1263.2.2
• Will not try to correct them. Pope calls persistent courtier a fool. Latter says that there are people who call the pope the same thing and that he for one will not try to correct them. J1289.3
• Wine gives ambassador courage to address Pope. "Another drink and I could have slapped his face!" J1318
• The king no priest's son. A pope in writing to a king says, "To our dear son Frederick." Upon hearing this the fool cries out, "That is a lie; he is no priest's son. I knew his father and mother and they were both honest people." J1827
• Audience secured with the pope by rudeness. A woman bribes a man to get her an audience with the pope. By turning his back to the sacrament and saying that the woman had instructed him to do so, he brings it about that she is summoned into the presence. K477.1
• Pope escapes captivity and death by dressing in full regalia and overawing captor. K546
• Seduction on feigned orders from angel to engender a pope. Girl born. K1315.1.2.1
• Pope disguised as caulker. K1816.2
• Pretender as pope. K1961.2
• Woman in disguise becomes pope. (Pope Joan.) K1961.2.1
• Slandered queen chances to be in Rome at the same time as her estranged husband. Reconciled by the Pope. N741.3
• Pope who has warred on wicked nobles refused burial in church. Magic wind blows doors open to show he has right to be buried there. [Inadvertant duplication of F963.3.] Q147.2
• Mysterious animal punishes penitent. Returning from the pope he is met by a mysterious animal who jumps on his back. Then in the man's room, whither he has carried the animal, a three hours' noise is heard as of a fight. Neither man nor beast is found in the room. (Cf. Q557.) Q554.5
• Mother guilty of incest with son forgiven by Pope (Virgin Mary). T412.1
• The Pope. V294
• Uncharitable pope wanders after death. V425
• Pope guilty of simony. V466.1