21 motifs match “possessed”  ·  back to the chapters

• Destructive cow possessed by demons. B16.1.5.2
• When a wer-tiger is injured, similar marks appear on the human body of man who has possessed it. D112.2.1.1
• Magic objects possessed by witch, sorcerer or evil dwarf. (Cf. F451.7, G234, D1711.) D801.1
• Magic wisdom possessed by wild man. (Cf. F567.) D1719.2
• Magic wisdom possessed by extraordinary companion. D1719.4
• Devil cast out of man possessed. D2176.3.4
• People possessed by trolls. F455.6.10
• Saint possessed by demon of gluttony. F496.1
• Ordeal by holy water. If simpleton closes his eyes to holy water he is possessed; if he laughs he is merely an idiot. H222.2
• Drones dispute possession of honey. Ordered to make honey. Dispossessed. J581.4
• Devil decides to leave of own accord. It is decided to drive the devil out of a man who is possessed. Devil sees the inevitable and flees so that they cannot say that he has been driven off. J829.2
• The penny baked in the wafer. A peasant always puts a bad penny into the offering. The priest has a penny baked in a wafer and gives it to the peasant at communion. The peasant, unable to swallow it, thinks that he is possessed of the devil. The priest asks whether he has ever done wrong with a penny, secures confession and a pledge of reform. J1582.1
• The priest as surety. Feasters are imprisoned because of failure to pay for the food. They name the priest as surety and are released. The priest has been told that the host is possessed and agrees to come to heal him in two weeks. The host loses the money. K455.5
• Husband frightened by wife's paramour in hog pen. The husband sees the paramour who has hidden in the pen and says, "Who are you?" "I am a miserable hog." The husband thinks that his hogs are possessed. (Cf. K1515, K1555, K1566, K1574.) K1542
• Poor boy said by helpful cat to be dispossessed prince. This is believed. K1952.1
• Poor boy said by helpful animal to be dispossessed prince (wealthy man) who has lost clothes while swimming (in shipwreck). K1952.1.1
• Slander: woman said to be possessed of demons. K2125
• Girl reported possessed of demon: suitors frightened away. K2125.1
• Dispossessed prince taunted by usurper's son. P36
• Servant planning to possess his master's goods. Has already possessed his wife. P365.2
• Monks shrive selves clean under threat of complete exposure of their sins by brother possessed of fiend. V29.2