73 motifs match “possession”  ·  back to the chapters

• Extraordinary possessions of culture hero. A524
• Why the gorilla and chimpanzee have hair all over the body. Punishment for not guarding possessions at creation. A2322.6
• Why gorilla and chimpanzee have large teeth in mouth: punishment for neglecting possessions. A2345.9
• Why gorilla and chimpanzee live in forests: punishment for neglecting their possessions. A2433.2.1.2
• Kite steals jewels and thus saves condemned man. Innocent man in possession of stolen jewels, is about to be apprehended. Kite carries off the jewels and saves him. B522.2
• Tabu: touching possessions of god. C51
• Tabu: counting possessions. C776
• Boy overhears witches' conversation about magic objects, which he gets possession of. D838.9
• Man poisons couple, owners of magic gong, and gains possession of it. D838.11
• Possession of mermaid's belt gives power over her. (Cf. D1057.) D1410.4
• Saint's possessions cure disease. (Cf. V221.) D1500.1.13
• Magic immovability of saints (or their possessions). D1654.0.1
• Possession of magic powers. (Cf. D800.) D1710
• Possession of magic powers – miscellaneous. D1719
• Man receives divine "possession" (becomes a diviner). D1720.2
• Possession of magic knowledge and witchcraft from having eaten of father-of-man's corpse. D1735.4
• Possession by spirit of dead person gives second sight. D1821.8
• Madness from demonic possession. D2065.1
• Saint's possessions magically transported. (Cf. V220.) D2136.5
• Possessions buried with dead. E433.2
• Soul leaves possessions on road to final resting place. E750.4
• Possessions of fairies. F240
• Fairies fight among selves for possession of island. F277.0.2
• Fairy gift not to leave possession of mortal's family. Bad luck will follow. F348.3
• Possessions of dwarfs. F451.7
• Possessions of trolls. F455.4
• Possessions of brownies. F482.4
• Gigantic possessions of giant. F531.4
• Possessions of giant ogres. G110
• Allies and possessions of the devil. G303.10
• Possessions of the devil. G303.25.16
• Troll's possessions. G304.3
• Recognition of wife's ring in friend's possession informs husband of her unfaithfulness. H94.0.1
• Test: guessing nature of devil's possessions. H523
• Quest for marvelous parts or possessions of animals. H1332
• Test of valor worthy for kingship: taking possession of royal insignia placed between two ferocious lions. H1561.5
• Tests of possession of magic powers. H1576
• Acquisition and possession of wisdom. J0
• Possession of wisdom. J180
• Acquisition and possession of wisdom – miscellaneous. J190
• Present possessions preferred to future possibilities. J321
• Present possessions preferred to future. J321.4
• Solomon refuses water of immortality for himself when he cannot have it for his possessions also. J369.1
• Doctor loses a horse for the sake of the truth. Overlord asks two doctors whether he is entitled to all the possessions of his retainers. One doctor unrighteously answers yes and receives a horse. The other who tells the truth receives nothing. J551.3
• Drones dispute possession of honey. Ordered to make honey. Dispossessed. J581.4
• Possession of gold turns humble servant into arrogant one. J1085.2
• Thief detected by his answer to question. "How would you treat a woman who came into your possession?" Answer: "I would use her and then give her to the servants." This reveals his true character. J1149.6
• The exiled wife's dearest possession. A wife driven from home is allowed by her husband to take her one dearest possession. She takes her sleeping husband and effects reconciliation. J1545.4
• The besieged women's dearest possession. (Women of Weinsberg.) Permitted to carry from the city their dearest possession, they take their husbands. J1545.4.1
• Trickster in disguise regains possession of his own horse by trading with man whom he has duped once before. K134.4
• Trickster reports lost money; searchers leave him in possession of premises. Unable to find a place by the inn fire the trickster mentions that he has lost money on the road. One by one the guests slip out to search and leave him the fire. K341.1
• Thief as umpire in contest. Three men are quarreling over the possession of a rescued girl. The umpire will give her to the one who soonest returns with the arrow he shoots. While they run, he takes the girl. K342
• Crow asks hospitality of sparrow and gradually takes possession of nest and kills young. (Often told of camel and tent.) K354.1
• Trickster pollutes house so that he is left in possession. He is in upper room and throws filth on those below (Cf. K344.) K355
• Surreptitious transfer of stolen object to innocent person's possession brings condemnation. K401.2.3
• Escape by alleged possession of external soul. Monkey caught for his heart (as remedy) makes his captor believe that he has left his heart at home. K544
• Devil must wait for man to tie his stocking before the man comes into his possession. It remains untied. K551.4.2
• Undesignated present starts quarrel for its possession. K1083
• Man hidden in roof sees girl and lover and falls: they flee and leave him in possession. K1271.1.4
• Man hidden in roof (or elsewhere) sees girl and lover: blows horn. They flee and leave him in possession. K1271.1.4.2
• Thieves set up poor weaver as prince and thus get possession of tribute and gifts. K1952.7
• Proud king humbled: realizes that pomp, possessions, power are all of short duration. L410.1
• Gambling caused by possession of men by evil demons. N1.0.1
• Possession of money brings luck. Nothing escapes a mouse as long as she has in her hole a purse of money. N135.2
• Peasant refuses to sell possessions to king. (Miller of Sanssouci.) P411.1
• Monk yells "thief" to repel temptress. When she seeks him in his bed he screams. He says she steals his most valuable possession, virtue. T331.9
• Great possessions bring great risks. U81
• Possession of relic brings prosperity, its loss sickness. V141
• Heretical baptism. Heathen baptized into devil's possession. V322
• Dove flies out of man's mouth. Impious anchorite has agreed to forsake his religion in return for the possession of a maid. When he repents the dove reenters his mouth. V345
• Stingy men love possessions so much that they wear out their feet to save shoes. W152.11
• Lie: remarkable possessions of remarkable man. X1020
• Lie: other possessions of remarkable man. (Cf. X1215 [dog], X1235 [cow], X1237 [ox]). X1060