24 motifs match “powerful”  ·  back to the chapters

• English more powerful than Hindus since latter were late at distribution of qualities. (Both defecating, but Hindu must wash, while Englishman uses paper.) A1689.11.1
• Dog looks for the most powerful master. Stays for good in man's service, since man fears no one. A2513.1.1
• Eyes of hero's buffalo friend turn into two powerful dogs that protect his wife. D699.1
• Stolen objects powerful in magic. D838.1
• Magic clairvoyant windows. Twelve, each more powerful than the next. (Cf. D1145.) D1323.3
• Magic results from uttering powerful name. D1766.7
• Magic objects powerful against fairies. F384
• Salt powerful against fairies. F384.1
• Steel powerful against fairies. F384.2
• Iron powerful against fairies. F384.3
• Steel powerful against witches. G272.1
• King promises valuable dog to each of two powerful and mutually hostile tribes. At feast prepared by king the two tribes get into fight and king escapes. K234.1
• Trickster's boasting scares his powerful opponent from contest. K1766
• Proud inscriptions sole remains of powerful king. L413
• King shown he is less powerful than God. In spite of all his plans, his servant recovers the lost (exchanged) treasure. L418
• Prophecy: son to be more powerful than father. M312.2.1
• Luck or intelligence? Dispute as to which is the more powerful. Man with intelligence remains poor (is brought into court). Saved by mere luck. N141
• Which is more powerful, wealth or wisdom? N141.2
• Weaver married by Wealth to a princess to show Wisdom that he is the more powerful. N141.4
• Wealthy (powerful) man as helper. N835
• Animals confess sins to lion holding court. All the powerful animals forgiven. Ass and lamb are punished. U11.1.1.1
• Angels powerful. V230.2
• Conversion to Christianity because the heathen gods prove to be less powerful. V331.1.3
• Brahmin worships idol and sets sacrifices before it daily. Rat devours offerings and he sets it up as his idol as a being more powerful than his idol. When cat devours rat, he worships it instead. His wife accidentally kills the cat, so he sets her up to worship. He happens to slap her and she loses consciousness. Thereafter he worships himself as most powerful after all. Z42.3