135 motifs match “prayer” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Deity appears before human being after prayers. A189.6
• Rivers originate through saint's prayer during drought. A934.5
• Flood caused by prayer. A1017.2
• In response to Adam's prayer, God sends him to earth to be father of mankind. A1285.1.1
• Origin of prayers. A1546.0.2
• Saint's prayer causes wolf to bring back child. B256.8
• Animal tamed by saint's prayer. B771.2.2
• Disenchantment by prayer (mass) of Pope. D781
• Magic needle and thread fall from heaven as result of prayer. (Cf. D1766.1.) D811.2.1
• Food supplied by means of prayer. D1030.1.1
• Magic house made by prayer. D1133.1.1
• Magic spells mixed with Christian prayers. D1273.0.2
• Clairvoyance from prayer. D1323.18
• Prayer to Virgin protects against plague. (Cf. V250.) D1586.2
• Mountain moved by prayer so as to make room for church. (Cf. D932.) D1641.2.2
• Chaste maiden at prayer vanishes from would-be ravisher's embrace. D1714.1.1
• Magic results produced by prayer. D1766.1
• Magic fountain produced by prayer. (Cf. D925.1.) D1766.1.1
• Prayers of nun cause Virgin Mary to show her the infant Jesus. D1766.1.2
• Garment produced by prayer. D1766.1.3
• Pain stopped by prayer. D1766.1.4
• Mouse's prayer to gods about her children granted. D1766.1.6
• Saint opens prison door by prayer. D1766.1.7
• Food produced by prayer. D1766.1.8
• Magic beautification through prayer by saint. (Cf. D1766.1.) D1864
• Barrenness removed by prayer. D1925.3
• Summoning by prayer. (Cf. V52.) D2074.2.5
• Imprisoned cleric comes to answer saint's prayers in ritual. D2074.2.5.1
• Provisions provided in answer to prayer. D2105.1
• Mosque turns around in order to face in the true direction of Mecca after prayers of two saints. D2136.2.1
• Mountain moved by prayer. D2136.3.1
• Control of weather by saint's prayers. (Cf. V220.) D2140.1
• Storm produced by prayer. (Cf. D2143.3.) D2141.0.7.1
• Rain produced by prayer. (Cf. D1391.1, D2141.0.7.1.) D2143.1.3
• Church spared in flood because of prayers. D2143.2.1
• Wall of snow around hut in answer to prayer. (Cf. D1766.1.) D2143.6.2
• Sea calmed by prayer. (Cf. D1766.1, D2151.3.) D2151.1.3
• River appears at prayer of desert travelers. D2151.2.5.1
• Other religious ceremony as magic cure. Sign of cross, prayer, etc. D2161.4.9.1
• Locality sanctified against pestilence (by angel) as result of prayer and fasting. (Cf. D1586.) D2162.3
• Saint's prayer wins battle. D2163.5
• Saint's prayer brings large flight of birds carrying stones in talons. These missiles dropped upon enemies cause terror. D2163.5.1
• Evil spirit exorcised by religious ceremony. (Cf. V10ff.) Holy name, sign of cross, prayer, etc. D2176.3.2
• Resuscitation by prayer. E63
• Resuscitation by nine-day dance and prayers. E63.2
• Resuscitation through prayers of holy man. (Cf. E63.) E121.5.2
• Vampire's power overcome by endurance and prayer. Hero continues to pray without looking or speaking while vampire punishes him. E251.1.1
• Dead grateful for prayers. E341.3
• Ghost cannot pass cross or prayerbook. (Cf. D1266.) E434.8
• Ghost laid by prayer. E443.2
• Ghost laid by formulistic prayer. E443.2.2
• Ghost laid by group of ministers. By prayer and services, usually with "bell, book, and candle" or some modification of the procedure. E443.2.4.1
• Power of wild hunt evaded by prayer. E501.17.4.1
• Effects of wild hunt remedied by prayer. E501.19.6
• Condemned soul saved by prayer. E754.1.1
• Sun turned from one hour to another through the prayer of saint (Moses). F961.1.7
• Devil appears among youths who jest while they say their evening prayers. G303.6.2.3
• Devil's power over one avoided by prayer. G303.16.2
• Person saved from devil by prayer to Virgin. G303.16.2.2
• Symbolic interpretation of playing cards. Soldier reproved for playing cards during church says that playing cards are his prayerbook and calendar. Ace: one God, one Faith, one Baptism; 2: old and new Testaments; 3: Trinity; 4: evangelists; 5: wise virgins; 6: days of creation; 7: sabbath; 8. Noah's family; 9: ungrateful lepers; 10: commandments; knave (jack): Judas; queen (of Sheba); king: God; 12 face cards: 12 months; etc. H603
• Angel gives symbolic interpretation of value of work as well as of prayer. Works and prays where monk can see him. (Cf. H604, H606.) H605
• Task performed by deity in answer to prayer. H975.0.1
• Holy man's prayer reforms rich man. Holy man prays, "May God bless everything here that is good but cause to disappear all that is bad." Everything disappears. J153.1
• Wife of usurer saves husband through her prayers. J155.5
• Priest sells his donkey because worry for its safety distracts him from prayer. J357
• Clergy in no need of spectacles. Many do not pray at all, many know their prayers by heart, and the great prelates look through their fingers J1263.5
• Prayer over the underdone hen. A guest is seen uttering a prayer before an underdone hen at the table. "She must be a goddess turned into a hen, for she has been over the fire and spared." J1342
• The good words. A man pledged to give his wife only good words hits her with a prayer book. J1541.1
• "Agnus dei" as a prayer for money. An ignorant schoolmaster interprets many of the texts of scripture as commands for the priests to live lives of luxury. J1741.2
• Numskull thinks his prayers have stopped milk boiling over. Actually his wife has added cold water. J1813.2.1
• Bishop struck for breaking the peace. At a wedding after a period of silent prayer the bishop begins an antiphony. The fools walks up and strikes the bishop: "You have made this shouting in the church." J1823.2
• Twenty better than ten. A numskull is asked how many daily prayers (Moslem) there are. "Twenty." – "There are only four." – "I said that there are twenty; that is even better." J2213.5
• Fools reprove each other for speaking at prayers. They speak while doing so. J2254
• The hunter's mass. A count instructs his chaplain to read a hunter's mass (i.e., a short one). The chaplain searches the prayerbook in vain for a hunter's mass. J2474
• Debtors do not forgive. "The Lord's Prayer has little power. I forgive my debtors but my debtors do not forgive me." J2495.2
• Thief trusted to guard shawls during prayers. Steals them. K346.4
• Respite from death granted until prayer is finished. It lasts till rescue comes. K551.1
• Claim that a trap is a prayer house. K730.1.1
• Robber persuaded to climb down moonbeam. A man hearing a robber enter tells his wife aloud that he always makes a prayer and then enters the house by climbing down a moonbeam. The thief tries it and falls. K1054
• Adulteress pretends to go to say her prayers. Keeps tryst with paramour. K1514.12
• Statue made to raise its arm. Woman wishing to go on pilgrimage (to meet lover) makes believe that statue of saint has raised its arm in answer to her prayer. K1972.1
• Ceremonies and prayers used at unearthing of treasure. N554
• Reward for saying of prayers. (Cf. V50.) Q33
• Child given as reward for prayer. Q192
• Boy reaches into bird's nest for pigeon's eggs. A stone in the nest holds his hand for three days and nights. He is finally released by prayers. Q285.1.2.1
• Priest's concubine is unable to rise from stone. She is finally freed by prayers and repentance. (Cf. Q243.1.) Q551.2.7
• Boon granted after prayer and widow's son is released from prison. R123
• Idol cracks open to grant refuge to fugitive in answer to prayer; then closes again. R325.2
• Repression of lust through prayer. T317.2
• Maid pledged to celibacy is given, at her prayer, a beard. T321.1
• In answer to maiden's prayer saint changes boat's course and guides it to another place. T321.6
• Conception because of prayer. T526
• Birth obtained through magic or prayer. T548
• Child born in answer to prayer. T548.1
• Hateful or lovely child to be born first? Childless parents' prayer answered: they are to have two children, one hateful, one lovely. Choice as to which is to come first. T548.1.1
• Vegetable comes to life at woman's prayer. T549.1
• Prayer. V50
• Woman shows that the Lord's Prayer is the best. V51.3
• "Beatus" best prayer for saving condemned souls. (Cf. E754.1.1.) V51.5
• Miraculous power of prayer. V52