38 motifs match “presence”  ·  back to the chapters

• Peacock's feathers ruffled in presence of poison. (Cf. B143.1.2.) B131.5
• Tabu: being in presence of god. C52
• Tabu: male presence in girl's puberty-hut. C132
• Tabu: drinking without presence of dead heads. C281
• Inability to transform self in presence of others. D502
• Presence of a person revivifies trees. D1571.2
• Test for presence of demons in corpses. E431.0.1
• Ghost laid by baptizing children in its presence. E443.6
• Opening Holy Bible in presence of fairies nullifies their spells. F382.4
• Marvelous sensitiveness: women blush in presence of male statue. F647.4
• Flame indicates presence of beautiful woman. (Cf. F1041.8.1. and cross references.) F1061.1
• Witch causes person to break wind in presence of others. G269.21.1
• Tears fall on person below and indicate presence of those above (on cliff, tree, etc.). H151.14
• Magic statue as chastity test. Moves eyes in presence of unchaste woman. (Cf. D1268.) H411.9
• Magic idol as chastity test. Turns black in presence of unchaste woman. Lights up in presence of chaste woman. H411.9.1
• Wisdom from continual reminder of foolishness in the past. Unjust judge skinned and his skin stretched over a footstool kept in the presence of judges, so as to remind them to be just. J167
• Son of God to see king. When steadily unable to be admitted to presence of a king, a clever man demands an interview saying he is the son of God come down to earth and will condescend to see the king. When asked to show the king Heaven and the path to it, the pretender retorts that when he was sent down by the Father, he was told to look to matters relating to this earth. J1675.8
• Old man silent in king's presence asks king what he himself does when in company with a fool. [Inadvertant duplication of J1369.5.] J1714.5
• Monkey sneezes in king's presence like rabbit. Killed. J2413.6
• Girl marries man so she will not be ashamed undressed in his presence. J2521.3
• 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
• Entry into enemy's presence by pretending to be a messenger from a relative. K477.3
• The cave call. ("Hello, house!") An animal suspecting the presence of an enemy in his cave (house), calls and receives no answer. He then says, "Don't you know, O cave, that we have agreed that I must call you when I come from abroad and that you in turn must answer me?" The hiding animal answers and the other flees. K607.1
• Man wishes to learn and gains entrance to learned girl's presence in woman's disguise. K1321.1.3
• Gullible husband behind the tree. (Tristan and Isolt.) Husband goes to wife's love tryst and hides behind a tree. The wife, having learned of his presence, tells lover that he should not allow their innocent relations to lead to gossip. Husband is appeased. K1533
• Old Hildebrand. Hidden cuckold reveals his presence by rhymes. He responds to the rhymes made by the wife and paramour concerning their entertainment. K1556
• Lover claims payment for cloth in the presence of the husband. The woman returns the cloth but puts a live coal in it. Destroys his whole supply. K1581.5.1
• Leopard frightened away by report of lizard's presence. Lizard has bitten leopard before. K1715.5
• Oath is valid only when decreed in presence of ten. M110.2
• Presence of cursed person brings disaster to land. M491
• King will not permit a one-eyed man in his presence. P14.2
• King's presence necessary for army's victory. P19.1
• Garment must be removed in presence of certain high chiefs. P94
• Husband fondles second wife in presence of first as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Q484
• Husband tries to reform wife by killing a recalcitrant horse in her presence. She thinks he has lost his mind and continues in her ways. T251.2.3.1
• Vexed woman brings pot down on husband's head in presence of guest. T252.7
• Wicked woman unable to endure presence of host at mass. V39.2
• Holy place (object) glorified by angel's presence. (Cf. V421.2.) V242