34 motifs match “quarter”  ·  back to the chapters

• Gods of the Quarters. A god or spirit for each of the world-quarters, north, south, east, and west. A417
• Beast guardians of the four quarters. A417.1
• Four gods at world-quarters support the sky. A665.2.1.1
• Moon's phases caused by watcher's death. Moon is hung in tree and is tended by four men. As one dies it loses a quarter. Later it is united in the lower world. A755.2
• Moon stolen and divided into quarters. A755.4.2
• Earth square with four quarters. A871
• (Four) persons who, in four quarters of the world, survived the flood and thus preserved ancient tradition. A1029.2
• Winds of the four quarters established. A1127
• Determination of world quarters. The four cardinal points. A1182
• Adam's name composed of initial letters of four stars from the four quarters of the heavens. A1281.6.1
• Hippogriff. Horse with fore-quarters of griffin. B42.1
• Tabu: man entering woman's quarters in her absence. C182.2
• Forgetting Charon's fee. Philosopher forgets to put coin in mouth before death (Charon's fee). Charon: "Don't you know the custom?" Answer: "Yes, but I couldn't put off dying for a quarter!" E489.3
• Marvelous marksman can shoot eye off needle at quarter-mile distance. F661.5.5
• One door for each world quarter. F782.1.1
• How much does the moon weigh? A pound, for it has four quarters. H691.1.1
• King to avoid possible assassination has queen's quarters searched before he enters. J634.2
• Their own quarters need it more. Such is the answer given monks who insist that quarters occupied by the king and his train be reconsecrated. J1269.11
• Not in his line of business. At market a man enquires of another: "How is the moon, three-quarters or full?" "I don't know. I have neither bought nor sold one." J1354
• Oisin's poor diet in Patrick's house – pancake size of ivy leaf, measure of butter only size of rowan berry. Later Oisin gives Patrick quarter of a wild boar, servant ivy leaf and rowan berry. J1511.13
• Bullock struck on hindquarters instead of head in attempt to kill it. (Only frightens it.) J1906.1
• Quartered thief's body sewed together to escape detection. K414
• A handy name. Thief is jailed for stealing a quarter of veal. Sends man named "Calf" to captor. "I took only one quarter of veal, but I am sending you a whole calf." Is set free. K579.7
• Dupe persuaded to sit on ant hole. Hindquarters eaten. K1023.3
• Man disguised as woman admitted to women's quarters: seduction. K1321.1
• Stinging of buttocks as cure for cough. Patient applies stinging medicine and makes himself sore. He represses his cough to keep from hurting his hindquarters and is finally cured. N643
• Quartering by horses as punishment for breaking betrothal. (Cf. Q252.) Q416.0.1
• Quartering by horses as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.3.) Q416.0.2
• Quartering by horses as punishment for uxoricide. (Cf. Q211.3.) Q416.0.2.1
• Quartering by horses as punishment for impostor. (Cf. Q262.) Q416.0.3
• Princess married to lowly hero must live in slave quarters. Q485.1
• Quartering in effigy for uxoricide. (Cf. Q211.3.) Q596.1
• Lie: the great dining quarters (Paul Bunyan tales). X1032
• Colors corresponding to the four world quarters. Z140.2