56 motifs match “rains”  ·  back to the chapters

• Angels set over clouds, winds, and rains. A1130.1
• Regulation of rains. A1131.0.1
• Why it rains most in the hills. A1131.0.2
• Insects from brains, blood, and bones of slain helpful animal. A2001.1
• Dog's claws as grains under paws. In the great famine, God leaves the dog grain under his paws. From this grows new seed. A2376.2
• Sundry characteristics of grains and vegetables. A2793
• Shut in with elephants, blackbird orders ants to burrow themselves into the elephants' brains. B524.1.8
• Magic grains. D973
• Magic rice-grains. D973.1
• Rice-grains magically produced by gourd. D973.1.1
• Magic object tames or restrains animal. D1442
• Magic bridle restrains all horses. (Cf. D1209.1.) D1442.1
• Straw on horse's back restrains him. (Cf. D1276.) D1442.2
• Magic potion mixed with brains of deceitful person as cure for snakebite. (Cf. D1242.2.) D1515.4.6
• Magic speed by eating magic grains (medicine). D2122.1
• Rainstorm produced by emptying contents of bag in road. D2143.1.8
• Wizard sells charm to raise rainstorm to enable eloping couple to escape pursuers. D2143.1.10
• Few grains of earth from river bed translates soul destined to an evil future to Paradise. E754.1.7
• Camels having fallen from sky into girl's eyes; she tells her mother that some grains of sand have fallen down from sky. F615.3.1.2
• Man knows exactly how many grains are in a measure. F645.2
• Ball made of human brains as weapon. F839.5
• Huge tank has no water in spite of plentiful rains. F935.1
• Shower of gold and silver rains upon king's ship at birth of his children. F960.1.1.2
• Devil gives Eve two grains of corn. One is for her and one for Adam. G303.9.4.1
• How many stars in the heavens? As many as the grains of sand; if you don't believe it, count them yourself. H702.1
• How much is king's beard worth? A May rain (three rains in summer). H712.2
• Task: sorting grains: performed by helpful ants. H1091.1
• Task: sorting grains; performed by helpful birds. H1091.2
• Grains slowly munched in order to keep from sleeping. (Cf. H1471.) H1483
• "Do not act when angry": counsel proved wise by experience. Man returns home and sees someone sleeping with his wife. Though he thinks it is a paramour, he restrains himself and finds that it is a newborn son. J21.2
• Seducer about to seduce mother of child refrains when child wisely remarks that he is sad because his father has left his mother exposed to such dangers. J122.1
• Fool is told to get a pottle of brains. He tries to buy them. He finally learns that advice was to marry a clever girl. J163.2.1
• Man tracking gorilla sees animal's strength. Wisely refrains. J561.1
• Clever girl refrains from eating figs which would bring on magic sleep. J585.1
• Woman tactfully restrains amorous king. J816.4
• Forty wise men foretell violent rainstorm. Failing to convince people, they go into a cave. After the shower they come out. The people call them fools. J1714.3.1
• Does not need roof when it is fair; cannot put it on when it rains. J2171.2.1
• Scientific query: why does not the sea get larger when it rains in it and nothing flows out? J2371.1
• Hero to eat iron grains. Substitutes soft food. K63.1
• Deceptive wages: two grains and land to plant them on. Grain multiplies and takes up all of dupe's land. K256.2
• Sham blood and brains. Fox covers his head with milk and says that his brains have been knocked out. Frightens bear. K473
• Compassionate executioner: substituted brains (other animal for helpful animal). K512.2.0.1
• Escape by shamming death: blood and brains. The trickster covers himself with paint (or the like) so that he will be thought to have bled to death (or with milk so that it will be thought that his brains have been knocked out). K522.1
• The fox suggests eating his own brains. The wolf, wanting to get brains, strikes his head against a tree. K1025.1
• Rat leaves serpent behind, through spared to rescue him. The two are imprisoned together in a sevenfold cloth covering. The serpent refrains from eating the rat so that the latter can gnaw the cloth for them. The rat gnaws his own way out and leaves the serpent. K1182
• Dying monster's request and promise. Hero is to drink his blood, suck his eyes and brains, and give his heart to his loved one to eat. He will become marvelously strong and his wife will have three sons and four daughters with great powers. M257
• Lucky cast of ball made of human brains – ball sticks in head of enemy. N623.3
• Punishment for splitting head and eating man's brains. Q211.7
• Rains withheld until king remembers to have monks' huts roofed as promised. (Cf. Q266.) Q553.7
• Brains of enemies fashioned into balls (as trophies for play). S139.2.2.4.2
• Sight of holy fringe on garment restrains a man from fornication and reforms the harlot. V131.1
• Druid raised in air, cast down, and brains scattered on stone by power of saint. V229.6.3
• The mother trains the old maid to speak properly. Absurd results. X756
• Lies about slow trains. X1815.2
• Bird avenges caged mate. Builds cart, yokes frogs to it, arms himself with piece of reed, and proclaims war with king. Collects cat, ants, rope, club, and river. He is put by king into fowl house; cat eats up fowls. In stable rope and club beat up horses. In elephant-house ants get into their brains and kill them all. Tied to king's bed, river floods king in his bed. King gives bird back his mate. Z52
• Three strains of (fairy) music. Z71.1.3