84 motifs match “raven”  ·  back to the chapters

• Raven as creator. A13.2.1
• Ravens as attendants of god. A165.1.1
• Raven as culture hero. A522.2.2
• Sun swallowed and spit out. In theft of sun, the raven (or devil) thus succeeds. A721.2
• Burial learned from watching raven bury its dead. A1591.1
• Creation of crow (raven). A1919
• Raven caught in smoke-hole: hence is black. (Cf. A2411.2.1.5.) A2218.1
• Raven singes feet on hot stones: why its wings clap when it flies. (Cf. A2442.2.1.) A2218.6
• Dove returns to ark in obedience to Noah: receives sheen of raven. A2221.7
• Ravens show Adam how to bury dead: are born with white feathers. A2223.7
• Raven attempts to imitate dove: punished with awkward gait. A2232.10
• Raven does not return to Noah: must suffer thirst and break bill. (Cf. A2231.2.1, A2411.2.1.5, A2435.4.3.) Variant: he is cursed to be black or to eat carrion. A2234.1
• Raven does not return to ark in obedience to Noah: black color is resulting punishment. A2234.1.1
• Ant carries load as heavy as himself. Defeats bear, raven (or other bird). Various explanations. (Cf. A2435.3.3, A2486.1.) A2251.1
• Why young ravens have white feathers. A2313.5
• Why raven is bald. A2317.5
• Why raven has nose marked as if it had been broken off. A2335.2.3
• Why ravens have crooked legs and walk lame. A2371.2.3
• Magpie is a hybrid of dove and raven; was not baptized by water of the flood in Noah's time. (Cf. A2291.) A2382.1
• Color of raven. (Cf. A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1). A2411.2.1.5
• Why raven cannot talk. A2422.6
• Croaking of raven. A2426.2.7
• Why raven suffers thirst. (Cf. A2234.1.) A2435.4.3
• Why raven hops. A2441.2.1
• Why raven claps wings in flying. (Cf. A2218.6.) A2442.2.1
• Why raven is thief. Because he has none of ten commandments and carries a black stamp on his breast. A2455.3
• Why raven lays eggs in March. (Cf. A2251.1.) A2486.1
• Enmity between raven and mink. A2494.12.5
• Enmity between raven and marshsnipe. A2494.13.6
• Enmity between raven and mink. A2494.13.7
• Hostile raven. B17.2.3
• Raven plucks out men's eyes. B17.2.3.1
• Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes. B31.3
• Giant swimming raven. B31.3.1
• Raven as prophetic bird. B143.0.4
• Raven as bird of good omen. B147.2.1.1
• Raven as bird of ill-omen. B147.2.2.3
• Speaking raven. B211.3.6
• Alliance of raven and crow. B267.3
• Wedding of raven with another bird. B282.16
• Raven as messenger. B291.1.1
• Ravens carry message to enemies. B291.1.1.1
• Raven as devil's messenger. B291.1.1.2
• Hero kills horse to feed young ravens. B391.3
• Helpful raven. B451.5
• Raven rescues man from pit. B547.2
• Crow lives nine generations of men, deer 36, raven 108, phoenix 972, nymphs 9720. B841.2.1
• Tabu: killing raven (Odin's bird). C92.1.1
• Transformation: normal men to ogres. Become ravenous. D47.2
• Transformation: man to raven. D151.5
• Transformation: raven to water bird. D413.2
• Croaking of raven as bad omen. D1812.5.1.27
• Resuscitation by raven's blood. E113.1.1
• Revenant as raven. E423.3.4
• Two ravens follow wild huntsman. E501.4.4
• Reincarnation as raven. E613.7
• Soul in raven. E715.1.6
• Soul in form of raven. E732.8
• Raven carries off souls of damned. E752.3
• Lost soul in raven feathers. E752.4
• Raven and dove fight over man's soul. E756.3
• Demons eat ravenously. F402.4
• Raven dwells inside a whale. F911.2.1
• Devil in form of raven. G303.3.3.3.1
• Youth shoots raven and takes feather to raven's sister as token. H78.1
• Successful suitor must have cheeks like blood, skin like snow and hair like a raven. (Cf. Z65.1.) H312.5
• Riddle: one killed none and yet killed twelve. (Horse is poisoned; raven eats of him and dies; twelve robbers eat raven and die.) H802
• Task: feeding ravenous beast to satiation. H1123
• Raven drowns his young who promise to aid him when he becomes old. He saves one who admits he will not help, because he will have to carry his own young. J267.1
• Dog asks raven why he sacrifices to Athene, since she hates raven because of his powers of augury. "The more reason to sacrifice. She will keep on good terms with me." J821.1
• Crow tries to prophesy like raven: detected by his voice. J951.3
• Raven riding on bull's horns thinks he has brought bull home. J953.10.1
• Raven killed by apes who will not receive his teaching that a shining stone is not fire. J1064.1
• Raven steals the robes of Red Willow Men and finds them useless. J2194
• Raven tries to imitate dove's step but breaks his bones. J2413.9
• The raven with cheese in his mouth. The fox flatters him into singing, so that he drops the cheese. K334.1
• Ravens pursue murderer who has killed two children. N271.3.1
• Abduction by ravens. R13.3.1
• Wish for wife red as blood, white as snow, black as raven. T11.6
• Cowardly soldier turns back when he hears raven's croak. W121.3
• Raven wants to be as white as a swan. W181.3
• Raven jealous of partridge's way of flying. W181.5
• Red as blood, white as snow. Often from blood on snow as a suggestion, a wish is made for a child (wife) with skin like snow and cheeks like blood, etc. (Sometimes black as a raven.) Z65.1
• Red as blood, white as snow, (and black as a raven). Usually applied to the cheeks, skin, and hair of a girl's lover. Z65.1.1