29 motifs match “reading”  ·  back to the chapters

• Earth from spittle of primeval potter spreading on surface of water. A814.10.1
• Origin of reading and writing. A1484
• Disenchantment by laying collected bones in a seven-fold cloth and spreading another above it. D717.1
• Divination from chance reading of sacred (magic) book. D1311.14
• Reading letter written by Christ protects against attack. D1381.24.1
• Reading from magic book causes road to appear. (Cf. D1266.) D1484.2
• Magic journey by reading book. D1520.37
• Reading book causes river to dry up. (Cf. D1266.) D1542.3.2
• Reading from a book makes fallen tree stand up. D1571.3
• Location of fort determined by reading in book. D1816.3
• Magic sight by treading on another's foot. D1821.1
• Rejuvenation by reading in book. (Cf. D1266.) D1889.1
• Extraordinary reading ability. F695
• Reading without learning the alphabet. F695.1
• Reading Bible backwards causes witch to reveal herself. (Cf. D1985.2.) G257.2
• Man escapes devils by reading Lord's blessing. G303.16.2.3.1
• Test: threading needle. Guest of convent is given choice of nuns. On the morrow he is given three opportunities to thread a needle. Success means reward, failure confiscation of his belongings. H509.1
• Unnecessary choice: praying or reading. Both are good. J465
• Woman in finery in church thinks people are standing up to see her when they rise at gospel reading. J953.8
• Priest who never reads mass. Peasants complain of his ignorance. He says that they stand so close to him that he is afraid they might memorize and then pay no attention to his reading of it. J1263.1.3
• Evangelium secundum Pergamum. Pergamus, a rival city of Luca, objects to the reading of the Evangelium secundum Lucam, insisting that it be "secundum Pergamum". J1741.1
• Ignorance of reading. J1746
• Boy cannot read a book written with smaller letters than those he was reading at school. J2258
• Deceptive land purchase: enough to raise certain plant. This is a rapidly spreading weed which overruns the country. K185.11
• Illiterate man pretends to be weeping because he cannot make others understand the book he is reading. K1795
• Prophecy by reading palm. M303
• Friends given the power of reading each other's secret thoughts. P310.9
• Feast of "bedding and handspreading" before consummation of marriage. T162
• Temper lost from reading history. Man so angered that he refuses to pay his workmen. W185.3