21 motifs match “rebuked”  ·  back to the chapters

• Undutiful son rebuked by father. Father tells son not to drag him past the threshold, because he had dragged his own father only up to that point when he had thought of putting him out of his house. J121.2
• Ruler interrupts meeting of Senate to amuse his small son. When rebuked for making him a whistle he says: "I would have blown it for him had he asked me to do so." J553.2
• Multiplying his talents. Priest is entrusted with reforming five dissolute nuns. Gets all five with child. The priest is rebuked for not using his "talents" when tempted. He answers: "God gave me five talents and I have added five more!" (Pun on word talent.) J1264.7
• Officiousness or foolish questions rebuked. J1300
• Officiousness or foolish questions rebuked – miscellaneous. J1309
• The wine-spilling host rebuked. A host spills his customer's wine so that he must buy more. He consoles the guest with "It is a sign of the great abundance you shall have this year." With the same remark the guest draws the spigot from the host's wine cask. J1511.5
• Impossible demand rebuked. J1512
• Stingy man rebuked when his children are feasted in his absence. They think he has been responsible and honor him. He reforms. J1522.2
• Adulteress's absurdity rebuked. J1532
• Ruler's absurdity rebuked. J1536
• Luxury of host rebuked. J1566
• Guest brings along cakes to eat. Stingy host rebuked. J1575
• Singing snails rebuked. A boy roasts snails and they make noise in cooking. "Wretches, your house burns and yet you sing!" J1885
• Rebuke for going with a naked head in public. The woman rebuked has lost her hair in sickness. Forthwith she covers up her head with her dress and exposes her body. J2521.2
• Self-righteous monk rebuked by abbot. Abbot tells him to search his own heart to see if he is free of sin before attacking others. L435.1.1
• Young hero rebuked by his father. P233.2
• Sodomist rebuked by youth. Q253.0.2
• Woman's naiveté proves her fidelity. Man is rebuked for having bad breath. He reproves his wife for never having told him. "I thought that men liked it as I did." He realizes that his wife has not known any other man. T221
• Hermit having rebuked youth falls himself when exposed to the same sin. U231
• Miser is rebuked by friend. "You get no benefit from your wealth." Proves his folly. W153.10
• Man is rebuked for loquaciousness when he speaks after thirty-seven days. W225.1