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24 motifs match “recovered” · back to the chapters
- Culture hero swallowed and recovered from animal. A535
- Earth from egg from bottom of sea recovered by bird. A812.2
- Jewel recovered from sea by helpful parrot. B548.6
- Wolf boy (girl) running around with wolf and cubs recovered by parents after six years: recognized by scar. B635.2
- Tabu: speaking about lost money which is to be regained by witchcraft. The loser cannot refrain from speaking of his loss; the money cannot be recovered. C401.3.1
- Magic object recovered by using second magic object. D881
- Magic object recovered with lioness's help. D882.1.2
- Recovered magic articles dropped by rescuing animals into the sea. D882.2
- Magic object recovered with devil's help. D885
- Magic object recovered with witch's help. D885.1
- Magic object recovered through recitation of magic formula. D886
- Speech magically recovered on execution stake. D2025.1
- Speech magically recovered when certain bird is caught. D2025.2
- Speech magically recovered when third person guesses secret transaction. D2025.3
- Speech magically recovered on Hallowe'en. (Cf. V70.5.) D2025.5
- Condemned soul recovered. E754.1
- The cost price recovered. A man takes a shirt to market for a friend who has stolen it. At market it is stolen from the seller. He tells his friend that the market was bad and that he was able to get back only the cost price (nothing). J1397
- No physician at all. A bad physician having predicted the immediate death of a patient meets him recovered. "How go things down below?" "They put you at the head of the list of bad physicians, but I maintained that you were no physician at all." J1432
- Thief pretends to have recovered stolen horse. Returns it to owner after using it all he desires. K416.1
- Money lost twice: recovered third time. N183
- Lost memory recovered in battle. N645
- False repentance of the sick, rich man. After his death it was discovered that he had intended to retrieve his money from church if he recovered. U236.1
- Saint's relics miraculously recovered. V140.2
- Falcon and heron eaten by wild boar recovered alive from his body. X1723.2