278 motifs match “refuse” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun sets and refuses to rise: must be coaxed back from underworld. A739.6
• Why women never have leisure. Because they refused to show God the way, saying they had no time. A1372.8
• Toad refuses to weep over its dead children: dries up when dead. Cursed by Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2234.4, A2468.2.) A2231.8
• Loris refuse to look at sun who comes out when they are dancing: hence never looks at sun. A2231.13
• Animals refuse to help dig well (make road) and are punished. A2233.1
• Animals refuse to help dig well: may not drink from river or spring. (Cf. A2435.1.1.) A2233.1.1
• Snake refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2441.4.1.) A2233.1.2
• Shrew refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2468.1.) A2233.1.3
• Sloth refuses to help make road: may not look upon sun. A2233.1.4
• Animal characteristics: borrowing and not returning. Animal borrows a member (or quality) from another and refuses to return it. (Cf. A2242, A2313.3, A2345.1, A2351.3, A2375.2.1, A2421.4, A2435.4.1.) A2241
• Monkey borrows tail from deer and refuses to return it. A2241.11
• Spider hands box to ant and refuses to take it back: hence ants carry huge loads. A2243.1
• Magpie refuses to get into ark, sits around outside, jabbering over drowned world, is unlucky. (Cf. A2232.4.) A2542.1.1
• Horse refuses to carry one who speaks falsehood. B133.4
• Horses refuse to remain with owner who has been cursed by clerics. B133.4.1
• Talking animal or object refuses to talk on demand. Discoverer is unable to prove his claims: is beaten. B210.2
• Formerly animals and man spoke the same language. God took the power of speech from the animals because men refused to kill speaking beasts. B210.3
• Ass insists upon payment of tithes. When stolen by thieves, the ass refuses to eat for three days because the thieves' provender has not been tithed. B259.1
• Sabbath-keeping cow. Refuses to work on Sabbath. B259.2
• Wedding of fox and hyena. Fox refuses to marry hyena, since, according to belief, hyena yearly changes sex. B281.1
• Crow refuses to marry titmouse, since she is 100 years old. B282.22.1
• Faithful horse refuses to go before its master mounts it, even when already loaded with two chests with gold. B301.4.6
• Faithful cow refuses to move for grief at master's death. B301.6.2
• Animals refuse to devour Cain to avenge murder of Abel. B591.0.1
• Punishment for having refused to take part in Bacchic rites. C57.2
• Tabu: to refuse help to a woman. C686.1
• Tabu: striking monster twice. Though monster begs that hero strike him again, hero refuses. Monster would otherwise revive. C742
• Transformed animal refuses to touch meat of that animal. D686
• Person transformed to animal refuses human food. Will eat only food suitable for his enchanted form. D686.1
• Magic objects acquired by acting as umpire for fighting heirs. When hero gets hold of objects he refuses to return it. D832
• Wagon refuses to move because ghost is sitting in it. (Cf. D1113, D1654.5.) D1317.10
• Ship refuses to move with guilty man aboard. D1318.10.1
• Poet's spell causes ale vessels to burst when request for ale is refused. (Cf. D1275.4.) D1318.12.1.1
• Stolen bell refuses to make a sound. D1602.8.1
• Oracular image refuses information except to hero. (Cf. D1311.7.) D1651.6
• Stone (rock) refuses to be moved. (Cf. D931.) D1654.1
• Wagon refuses to move. (Cf. D1113.) D1654.5
• Chariot refuses to move. (Cf. D1114.) D1654.5.1
• Ship refuses to move. (Cf. D1123.) D1654.6
• Corpse in coffin refuses to be moved in wagon. (Cf. D1654.5, E272.1, E411.0.3.) D1654.9
• Bell refuses to be moved. (Cf. D1213.) D1654.10
• Mill refuses to work on Sunday. (Cf. D1263.) D1676
• Mill refuses to work when saint is ill-treated. (Cf. D1263.) D1677
• Man magically made to believe himself bishop, archbishop, and pope. When he continues to refuse payment to the magician, the latter shows him the reality. D2031.5
• Fire turns aside and refuses to catch hold of holy garments, wooden altars and similar sacred things. D2158.1.3.2
• Resuscitation by universal weeping. Return of deity from dead granted if all men will weep. One person refuses. E58.1
• Living man in dead man's shroud. Refuses to let corpse return to grave before he tells how to resuscitate woman living man has killed. E463
• Christianized fairy woman refuses to eat fairy food. F243.0.1
• Raja refuses to marry a Peri. F302.3.0.2
• Fairies punish mortals who refuse to eat fairy food given them. F361.15
• Fairy kills dog that refuses to let fairy sleep in stack. F361.17.6
• Fairy kills man who refuses his hospitality. Man refuses to visit fairy after being invited. (Cf. F361.15.) F361.17.7
• Marvelous sensitiveness: woman refuses to look at male fish. F647.4.1
• Marvelous sensitiveness: man refuses to eat fifth descendent of stolen cow. F647.10
• Sun refuses to shine when murder is done. F961.1.1
• Grass refuses to grow in certain spot. Extraordinary event has happened there. F974
• Blood of brother and sister (and smoke from their funeral pyres) refuses to mingle. F1075
• Ogre schoolmaster. Girl sees schoolmaster eat human flesh. Refuses to tell him what she saw. He persecutes her. G11.9
• Witch kills balsam plant after owner refuses to give some to the witch. G265.9.1
• Devil marries girl whose rich mother refuses to let her marry common young men of community. G303.12.5.3
• Grass refuses to grow: indication of innocence of man hanged there. (Cf. E631.2, F974.) H215.3
• Test of paternity: shooting at father's corpse. Youngest of supposed sons refuses to shoot and is judged the only genuine son of dead emperor. H486.2
• Husband refuses to murder his wife for high honors; wife agrees to murder husband. H492.1
• Old warrior longs for more adventure. Refuses to rest in old age. H1221.1
• Lover's fidelity tested by substituting maid in mistress's bed at assignation. He must refuse her. H1556.4.3
• Test of friendship: the imagined refusal. Man wonders if his friend would lend him his palfrey. Decides he would refuse. Imagines that he has actually asked for the palfrey and has been refused. Cools toward his friend. The owner of the horse asks for an explanation. He agrees to lend him the horse and they are reconciled. H1558.6
• Friends refuse to fight against each other. H1558.8
• Test of steadfastness of love for God: though warned in dream man refuses to part with sacred stone. H1573.5
• Serpent (bird) having injured man refuses reconciliation. He knows that neither can forget their injuries. J15
• "Don't be too greedy in making a trade": counsel proved wise by experience. Man refuses fifty ducats for horse. Horse suddenly dies. J21.26
• Monotony of restriction to one's favorite food. Counselor refuses to arrange extramarital pleasures for his lord. Ruler feeds him only his favorite food until the counselor protests the monotony. Ruler drives home his point. J81.0.1
• Ass refuses to drink after it has had enough. Thus teaches lesson to master. J133.2
• Wisdom from fool: heaven refused. Fool says he does not want to go to heaven for he wants to stay with his master, who everyone says is going to hell. Master repents. J156.4
• Wisdom from books bought at great price. (Sibylline). Nine books first offered at certain price. Finally after this is refused and the owner throws six of them into the fire, the king pays the same price for three of them. Finds them filled with wisdom. J166.1
• Don't drive away the flies. Wounded animal (man) refuses to have the flies driven away since they are now sated and their places will be taken by fierce and hungry flies. J215.1
• King refuses to exile gossipers. They would defame him among strangers. At home they serve to test the king's patience and to reform his life. J215.1.2
• Weaver prefers master with one hedgehog. Insists on his master putting hedgehog out of house. When master refuses, weaver leaves. Next master has two hedgehogs, and next has three. Weaver returns to first master. J229.8.1
• Peasant leaves honey tree standing. Sparrows and crickets ask peasant to leave tree standing. He refuses, but when he finds honey in the tree he consents. J241.2
• Wise man refuses income of half a kingdom since expenses will outweigh gain. J342.2
• Man refuses cure which brings greater inconvenience. J343
• Drunkard refuses cure of fever if it is to take away his thirst. J343.1
• Man refuses vast wealth because with it will come covetousness. J347.1
• Man refuses rich marriage with house filled with dangerous wild animals. J347.5
• Solomon refuses water of immortality for himself when he cannot have it for his possessions also. J369.1
• Bull refuses to fight goat. Bull being pursued by lion tries to go into cave. Goat refuses to let him in. Bull must go on, for with lion pursuing he has no time to fight goat. J371.1
• Great refuse to associate with lowly. J411
• Boar refuses to fight with lowly ass. J411.1
• Zeus refuses wedding present from snake. Presents to be received only from equals. J411.2
• Prince refuses to play with common children. J411.3
• Noble poets refuse to associate with truly good poet because of his lowly birth. J411.3.1
• King refuses to quarrel with bird. J411.9.1
• Rich man refuses to associate with poor sister. J411.11
• Bird refuses to maintain friendship with bird of different habits. J416.1
• Buffalo refuses tiger's invitation to dinner. He sees fire prepared to cook him. J425.2
• Woman refuses second marriage. If husband is good she will fear to lose him; if bad she will repent. J482.1
• Woman refuses second marriage. Her husband abides in her heart. J482.1.1
• Widow refuses second marriage so her brother cannot kill a second husband. J482.1.2
• Unpaid servant refuses to blame master: later rewarded. J571.8
• "Eat small fish now if you wish larger ones later." Bishop refuses to eat small fish as he used to when an abbot. "Then I used small fish to catch big ones I have now!" J703.2
• Fish refuse fox's invitation to live on dry land and thus escape danger of fishermen. J758.3