43 motifs match “relations”  ·  back to the chapters

• Mutual relations of the gods. A160
• Mutual relations of the gods – miscellaneous. A169
• Beginning of social relationships. A1470
• Animals in legal relations. B270
• Animals in business relations. B294
• Tabu: sexual relationship with girls of nobility while having sore on body. C110.1
• Tabu: neglecting sexual relations in marriage. C163
• Tabu: uttering name of other close relations. C435.2
• Intimate relations of dead and living. E470
• Cohabitation of living person and ghost. This usually involves sexual relations. (Cf. E321.2, E322.6, E339, E378.) E474
• Sexual relations with fairy. F304
• Sexual relations with wood-spirit fatal. F441.6.3
• Business relations of dwarfs and mortals. F451.5.10
• Mountain woman has sex relations with man. F460.4.1.2
• Child from dreamed sex relations with mountain-woman. F460.4.1.2.1
• Sons of God and Daughters of men. Before the flood angels have relations with human women: origin of giants. F531.6.1.1
• Mutual relations of giants. F531.6.8
• Giants' social relations. F531.6.8.5
• Love relations between giants and other supernatural beings. (Cf. F531.6.8.1.) F531.6.15.2
• Strong hero son of man and troll-woman. Relations take place in dream. F611.1.13
• Devil's sexual relations with mortals. G303.12.7
• Test of resourcefulness: to find relationships among three sticks: they are put in vessel of water; degree of sinking shows what part of tree each comes from. H506.10
• Relationship riddles arising from unusual marriages of relatives. H795
• Association of rat with cat ceases as soon as mutual danger has passed. The rat threatened by the weasel and the owl allies himself with a cat caught in a net. Saved by the cat, he rescues the cat with precaution and then prudently renounces further relations with her. J426
• Ignorance of marriage relations. J1744
• Incognito mistress breaks off relations when she overhears the lover discussing the adventure. J2364
• Not naked but with a hood on. She confesses that she has had relations with the priest. J2499.2
• Cozening. Trickster's claim of relationship causes owner to relax vigilance. Goods stolen. K347
• Gullible husband behind the tree. (Tristan and Isolt.) Husband goes to wife's love tryst and hides behind a tree. The wife, having learned of his presence, tells lover that he should not allow their innocent relations to lead to gossip. Husband is appeased. K1533
• Princess disguised as man is accused of illicit relations with queen. K2113
• Treasure may be unearthed only by man who on the spot has sexual relations with a woman in the manner of dogs. N551.2
• Wife more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned man; wife does so. P212
• Husband more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned woman; husband does so. P213
• Repudiation of relationship of birth between man and his bad brother. P251.8
• Relations by law. P260
• Bad relations between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. P262.1
• Refusal of conjugal relations punished. Q257
• Punishment: transformation of lovers into lion and lioness for desecrating temple. They have had sexual relations in the temple. It was believed that lions do not mate with each other; hence their sin could not be repeated. Q551.3.1
• Father demands that son break all relations with his beloved. T131.1.2.3
• Bride scatters presents among groom's relations. T136.4.3
• Illicit sexual relations. T400
• Illicit sexual relations – miscellaneous motifs. T470
• Multiple birth as result of relations with several men. (Cf. T587.1.) T586.3