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

• God removes mortal's soul. A185.12.2
• End of world when culture hero removes one of the world-props. A1058
• Owl reveals deity's secret: power of speech removed. A2239.3.1
• Thorn removed from lion's paw (Androcles and the Lion). In gratitude the lion later rewards the man. B381
• Wolf fetches a man to remove thorn from his children's paws. Does not attack the man's livestock. B381.1
• Thorn removed from monkey's tail. B381.2
• Physician removes animal from stomach of patient. B784.2.4
• Girl removes dog from lion's claws without being harmed. B848.2
• Tabu: eating heart of animal (to commemorate relative whose heart was removed by king.) C221.3.5
• Disenchantment by hiding skin (covering). When the enchanted person has temporarily removed the covering, it is stolen and the victim remains disenchanted until it is found. D721.2
• Magic object causes (or removes) temporary growths. D1375
• Magic object removes horns from person. D1375.2
• Magic fruit removes horns from person. (Cf. D1375.1.1, D981.) D1375.2.1
• Magic apple removes horns from person. (Cf. D981.1.) D1375.2.1.1
• Magic orange removes horns from person. (Cf. D981.3.) D1375.2.1.2
• Magic pear removes horns from person. (Cf. D981.6.) D1375.2.1.3
• Magic nut removes horns from person. (Cf. D985.) D1375.2.2
• Magic salve removes horns from person. (Cf. D1244.) D1375.2.3
• Magic water removes horns from person. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1375.2.4
• Blossoms remove horns from person. (Cf. D975.) D1375.2.5
• Charm removes thorn. (Cf. D1273.) D1513
• Magic object removes obstacles. D1562
• Stones, being removed, return to their places. (Cf. D931, D1401.5.) D1602.1
• Object removes itself. D1641
• Fountain (well) removes itself. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D941.) D1641.1
• Stones remove themselves. (Cf. D931.) D1641.2
• Muirlan (ball) removes itself. (Cf. D1256.) D1641.5
• Grave removes itself. (Cf. D1299.2.) D1641.8
• Magic cross removes itself. (Cf. D1299.3.) D1641.9
• Magic fire removes itself. (Cf. D1271.) D1641.10
• Magic book removes itself. (Cf. D1266.) D1641.11.1
• Lake removes itself. (Cf. D921.) D1641.12
• Statues that cannot be removed. (Cf. D1268.) D1654.7
• Picture that cannot be removed in ship. (Cf. D1266.2, D1654.6.) D1654.8
• Sacred image impossible to remove from the spot. D1654.8.1
• Paper in hand which none but king can remove. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1654.11
• Magic weakness never entirely removed. D1837.2
• Rejuvenation by going to other world and having digestive tract removed. D1889.5
• Girl's heart magically removed and fed to man draws her to him. D1905.1
• Barrenness removed by eating or drinking. D1925.1
• Barrenness removed by bathing. D1925.2
• Barrenness removed by prayer. D1925.3
• Barrenness removed by saint's blessing. D1925.4
• Magic forgetting of wife when husband removes shirt she has given him. D2004.6
• Heart removed by magic. D2062.1
• Magic house removed. D2136.9
• Dead returns to replace boundary marks he has removed. (Cf. E416.) E345.1
• Man who removes landmarks cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E345.1.) E416
• Ghost will not return if door is removed and hung backwards. (Cf. D1783.) E439.9
• Wild hunt throws human flesh on persons who see it. This cannot be removed. E501.18.2
• Wild hunt throws horses' feet on persons who see it. This cannot be removed. E501.18.3
• Dead man's hand touches birthmark and thus removes it. E542.2
• Fairy fetches mortals to remove treasure hidden by ghosts in their lifetimes. (Cf. N510.) F244.3
• Fairies remove hunchback's hump (or replace it). F344.1
• Strong man buries axe in tree stump and removes it with his little finger. F614.2.3
• Extraordinary gustatory sense. Woman detects flavor of garlic in a sauce made in a mortar from which garlic has been removed. F647.1.1
• Skillful surgeon removes and replaces vital organs. (Cf. X1721.2.) F668.1
• Skillful surgeon removes speck from midge's eye. Does it with one stroke without injuring midge. F668.2
• Weapon (missile) miraculously removed. F959.3.4
• Bones temporarily removed from body by tree climbers to avoid breaking them. F1054
• Person places three notched elder twigs under bowl. Witch is forced to remove them, thus revealing herself. G257.6
• Person removes string with thirteen knots from child's mouth. G271.10
• Devil has shining teeth. Girl wishes to marry man whose teeth shine. Such a man appears and they marry. When he removes his hat she finds he is the devil. G303.4.1.5.1
• Recognition by hole burned in hand when woman removes glove. H56.1
• False dragon-head proof. Impostor cuts off dragon heads (after tongues have been removed) and attempts to use them as proof of slaying the dragon. H105.1.1
• Question (propounded on quest): Why has spring gone dry? Answer: Animal to be removed from its water-vein. H1292.1
• Question (propounded on quest): How can the prince be cured? Answer: He must remove stone which he has spit out in the church. H1292.4
• Test of gratitude: magician makes pupil believe himself superior. Though he has promised magician great rewards he forgets his promise. Wealth removed. H1565.1
• Remove obstacles from path. J753
• The only person in the bath. Servant reports to master that there is but one person in the public bath Master finds three hundred. Only one person had removed stone from his path; rest had stubbed toes. He was only one worthy of the name of man. J753.1
• Physician removes pea from patient's ear. Knocks him down and pea rolls out. J1115.2.2
• Removing chance for worry. A king noticing that a student has stolen a capon, asks, "Does not the Bible say that you should not worry about tomorrow?" "Exactly. I was trying to remove all chance of worry tomorrow." J1396
• The hare at third remove. A man receives a present of a hare. Later a crowd comes to him for entertainment saying that they are friends of the man who presented the hare. This happens a second time. He serves them clear water. "It is the soup from the soup of the hare." J1551.6
• How to save the rice. Boy has rice in joined hands and arms around a pillar. Afraid to move lest rice be lost. Roof is removed and boy lifted over pillar. J2119.6
• How to remove hairs from salt. Washed with water, salt melts away. J2173.9
• Gullible husband removes from wife's garment dust gathered while she lies with another man. J2301.3
• The fool and the visitor's large nose. The fool asks where he got the large nose. Is removed from the room. He comes back to mend matters. He says, "What a small nose you have!" He is again taken from the room. The third time: "What difference does it make whether you have a nose or not?" J2512
• Remove turban as last duty. Sleepy servant removes master's turban while still in council meeting. J2516.7
• Breaking the glassware to prevent others from doing so. A king thus removes temptation from his subjects. J2522
• Horse withheld as sacrifice to a saint refuses to move. The deceiver takes the horse to the church planning to remove him again, but the horse will not stir until a money equivalent has been paid. K231.3.4
• Captor's powder is removed, ashes substituted: gun does not discharge. K633
• Blind men duped into fighting: strings leading to water removed. K1081.3
• Adulteress frightens paramour with cries of "Rape!" Then she removes her husband's suspicion by feigning a fit. Later the paramour tricks her to his room and shows her naked, except for face, to her husband. K1213.1.1
• Lover's gift regained: the broken (removed) article. The lover breaks (or removes) an article of household equipment and convinces the husband that for that reason the wife has confiscated that which he gave her as a present. K1581.1
• Dwarf himself falls in love with girl he has seduced by magic love, and loses her as he is forced to remove his magic. K1672
• Contest of wind and sun. Sun by warmth causes traveler to remove coat, while wind by violent blowing causes him to pull it closer around him. L351
• Irrevocable judgment causes judge to suffer first. Has decreed that no one enter a meeting armed. He forgets to remove his sword. Kills himself. M11
• Body of devil's disciple is removed from coffin by devil. M219.2.5
• Curse by "building a fire of stones" in fireplace. The person who removes the stones is cursed. M418.1
• Curse removed when victims reform. M423
• Treasure removes itself from time to time. N562
• Treasure having removed itself eventually returns. N562.1
• Treasure seekers find hole from which treasure has recently been removed. (Often they have delayed searching for one reason or another, arrive too late.) N563
• Frog removed from queen's nose by telling such interesting story that she gives quick breath and dislodges him. N641.2
• Thorn accidentally removed from cobra's throat by woman's finger. Grateful cobra. N647
• Garment must be removed in presence of certain high chiefs. P94
• Battle-cairn. Losses reckoned by number of stones remaining in pile after each survivor has removed one. P554
• Remover of landmarks punished. Q275
• Adulteress caused to fall down stairs from which steps have been removed. (Cf. Q241.) Q469.1
• Thief rendered unable to remove burden of stolen goods from his back. (Cf. Q212.) Q551.2.3