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

• Precious properties of the gods. A156
• Culture hero's (divinity's) expected return. Divinity or hero is expected to return at the proper time and rescue his people from their misfortunes. Often joined with A571. A580
• Sun-snarer: fast sun. The sun goes too fast to dry clothing. The hero snares the sun's legs with a rope as he is climbing up from the underworld. He releases the sun upon the promise to go more slowly. A728.2
• Misplaced genitalia. Originally genitals are misplaced. They are properly arranged by the culture hero. A1313.3
• Origin of physical defects. Wicked people entering heaven on rope fall to earth and are injured. St. Peter misunderstands what God says and lets them fall. A1338
• Canoes at one time self-propelling. A1346.2.4
• Original fire property of one person (animal). A1415.0.2
• Origin of the potlatch. A feast of the Indians of the Northwest Coast of America in which large amounts of property are given away to the guests. These feasts must be returned. A1535.1
• Origin of laws: division of property in a family. A1585
• Origin of various European peoples. A1611.5
• Why Europeans know more than natives. A1667.1
• Dog granted proper food. A2545.4
• Why agar-tree has magic properties. A transformed magician. A2731.4
• Origin of combustible property of wood. A2782
• Medicinal properties of trees. A2783
• Camrosh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies. B35
• Magic bird collects seeds. Sees that they are properly placed. Also carries off people's enemies. B172.3
• Animals with human traits. See in general the literature dealing with fables, with the Romance of Reynard, with the bear-fox cycle of Europe, with the rabbit fox cycle of America, etc. B200
• Parrot and sparrow argue right to inherit property left by man. Sparrow says his interests are the same as man's; parrot says that he caused all man's wealth, since man sold his feathers. People's decision for parrot. B271.1
• Serpent shows condemned man how to save prince's life. Bites the prince and then shows the man the proper remedy (cf. B512). By thus ingratiating himself the man is freed from false accusation. B522.1
• Serpent acts as a rope to collect wood for man. B579.5
• Snakes will not cross rope made of hair. B765.18.2
• Felled tree restored for failure to make proper offerings to tree-spirit. C43.3
• Tabu: eating fish caught with fish-hook made without proper incantations. C221.4.2
• Certain pool to be approached only when properly attired. C615.5
• Transformation: rope to person. D434.2
• Transformation: rope to person. D436.2
• Transformation to destroy enemy's property. D651.3
• Disenchantment by proper person waking from magic sleep. The enchanted person appears three times and if the sleeper does not wake by the third time the enchantment must last. D762
• Disenchantment by being wakened from magic sleep by proper agent. D762.2
• Disenchantment by speaking proper words. D789.6.1
• Magic rope. D1203
• Copper horseman indicates road. By striking his hand one makes him turn and indicate the proper road for travelers. (Cf. D1268, D1626.) D1313.3
• Magic two-edged knife indicates direction. Points in proper direction; bends downward to indicate wrong direction. (Cf. D1083.) D1313.8
• Rope breaks at proper burial place. (Cf. D1203.) D1314.12.1
• Magic rope binds person. (Cf. D1203.) D1411.1
• Magic transportation by rope. (Cf. D1203.) D1520.31
• Self-propelling wagon. (Cf. D1113.) D1523.1
• Self-propelling (ship) boat. (Cf. D1121, D1123, D1520.15.) D1523.2
• Boat propelled by magic awl. (Cf. D1187.) D1523.2.2
• Boat propelled by magic wand. (Cf. D1254.1.) D1523.2.3
• Magic object causes things to seek their proper place. D1565
• Climbing into air on magic rope. (Cf. D1203.) D1582
• Self-returning head. When head is cut off it returns to proper place without harm to owner. (Cf. D992.) D1602.12
• Wizard tells location of stolen property. D1817.0.1.2
• Wizard compels thief to return stolen property. D1817.0.1.3
• Wizard compels thief to deliver stolen property in person to the owner. D1817.0.1.3.1
• Magic used against property. D2080
• Witch transfers milk from another's cows by use of hair rope. D2083.3.2
• Magic used against property – miscellaneous. D2089
• Apparently dead persons revived when certain thing happens. Proper prince appears, or the like. E68
• Ghost slaps face of son who cheated him out of property. A cancer grows on son's face. E234.1
• Ghost returns to demand proper burial. E235.2
• Dead man speaks demanding proper funeral rites. E235.2.1
• Ghost returns because corpse was not properly burned. E235.2.2
• Return from dead to demand stolen property. E236
• Saint's body miraculously moves so that it is laid properly north and south, not northeast and southwest. E411.0.8
• Magician who has sold his soul to the devil hires his servant to bury him properly: the coffin bursts. (Cf. E261.2.1.) E411.9
• Dead without proper funeral rites cannot rest. E412.3
• Ghostly rope of suicide appears. E538.2
• Proper means of addressing ghosts. E545.19.2
• Sky-rope. Access to upper world by means of a rope. F51
• Sky-rope shot by means of arrow. F51.0.1
• Four sky-ropes. F51.0.2
• Special kinds of sky-rope. F51.1
• Spider-web sky-rope. (Cf. F101.7.) Spider makes web on which ascent or descent is accomplished. F51.1.1
• Vine as sky-rope. F51.1.2
• Stalk as sky-rope. F51.1.3
• Chaff sky-rope. F51.1.4
• Rope of god's own hair. F51.1.5
• Heavenly being's hair as sky-rope. F51.1.5.1
• Sky-rope of mucus. F51.1.7
• Ascent to sky on eagle-down rope. F61.2.2
• Rope to lower world. F96
• Rope bridge to otherworld. F152.1.5
• Dwarf. (Underground spirit.) The dwarf, especially in Northern Europe, is considered an underground spirit. He is to be distinguished from the other conception of dwarf, viz., a very small person, pigmy, or thumbling (F535). [Note: For help in the preparation of this item I am indebted to Mr. Alfred Thomas of Chicago. For full titles of references see F420.] F451
• Mortal confiscates property of dwarfs. F451.5.10.7
• Dwarf promises money and property to mortal father for hand of daughter. F451.5.18.1
• Proper names for dwarfs. F451.8.2
• Cobold accidently acquired. A rope or chicken is found and taken home. Found to be a cobold. F481.0.1.4
• Brownie restores stolen property, gives thief a twitch in eyelid. F482.5.4.2
• One arrow shot into end of last one to make rope of arrows. F661.7.3
• Extraordinary rope. F843
• Rope made of person's hair. F843.1
• Clerics and property cast safely on shore when enemies attempt their drowning. F1088.3.1
• Witch abuses property. G265
• Witch causes hangman's rope to dance so that it cannot be tied to hang her. G265.8.4.1
• Satan causes storm to destroy property of man he tempts. G303.9.4.0.1
• An all-red, all-black, or all-white calf the property of the devil. G303.10.9
• Swinging ogre. Girls who swing their lovers over pit, cut rope, and later devour them. G327
• Recognition by ability to identify property. H19.1
• Gallows rope breaks when innocent person is hanged. H215.2
• Ordeal by rope-walking. H225
• Stone on which saint was born pours forth water when perjury is committed under it. "But if (the) oath be true, the stone remains in its proper nature." H251.2.3
• Chastity ordeal: drawing lover out of wall with single thread rope. H412.6
• Riddle propounded on pain of loss of property. H541.2
• Woman's question to her husband disguised as woman, how many men she had in one night. This is properly understood as, how many helpers he had, and answered by lifting ten fingers. H582.3
• One traveler to another (as they see corpse borne by): He is not entirely dead. (Has left good property.) H586.5
• Enigmatic counsels of a father. Taken literally bring trouble, but when properly interpreted are valuable. H588
• Enigmatic welcome of host. Sounds very inhospitable but properly interpreted makes guests welcome. H595