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

• Man cheats a god in throwing dice. A189.3
• Stars are trees growing on the clouds. A769.1
• Why stones no longer grow. Devil sows stones; God sends cold to prevent their growing. A975.1
• Origin of water wheel and rice growing. A1441.3
• Origin of onion-growing. A1441.5
• Origin of custom of throwing fruits on bridal couple. A1555.1.1
• Animal characteristics from throwing members at ancient animal. A2215
• 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
• Burrowing swine heat ground. B19.4.1
• Monkeys attack by throwing coconuts. B762
• Animal attacks by throwing pebbles. B762.1
• Tabu: throwing away holy image. C94.6
• Tabu: throwing away nail trimmings. C726.1
• Tabu: throwing "living fire" into river. C851.2
• Stretching lily plant. Miraculously quick growing. D482.2
• Transformation by throwing object or person. D571
• Transformation by throwing rice on person. D571.1
• Transformation by throwing ashes. D575.1
• Transformation to fish by throwing into sea. D586
• Disenchantment by throwing into fire. (Cf. E15.) D712.2.1
• Disenchantment by throwing a stone. D712.3.2
• Disenchantment by throwing a flower. D712.3.3
• Disenchantment by throwing objects at transformed person. D712.11
• Disenchantment by throwing golden objects into water. D789.5
• Magic speaking reed (tree) betrays secret. King has whispered secret to hole in the ground. Reed growing from this hole tells the secret. D1316.5
• Saint's bell starts crops growing. (Cf. D1213.) D1563.1.4
• Self-growing and self-gathering corn. (Cf. D965.8.) D1601.2
• Divination by throwing objects into water. If they swim the omen is bad; if not, good. D1812.5.0.6
• Lost object found by throwing spade at ghost. Where spade sticks one will find the lost object. D1816.2.1
• Rejuvenation by burning and throwing bones into tub of milk. (Cf. D1338.4.) D1886.1
• Magic journey by throwing knife into whirlwind. D2121.8
• Wind raised by throwing traitor's ashes into lake. D2142.1.4.1
• Sorrowing father magically restored as lost son approaches. He had lost strength, sight and hearing when son left home. D2161.4.10.4
• Magic book conjured away by throwing it on stream. D2176.4
• The Dead Rider (Lenore). Dead lover returns and takes sweetheart with him on horseback. She is sometimes saved at the grave by the crowing of the cock, though the experience is usually fatal. E215
• Crowing of ghost rooster. E402.2.1
• Wild hunt avoided by throwing self to earth. E501.17.5.4
• Reincarnation in plant (tree) growing from grave. (Cf. E632, D1610.2.) E631
• Reincarnation as musical instrument. The Singing Bone. A musical instrument made from the bones of a murdered person, or from a tree growing from the grave, speaks and tells of the crime. E632
• Escape from lower world on miraculously growing tree. F101.5
• Theft of money from fairies by joining unperceived in their game of money-throwing. F351.1
• Trolls' lending and borrowing. F455.6.2
• Armless people have legs growing from their shoulders. Use toes in place of fingers. F516.1.1
• Man with grass growing from his joints. F529.3
• Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowed. F531.2.6
• Tongue with hair growing from it. F544.2.3
• Growing mountain. F755.4
• Growing rocks. F802
• Growing and ungrowing grass. Produces one pod daily till the fifteenth of the month; thereafter one pod shrinks each day. (Cf. F811.12.) F817.1
• Thorn growing in wound becomes tree. F971.3
• Egg becomes crowing cock. F989.20
• Seven-headed witch defeated by throwing egg at each head. G275.4
• God finds the devil sitting under a tree which was made by his throwing his staff into the water. G303.1.2.1
• Man imitates cock crowing: devil is deceived. G303.16.19.4.1
• Ogre killed by throwing hot stones (metal) into his throat. G512.3.1
• Ogre deceived by throwing burning oil instead of spittle on him. G572.1
• Recognition by manner of throwing cakes of different weights into faces of old uncles. H35.5
• Sanctity of books tested by throwing them into fire. H221.1.3
• Sanctity of books tested by throwing them into water. H222.4
• Expressing love by throwing little stones. H316.5
• Suitor contest: throwing ball up to princess. H331.16
• Suitor contest: throwing iron ball. H331.16.1
• Chastity test: throwing certain number on dice. H413.5
• Task: growing oil seed on stony ground. H1049.2
• Task: planting and growing crop overnight. H1103.2.2
• Quest for thread from lotus stalks growing on Vishnu's navel. H1289.4.1
• Spine test. Attempt to kill hero by throwing him on sharp spine or spike. H1531
• Litter of puppies tested by throwing them one by one at hanging hide of wild beast, and keeping the one that grips hide. Puppy grows up to be great hunting dog. H1588.1
• Miscellaneous retorts concerning borrowing and lending. J1559
• Clothes thrown into the cooking food. A trickster when told that food cooking is clothes being boiled retaliates by throwing his dirty hose into the pot. J1561.1
• Money tested by throwing it into a stream to see if it will swim. Good coins are supposed to swim, counterfeit to sink. J1931
• Wise and foolish wish: keep doing all day what you begin. One begins pulling linen out of a box; other in anger begins throwing water on the pig and must do so all day. J2073.1
• Short-sightedness in rowing. J2164
• Rowing in a boat which is tied up. J2164.2
• Fool kills chickens by throwing them off a balcony against a stone. Kites carry them off. J2173.5
• Taking the seed out at night. Numskull plants seed in daytime and takes it out at night. "Man must guard his treasures" (or "Growing in the daytime is enough"). J2224
• Chanticleer believes that his crowing makes the sun rise. Disappointed when it rises without his aid. J2272.1
• The eye-juggler. A trickster sees a man throwing his eyes into the air and replacing them. He also receives this power but he must not use the power beyond a specified number of times. When he does so, he loses his eyes. He usually gets animal eyes as substitutes. J2423
• Numskull told to attract girl's attention by throwing pebble at her flings large stone which breaks her head. J2461.9
• The reckoning of the pot. A man counts the days of the fastmonth by throwing a pebble each day into a pot. His daughter throws a handful of pebbles in. Asked the day of the month, he says that it is the 125th. J2466.2
• Lions flee because of the crowing of white cock, elephants because of swine's grunting. J2614.3
• Rowing contest won by deception. The boat is already sawed through. K14
• Rowing contest won by deception: magic boat. K14.1
• Throwing contest won by deception. K18
• Throwing contest: trickster shouts. He is trying to warn the people beyond the sea with his cry. The ogre is intimidated. (Cf. K12.1.) K18.1
• Throwing contest: trickster addresses Angel Gabriel. Offers him the ogre's cane. The ogre is intimidated. K18.1.1
• Throwing contest: trickster addresses Angel Gabriel or St. Peter, warns him to get out of way of missile trickster is about to throw. K18.1.2
• Throwing contest: golden club on the cloud. Trickster shows the ogre the club he has thrown. (Really only a bright spot on the cloud.) (Cf. K1746.) K18.2
• Throwing contest: bird substituted for stone. The ogre throws a stone; the hero a bird which flies out of sight. K18.3
• Deceptive land purchase: bounds fixed by throwing object (axe, spear). Thrower has extraordinary strength. K185.6
• Buzzard steals coyote's eyes, while he is throwing them up in the air. K333.3
• Trickster receives huge sum on trifling credit by chain of borrowings. Pays small sum in advance for first sum borrowed. Pays this borrowed sum in advance for larger, etc. K455.10
• Escape by rowing boat stern foremost. K534.4
• Making modesty pay. Robber insists on disrobing woman before throwing her from precipice. She pleads to have him turn his face while she disrobes. She pushes him off. (Cf. K1645.) K551.4.3
• Throwing the thief over the fence. Thief, surprised at theft says: "Do your worst, only don't throw me over the fence." When thrown over, he escapes. K584
• Escape from captor by throwing objects to great distance which captor tries to procure. K622.2
• Escape by throwing money (treasure) so that guards fight over it. K626.1
• Escape by throwing captor's clothes on the fire. K634.1
• Fatal game: throwing from cliff. Spider throws its young; other animal imitates. K854
• Deceptive game: throwing away knives. (Not fatal.) K857