28 motifs match “scribe”  ·  back to the chapters

• Scribe of the gods. A165.6
• Deity ascertains destiny of newborn babe and inscribes it upon his forehead. A189.7
• Unworthy origin ascribed to hostile tribes. A1610.1
• Bird describes doomsday. B143.2
• Bones wrapped in sheepskin inscribed with holy name revive. E174
• Physician, by examining wound can tell whether it was inflicted by a man or a woman and describe him or her in detail. F956.4
• Inscribed name on article as token of ownership. (Cf. H94.10.) H86
• Saber with king's name inscribed on it. H86.1
• Ring with names inscribed on it. H86.3
• Deceased wife marriage test. Man will marry woman meeting certain specifications prescribed by his deceased wife. H363
• Paramour who insists on quarreling with mistress about escape caught by her husband. He finds the escape different from that which had been described to him. J581.2
• Parrot unable to tell husband details as to wife's infidelity. Wife has parrot describe a storm very realistically. Husband observes contrast in the two tales. (Cf. J1152.) J1154.1
• False witnesses cannot describe stolen jewel. J1154.3
• Own name inscribed on a stolen object as sign of property. [Inadvertant duplication of K448.] J1162.3
• Person describes approaching bands of warriors without recognizing them. Another (interlocutor) identifies them. J1661.3
• Objects ascribed human feelings. J1875
• Sickness ascribed to quarreling wines. A man has drunk so much of various wines that he is sick. He says to the wines, "Have peace among yourselves and don't quarrel or I'll throw you out the window." J1891.1
• Scribe cannot write a letter because he has bad leg. Must carry letter in person since no one else can read it. J2242.1
• Doctor prescribes sexual intimacy for widow's ills. She claims to prefer death. Change of heart on daughters' plea. Daughters adopt treatment as a preventive. K2052.4.1
• Sham doctor prescribes medicine for king's army; they fall ill; invading army, seeing multitudes being carried away in litters, flee, thinking there is a plague. K2368.3
• Prophecy inscribed on well. M302.6
• Dream of treasure on the bridge. A man dreams that if he goes to a distant city he will find treasure on a certain bridge. Finding no treasure, he tells his dream to a man who says that he too has dreamed of treasure at a certain place. He describes the place, which is the first man's home. When the latter returns home he finds the treasure. N531.1
• Scribe. P425
• Scribe who cannot read his own writing. P425.1
• Forgotten fiancée sends lover false diamond inscribed with Christ's last words: "Oh Lord why hast Thou forsaken me?" Lover returns. (Cf. D2003.) T56.3
• Misfortune ascribed to breaking Sabbath. V71.2
• Eyedrops prescribed for stomach ache so that patient can see what he eats. [Inadvertant duplication of J1603.] X372.3
• The death of the little hen described with unusual words. Each act of mourning described by a neologism: the table untables itself. (Cf. X1506.) Z32.2.1