34 motifs match “shine”  ·  back to the chapters

• God (deity) girdled with snakes; on his forehead shines the moon. A123.10
• Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
• Sun and moon kept in pots when they do not shine. A721.0.1
• Moon made from shining fragments. A cap is opened and shining things fall out. Children pick them up and put them into a box. At the end of the month the box is full. The full moon shines when all the fragments are gathered together. A742
• Sun and moon do not shine during deluge. A1010.1
• Regulation of sunshine. A1172.1
• Why sun shines on Saturday (Friday). A1177
• Tabu: letting sun shine on girl before she is thirty years old. C756.2
• Magic white, red and yellow stone causes hail, sunshine or fire, according to which side is scratched. (Cf. D931.) D1540.2
• Magic castle shines from afar. (Cf. D1131, F771.) D1645.3
• Well shines at night. (Cf. D926.) D1645.9
• Corpse buried under stone so that sun will not shine on him again. E431.10
• Well shines at night. F718.5
• Sword shines as fire or as the sun. F833.4.1
• Sun shines but two hours the day of hero's funeral. F960.2.6.1
• Sun, moon, and stars do not shine seven days, mourning Adam's death. F961.0.3.1
• Sun refuses to shine when murder is done. F961.1.1
• Two suns shine in sky. F961.1.3.1
• Three suns shine in sky. F961.1.3.2
• Sun shines during night. F961.1.5
• Sun shines for twelve days and nights after death of holy person. F961.1.5.1
• Sun does not shine on island of druidry. F961.1.6
• Star shines in day. F961.2.3
• 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
• Troll bursts when sun shines on him. Or he may become stone. G304.2.5
• Apple as chastity index: shines as long as woman is chaste. (Cf. D981.1.) H434.1
• Father's counsel: walk not in sunshine from your house to your shop. (Attend to business, rising early and retiring late.) H588.1
• Task: making sun and moon shine in the north. H1023.16
• Glowworm thinks he shines like stars. J953.12
• Animals each think moon shines for his benefit. J953.15
• Contest in seeing sunrise first: sun on the trees. The fox places himself on a hill facing the east; the hog in a lower place facing the high trees to the west. The sun shines on the top of the trees, and the hog wins. (Sometimes told with human actors.) K52.1
• Trickster feigns ability to influence the sun; sells services. Sun to shine on fools' backs as they go to town in morning and return in afternoon. K154
• Bird wants sunshine, worm clouds. U148.1
• Star shines through day of Nativity. (Cf. F961.2.) V211.1.2