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

• Devil works during God's sleep at creation. A63.1
• Sleepless god. A102.8
• Goddess sleeps on bed of snakes. A155.6
• God rescues sleeping man from attack. A185.2.1
• God of sleep. A472
• Goddess of sleep. A472.1
• Culture hero asleep in mountain. A571
• When wind-spirit is awake it storms; asleep, it is calm. A1128.2
• Purchase of night. Originally no night. Culture hero goes to distant land and buys it. He introduces sleep, etc. Cock to crow for day. (Cf. B755, J2272.1.) A1174.3
• Origin of sleep. A1399.2.1
• Why children are not left alone in the house to sleep. A1579.1
• Gull a transformed ravished maiden. While he is sleeping, the maiden the hero has stolen is ravished by another man. The hero thereupon turns her into a gull. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.2
• Mosquitoes created by goddess to make sleeping outside impossible to men. A2034.1.1
• Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.) A2233.3
• Hare sleeps with open eyes as defense. A2461.1
• Why bat sleeps by day. (Cf. A2236.3.) A2491.1.1
• Sleepless dragon. B11.4.3
• The Bird Gam. Throws sand in a stream and makes a lake. Appears at turn of century. Also carries men. Leaps into the sea and sleeps. B31.2
• Siren's song causes sleep. B53.4
• Mermaid's singing causes sleep. Girl tumbles from boat and drowns. B81.11
• Magic bird's song brings sleep. B172.2.1
• Magic birds cause hosts to sleep by shaking wings. B172.9
• Faithful horse pushes sleep thorn out of its master's head, so that he awakes. B511.3
• Faithful dog kills would-be murderer of sleeping master. B524.7
• Goose brings master sleeping princess. B582.1.1.1
• Snake attaches itself to a woman's breast and draws away her milk while she sleeps. B765.4.1
• Snake crawls from sleeper's mouth. B765.5
• Cat sucks sleeping child's breath. B766.2
• Sheep sleeps if anyone ties shoe to its ear. B782
• Tabu: sleeping in saint's bed. C93.1
• Tabu: failure to sleep with guest unaccompanied by husband. C119.2
• Tabu: touching soldiers of enchanted (sleeping) army and their horses. C549.2
• Curse laid upon man by stories he fails to tell: they creep out of his belly when he is asleep and talk. C672.1
• Injunction: sleep where night overtakes you. Otherwise misfortune will come. C683
• Tabu: sleeping. C735
• Tabu: sleeping during certain time. C735.1
• Tabu: sleeping in certain position during certain time. C735.1.0.1
• Tabu: bearded man sleeping at sunrise. C735.1.1
• Tabu: sleeping before task is finished. C735.1.2
• Tabu: sleeping in certain place. C735.2
• Tabu: sleeping in other world. C735.2.1
• Tabu: sleeping before lapse of seven days in cloudland. C735.2.1.1
• Tabu: sleeping in empty hut. C735.2.2
• Tabu: king (hero) sleeping after sunrise at capital. C735.2.3
• Tabu: sleeping in house lighted after sunset. C735.2.4
• Tabu: sleeping in cemetery. C735.2.5
• Tabu: sleeping on the path of ghosts. C735.2.6
• Tabu: sleeping on feather bed. C735.2.7
• Tabu: sleeping two nights in the same place until certain result is attained. C735.2.8
• Tabu: sleeping at one's own home. C735.2.10
• Tabu: sleeping with certain wife on Midsummer's Eve. C751.2
• Tabu: answering call when asleep. C811.3
• Tabu: sleeping on bed made of totem-tree. C848
• Sleeplessness from breaking tabu. C995
• Transformation to likeness of another by sleeping with arms about him under the same mantle. D592
• Transformation to snakes at night in order to sleep. (Cf. D621.1.1.) Done by otherworld people. D659.1
• Transformation during sleep. D696
• Failure to disenchant by not watching sleeping princess long enough. D759.9
• 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
• Divine beings assume their own shape in sleep. D796
• Magic grass produces love when girl sleeps on it. (Cf. D965.12) Icelandic: Boberg. D1355.21
• Object causes magic sleep. D1364
• Ring wakes from magic sleep. (Cf. D1076.) D1364.0.1
• Fountain causes magic sleep. (Cf. D925.) D1364.1
• Sleep-thorn. Thorn causes magic sleep. (Cf. D958.) D1364.2
• Flowers cause magic sleep. (Cf. D975.) D1364.3
• Fruit causes magic sleep. (Cf. D980.) D1364.4
• Apple causes magic sleep. (Cf. D981.1.) D1364.4.1
• Figs cause magic sleep. (Cf. D981.5.) D1364.4.2
• Saint's breath causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1005.) D1364.5
• Feather causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1021.) D1364.6
• Sleeping potion: drink causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1040, D1242.2, D1364.12.) D1364.7
• Liquor blessed by saint causes magic sleep. D1364.7.1
• Enchanted stockings cause magic sleep. (Cf. D1062.) D1364.8
• Comb causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1072.1.) D1364.9
• Dagger causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1083.1.) D1364.10
• Pillow causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1154.5.) D1364.11
• Contents of bottle cause magic sleep. (Cf. D1040, D1171.8, D1242.) D1364.12
• Cloth causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1051.) D1364.13
• Needle causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1181.) D1364.14
• Pin causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1182.) D1364.15
• Hairpin causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1072.2.) D1364.16
• Spindle causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1186.) D1364.17
• Wand causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1254.1.) D1364.18
• Cigar causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1261.) D1364.19
• Magic runes cause sleep. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1364.20
• Magic card causes sleep. (Cf. D1267.) D1364.21
• Sleep-charm. Charm causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1273.) D1364.22
• Song causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1275, D1364.24.) D1364.23
• Music causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1364.24
• Musical instrument causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1210.) D1364.25
• Musical branch causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1615.2.) D1364.25.0.1
• Flute causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1223.1.) D1364.25.1
• Drum causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1211.) D1364.25.2
• Pipe (musical) causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1224.) D1364.25.3
• Silver rods cause magic sleep. (Cf. D1254.2.) D1364.26
• Sword causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1081.) D1364.27
• Smoke from magic purse makes man sleep. (Cf. D1192.) D1364.28
• Touch of glove and ring causes sleep. D1364.29