42 motifs match “soldiers”  ·  back to the chapters

• Origin of custom of paying soldiers. A1596.1
• Animal soldiers. B268
• Swine march like soldiers. B290.1
• Tabu: touching soldiers of enchanted (sleeping) army and their horses. C549.2
• Transformation: grass to soldiers. D431.5.1
• Three soldiers in the enchanted manor. Curiosity overcoming them they forfeit the power of disenchanting the princesses. Seven seven-year-old boys break the spell and save the princess. D759.10
• Magic mirror kills enemy soldiers. (Cf. D1163.) D1400.1.13
• Magic sack contains soldiers which appear when it is struck. (Cf. D1193.) D1421.5.3
• Magic object furnishes soldiers. D1475
• Magic hair produces soldiers. (Cf. D991.) D1475.5
• Soldiers of magic army constantly revived. E155.1.2
• Soldiers in wild hunt. E501.2.6
• The Sleeping Army. Soldiers killed in battle come forth on occasions from their resting place (hill, grave, grotto) and march about or send their leader to do so. E502
• Soldiers of fairy king are trees by day and men by night. F252.3.1
• Fairy gives warrior equipment for soldiers. F343.10
• Huldra live like people. Have own churches, king, soldiers, etc. F460.2.6
• Giant maidens grind gold, peace, soldiers, salt, etc., on large stone mill. F531.5.10.2
• Little soldiers with officer on rabbit (long needles and knives for weapons). F535.2.8
• Troops of black, white, and red soldiers. One-third of an army of each. F873.1
• Fury enables wounded soldiers to continue fighting. Die at end of battle. F1041.16.6.7
• Soldiers fight so closely river is forced from bed. F1084.3
• Inflicters rather than receivers of wounds chosen. Men with many wounds recommended as soldiers. King had rather have those who gave the wounds. J481
• Why captain takes lame and one-eyed soldiers into army. The lame cannot flee from the enemy; the one-eyed soldiers will not see enough to make them afraid. J1494
• St. Peter not guiltless. Soldiers are admitted neither to hell nor to heaven. They remind Peter of his denial of Christ. He admits them. J1616
• Armies like seeds and peppercorns. One king sends large sack of seed to the other to represent the number of his soldiers. The second replies with a small bag of peppercorns: "My army is small compared to yours but has all the power of the peppercorn compared to your lifeless seed." J1625
• Trojan wooden horse. Permits capture of the city by concealing soldiers. K754.1
• With help of captor's daughter, prisoners slay many of his soldiers at a banquet. (Cf. K781.) K811.1.1
• Death feigned to learn how soldiers are resuscitated. K1863
• Two soldiers slay each other thinking they are slaying a common enemy. K1883.3
• Sham-warrior intimidates soldiers with his boasting. K1951.3
• Warrior buries oversized armor so as to convince posterity of soldiers' gigantic size. K1969.2
• Women throw ashes in eyes of attacking soldiers, so that they are defeated. K2356
• Woman saves herself from soldiers by receiving them joyfully rather than fearfully. K2361
• Enemy soldiers persuaded by show of great wealth and generosity of king to desert to his side. K2365.3
• Sounds of battle in playhouse scare away attacking soldiers. K2368.2.1
• Military strategy: city won by turning river from its course through city. Enemy soldiers march through empty bed into city. K2369.6
• Wounded soldiers healed by bath in pool of milk through power of druid. P427.5.1
• Soldiers chained (tied) together to prevent flight from battle. P551.2
• Maiden abducted by soldiers. R10.1.1
• Horn of Roncevalles. Hero calls aid of waiting soldiers on horn. R187
• Girl prays to Virgin to spare her virginity. Two soldiers quarrel over possessing her. Captain slays her, thus "saving" her. T321.4
• Stingy king will not hire soldiers: defeated. W152.6