26 motifs match “solomon”  ·  back to the chapters

• Dolphins seek King Solomon's ring. He loses his magic ring in the sea. They are sent by God to get it. This is why they go up and down in the sea. (Cf. A2444.2.) A2275.5.4
• Solomon's power to hold kingdom dependent on ring; drops it in water. D1335.5.2
• Solomon as master of magicians. D1711.1.1
• Magic knowledge (wisdom) of Solomon. (Cf. L212.2.) D1810.0.10
• Solomon's golden throne. Thirty-three steps high. Golden animals on all sides and on steps. F785.1
• Wind serves Solomon as horse and carries him everywhere. F963.1
• Queen of Sheba propounds riddles to Solomon. H540.2.1
• Riddles sent to Solomon by King Hiram. (Cf. H548.) H540.3.1
• Solomon and Marcolf. Witty questions and answers between youth and servant. H561.3
• King Solomon as master riddle-solver. (Cf. H540.2.1, H540.4.) H561.3.1
• Test of memory: Solomon asks Marchus question, receives answer; fourteen months later he asks second question based on first, again receives correct answer; four months later asks third question based on first two, again receives correct answer. H1595.1
• Three thousand parables of Solomon. J80.1
• Solomon proves to his mother the inferiority of woman's wisdom. J80.1.1
• Solomon pays heed to angel's warning. Rules wisely. J158.1
• "Forty-nine gates of wisdom" open to Moses (and Solomon). J182.1
• Solomon as wise man. J191.1
• Solomon, permitted by God to make any request, asks wisdom. Granted wisdom and wealth. J231.1
• Solomon refuses water of immortality for himself when he cannot have it for his possessions also. J369.1
• Solomon able to detect truth without evidence of witnesses. J1140.1
• The Irish Solomon (Cormac mac Airt). Famed for his clever decisions. J1170.2
• Solomon's judgment: the divided child. Two women claim a child. Judge offers to cut it in two. Real mother refuses. J1171.1
• Solomon's judgment: the divided bride. Three suitors dispute over a woman. When it is proposed to divide her, true lover is discovered. J1171.2
• Damages for the field devastated by a flock. David says pay money damages. Solomon says let laborers have flock till milk and wool have paid the damages. J1179.1
• Solomon as cuckold. K1501.1
• Solomon, offered any gift from God, chooses wisdom. Granted wisdom and wealth. L212.2
• "Solomon Grundy, born on Monday .... buried on Sunday." Z24.1.3