34 motifs match “spinning”  ·  back to the chapters

• Goddess of weaving and spinning. A451.3.1
• Origin of spinning. A1453.1
• Arachne transformed to spider: vies with goddess in spinning. A2091.1
• Spider vies with Virgin Mary in spinning: cursed. A2231.5
• Tabu: spinning on holy days. C631.2
• Tabu: spinning. Saintyves Contes de Perrault 79ff. C832
• Spinning wheel continues spinning because woman has worked at forbidden time. C916.4
• Magic spinning rod pulls horse out of the earth. (Cf. D1254.2.) D1399.1
• Automatic gold-spinning doll. D1620.0.1.1
• Son made to appear to pursuers as spinning wheel, buck, and hog. D2031.6.2
• Magic spinning. Usually performed by a supernatural helper. D2183
• Phantom spinning-wheel makes noise. E534
• Sight of dead woman spinning drives people insane. E561.1
• Spinning fairies lured away from the house by fire alarm. F381.8
• Dwarfs help human beings with spinning. F451.5.1.19
• Golden spinning-wheel. F876
• Three witches (hags) deformed from much spinning. G201.1
• Witches punish lazy spinning women. G282
• Bride test: key in flax reveals laziness. Suitor hides key in flax on spinning wheel. Finds it there next day. H382.1
• Bride test: spinning – girl cannot use spinning-wheel. H383.2.1
• Tasks assigned because of mother's foolish boasting. The mother foolishly boasts to the king that the daughter can perform an impossible task (often spinning). H914
• Task: spinning gold. H1021.8
• Task: spinning wool still on goat's back. H1024.8
• Task: spinning impossible amount in one night. (Cf. H1022.2.) H1092
• Task: spinning and weaving large amount by specified time. H1092.0.1
• Helpful animal performs spinning task. (Cf. B571.) H1092.1
• Quest for golden spinning equipment. H1359.2
• Test of sex of girl masking as man: spinning wheel brought. Men take no notice; women interested. H1578.1.2
• Sight of deformed witches causes man to release wife from spinning duty. They tell him that their deformity has come from too much spinning. J51
• Spinning wheel is sent home by itself. The man asks his wife if it has arrived before him, finds that it has not. "I thought not. I came a shorter way." J1881.1.5
• England must be full of widows. So concludes widow's daughter, who makes her living by spinning, when she sees so much warm goods from England. J2214.11
• Husband made to believe that yarn has changed to tow through his carelessness. Thus his lazy wife is relieved from spinning. J2325
• Hercules spins for his beloved. Is forced to dress as woman and discharge womanly duties including spinning. K1214
• True bride sits spinning at the bottom of river. K1911.2.2.2