37 motifs match “squirrel”  ·  back to the chapters

• Chattering squirrel in the earth-tree. A878.3.3
• Origin of flea: from squirrel. (Cf. A1710.) A2032.3
• Squirrel's markings and immunity from falling as reward by deity. A2221.8
• Squirrel borrows coney's tail. When coney's tail is not returned, he goes in shame to live among rocks. (Cf. A2378.1.5, A2433.3.5.) A2241.7
• Squirrel steals dog's needle: enmity between them. (Cf. A2494.4.1.) A2281.2
• Flying-squirrel's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301.5
• Squirrel's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302.3
• Where squirrel got tail. (Cf. A2241.7, A2242.) A2378.1.5
• How frog lost tail. (Cf. A2242, lent to squirrel.) A2378.2.6
• Color of squirrel. (Cf. A2218.) A2411.1.4.1
• Stripes of squirrel. A2413.3
• Cry of squirrel. A2426.1.2
• Squirrel's call: asks whether viper (who ate up his children) is his friend. A2426.1.2.1
• Why squirrel lives in tree. A2433.3.9
• Why squirrel stays hidden in jungle. A2433.3.9.1
• Food of squirrel. A2435.3.13
• Why squirrel barks when attacked. A2462.1
• Friendship between squirrel and quail. A2493.6
• Friendship between leopard-cat and squirrel. A2493.7
• Enmity between dog and squirrel. (Cf. A2281.2.) A2494.4.1
• Enmity between marten and squirrel. A2494.12.6
• Wedding of squirrel. B281.8
• Squirrel released: grateful and helpful. B375.4
• Helpful squirrel. B437.3
• Squirrel points out road. B563.3
• Marriage to squirrel in human form. B651.10
• Transformation: squirrel to person. D315.4
• Transformation: squirrel to another animal. D411.1
• Transformation: squirrel to horse. D411.1.1
• Revenant as squirrel. E423.2.12
• Devil in form of squirrel. G303.3.3.2.6
• Task: picking all nuts from tall tree. (Performed by grateful squirrel.) H1121
• Task: capturing squirrel and rattlesnake. H1154.6
• Squirrel tries to dip out lake with his tail: difficulty of reforming the world. J133.5
• The contagious yawns. A husband planning to punish his wife, who has yawned in church at the same time as a man, sees his error when his wife in the woods calls out, "The squirrels hop from bough to bough as the yawns from mouth to mouth." J1448
• One woman to catch squirrel; the other to get the cooking pot. One falls from the tree and kills herself; the other breaks the pot. J2661.3
• Climbing match won by deception: squirrel as "child". The ogre agrees to contest against the man's young one, i.e., a squirrel. (Cf. K11.6, K12.2.) K15.1