61 motifs match “standing”  ·  back to the chapters

• Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
• Goddess standing on her head supports earth. A842.1
• Sun, moon, and stars bring forth first parents. Sun and moon beget son; morning and evening star beget daughter; these, the first parents, are at first without understanding, but it is awakened later by demigods. A1271.1
• Confusion of tongues partly due to lack of understanding of difference between the word for "stick" and the word for "stone." A1333.1
• Stone deity (image of) confers upon man powers of understanding animal language. B217.7
• The courtship of the stork and the crane. Go a-courting one another across the marshes but never come to an understanding, as each time either one or the other changes his mind. (Cf. T91.) B282.23
• Helpful animal killed through misunderstanding. B331
• Faithful falcon killed through misunderstanding. Tries to warn the king against drinking water poisoned by snake. B331.1
• Faithful horse killed through misunderstanding. Tries to warn king against drinking water poisoned by snake. B331.1.1
• Charm chanted standing on one foot with one eye shut, etc. D1273.0.4
• Number of screams from stone indicates number of kings to descend from man standing upon it. D1311.16.1
• Magic sight by standing on certain stone. D1821.5
• Magic sight by standing alone for three days. D1821.10
• Standing stone surrounded by withe as challenge at entrance of otherworld. (Cf. F149.1.) F150.3.2
• Fairies made visible by standing on another's foot. F235.5.1
• Spirit made visible by standing on another's foot. F412.2
• Water-spirits leave trace of water when standing or walking. F420.1.7.3
• Witch power acquired by standing on manure pile, swinging red lantern, looking over shoulder. G224.6
• Suitor test: standing naked in river through a winter night. H328.4
• Understanding poem as test. H509.4.3
• Task assigned from misunderstanding. H946
• Task assigned from misunderstanding: search for prince named Sabr ("wait"). H946.1
• Task: standing neither inside nor outside of gate. (Forefeet of horse inside, hind feet outside.) H1052
• Task: standing between summer and winter. (Stands between wagon and sleigh.) H1058
• Understanding of universality of death from watching animals prey on one another. J52.1
• Men shamed for their cowardice by woman standing naked before them. (Usually connected with Jus Primae Noctis [T161]). J87
• Peasant leaves honey tree standing. Sparrows and crickets ask peasant to leave tree standing. He refuses, but when he finds honey in the tree he consents. J241.2
• Woman in finery in church thinks people are standing up to see her when they rise at gospel reading. J953.8
• Trespasser's defense: standing on his own land. Man has earth from his own land in his shoes. J1161.3
• Praying before the King of Kings. Man while praying refuses to salute superior. While standing before the King of Kings he could not show respect to inferiors. J1269.7
• The lion and the statue. A man points out the statue to show the supremacy of man. The lion: "If it had been a lion sculptor, the lion would have been standing over the man." J1454
• The old man nods "Yes". A monk at an old man's deathbed asks if he hasn't promised this and that to the church. The old man from weakness rather than understanding nods "Yes". The son standing by asks, "Shall I throw this fellow down stairs?" The old man nods "Yes". J1521.2
• A box connection. Man refused hospitality tells rich man he is a relative. Asked for the "connection," he tells him there is a box connection. Rich man not understanding, man explains his cart is made of box wood and is tied to a rich man's box tree. Rich man, ashamed, entertains him with all due respect. J1561.6
• Standing up for the friendless. Preacher in backwoods asks congregation members who are friends of Jesus to rise. No one rises. "What, are there no friends of Jesus in this house?" A cowboy rises to his feet: "Stranger, I don't know who this man Jesus is. I never heard of him before, but I'll stand up for any man who hasn't got any more friends than he has." J1738.5
• Other misunderstandings of words. J1805
• Inappropriate action from misunderstanding. J1820
• Misunderstanding of church customs or ceremonies causes inappropriate action. J1823
• Misunderstandings concerning images of Christ. J1823.1
• Other misunderstandings of the communion. J1824.1
• Jumping into the river after their comrade. Through misunderstanding one of the men jumps into the river. He calls out; the others think that he wants them to follow, and all jump in and are drowned. J1832
• Useless surgical operation from misunderstanding. J1842
• Inappropriate action from misunderstanding – miscellaneous. J1849
• Getting rid of the cat. In a land in which cats are not known, one is bought at a great price. It eats many mice. By misunderstanding, they think the cat is a monster. In order to get rid of it they set the house on fire. J2101
• Misunderstandings because of lack of knowledge of a different language than one's own. J2496.2
• To pay beggar for standing in tank all night. Beggar sees lights in temple. Payment refused since beggar has thus warmed himself. K231.14
• The goose without a leg. Accused of eating the goose's leg, the thief maintains that it had no leg, and cleverly enforces his point by showing geese standing on one leg. (Usually the master confounds the rascal by frightening the geese so that they use both legs) K402.1
• Death cheated by moving bed. The man who has chosen Death as his godfather has his bed turned around when he sees Death standing at the foot of his bed. He thus escapes death. K557
• Man asks to be beheaded standing in tank of water. He ducks and executioners kill each other. K558.2
• Lover left standing in snow while his mistress is with another. He later tricks her into standing a whole day in July in a tower naked exposed to the sun and flies. K1212
• Seduction by giving aphrodisiac. Woman tricked into standing naked in stream; medicine put into water. K1395
• Criminal confesses because of misunderstanding of a dialect. N275.2
• Understanding of animal languages leads to discovery of a treasure. N547
• Sitting (standing) in uncomfortable position as penance. Q541
• Standing in (Jordan and Tigris) rivers as penance (by Adam and Eve). (Cf. A1331.) Q541.1.1
• Penance: standing in water for forty days. Q541.2
• Penance: Gregory on the stone. Standing on a stone (pillar) as penance for incest. (Cf. Q242, T415.) Q541.3
• Hero buried in armor, standing with face toward land of enemies. (Cf. V67.) V61.3.0.1
• Person buried in standing position with friends about him. V61.3.0.2
• Mother calls to daughter to tell her that she (daughter) is standing on a live coal. The daughter asks which foot the coal is under. W111.1.1.5
• Deaf husband orders deaf wife to prepare a certain dish: misunderstanding. X112
• Misunderstanding and quarrels in family of deaf. X113