64 motifs match “sticks”  ·  back to the chapters

• Fiery sticks in hell. A671.2.4.8
• Trickster sticks spear in ground and leads water to sea, ending deluge. A1028.1
• Origin of Adam's apple. Forbidden fruit sticks in Adam's throat. A1319.1
• Origin of fire – rubbing sticks. A1414.1
• Transformation: quails to sticks and pebbles. D423.2
• Transformation: sticks of wood to animal. D441.7
• King of birds transforms his quails into sticks and pebbles so king and his hunters and hawks cannot kill them. D666.1
• Magic pair of sticks. D1254.1.1
• Food sticks in thief's throat and betrays him. (Cf. D1030.) D1318.7.1.2
• Stairs to which person sticks. (Cf. D1144.) D1413.4
• Bench to which person sticks. (Cf. D1151.1.) D1413.5
• Chair to which person sticks. (Cf. D1151.2.) D1413.6
• Basin to which one sticks. (Cf. D1171.12.) D1413.7
• Chamber-pot to which one sticks. (Cf. D1171.13.) D1413.8
• Anvil to which one sticks. (Cf. D1202.) D1413.10
• Magic cauldron (cup) to which one sticks. (Cf. D1171.2.) D1413.14
• Magic ball of string to which one sticks. (Cf. D1184.2.) D1413.18
• Magic plain to which one sticks. (Cf. D937.) D1413.19
• Magic food-providing sticks. (Cf. D1094.) D1472.1.31
• Dagger sticks to killer's hand. (Cf. D1083.1.) D1654.4.5
• Lost object found by throwing spade at ghost. Where spade sticks one will find the lost object. D1816.2.1
• Person magically sticks to floor (ground). D2171.1.3
• Pitcher magically sticks to ground. D2171.4.1
• Cauldron magically sticks to wall. D2171.4.2
• Hand of sinner sticks out of grave. E411.0.1
• Hunting woman beaten with sticks of rowan-tree and ankles of corpse tied with branches of same tree. E442.1
• Farmer is so bothered by brownie that he decides he must move to get rid of the annoyance. He piles all furniture on wagon and starts for new home, meets acquaintance who remarks: "I see you're flitting." Brownie sticks his head out of the churn on top of the load, answers: "Yes, we're flitting." Farmer goes back to former home. F482.3.1.1
• Power of Will-o'-the-Wisp over person neutralized if person sticks his knife into the ground. F491.3.2
• Captive sticks out bone instead of finger when cannibal tries to test his fatness. G82.1.1
• Invisible witch sticks victim with pins. G269.17
• Devil challenges boys to play a disc-game. Can be defeated only with rowan-sticks. (Cf. D950.9.) G303.9.9.9
• Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically. G311
• Test: which of twins is elder. Younger unthinkingly hands chopsticks to elder and thus betrays his junior rank. H255
• Magic cup as chastity test: sticks to hands of adulterer. H411.4.2
• Test of resourcefulness: to find relationships among three sticks: they are put in vessel of water; degree of sinking shows what part of tree each comes from. H506.10
• Boy says that travelers should catch the mares (walking sticks that are in the jungle). H586.8
• Task: producing seven pairs of chopsticks in seven plates. (A lacquered plate and pair of chopsticks – seven coats of lacquer.) H1199.16
• Quest for axe which sticks in beam outside a tower. H1338
• Camel and jackal exchange food: camel is led by his good friend to thorny fruit and thorn sticks in his throat. J512.11
• Forbidden to think. A husband forbids a wife to think. During his absence she roasts a chicken, eats it, and leaves two drumsticks on the table. The husband asks for the chicken. "Since you have forbidden me to think, I did not think of you." The ban is lifted. J1511.8
• The bigger fool. When told by servants their master is not at home, man says it is a fool that goes out in such midday heat. Whereupon master sticks his head out of the window, saying "Thou who art moving about at this time art the big fool: I have been seated all day in my house." J1552.1.1.1
• Numskull does not understand about baby's skull. Sticks needle through it. J1911.1
• Fool sticks needle in haywagon. He has been told to stick it in his sleeve. It is lost. J2129.4
• Numskull sticks his head in the branches of a tree. J2131.5.3
• Numskull sticks his head into the hole of a millstone. It rolls into the lake. J2131.5.4
• Fox trying to drown jug. Sticks his head into it and gets drowned himself. J2131.5.7
• Fox holds conversation with his members, attracts attention, and is caught. He scolds in turn his feet, eyes, ears, and tail. In his excitement he sticks out his tail from his hiding place. J2351.1
• Cutting at the plow. Literal fool told to cut at plow if it sticks on roots cuts at bullock's legs. J2465.8
• Making money. "Rupees make more rupees." Stupid peasant sticks his sole rupee in hole and loses it. J2489.12
• Deceptive bargain: as much gold in reward as sticks to poet's hair when poured over him: he smears it with tar. K199.1
• Blind beggar overheard telling that his money is kept in a stick. Thief exchanges sticks. K333.4
• Tails in ground. Thief steals animals and sticks severed tails into the ground, claiming that animals have escaped underground. K404.1
• Captive dodges when captor tries to cut off his hand; the hatchet sticks in a log and the captor is disarmed. K631.1
• Capture by tarbaby. An image covered with tar (or other adhesive substance) captures the intruder who addresses it and finally strikes it so that he sticks to it. K741
• Dupe allowed to guard "king's litter": sticks in mud. K1056
• Saint sticks crozier into sod and finds pound of gold. N534.3
• Lucky cast of ball made of human brains – ball sticks in head of enemy. N623.3
• Traitor thrown into pit so that he sticks to the waist and is then chased out of the country. (Cf. Q261.) Q417.2
• Corpse of murdered man sticks to murderer's back. (Cf. Q211.) Q551.2.4
• Punishment for stinginess: bundle of fuel (pitcher of lime) sticks to man's head. (Cf. Q276.) Q551.2.8
• Girl punished for jeering at saint. Is stricken dumb and distaff sticks to her hand. (Cf. Q227.) Q559.5
• Sexton puts needle in sacramental bread: parson sticks his hand. X411.2
• Parson rides ox into church. He wants to show how Christ rode into Jerusalem. Sexton sticks ox with needle. X414
• Gram (parched grain) sticks in post; parrot goes to raja, etc., for help. Final formula: at last creeper took pity on birds, and elephant feared creeper, and ocean feared elephant, and fire feared ocean, and stick feared fire, and snake feared stick, and carpenter feared snake; and carpenter split post which gave up the grain to the birds, who went away. Z41.6.1