43 motifs match “stops”  ·  back to the chapters

• Horse stops where murder has occurred. B151.1.1.0.2
• Building site determined by halting of animal. Where the animal stops the building is erected. B155.1
• Location of settlement at place a cow stops and where milk flows by itself. B155.2.2
• Helpful animal stops leak in Noah's Ark. B527.2
• Magic objects as decoy for pursuer. Date palms are dropped which are transformed into animals which the pursuer stops to pick up. D672.1
• Exchange of common cow for gold-dropping cow made by daughter when her father stops at her home for the night. D871.1.1
• Magic fly-whisk stops sword-thrusts. (Cf. D1287.) D1381.13
• Magic song stops spears. (Cf. D1275.) D1381.27
• Magic oath stops killer and sends invading army back. D1400.1.11.1
• Spear stuck in river bed stops water. (Cf. D1084.) D1549.3.8
• Inexhaustible pitcher stops pouring only at owner's command. (Cf. D1171.4, D1652.) D1651.4
• Illusive fire stops men. D2031.11
• Epidemic stops at river (sea) at saint's command. (Cf. D1735.1.) D2162.2
• Letter read by holy man stops emperor from devastating country. D2163.5.2.1
• Blood stops boiling. E761.1.5.1
• Blood stops flowing from wound when captives escape. E761.1.13
• Object dies or stops when owner dies. E766
• Clock stops at moment of owner's death. E766.1
• Giant's leg stops ship at sea. F531.3.1.2
• Water stops flowing when no longer needed. F930.5
• Person puts man's breeches over cow's head; the cow stops in front of witch's house. G257.5
• Satan stops men from praying. G303.9.4.5.3
• Man before whom riderless car stops chosen king. H171.4
• Apple thrown in race with bride. Distracts girl's attention and as she stops to pick it up, suitor passes her. (Atalanta.) H331.5.1.1
• Dervish who stops work. Sees bird feed its young and decides that God takes care of everyone without work. He is shown his mistake. J702.1
• Do not leave it to your successor. A widow stops a ruler on his way to war. He may be killed and he should not leave the act of justice as a credit to his successor. J1284
• One ear saved for other litigant. Judge stops up one ear while first litigant presents his case. He is saving one ear for the second litigant. J1289.8
• Man runs from actual or from supposed ghost. The ghost runs beside him. The man stops to rest; the ghost stops, says, "That was a good run we had!" The man says, "Yes, and as soon as I get my breath, I'm going to run some more." J1495.1
• Clever laughter and response of wife stops husband from fondling maid. J1545.7
• Fool stops hole with money. J1851.3.1
• Creaking wagon dies. When the wagon stops its creaking, fool decides it has died; he cremates it. J1872.0.1
• The overfed hen. A woman wants her hen to lay many eggs. Overfeeds her and she stops laying altogether. J1901.1
• Thief stops to admire beautiful things before stealing them. Caught. J2136.5.1
• Woman dares husband to try his sword on pile of clothing which hides her paramour. Stops him just in time. Later the paramour entices her to come to him. Exposes her naked, except for face, to his friends. K1213.1
• Scorning stops when it turns out that the scorned has saved the king by fighting alone against four. L154
• Delay in bringing pardon allows deserved execution. Messenger, ignorant of contents of message, stops to view culprit's execution. N394
• Usurer stops lending money. He does so, not because it is wrong, but because he is losing money. P435.2
• Obstacle flight – Atalanta type. Objects are thrown back which the pursuer stops to pick up while the fugitive escapes. R231
• Proclamation of dogma of Immaculate Conception stops plague. V312.1
• Old woman reaches town before vain fop who stops to adjust clothes. W116.1
• The crying child. He stops crying so that after a rest he can cry louder than ever. W182
• Doctor cures palpitation of heart: patient stops breathing. X372.1
• Man escapes from bear by running for a long time, from summer to winter. Bear chases man in July; he finally crosses a river on the ice. The bear falls in or stops following (in December). X1133.2