305 motifs match “tail” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• God with tail. A123.11
• Woman created from dog's tail. Eve. A1224.3
• Men are monkeys who have lost their tails. A1224.5.1
• Why men lack tails. A1319.2
• Origin of games (fair) at Telltown (Tailtiu). A1535.3
• Buffaloes emerge from earth, the first man holding the tail of last one. A1714.3.1
• Snake preserved in ark: to stop hole with tail. A2145.2
• Birds cling to sky in flood: cause of tail colors. (Cf. A2412.2.) A2211.7
• Fox's tail pulled out long. (Cf. A2378.3.4.) A2213.4.2
• Fish struck by coconut: hence flat tail. A2213.5.2
• Swallow thrown on his tail: cause of split tail. (Cf. A2378.5.1.) A2214.1
• Stick (leaf) thrown at animal's rump: hence tails. (Cf. A2378.3.3.) A2215.1
• Hare runs away at creation; almost loses tail. When, as the most timid of all beasts, he runs away, God throws a tail at him from a pile of tails. (Cf. A2378.4.1.) A2215.2
• Fox struck with churn-dash: hence white tail. (Cf. A2378.8.1.) A2215.5
• Bear fishes through ice with tail: hence lacks tail. (Cf. A2378.2.4.) A2216.1
• Devil pulls off goats' tails: hence lack tails. (Cf. A2378.2.2.) A2216.2
• Bush-rat bites off tortoise's tail: hence tortoise's short tail. (Cf. A2378.4.4.) A2216.4
• Hawk's tail cut in two by sword as he is being transformed. Cause of his forked tail. (Cf. A2378.5.2.) A2216.5
• God as falcon has tail cut off: hence falcon's short tail. A2216.6
• Bird has red spot on its tail as reward for having moved woman's organ to its present position. A2229.6
• Frog fails to honor infant Jesus: loses tail. (Cf. A2221.1, A2378.2.3. A2231.4
• Magpie tells man he is to die next day: no tongue and long tail. God pulls out his tongue and makes his tail long for doing this forbidden thing. (Cf. A2344.2.6, A2378.3.1.) A2236.4
• 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
• Beaver borrows muskrat's tail and never gives it back. A2241.10
• Monkey borrows tail from deer and refuses to return it. A2241.11
• Toad trades his tail for mole's eyes. A2247.5
• Beaver and muskrat exchange tails. A2247.6
• Pegs driven into backs of baboons become tails. (Cf. A2378.9.2, A2378.1.1.) A2262.2
• Lizard's tail imitated from snake's. A2272.2
• Dog loses his patent right; seeks it: why dogs look at one another under the tail. (Cf. A2471.1.) A2275.5.5
• God changes color (tails) of devil's cows. Devil makes all animals of same color (or all tailless). When God makes them of different colors (or with tails) devil no longer recognizes them. (Cf. A2378.1.) A2286.2.4
• Why opossum has bare tail. A2317.12
• Why kangaroo-rat's tail is not bushy. A2317.12.1
• Why jackal has bare tail. A2317.12.2
• Why rat's tail is round and without any hair. (Cf. A2378.9.5.) A2317.12.3
• Origin and nature of animal's tail. A2378
• Why animals have tail. (Cf. A2286.2.4.) A2378.1
• Where baboon got tail. (Cf. A2262.2.) A2378.1.1
• Where rat got tail. (Cf. A2241.7.) A2378.1.2
• Where lizard got tail. From the snake. (Cf. A2247.) A2378.1.3
• Where mole got tail. Traded eyes for it. (Cf. A2247, A2332.6.5.) A2378.1.4
• Where squirrel got tail. (Cf. A2241.7, A2242.) A2378.1.5
• Where beaver got tail. (Cf. A2241.10.) A2378.1.6
• How dog got its tail. A2378.1.7
• How monkey got its tail. A2378.1.8
• How peacock got its tail. A2378.1.9
• Why animals lack tail. A2378.2
• Why quail has no tail. Tricks crab into pulling out tail instead of killing her. Says that gripping her neck would not hurt but that pulling tail will be fatal. A2378.2.1
• How goats lost tails. (Cf. A2216.2.) A2378.2.2
• How frogs lost tails. (Cf. A2231.4, A2236.3.) A2378.2.3
• How bear lost tail. (Cf. A2216.1.) A2378.2.4
• Why hydrax has no tail. (Cf. A2235.) A2378.2.5
• How frog lost tail. (Cf. A2242, lent to squirrel.) A2378.2.6
• How toad lost tail. A2378.2.7
• Why flies lack tail. A2378.2.8
• Why animal has long tail. A2378.3
• How magpie got long tail. (Cf. A2236.4.) A2378.3.1
• How muskrat got long, thin tail. A2378.3.2
• How wolf got long tail. (Cf. A2215.1; Cf. A2262.) A2378.3.3
• Why fox has long tail. (Cf. A2213.4.2.) A2378.3.4
• Why animal has short tail. A2378.4
• Why hare has short tail. (Cf. A2215.2, A2262.) A2378.4.1
• Why bear has short tail. (Cf. A2378.2.4.) A2378.4.2
• Why marmot has short tail. A2378.4.3
• Why tortoise has short tail. (Cf. A2216.4.) A2378.4.4
• Why jackal's tail is short. A2378.4.5
• Why monkey has short tail. A2378.4.6
• Why crow has short tail. A2378.4.7
• Why animal has forked tail. A2378.5
• Why swallow has forked tail. (Cf. A2214.1.) A2378.5.1
• Why hawk has forked tail. (Cf. A2216.5.) A2378.5.2
• Why animal has bushy tail. A2378.6
• Why fox has bushy tail. A2378.6.1
• Why animal has flat tail. A2378.7
• Why beaver has flat tail. (Cf. A2247.6, A2241.10, A2378.1.6.) A2378.7.1
• Why magpie's tail is like a chisel. A2378.7.2
• Origin of color of animal's tail. A2378.8
• Why end of fox's tail is white. (Cf. A2215.5.) A2378.8.1
• Why end of fox's tail is black. A2378.8.1.1
• Why tail of West African grey parrot is red. A2378.8.2
• Why tip of weasel's tail is black. A2378.8.3
• Why tip of ermine's tail is black. (Cf. A2218.) A2378.8.4
• Why minivet has red tail. A2378.8.5
• Why swallow has black feathers in tail and only two feathers. A2378.8.6
• Why bird has two beautiful feathers in his tail. A2378.8.7
• Nature of animal's tail – miscellaneous. A2378.9
• Why king-salmon is thick around root of tail. A2378.9.1
• Why salmon has tapering tail. A2378.9.1.1
• Why baboons have crooked tails. (Cf. A2262.2.) A2378.9.2
• Why hares have cotton tail. Deity rubs cotton on hare. A2378.9.3
• Why deer's tail tastes like liver. A2378.9.4
• Why rat's tail looks like a folded leaf. (Cf. A2317.12.3) A2378.9.5
• Why weasel is white with dark tip to tail. A2411.1.2.1
• Color of wag-tail. A2411.2.1.3
• Markings on tail-feathers of ruffed grouse. A2412.2.1
• Why beaver splashes his tail in water and dives when attacked. A2462.2
• Why dogs look at one another under tail. (Cf. A2275.5.5, A2232.8; also *Dh IV 129ff.) A2471.1
• Why wagtail moves tail up and down. A2479.1
• Tail of dragon. B11.2.8
• Dragon encircles city with its tail. B11.2.8.1