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

• God takes form successively of ants, scorpion, and cobra. A132.0.1.1
• Chariot from heaven takes couple to live with sages in the Great Bear. A761.2
• Star-husband. Star takes mortal maiden as wife. A762.1
• Why the sea is salt: magic salt mill. Stolen by sea-captain, who takes it aboard and orders it to grind. It will stop only for its master; ship sinks and mill keeps grinding salt. A1115.2
• Cat from transformed eagle. Eagle mistakes stick of wood for fish and gets feet caught. Wind blows off feathers and makes hair. (Cf. A1710.) A1811.1
• Creation of white horse. Man takes skin of horse and substitutes a white bedspread. A1881.1
• Youth takes service with merman. B82.3
• Mouse makes boat of bread-crust. Takes animals and birds into boat. It capsizes. B295.1
• Animal takes revenge on man. B299.1
• Eagle takes revenge on man. B299.1.1
• Eagle saves man from falling wall. The grateful eagle swoops down and takes the man's hat, and thus gets him away from the wall that is about to fall. B521.2.1
• Snake takes tail in mouth and rolls like wheel. B765.1
• Man commends wife to devil. Devil takes the charge seriously and guards woman's chastity during husband's absence. C12.4
• Man curses and devil fulfills his wish: takes the stone away. C12.5.2
• Man swears he will chastise devil for poaching. The devil appears; the man runs; the devil takes man's wife. C12.5.6
• Man vows he will cross water "in spite of devil." Devil takes him. Origin of place name: En Spuyten Duyvil. C12.5.8
• The offended skull (statue) (Festin de Pierre). A skull (statue) is invited to dinner. Attends the dinner and takes his host off to the other world. C13
• Child threatened with ogre. Latter takes child off. C25.1
• Compulsion: taking back talisman which opened treasure mountain. Hero takes treasure and forgets the talisman. C652
• Injunction: sleep where night overtakes you. Otherwise misfortune will come. C683
• Tabu: killing animal which takes refuge with one. C841.0.3
• Transformation: man of low caste takes on prince's appearance, and transforms prince to take on his. D22.2
• Spirit takes shape of man. D42.2
• Mortal temporarily takes shape of demon. D47.1
• Spirit takes any form. D49.2
• Fire takes the form of a woman and runs away. D439.6
• Meat takes on taste of any dainty desired. D476.3.1
• Devil takes man waiting for water to turn to wine at midnight on Old Christmas Eve. D477.1.1
• Churchyard mould produces love. Girl takes three handfuls and passes it over churn. (Cf. D1278.1.) D1355.6
• Magic fluid takes away magic powers. Fluid is to be sprinkled with a willow branch. (Cf. D1242.) D1410.3
• Person sees phantom funeral procession some time before the actual procession takes place. D1825.7.1
• Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by detaining lovers through magic. Heroine takes up residence near home of her forgetful husband. She is apparently going to permit a lover to sleep with her when she detains him by having him try to place some magic birds on their roost. They continue to fall down throughout the night. (Or the lover is left magically sticking to a calf's tail or other object.) The thwarted lover tells of his experience, and in this way the attention of the husband is gained. D2006.1.1
• King in the bath; years of experience in a moment. This illusion takes place when the king puts his head under water. D2012.1
• Nightly resuscitation of man with external soul. When enemy takes off necklace containing the soul he revives, but dies again when it is put on. E155.3
• The Dead Rider (Lenore). Dead lover returns and takes sweetheart with him on horseback. She is sometimes saved at the grave by the crowing of the cock, though the experience is usually fatal. E215
• Dinner with the dead. Dead man is invited to dinner. Takes his host to other world. E238
• Ghost prevents removal of box from abbey. The box takes on miraculous weight. E299.2
• Hanged man warns youth against visiting sweetheart. Takes youth's place and receives shot meant for him. E366.2
• Ghost takes things from people. E593
• Ghost takes bones from grave. E593.4
• Soul takes voyage. E721.10
• Wraith takes place of person unable to do duty at the necessary time. E723.3
• Supernatural husband takes mortal wife with him to heaven. F2.1
• Journey to land without sky: takes whole life. Premature aging. F126
• Hero takes a mare to ride to land of no return: mare has just foaled and brings him back in her anxiety over her foal. F129.5.1
• Man marries fairy and takes her to his home. F302.2
• Fairy takes lover back to fairyland in magic sleep. F302.3.4.4
• Hero fights with fairy person, takes his wife and keeps her (for a year). F302.4.3
• Fairy takes revenge for being slighted. F361.1
• Fairy takes revenge for not being invited to feast. F361.1.1
• Fairy takes revenge for not being offered food (drink). F361.1.2
• Fairy takes revenge for mortal's failure to bring food and drink to fairy son's wedding. F361.1.2.1
• Fairy takes revenge for theft. F361.2
• Fairy takes revenge for slaying of his relatives. F361.8
• Demon takes on form of God to deceive faithful. F402.1.4.1
• Cat, dog, and mouse ward off evil spirit. Man takes these animals along with him as protection. F405.5
• Water-spirit demands food from those it takes across stream. F420.5.3.6
• Dwarf takes back gifts he gave. F451.5.2.12
• Spirit takes food from table or cupboard. F473.6.3
• Man mistakes giant's glove for house. F531.5.2
• Queen takes husband's place in battle. F565.1.3
• Club takes 4,000 men to carry it. F835.2.2
• Image takes thousand men to carry it. F855.4
• Mountebank undertakes to bring the city's incurables back to health. Effects marvelous cures. F958
• Departing house. Hero in departing takes his house with him. F1063
• Corn takes root in man's hair. F1099.4
• Father takes his daughter to cannibal to be eaten. G75
• Ogress takes travelers out of cave and devours them one by one. G94.1
• Witch takes out man's liver. G262.5
• The devil takes service with a farmer in return for the bread he stole. Punishes the evil landowner and makes his master prosperous. G303.9.3.1.1
• Devil combs Mme. Anna's hair while he takes her away. G303.9.5.5
• Devil takes violinist when he needs a good fiddler in hell. G303.9.5.8
• Devil takes an unbaptized child out of the cradle and lays a wooden log in its place. G303.9.9.4
• Devil takes place of girl man is embracing in private place. The man goes mad. G303.9.9.16
• Girl married to a devil. Despairing of ever finding herself a husband, the old maid exclaims: "I would marry even the devil, were he to marry me." The devil takes her at her word. G303.12.5.1
• Devil takes form of girl's lover and takes advantage of her. She meets lover on way home, learns what has happened, dies. G303.12.5.7
• The devil takes the hindmost. (Cf. F1038.2.) G303.19
• Devil takes place of woman who went to spend night with a priest. G303.25.11
• Ogress at a spot along the road takes toll of lives. G321.2
• Youth takes service with ogre. G452
• Prophecy for newborn princesses: the one who takes gold in the mouth will be married to a prince; the one who takes hawkweed, to a peasant. H41.6
• Youth shoots raven and takes feather to raven's sister as token. H78.1
• Hero takes token from sleeping princess. H81.1.1
• Test of innocence: apple and gold offered. Innocent person takes apple. H256
• Found mortar taken to king reveals peasant girl's wisdom. Peasant finds mortar in his field and against his daughter's advice takes it to the king, who demands the pestle as well. Peasant laments that he has not followed daughter's advice. King summons her. H561.1.2
• Heads placed on stakes for failure in performance of task. Unsuccessful youths are beheaded and heads exposed. Hero sees them when he sets out to accomplish his task. H901.1
• Quest for the hazelnuts of ay, ay, ay. (Brings hazelnuts with thorns so that the king cries "Ay, ay, ay" when he takes them.) H1377.3
• Sultan takes disguise of beggar to test friends. H1558.7.1
• Observation of dying people for a year takes man's thoughts from lust. J62
• Angel and hermit. Angel takes hermit with him and does many seemingly unjust things. Later shows why each of these was just. J225.0.1
• Angel takes cup from old man. Done lest he love the cup too much. J225.3
• In dividing property clever younger brother takes hind part of buffalo, upper part of tree, and use of curtain during night. J242.8
• Crab takes hold of heron's neck and fearing attack cuts neck and kills him. J631
• King takes measures against assassination. J634
• 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
• The lion's share. Ass divides booty equally between himself, fox, and lion. Lion eats ass. Fox then divides: gives lion meat and he takes bones. J811.1
• Man compelled to live on peas takes comfort when he sees a man once rich eating the hulls. J883.1
• One cock takes glory of another's valor. Victor in cock fight crows over his victory. He is taken off by eagle. A second cock then comes out from hiding and struts about among the hens. J972
• Miller, his son, and the ass: trying to please everyone. Miller blamed when he follows his son on foot; when he takes the son's place on the ass; when he takes the son behind him; and when he puts the son in front of him. J1041.2
• Disguised real wife orders motley wear for her husband when he goes to fetch new bride-to-be: prospective father-in-law takes him for a fool and real wife reveals herself to husband. J1112.1.1