27 motifs match “thorns”  ·  back to the chapters

• Man in moon banished there for stealing bundle of thorns. A751.1.4
• Swallows lift Christ's crown of thorns from his brow: why their nests are not destroyed. (Cf. A2431.3.5.) A2221.2.4
• Crossbill, attempting to draw thorn from the crown of thorns, twists bill in the attempt. A2221.2.4.2
• Evil spirit in spite puts bark and thorns on tree. (Cf. A2751.1, A2752.) A2736
• Thorns on plants. (Cf. A2736). A2752
• Why bombax tree has thorns. A2752.1
• Transformation: man to thorns. D213.5
• Magic thorns make road through marsh. (Cf. D976.) D1601.27
• Trail magically covered with thorns. D2089.9.1
• Tongue with thorns. F544.2.4
• Thorns around nipples. F546.4
• Mountain of thorns. F759.6
• Gifts are obtained or fall from heaven: flowers (roses), crown of gold, blossoms or thorns, bells, gems, books, sword, etc. F962.0.1
• King: What is your father doing? Youth: He fences thorns with thorns. (Eggplant garden fenced with thorns.) H583.2.5
• 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
• Test: food with thorns. Hero given food in which thorns are hidden. H1515.3
• Man plants hedge: sheep will leave wool on the thorns and bring riches. J2060.2
• Thorns planted so that birds are killed when they light on field. K959.5
• Dupe injures self on fence of thorns surrounding food-plants. K1038
• Three women humiliate importunate lover. First has him hide on thorns, second has him fall into a hole, third has him fall asleep in the street. In revenge he shows them naked, except for face, to his friends. (Cf. K1213.1.) K1218.4.1
• Prophecy: death from thorns in rice. M341.2.16
• Loser of shooting wager to go naked into thorns for bird. N55.1
• Penance: creeping naked through thorns. Q522.3
• Cruel bird stepmother feeds young ones with thorns. S31.3
• Cruel stepmother feeds children with fish spines (thorns) to kill them. S31.4
• A "crown of thorns" among gifts given by the shepherds to Joseph, husband of Virgin Mary. V211.1.6
• Roses lose thorns when saint walks on them. V222.14