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

• Hermaphroditic creator. The creator is half man and half woman or is thought of as both male and female. A12
• Gods of darkness and light. Darkness thought of as evil, light as good. A107
• Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-god. A284.2
• Stars thought of as living beings. A761.6
• World catastrophe. The world is destroyed. The incidents are usually the same whether a final destruction is thought of or a destruction which may be overcome by a renewal of the earth. A1000
• Adam's body made of eight (four) things. Body, earth; bones, stones; veins, roots; blood, water; hair, grass; thoughts, wind; spirit, clouds, or warmth, fire; cold, air; dryness, earth; instability, water. A1260.1.3
• Origin of spider. [Note: In folk thought the spider is classed as an insect and not with the other arachnida.] (Cf. A1751.) A2091
• Origin of whale. [Note: In folk thought, a fish.] A2135
• Helpful spider. [Note: In folk thought, an insect.] B489.1
• Why certain animals are thought of as good or bad. B792
• Transformation through thoughtless wish of parent. D521.1
• Magic ring permits owner to learn person's secret thoughts. (Cf. D1076.) D1316.4
• Magic spectacles allow wearer to read others' thoughts. (Cf. D1299.5.) D1316.4.2
• Sleigh as swift as thought. (Cf. D1115.) D1521.3
• Carriage as swift as thought. (Cf. D1111.) D1521.4
• Magic results from power of thought. D1777
• Magic knowledge of another's thoughts. D1819.1
• Chief reads visitor's thoughts. D1819.1.1
• Years thought days. (Cf. F379.5.) Years spent in the other world or asleep seem as days because of magic forgetfulness. D2011
• Moments thought years. In a moment a person seems to experience events of many years. D2012
• Magic journey as swift as thought. (Cf. G242.) D2122.3
• Saint changes vicious king's heart to peaceful thoughts. D2163.5.2
• Death thought sleep. Resuscitated person thinks he has been sleeping. He exclaims, "How long I have been asleep!" E175
• Revenant with hat of birch. Note: in the motifs immediately following, it is frequently impossible to tell whether the spectral ghost (E421) or the living corpse (E422) is thought of. E422.4.1
• Oven door jumps into room; money thought to be under spot where it lands. E539.1
• Soul in form of spider. [Note: In folk thought, an insect.] E734.3
• Journey to upper world by keeping thoughts continually on heaven. F64
• Fairies read men's thoughts. F256
• Mortal visiting in fairyland must keep his thought on the fairies. F378.3
• Trolls. Sometimes underground spirits, sometimes also thought of as mountain-spirits. In many tales trolls are ogres. (Cf. G100, G400–G599.) F455
• Marvelous runner swift as thought. F681.3
• Contest between runner swift as thought and one swift as sight. Former wins. F681.3.1
• Words heard though only thought and not uttered. F1099.3
• Devil carries man through air as swift as wind (thought). G303.9.5.4
• Devils do not know or understand thoughts of men. G303.13.1
• Test: guessing person's thoughts. H524
• What is swiftest? Thought. H632.1
• Observation of dying people for a year takes man's thoughts from lust. J62
• Undutiful son rebuked by father. Father tells son not to drag him past the threshold, because he had dragged his own father only up to that point when he had thought of putting him out of his house. J121.2
• Fox tries to mask as dove, but loses all thoughts of murder. J512.10
• Forethought in conflict with others – general. J610
• Forethought in prevention of others's plans. J620
• Forethought in defences against others. J670
• Forethought in alliances. J680
• Forethought in alliances – miscellaneous. J689
• Forethought in provision for life (general). J700
• Forethought in provision for food. J710
• Forethought in provision for clothing. J730
• Forethought in provision for shelter. J740
• Consolation by thought of others worse placed. J880
• Thief persuaded detective can read thoughts: confesses. (Cf. N275.) J1141.1.9
• Cheater put out of countenance by raising alarm. Wine seller carries water into his cellar. Man raises alarm pretending that he thought the house must be afire. J1216
• Priest throws Chalice at owl. Says that he thought that the owl had stolen the Host. J1261.2.7
• Shoemaker speaks ill of lord's rule. Lord takes his tools away from him. Shoemaker begs for them saying that he cannot carry on his business without them. Ruler: "I thought ruling was your business so I took your tools to learn shoemaking." J1289.7
• The sound of shaving. An unskillful barber keeps cutting a man's face. A noise is heard. The man: "What is that?" Barber: "A smith shoeing horses." Man: "I thought it was someone being shaved." J1484
• Imagined penance for imagined sin. A penitent confesses that a plan to sin had entered his mind. Priest tells him that the thought is as good as the deed. Assesses four florins as penance. Penitent says that he had only had it in his mind to give the florins; he must take the thought for the deed. J1551.2
• Dungbeetle thought to be bee. "I know you well enough, you have put on a blue coat." J1751
• Wolf thought to be colt. In the man's absence eats the mare. J1752
• Bear thought to be dog. J1753
• Ass thought to be hare. J1754
• Earthworm thought to be snake (or other monster). J1755
• Other animals thought to be a giant cat. Hero in search of monster brings home a dog, zebra, etc. thinking it is the animal he seeks. J1756
• Rabbit thought to be a cow. Servant sent to bring in cows is found chasing rabbits. J1757
• Tiger thought to be dog. J1758.2
• Lion thought to be donkey: drunkard rides it. J1758.5
• Animal thought to be object. J1761
• Whale thought to be island. Sailors light a fire on his back. J1761.1
• Turtle thought to be an island. J1761.1.1
• White mare thought to be church. J1761.2
• Glowworm thought to be a fire. The bird who tries to keep the monkeys from this error is killed for her pains. J1761.3
• Fish thought to be chewed sugar-cane. Numskulls therefore throw away their fish. J1761.4
• Wolf thought to be log of wood. J1761.5
• Snake thought to be flute. Bites tiger who tries to play flute. J1761.6
• Living toad or beetles thought to be lost food and therefore eaten by numskulls. J1761.7
• Animal thought to be a person. J1762
• Goose mistaken for a tailor. In a ghost house he is thought to be a tailor who snips the devil with his scissors. J1762.1
• Bear on haywagon (on horse) thought to be the preacher. J1762.2
• Crab caught on tiger's tail thought to be pursuing man. J1762.3
• Deer thought to be man with basket on head. J1762.4
• Dressed up monkey thought to be a nobleman. J1762.6
• Person thought to be an object. J1763
• Small priest covered with large hat thought to be a hat. J1763.1
• Sleeping soldier thought to be recumbent statue in chapel. J1763.3
• Person thought to be animal. J1765
• Horsemen thought to be men mounted on cattle. J1766.1
• Giant thought to be a hill. J1769.1
• Dead man is thought to be alive. J1769.2
• Object thought to be animal. J1771
• Big tree thought to be snake. Killed with guns and spears. J1771.1
• Object thought to be a turkey. J1771.3
• Bush thought to be elephant. J1771.4
• Island thought to be large dog. J1771.5
• One object thought to be another. J1772
• Pumpkin thought to be an ass's egg. Numskull thinks he has hatched out an ass's egg. He thinks that the rabbit which runs out is the colt. J1772.1
• Coins thought to be red beans. J1772.3
• Coins thought to be uncooked cakes. J1772.3.1
• Culture hero's pubic hair thought to be bear hair. J1772.4
• Pubic hair of ardent husband's wife thought to be calf's tail by peasant in tree. J1772.4.1
• Fish bones in soup thought to be underdone peas. J1772.6
• Cotton pods knocked off by bullock thought to be lumps of bullock's fat. J1772.8