62 motifs match “touching”  ·  back to the chapters

• Tabu: touching possessions of god. C51
• Tabu: touching stone image of deity with unwashed hands. C51.7
• Tabu: touching. C500
• Tabu: touching tree (plant). C510
• Tabu: touching leaves (of tree). C511
• Tabu: touching (plucking) flowers. C515
• Tabu: touching tree (plant) – miscellaneous. C519
• Tabu: touching ground. (Cf. C516.) C520
• Tabu: touching sacred mountain. C526
• Tabu: touching – miscellaneous. C530
• Tabu: touching with iron. C531
• Tabu: touching water. C532
• Tabu: touching box. C533
• Tabu: touching magic box. (Cf. D1174.) C533.1
• Tabu: touching certain animals. C537
• Tabu: touching camel after he has retired from work. C537.1
• Tabu: touching hairless dog. C537.2
• Tabu: touching horse or moving dead cat or dog. C537.3
• Tabu: touching bones of murdered person. C541.3
• Tabu: touching treasures of other world. C542
• Tabu: touching fire in other world. C542.2
• Tabu: touching certain clothes. C545
• Tabu: touching old clothes. (Abandoned clothes should be thrown away.) C545.1
• Tabu: touching clothes of certain person. C545.2
• Tabu: touching dress. C545.3
• Tabu: touching – miscellaneous. C549
• Tabu: touching a horse or moving a dead cat or dog. C549.1.1
• Tabu: touching soldiers of enchanted (sleeping) army and their horses. C549.2
• Tabu: touching food of another caste. C551.1
• Tabu: altar smoke from sacrifice touching young chief. C564.5
• Tabu: touching head of chief. C564.7
• Tabu: touching fruit. C621.2
• Tabu: touching apple. C621.2.1
• Tabu: touching banana. C621.2.2
• Transformation by touching. D565
• Transformation by touching ground on return from fairyland. D565.0.1
• Transformation by touching with rod. D565.2
• Transformation by touching water. D565.6
• Transformation by touching with flower. D565.8
• Bag of stones becomes auks on touching ground. D565.9
• Disenchantment by touching water. D766.1.2
• Disenchantment by touching earth. D782.2
• Magic wishing-ring loses power by touching water. D877.1
• Touching magic boat with exposed child in it cures leprosy. (Cf. D1121.) D1502.4.3
• Magic powers from touching. (Cf. D565, D1032.2f., D1273.0.3., D1810.3, D1833., D1854.) D1799.4
• Magic knowledge from touching "knowledge tooth" with thumb. (Cf. D1009.2, D1811.1.1.) D1810.3
• Magic strength by touching earth. D1833
• Magic cure by touching. D2161.4.16
• Resuscitation by touching body during conjuration. E11.3
• Tree of Life. (Cf. D950.) Resuscitation by touching its branches. E90
• Tabu: touching ground on return from fairyland. F378.1
• Tabu: bathing or touching water in lake in fairyland. F378.2
• Giant reaches to the sky. Must lean over to keep from touching. F531.2.1.5
• Strength of witches depends on their touching earth. G221.2
• Task: drinking beer without touching pot. H1046.3
• "Do not sit on a bed without touching it first": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.34.2
• The oath on the iron. The trickster takes an oath by touching iron (a trap). The dupe imitates but hits the iron so hard that he gets caught. K1115
• Oath by touching sacred thread. M114.6
• Touching head as sign of acceptance of bargain. P675
• Touching of privates considered a marriage pact. T135.2
• Young man sleeps on girl's mat without touching her to signify his desire. T356
• Conception from touching another's garment. T532.5.1