40 motifs match “trail”  ·  back to the chapters

• Why Santals eat entrails of hare. A1422.1.1
• Hero kills hostile hound (monster) by tearing (forcing) out its entrails (heart). B17.1.2.2.1
• Treasure produced by goat's entrails. B119.2
• Magic entrails of animal. D1015.3
• Magic entrails of bird. D1015.3.1
• Magic entrails of goat. D1015.3.2
• Entrails of live pigeon placed above house door fetch lover to the spot. D1355.3.4
• Faster one walks, longer the trail. The slower, the shorter. D1783.3
• Trail magically closed. D2089.9
• Trail magically covered with thorns. D2089.9.1
• Wild huntsmen with entrails stringing from open bodies. E501.7.5
• Life (soul) in entrails. E714.11
• Dwarf can draw entrails out of elephant. F451.3.4.11
• Man whose entrails are visible when he laughs. F594
• Giant magic boar slain by tearing out entrails from behind. F981.8
• Witch eats person's entrails (heart). G262.2
• Recognition by tokens left as trail. H88
• Thief guards his pursuer's horse while the latter follows a false trail. Steals the horse. K346.1
• Trail of stolen goods made to lead to dupe. The crane in revenge for the loss of her young ones strews pieces of fish from the dwelling of the mongoose to that of the snake. The mongoose follows the trail and kills the snake. K401.1.1
• Entrails substituted for meat. Prometheus divides slain ox so that bones and entrails seem to be choicest part. (Zeus is not deceived.) K476.1
• Hero walks backward to leave misleading trail. K534.3
• Tortoise leads elephant down wrong trail into trap. K730.4
• Eating his own entrails. The fox persuades the wolf to do so. K1025
• Hero frightens dog into giving up eating men by pretending to eat own entrails. K1721.1
• Lucky cast of ball: boy throws ball into mouth of hostile hound. Ball carries out entrails. N623.2
• Princess catches raja's golden bird; he trails it to her palace. N713.1
• Punishment: twisting entrails from body. Q469.7
• Man fettered with the entrails of his own sons as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Q469.7.1
• Man miraculously made to excrete his entrails for heresy. (Cf. Q225.1, Q469.7.) Q559.11
• Stolen wife makes trail of speaking spittle for husband. Spittle speaks and directs him. R135.0.1
• Trail of grain (Cf.ds). (Cf. R267.) R135.0.2
• Trail of rice husks. R135.0.2.1
• Trail of jewels. R135.0.3
• Trail of shreds of dress. R135.0.4
• Trail of thread. R135.0.5
• Trail of ashes. R135.0.6
• Trail of flowers. R135.0.7
• Crumb (grain) trail eaten by birds. Lost persons cannot find way back. R135.1
• Feathers left to mark trail blown away by wind. R135.1.1
• Fugitives trailed by mustard seeds (ashes) dropped from bag. (Cf. R135.) R267