46 motifs match “unique”  ·  back to the chapters

• Unique prohibition. A person is forbidden to do one particular thing; everything else he is free to do. C600
• Unique prohibition announced by mysterious voice. C601
• Unique prohibition – miscellaneous. C640
• Customs connected with unique compulsion. C650.1
• Ogre has unique powers of exchange of sex with human being. D10.1
• Disenchantment possible under unique conditions. Only one combination of time place and person will serve. D791
• Recognition by describing unique bed. H16.4
• Recognition by unique ability. H31
• Recognition by unique ability to dislodge sword. Sword is stuck in a stone or tree. H31.1
• Recognition by unique ability to bend bow. H31.2
• Recognition by unique ability to swing spear. H31.3
• Recognition by unique ability to cut (carve) tree, etc. H31.5
• Recognition by unique ability to break iron apple with first stone cast. H31.6
• Recognition by unique ability to perform magic act. H31.7
• Recognition by unique ability to shoot, swim, and drink. H31.8
• Recognition by unique ability to handle easily a heavy stone. H31.9
• Recognition by unique ability to play chess. H31.10
• Recognition by unique ability to read inscription. H31.11
• Recognition by unique manner of performing an act. H35
• Recognition by unique manner of playing lute. H35.1
• Recognition by unique manner of playing harp. H35.1.1
• Recognition by unique manner of playing flute. H35.1.2
• Recognition by unique cookery. Only one person could have prepared the food in this way. H35.2
• Recognition by unique needle-work. H35.3
• Recognition by unique manner of carving chips. These sent down stream for recognition. (Cf. H135.) H35.4
• King recognized by unique ability to occupy certain seat (Siege perilous). H41.9
• Unique scent of their rice betrays abandoned children. H49.1
• Task: engraving shield with unique pattern. H1199.4
• Quests for the unique. H1300
• Quests for the unique – miscellaneous. H1319
• Abbot gives king unique concert. Separates hogs into tenors, bassos, etc. So arranges them that when he pricks them they render a tune. J1675.5
• Unique weapon got by misrepresenting to guardian use to which it is to be put. K362.0.1
• Modest choice proves good (simple unique privilege). Girl offered reward of five villages chooses rather to be only one on certain night to be allowed to have light in her house and to keep all animals who enter as hers. All kinds of livestock come. L212.4
• Hound strikes unique vulnerable spot. N335.5
• Secret of unique vulnerability disclosed. N476
• Secret unique means of killing ogre overheard from children. N476.3
• Sisters throw unique jewel into lake; killed and thrown after it. Q582.1
• Unique exceptions. Z300
• Unique vulnerability. Z310
• Unique deadly weapon. Only one thing will kill a certain man. Z312
• Unique source of weakness. Z312.3
• Unique bait for fish. Z312.4
• Other unique exceptions. Z350
• Unique survivor. Only one person left from destruction of his community. Z356
• Z56.1 Unique survivor from detruction of animals Z356.1
• Unique exceptions from curse. Z357