88 motifs match “unusual”  ·  back to the chapters

• God unusual as to face. A123.2
• God's unusual mouth. A123.2.2
• God unusual as to eyes. A123.3
• God unusual as to arms. A123.5
• God unusual at to legs (feet). A123.6
• God unusual as to color. A123.7
• Gods with unusual transportation. A136
• God rides unusual animal. A136.1
• God rides unusual horse. A136.1.2
• God's (goddess's) wagon drawn by unusual animals. A136.2
• Unusual migration of birds as sign of Doomsday. A1002.2.4
• Mankind from unusual primeval mating. A1221
• Creation of animals from unusual primeval mating. A1770
• Animals with unusual limbs or members. B15
• Animal unusual as to his head. B15.1
• Animal unusual as to his horns. B15.3
• Animals with unusual eyes. (Cf. B15.7.2.) B15.4
• Animal unusual as to his nose (snout). B15.5
• Animals with unusual legs or feet. (Cf. B19.1.) B15.6
• Other animals with unusual limbs or members. (Cf. B20, B142, B92.) B15.7
• Animal unusual as to skin. B15.7.10
• Magic ox from unusual sexual union of animals. B184.2.2.1
• Unusual milking animal. B531.2
• Unusual animal as riding-horse. B557
• Unusual draft-animal. B558
• Unusual mating between animals. B670
• Unusual sexual union of animals. B754.0.1
• Unusual impregnation of animal. B754.6.1
• Unusual parturition of animal. B754.7
• Tabu: asking for reason of an unusual action. C411.1
• Tabu: unusual cruelty. C867
• Bathing hair in buffalo milk makes it unusually long. D1337.1.3.1
• Bad omen: seeing unusual sight on road home. D1812.5.1.22
• Fairies with unusually large ears. F232.3
• Water-maidens are of unusual beauty. F420.1.2.1
• Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.) F511
• Person unusual as to his face. F511.1
• Person unusual as to his ears. (Cf. F542.) F511.2
• Person unusual as to his eyes. (Cf. F531.1.1, F541.1.) F512
• Person unusual as to his mouth. (Cf. F544.) F513
• Person unusual as to his teeth. (Cf. F544.3, F531.1.6.2.) F513.1
• Person unusual as to his nose. (Cf. F531.1.6.6, F543). F514
• Person unusual as to his hands. (Cf. F552.) F515
• Person with unusual fingers. F515.1
• Person with unusual fingernails. F515.2
• Person unusual as to his arms. F516
• Person unusual as to his legs. F517
• Person unusual as to his feet. (Cf. F551.) F517.1
• Person with unusual covering. F521
• Person of unusual color. F527
• Giant with unusual heart. F531.1.6.10
• Feet with unusual number of toes. F551.2
• Hands with unusual fingers. F552.1
• Hands with unusual number of fingers. F552.1.1
• Unusual manner of life. F560
• People of unusual diet. F561
• People of unusual residence. F562
• Unusual manner of life – miscellaneous. F569
• Hero's unusual strength from drinking his own mother's milk. F611.2.0.1
• Sea of unusual substance. F711.2
• Sea of unusual color. F711.3
• Castle of unusual material. F771.1
• Witch rides on unusual animal. G241.1
• The devil performs deeds of unusual strength. G303.9.2
• Riddles based on unusual circumstances. H790
• Relationship riddles arising from unusual marriages of relatives. H795
• Task: unusual pasturing. H1199.12
• Unusual word misunderstood. Strange results. J1805.2
• Deceptive bargain based on an unusual name. K193
• The unusual names. Assuming unusual names, the servant deceives the girl, her mother, and her father. K1399.2
• Adulteress feigns unusual sensitiveness. K2051
• Murder revealed by unusual names of boys. The dying man leaves message to name his sons "O God" and "O king" (or the like). This arouses the king's curiosity and brings the murder to light. N271.2
• Unusual murder avenged in like manner. Q581.1
• Unusual success in love. T27
• Unusual marriage. T110
• Unusual conception in old age. T538
• Birth from unusual part of person's body. T541
• Abnormally born child has unusual powers. T550.2
• Unusual fuel used by saints: burning stone, snow and icicles, marble pillar, and green timber. V229.9
• Claim of property based on unusual lie. X905.3
• Lie: man rides unusual riding animal (lion, deer, etc.). (Cf. B557.) X1004.1
• Lie: hunter's unusual experiences. X1130
• Lie: unusual catch by fisherman. X1154
• Lie: other unusual methods of catching fish. X1156
• Lie: animal's food affects him in unusual way. (E.g. Pine tops: milk good for cough syrup.) X1203
• Lie: tree bears unusual fruit. X1472
• Mountain of unusual material. X1528
• The death of the little hen described with unusual words. Each act of mourning described by a neologism: the table untables itself. (Cf. X1506.) Z32.2.1