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

• Gods create the earth from their dead victim's blood and bones. A831.8
• Devastating fish carries off daily victim. B16.4
• Bloodhounds decapitate victim. B17.1.2.1
• Disenchantment by burying victim and sowing grain over him. D719.1
• Disenchantment by hiding skin (covering). When the enchanted person has temporarily removed the covering, it is stolen and the victim remains disenchanted until it is found. D721.2
• Disenchantment by blowing on victim. D778
• Disenchantment by blowing medicine on victim. D778.2
• Blood springs from murderer's finger when he touches victim. D1318.5.1
• Magic weapon pursues victim. (Cf. D1080.) D1438
• Magic arrow pursues victim. (Cf. D1092.) D1438.2
• Magic club flies through air after victim. (Cf. D1094.) D1438.3
• Body of victim abused. D2061.2.2.4
• Hair of victim burned, causing his death. D2061.2.2.4.1
• Murder by abuse of clothing of victim. D2061.2.2.5
• Murder by boiling gloves of victim. D2061.2.2.5.1
• Candle burned causes victim to waste away. D2061.2.2.6
• Needle, placed under hearth, burns and causes death of victim. D2061.2.2.8.1
• Resuscitation when snake licks bite he has inflicted upon his victim. E17.1
• Resuscitation by biting victim's bone. E29.1
• Resuscitation by rubbing victim's bones on ground. E29.2
• Vampire brought to life through endurance of punishment by her victim. E251.2.1
• Fairy calls her victim only once or twice. F363.5
• Water-spirits are cannibals: devour mortal victim, suck blood. F420.4.3
• Water-spirit returns kidnapped man in return for release of his long hair. Victim's father has wound the hair around his fingers. F420.5.2.2.1
• Victim kills swallower from within. F912
• Victim kills swallower from within by burning. F912.1
• Victim kills swallower from within by cutting. F912.2
• Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) F913
• Victim speaks from swallower's body. F915
• Victim pecks on swallower's stomach. (Cf. F912.3.) Bird eaten by king pecks on his stomach. King vomits and bird escapes. F915.1
• Treacherous river overflows and drowns victims. F932.8.4
• Murderer caused to eat victim's flesh unwittingly. Sickens and dies. G62
• Cannibal fattens victim. G82
• Witch kills with aid of witch-ball (hair rolled in beeswax). The ball is sometimes found in the mouth of dead victims. G262.4
• Invisible witch sticks victim with pins. G269.17
• Witches as ducks pinch victim. G269.19
• Breaking spell by destroying image of victim used by the witch in torturing the victim. G271.4.3
• Satan swallows victim. G303.20.7
• Lake monster has power to attract victims. G308.6
• Man-eating ogre fries his victims in kettle of oil. G312.4
• Pine bender. Kills victims by springing tree. G314
• Cliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliff. G321
• Pot-tilter. Ogre who tilts a pot so that victims are drawn into it. G331
• Sucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victims. G332
• Ogre sucks victim's finger and drinks all his blood. G332.1
• Ogre draws victims under water. G336
• Ogre in animal form lures victim into captivity. G403
• Ogre disguises voice to lure victim. G413
• Ogre traps victim. G421
• Ogre imprisons victim. G422
• Ogre imprisons victim in drum. G422.1
• Ogre carries victim in bag (basket). G441
• Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house. G691
• Widow(s) of ogre's victims seen at ogre's house. G691.2
• Maimed victims seen at ogre's house. G691.3
• Tasks assigned at suggestion contained in letter borne by the victim. H918
• Lion leaves sleeping hare to follow the shepherd. Loses both victims. J321.3
• Clever thief may keep booty. He has seen his victim in a disgraceful position and is allowed the booty as a price for his silence. J1211.2
• Numskull thinks fireflies are mosquitoes carrying lanterns to find victims. J1759.3
• Demand that murderer restore life to victim. J1955
• Devil cheated by having priest draw a sacred circle about the intended victim. K218.1
• Devil cheated of his victim by boy having a bible under his arm. K218.2
• Devil cheated when his victim becomes a priest. K218.3
• Devil cheated of his promised soul by making the intended victim drunk. The devil may punish the drunk man's body but has no power over his soul. K219.1
• Devil cheated of his promised soul when the victim sells his to a comrade. The latter says, "The devil can take only one soul from each person. I bought the soul so that when he comes I can give him one and still save my own." K219.2
• Sham dead man brought in sack by confederate. Is killed by his intended victim. K311.1.1
• Thief feigns illness to be taken in victim's house. (Cf. K341.2.2.1.) Ransacks it while "recovering." K325
• Prostitute claims to be intended victim's daughter. Robs him. K347.1
• Death evaded by persuading executioner that another victim was ordered. (E.g., boy has been ordered to kill hare. Hare persuades the boy that the father said, "Kill the rooster for the hare.") K511.1
• Eyes, ears, fingers of corpse substituted for those demanded of victim. K512.2.0.3
• Executioner makes substitution when victim escapes. K512.2.2.1
• Compassionate executioner: feigns to torture victim. K512.3
• Escape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victim. K525
• Substituted object left in bed while intended victim escapes. K525.1
• Escape by substituting another person in place of the intended victim. K527
• Poisoned food (drink) fed to animal instead of to intended victim. Animal perishes. K527.1
• Escape by substituting brother for intended victim, namely self. K527.2
• Ferocious animal (ogre) misunderstands victim's remark: flees in fright. K547.5
• Witch frightened by seeing victim cleave boulder with one blow of sword. K547.13
• Respite from death until victim has blown on a horn (three times). Rescuers come. K551.3
• Respite from death while victim dances. K551.3.6
• Respite from death until muddy victim may dry self in sun. K551.12
• Respite from death until victim can fall asleep. K551.27
• "Let me catch you better game." Captured animal pretends to help captor bring more desirable victim. Escapes. K553.1
• Animal captor persuaded to talk and release victim from his mouth. Usually cock and fox, fox and wolf, or mouse and cat. K561.1
• Escape by asserting that captor will have ill luck after killing victim. K573
• Cannibal sent for water with vessel full of holes: victim escapes. K605
• Cannibal sent for water which magically recedes from him: victim escapes. K605.1
• Escape by playing magic music. Captor is compelled to dance while victims escape. K606.1.1
• Tiger enticed away to gather berries: victims escape. K629.2.1
• Cutting rope to kill ogre who is climbing the rope to reach his victim. K678
• Victim enticed into voluntary captivity or helplessness. K710
• Victim tricked into prison and kept there. K714.1
• Victim tricked into entering box. K714.2
• Victim tricked into jumping in a box by making him think he is going to heaven. (Cf. K842.) K714.2.1
• Victim tricked into entering basket. K714.4
• Victim lured into following deer sent by demon to cave. Dies of suffocation. K714.7
• Victim trapped. K730
• Capture in trap bed: victim dropped into dungeon. K735.4
• Snapping door. Traps victims. K736