92 motifs match “vine”  ·  back to the chapters

• Divine child cast out at birth. A112.10
• Footstool before divine throne. A152.6
• God of the vine. A433.3
• Divine twins make selves a bow and arrow. A527.1.1
• Semi-divine hero granted free access to men's wives. A591
• Sun and moon as divine bodies of gods. A718.2
• Sun and moon as divine hero's wedding presents. A759.2
• Earth from body of divine suicide. A831.7
• Earth created from snow under divine throne. A835.1
• Waters created by divine twins. A910.5
• Origin of monsoon: from chewed skin and spit of pair of divine friends eating guavas. A1129.2
• Mankind from mating of tree and vine. A1221.4
• Man made of clay with bones of stone, with blood of water and with vines for veins. A1260.1.5
• Tribal customs established by diviner. (Man who sees future.) A1501
• Origin of diviners. A1654.2
• Cat of divine origin; is really praying when he purrs. A1811.3
• Plants created by direct divine agency. A2634
• Why vine-leaves are hand-shaped. A2761.2
• The four characteristics of wine. Devil helps Noah plant vineyard and kills various animals over it. These illustrate the four qualities of wine. peacock: brilliant colors; ape: jokes; lion: boldness; hog: drunkenness. A2851
• Beasts that destroy vineyards and steal fruit. B16.0.1
• Mermaid sings divinely in church (before enticing man away). B81.13.6
• Newly-born divine twins cared for by mother-of-tigers. B241.2.8.1
• Tabu: giving garment back to supernatural (divine) wife. C31.10
• Tabu: unseemly acts while carrying divine image. C56
• Transformation: man to bovine animal (wild). D114.1
• Transformation: man to vine. D213.4
• Transformation: bovine animal (wild) to person. D314.1
• Transformation: bovine animal to person. (Cf. D658.4.) D333
• Divine beings assume their own shape in sleep. D796
• Magic object pointed out by divine voice. D849.7
• Magic vineyard. D962
• Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.). (Cf. M301.) D1712
• Man receives divine "possession" (becomes a diviner). D1720.2
• Divine inspiration for writing sacred books. D1811.2.1
• Druid divines whereabouts of missing person. (Cf. D1711.4.) D1816.5
• Magic heaviness. D2035
• Magic transportation to highest summit by divine power. D2135.4
• Vineyard in full fruit and blooming palm found in winter on the night of Christ's Nativity. (Cf. V211.1.) D2145.2.2.1
• Man who has died and returned to life becomes diviner. E564
• Life token: wine turns to vinegar. E761.6.5
• Divine animal visits earth. F35
• Divine cow descends to earth. F35.1
• Divine elephant comes down from heaven to feed and disport himself. F35.2
• Vine as sky-rope. F51.1.2
• Divine swans are on an inaccessible island in middle of seven seas. F134.4
• Divine damsel converts mortal's first wife into a lovely woman; they all live together. F302.5.2.1
• Changeling thrown into ravine and thus banished. F321.1.4.2
• Dwarfs live in ravines. F451.4.2.2
• Dwarfs regard Day of St. John the Divine. F451.5.9.4
• Man can see celestial nymphs dancing in divine world. F642.5
• Extraordinary vine. (Cf. F813.2.) F815.7
• Extraordinary vine bears 926 varieties of fruit. F815.7.1
• Gigantic vine. F815.7.2
• Vines smile when a leaf is cut from them. F815.7.3
• Girdle made of a climbing-vine. F829.2
• Ogre defeated with divine help. G537
• Thief detected by psalter and key. Closed Bible with key inside at magic text loosely held by diviner and client. Name of suspected thief on end of key. As verse is spoken, if name is that of thief, book and key will turn around. H251.3.2
• Tests for hero, husband of supernatural (divine) wife. H310.1
• King: What is your father doing? Youth: He is in the vineyard and is doing good and bad. (He prunes vines and sometimes cuts good and sometimes lets bad ones stay.) H583.2
• Father's counsel: find treasure within a foot of the ground. (Sons dig everywhere and thus loosen soil of vineyard, which becomes fruitful.) H588.7
• Task: setting out vineyard in one night. H1103
• Test of divine favor. H1577
• Hidden stag discovered when he begins to eat grapevine too soon after hunters have passed. J582.2
• Ass who carried divine image thinks people bow before him. J953.4
• Ambitious branch chosen king of trees. Vine and fig tree have refused. J956
• Presumptuous smith chants the Divine Comedy. Dante throws his tools in the street. Blacksmith: "You ruin my work!" Dante: "You ruin mine!" J981
• Dante beats a mule driver who chants the Divine Comedy. J981.1
• Minister threatens divine punishment to thief in congregation. The thief confesses. J1141.14
• Trickster chooses his gift. To be rewarded by ruler with a coin, an ass, a sheep, or a vineyard. Answers that he will take the coin, mount the ass, drive the sheep into the vineyard, and there pray for the ruler. J1282
• Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the Jew. J1661.1.1
• Monkey jumps over a ravine with his sword girded on. Falls to his death. J2133.2
• Numskull going to heaven holding on tail of divine elephant, looses his hold to make gesture. He and all holding on to him fall. J2133.5.2
• Miser jumps into a ravine to retrieve single grain. Breaks both legs. J2146.1
• God blamed for letting pumpkin vines produce larger fruit than nut trees. J2215.6
• "Thank Fortune it wasn't a melon." Man contends that melons should not grow on slender vines but on tall trees. He is hit on the nose by a falling nut. Is thankful it wasn't a melon. J2571
• Deceptive contest in drinking whisky. The man drinks water, the devil is given vinegar. K82.3
• Hero feigns death and is copulated with by divine maidens. K1325.0.1
• Tearing up the orchard (vineyard). Rascal has been told to cut wood. K1416
• Divine promise not to destroy sinful city if righteous live there. M294
• Dream brings treasure: trade vineyards with neighbor. A treasure is found in the new vineyard. N531.2
• Hero's divine father as helper. N810.3
• Choice of kings by divine will. P11.1
• Princess kisses ugly poet while he sleeps. Kisses not the ugly face but the divine mouth. Q88.2
• Punishment for deceiving (divine) emperor. Q236
• Divine favor withdrawn as punishment. Q553
• Man and wife escape from land of dead upon a vine. (Cf. E481.) R219.2
• Divine hand catches scorned lover as he plunges from minaret top to die. T75.6
• Conception from divine impregnation. T518
• Divine nurse. T605
• Divine person points out site for church. V111.3.2
• Saints have divine visitors. V227
• Lie: large pumpkin vine. X1411.3