62 motifs match “warns”  ·  back to the chapters

• Mermaid warns of bad weather. B81.7
• Bird warns to hurry. B131.8
• Horse warns hero of danger. B133.1
• Dog warns of coming. B134.3.1
• Golden cock warns against attack. B143.1.5
• Captured goose warns tortoise: released in gratitude. B143.1.6
• Lion spares fly: fly grateful. Later warns lion. B371.2
• Fly warns saint against devil hidden in a cup with liquor. B483.1.0.1
• Animal warns of fatal danger. B521
• Animal warns against poison. B521.1
• Animal warns man against drinking. B521.1.2
• Animal warns against accident. B521.2
• Dog warns of pursuit. B521.3.4
• Owl warns other birds from limed net. B521.3.5
• Son warns animal mother. B631.0.1
• Magic object warns of danger. D1317
• Magic gall-bladder warns of danger. (Cf. D1015.2.) D1317.2
• Magic swallow-skin warns of danger. (Cf. D1025.4.) D1317.3
• Magic bracelet warns of poison. (Cf. D1074, D1317.0.1.) D1317.4
• Truth-telling voice in wall warns against poisoned food. D1317.4.1
• Magic ring warns of poison. (Cf. D1076, D1317.4, D1317.0.1.) D1317.5.1
• Bedstead warns of danger of snake. (Cf. D1154.1.) D1317.11
• Golden cock on tent warns against danger. D1317.15
• Magic spear warns of danger. (Cf. D1084.) D1317.16
• Cloak warns. (Cf. D1053.) D1317.19
• Tree warns of danger. D1317.20
• Magic object warns of death. D1322
• Dream warns of illness or injury. The dream is fulfilled. D1810.8.3.1.1
• Dream warns of danger which will happen in near future. Because of advance knowledge, the danger is averted. D1810.8.3.2
• Dream warns emperor of wife's unfaithfulness. D1813.1.1
• Dream warns king of error in judgment. D1813.1.2
• Dream warns king of danger to kingdom. D1813.1.3
• Noise warns of approaching death. D1827.1.3
• Ghost warns the living. E363.3
• Hanged man warns youth against visiting sweetheart. Takes youth's place and receives shot meant for him. E366.2
• Fairy grateful for rides on man's back, warns him his cow is choking. F339.1
• Sun warns man of approaching assassin. F961.1.4
• Moon warns sleeping man of approaching assassin. F961.3.3
• Man leaving home warns wife not to wash face in puddle in dunghill. She does. He cannot understand why; she cannot explain. H473.4
• Cock's second mate lets her stepchildren starve: woman warns husband accordingly. J134.1
• Bird warns mistress against committing adultery: gets neck wrung. J551.1.1
• Hector warns Trojans against attacking the stronger Greeks. Warning disregarded. Disastrous defeat. J652.4.1
• Eagle warns shepherds that wolf is eating sheep. Crow rebukes eagle for thus imperiling his own food supply. J715.1
• Death's three messengers. Warns man by loss of appetite, loss of desire for drink, and sickness. Man does not recognize the messengers. J1051
• B warns A not to tie his horse near B's. Horses fight and A's is killed. In court B plays dumb. A says B could talk the day before, and repeats conversation. Judge blames A for not taking advice. J1141.1.12
• Strenuous cure for madness. Doctor throws patients into a pit of water. Servant warns queer-looking hunter to flee before master throws him into the pit. (Cf. K2137.) J1434
• The considerate seller. A numskull having an over-short turban for sale at auction warns the prospective buyer that it is too short. J2088
• Thief warned what not to steal. The numskull tells the thief where his door-key, his cakes, and his roasts are and warns him not to steal them. J2091
• Peas will burn. Fool warns those who ride through a field of peas. "You will burn your horses' feet. I burned my mouth with hot peas the other day." J2214.1
• Throwing contest: trickster addresses Angel Gabriel or St. Peter, warns him to get out of way of missile trickster is about to throw. K18.1.2
• Aristotle and Phyllis: philosopher as riding horse for woman. The philosopher warns the king against uxoriousness. In revenge the queen beguiles the philosopher into letting her ride him on all-fours. The king comes and sees. K1215
• Woman warns lover of husband by parody incantation. (Cf. K1961.1.2.1, V66.1, X441.) K1546
• Woman warns lover of husband by singing song. K1546.1
• A wise man (saint, brahmin) recognizes that a man unwittingly carries a venomous serpent in his proviant sack and warns him. N848.2
• Son warns mother. (Hamlet.) P231.2
• Sister warns brothers. P253.6
• Fakir thankful for shrewish wife: she is a thorn in his flesh and warns him from neglecting the ways of righteousness. T251.11
• Husband warns wife not to enter empty furnace. She does so and it falls in upon her. T254.5
• Man warns his wife that he has dreamed that she is attacked by a wolf. She pays no heed to him and the dream comes true. T255.7
• Wife warns departing hero against seductions of women. T299.2.2
• Angel warns of Christ's danger. V211.2.3.0.1
• Saint warns against poisoned well. V223.2