29 motifs match “weight”  ·  back to the chapters

• Origin of weights and measures. A1471.2
• Magic suspension of weight. D1691
• Ghost prevents removal of box from abbey. The box takes on miraculous weight. E299.2
• Person remarkably light in weight. F584
• Princess' weight that of five flowers. F584.1
• Witch may be recognized after death by great weight of corpse. (Cf. E400.) G259.4
• Recognition by manner of throwing cakes of different weights into faces of old uncles. H35.5
• If princess is chaste her weight will be only that of five flowers; if not, normal. H413.6
• Riddles of weight and measure. H690
• Riddles of weight. H691
• Weight of bodily member chosen rather than its loss. (Cf. J351.) J341
• Fox prefers to bear weight of his tail rather than give part of it to ape. J341.1
• Gnats apologize for lighting on bull's horn. He had not felt their weight. J953.10
• Crow alighting on falling tree thinks his weight made it fall. J953.11
• The weighted order-cards. To a man going on a voyage, various people give commissions for purchases, which he writes down on cards. Some give him money; some promise it on his return. On ship he looks the cards over, placing the proper gold on the proper card. A wind blows into the sea those not weighted with gold. J1382.2
• Fool undergoes castration to put on weight. J1919.5.3
• Guarding chickens from the fox. Numskull ties their beaks and weights them down in the river with stones. J2125
• Reduced prices but false weights. K286
• Owner pretends to help burglars to divide booty: handles weights so loudly that police are summoned. K432.2
• Trickster threatens to throw weight into a cloud: ogre intimidated. K1746
• Hypocrite breaks vow to give coin in charity. Finds coin is short weight. K2096.1
• Sword that is to kill one is weighted and sunk so as to avoid the prophecy. (Cf. M341.2.) M377
• Use of false weights and measures punished. Q274.3
• St. Peter's mother dropped from heaven because of hardheartedness. She is permitted to go to heaven on a stalk, but is weighted down by people holding to her skirts. She shakes them off. (Cf. Q172.) Q291.1
• Penance: pilgrimage with hands and loins weighted with iron. Q522.4
• Bride purchased for her weight in gold. T52.3
• Lie: great weight of large person. X922
• Lie: weight of large mosquito. X1286.1.2
• "Time" overpowered when weight is taken from his clock. Z122.1