81 motifs match “wishing”  ·  back to the chapters

• Origin of wishing long life to person who sneezes. A1537.1
• Animals recover lost wishing ring. Grateful cat, dog, and snake compel mouse to steal it from thief. B548.1
• Man wishing to be conjurer fears helper he has called. C12.1.1
• Tabu: wishing good luck. One must not wish a hunter good luck or a sailor good voyage. C493.1
• Magic object acquired by wishing. D852
• Magic wishing-ring loses power by touching water. D877.1
• Magic wishing-object. Object causes wishes to be fulfilled. D1470.1
• Magic wishing-stone. (Cf. D931.) D1470.1.1
• Magic wishing-tree. (Cf. D950.) D1470.1.2
• Magic wishing-laurel. (Cf. D965.9.) D1470.1.3
• Magic wishing-calabash. (Cf. D965.2.) D1470.1.4
• Magic wishing-apple. (Cf. D981.1.) D1470.1.5
• Magic wishing-nut. (Cf. D985.) D1470.1.6
• Magic wishing-eggs. (Cf. D1019.) D1470.1.8
• Magic wishing-cloth. (Cf. D1051.) D1470.1.9
• Magic wishing-smock. (Cf. D1052.) D1470.1.10
• Magic wishing-cloak (mantle). (Cf. D1053.) D1470.1.11
• Magic wishing-belt. (Cf. D1057.) D1470.1.12
• Magic wishing-hat. (Cf. D1067.1.) D1470.1.13
• Magic wishing-cap. (Cf. D1067.2.) D1470.1.14
• Magic wishing-ring. (Cf. D1076.) D1470.1.15
• Magic wishing-lamp. (Cf. D1162.1.) D1470.1.16
• Magic wishing-lantern. (Cf. D1162.) D1470.1.17
• Magic wishing-cup. (Cf. D1171.6.) D1470.1.18
• Magic wishing-pot. (Cf. D1171.1.) D1470.1.19
• Magic wishing-box. (Cf. D1174.) D1470.1.20
• Magic wishing-saddle. (Cf. D1209.2.) D1470.1.21
• Magic wishing-drum. (Cf. D1211.) D1470.1.22
• Magic wishing-pipe. (Cf. D1224.) D1470.1.23
• Magic wishing-wand. (Cf. D1254.1.) D1470.1.24
• Magic wishing-rod. (Cf. D1254.2.) D1470.1.25
• Magic wishing-book. (Cf. D1266.) D1470.1.26
• Magic wishing-bag. (Cf. D1193, D1274.1.) D1470.1.27
• Magic wishing-ball. (Cf. D1256.) D1470.1.29
• Magic wishing-bell. (Cf. D1213.) D1470.1.30
• Magic wishing-whip. (Cf. D1208.) D1470.1.31
• Magic wishing-horn. (Cf. D1222.) D1470.1.32
• Magic wishing-trumpet. (Cf. D1221.) D1470.1.33
• Magic wishing-bow. (Cf. D1091.) D1470.1.34
• Magic wishing-well. (Cf. D926.) D1470.1.35
• Magic wishing hair. (Cf. D991.) D1470.1.36
• Magic wishing ivory tusk. When struck on ground (only once) provides treasure. D1470.1.37
• Magic wishing mirror. (Cf. D1163.) D1470.1.38
• Magic wishing bracelet. (Cf. D1074.) D1470.1.39
• Magic wishing-powder. (Cf. D1251.) D1470.1.40
• Magic wishing conch shell. (Cf. D1029.6, D1452.4.) D1470.1.41
• Magic wishing-jewel. (Cf. D1071.) D1470.1.42
• Magic wishing-boat. (Cf. D1121.) D1470.1.43
• Magic wishing-quilt. (Cf. D1167.) D1470.1.44
• Magic wishing-hammer. (Cf. D1209.4.) D1470.1.46
• Magic iron measure for wishing. D1470.1.47
• Magic rubber card for wishing. (Cf. D1267.) D1470.1.48
• Magic wishing-girdle supplies food. (Cf. D1057.1.) D1472.2.1
• Magic wishing-drum supplies food. (Cf. D1211.) D1472.2.2
• Magic wishing-pipe supplies game. (Cf. D1224.) D1472.2.3
• Magic wishing-drum works only for owner. (Cf. D1211.) D1651.7.2
• Man given power of wishing. D1720.1
• Devil gives man power of wishing. D1720.1.1
• Magic results produced by wishing. D1761
• Wishing by stars. D1761.1
• Wishing by shooting star. D1761.1.1
• Magic journey by wishing. (Cf. D1761.) D2121.1
• Person burned through magic wishing (curse). D2144.4.1
• Resuscitation by wishing. E71
• Wishing-tree in otherworld. F162.3.2
• Girl summons fairy lover by wishing for him. F301.1.1.1
• Contest in wishing. H507.3
• Three brothers contest in wishing. Third wishes for all that the other brothers have wished for. H507.3.1
• Father's counsel: on wishing to drink wine go to the vat and drink it. (Stench in vat so great that desire for wine is turned to loathing.) H588.4
• Intentional and accidental fire. Rich man wishing to get rid of a neighbor's tree sets it afire. Neighbor's house catches and burns. Must pay four times value of tree since fire is intentional, but only actual value of house, since that fire was accidental. J1175.2
• Numskull bales out the stream. He comes to a stream but not wishing to get his feet wet he sits down to wait for the stream to run down. He helps to bale the stream out with a hazelnut shell and keeps it up for months. J1967
• Lighting the cat's tail. Woman wishing to punish a cat fastens cotton to its tail and lights it. The whole village is burnt. J2101.1
• Equal share in the bed. Wishing to prove their equality twelve fools sleep on the ground and put their feet on the one bed provided for the chief. J2526
• Dupe wishing to learn to play fiddle has finger caught in cleft of tree. K1111.0.1
• Dupe wishing to learn to play flute puts tongue in split bamboo. K1111.0.1.1
• Statue made to raise its arm. Woman wishing to go on pilgrimage (to meet lover) makes believe that statue of saint has raised its arm in answer to her prayer. K1972.1
• Heaven entered by trick: "wishing sack" thrown in. Trickster wishes himself in the sack. K2371.1.3
• Persecution by bad luck. Wishing to escape it, the luckless couple build themselves a new home. Scarcely do they establish themselves in the new home, when bad luck addresses them from the hearth: "I have already waited for you here three days." N250.2
• Burned and underbaked bread. Wishing to rid herself of her father-in-law, the daughter-in-law starts to feed him burned bread; but the old man begins to thrive on it. When she tries underbaked bread, he dies very soon. S54.1
• Saint's enemy, wishing to cause saint to violate his oath never to "commit folly and utter lie," induces his daughter to tempt saint. Saint perceives trick and avoids sin. T337.1
• The squint-eyed son and the bottle. Sent by his father to get the only bottle of rare wine, he sees two. Not wishing to show his father to be a liar, he breaks one – really the only one. X121.1