37 motifs match “wounded”  ·  back to the chapters

• Gods have ichor, not blood: can be wounded but not killed. A139.9.2
• Culture hero can be wounded. A526.1
• Dragon dips wounded part in holy well, is healed immediately. B11.12.1.2
• Boar acts as physician for holy man: licks his wounded feet. B256.6.3
• Helpful animal cares for wounded (sick) master. B536
• Blood of wounded centaur as love philtre. (Cf. D1016.) D1355.2.2.1
• Wound healed by water from place wounded man's heel dragged. (Cf. D1240.) D1503.16
• Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die. D1853
• Fairy wounded by mortal is healed only by obtaining mortal's blessing. (Cf. D659.5.) D2161.4.10.2.1
• Ewe's hide grafted to skinless head of wounded man. E785.1.1
• Wounded otherworld king in Ireland. F184.1
• Fairies can be wounded. F254.4
• Fairy music so potent it would cause wounded men to sleep. F262.6
• Fairy wounded by mortal. F389.3
• Fury enables wounded soldiers to continue fighting. Die at end of battle. F1041.16.6.7
• Don't drive away the flies. Wounded animal (man) refuses to have the flies driven away since they are now sated and their places will be taken by fierce and hungry flies. J215.1
• Wolf tries to eat bowstring. Finds hunter, gazelle, and wild boar dead. Tries first to eat the bowstring, and is mortally wounded. J514.2
• Kites and crows quarrel over division of wounded fox. Meantime fox escapes. J581.5
• Deceptive land purchase: king, as reward for help in winning battle, promises wounded chieftain as much land as his chariot can travel around; bribes charioteer to turn back whenever chieftain faints from loss of blood. K185.7.3
• Partridge pretending to be wounded entices woman from food while jackal eats it. K341.5.2
• Theft by reporting relative's sickness. Woman falsely told that her father is wounded leaves her water pot with jackal. K343.1.2
• Wounded wolf persuades lamb to bring him a drink, adding that he will get his own food. K815.11
• Importunate lover beaten with canes filled with straw. He thinks he is severely wounded. K1218.8
• King has wounded ally attended by leeches, but bribes them to introduce beetles, awns of barley, etc. into the wounds. K2014.1
• Ass jealous of war-horse until he sees him wounded. L452.2
• Curse by wounded animal. M411.19.1
• Hero, while measuring wild boar, accidentally wounded mortally by bristle. N337.2
• King mortally wounded on killed enemy's tooth. N339.16
• Wounded hero finds shelter and is cured in peasant's house. P411.3
• Wounded soldiers healed by bath in pool of milk through power of druid. P427.5.1
• Wounded king exacts fine from those intending to slay him. Q211.8.1
• Fairy physician abducted to heal wounded mortals. (Cf. F344.) R33
• Wounded hero restored in peasant's house. R169.14
• Princess married to mortally wounded prince and both left in jungle. T89.1.1
• Bride wounded accidentally on way home. Fatal wound from bridegroom's sword. T152
• Badly wounded warrior continues fighting. W33.1
• Refusal to fight wounded enemy. Hero feels it dishonorable to fight with sorely wounded enemy, because it would be said he died of previous wounds rather than the ones hero might inflict. W215.2