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Motifs — first 20 of 30
- Why in addressing anyone the second plural should be used. A1599.5
- Sheep sleeps if anyone ties shoe to its ear. B782
- Tabu: turning aside for anyone. C833.2
- Tabu: refusing combat to anyone. C835.1
- Extraordinary flower preserves its freshness so long as it remains unperceived by anyone other than owner. D877.2
- Lotus disappears whenever anyone tries to pluck it. (Cf. D975.1.) D1641.15
- Spirit gives man the power of exorcising him out of anyone he possesses. (Cf. D2176.) D1721.1.3
- Fairy physician can heal anyone whose spine is not severed. F344.2
- River which petrifies anyone passing through it. F715.7
- Witches suck blood from the navel of a child without anyone knowing it. G262.1.3
- Jinn unseen by anyone except person(s) he wishes should see him. G307.2.2
- Chariot tilts under anyone who is not entitled to throne. H41.9.1
- Chariot horses spring at anyone who is not entitled to throne. H71.10.4
- King: Show me a ruby eight for a pice, nectar eight for a pice, and a faithless creature worth one-eighth of a pice. Minister: The lamp sells at eight for a pice and gives more light than any ruby; the water is the real nectar; and the dog is worthless and faithless lover because he follows anyone who feeds him. H587.1
- "Never greet anyone." (Start your work the earliest, so that not you but others may greet you.) H588.12
- Task: guarding six sisters-in-law so that they do not joke or talk to anyone. H1199.17.2
- "Never attack anyone before unsheathing and returning sword three times": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.2.1
- Execution evaded by using three wishes. King ordains that guest who turns his plate shall be executed, but orders that anyone so condemned shall have three wishes granted. One of the wishes: to have all blinded who saw him turn the plate. He is freed. J1181.1
- The parson's share and the sexton's. During the sermon the parson bids the sexton see if anyone is coming. The sexton: "A man is coming with a wheel on his shoulder" J1269.1
- The flatterer's retort. Two men meet a homely girl. One of them: "Who wouldn't call that girl pretty?" The girl overhears and says, "No one would say it of you." The man: "Anyone might say it who would lie as I have lied about you." J1356