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Motifs — first 20 of 23
- Why pheasant's cheeks are red. A2330.6
- Charm placed on cheeks of hag causes love. D1355.13.1
- Ointment cures left cheek, not right. (Cf. D1244.) D1663.2
- Cheek bitten as warning of approaching death. (Cf. D1812.5.1.16.1.) D1812.0.1.1
- Giant's peculiar cheeks. F531.1.6.8
- Remarkable cheek. F545.3
- One cheek white, other red. F545.3.1
- Yellow, green, blue, purple spot on cheek. F545.3.2
- Devils leave hermit who turns other cheek when struck. G303.16.15
- Successful suitor must have cheeks like blood, skin like snow and hair like a raven. (Cf. Z65.1.) H312.5
- Acting according to the note. A Jew slaps a Christian and tells him to turn the other cheek. The Christian beats the Jew, who says, "You do not act according to your Gospel." – "I am acting in accordance with the note." – "The note is worse than the text." J1262.3
- Fool cannot answer as his mouth is full; thought to have an abscess in cheeks, allows them to be cut open. J1842.2
- The bitten cheek. In payment of a debt, a woman permits a man to kiss her; he bites her cheek so that she has a permanent mark. K2021.1
- Vain woman has her cheeks miraculously burned. (Cf. Q550.) Q331.2.1.2
- Husband rubs off paint from wife's cheeks. Threatens to scrape them the next time. Q331.2.1.3
- Husband puts soot on wife's cheeks to discourage her from using paint. Q331.2.1.3.1
- Mutilation: beard torn off with the skin (and cheeks). (Cf. S187.1.) S166.1
- Mutilation: cheek and chin cut off, but held together by biting the beard. S166.2
- Mutilation: cheeks cut off. (Cf. S166.2.) S166.4
- Man with stolen fig in his mouth submits to having cheek lanced rather than open his mouth. (Cf. J1842.2.) W111.5.8