Search
Motifs
- Origin of fresh water welling up in sea. A925.4
- Sea water mixes with fresh water at end of the world. A1063.2
- Patient fed salt: animal comes out for water. The patient is fed salt or heavily salted food and allowed no water for several days. He then stands with mouth open before a supply of fresh water, often a running brook. The thirsty animal emerges to get fresh water. B784.2.1
- Salty water turned into fresh liquid. D478.10
- Extraordinary flower preserves its freshness so long as it remains unperceived by anyone other than owner. D877.2
- Fresh water in sea. F711.4
- Stream of fresh water flows through the sea. F711.4.1
- Clever deduction of wise man: the theft of a cauldron detected. Cauldron has been buried in river. Thief has no taste of salt on his body: he must have been immersed in fresh water recently. J1661.1.10
- Mud sold as fresh butter. K144.3
- Bread dropped in mud; messenger returns for more. A youth poses as a rich man's servant and gets a sack of bread from a baker. The baker boy is to go along and collect. The rascal drops two loaves in the mud and sends the boy back for fresh ones. Meantime he runs off with the rest of the bread. K343.1.1
- Fresh hides spread on grass; girl slips up and is deflowered. K1339.1
- Fresh hides spread so that enemy slips and falls. K2352.1
- Parson refreshes himself during the sermon. X445
- Game rolls down hill in snow; snowball builds up around game, keeps it fresh and protected until used. X1130.1
- Lie: fish pond supplies both fresh fish and cooked. X1546.1