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Motifs — first 20 of 112
- Frightened rabbit puts head in charred tree: hence black ears. (Cf. A2325.2.) A2212.1
- Frightened animals scatter: cause of present habitat of each. (Cf. A2433.1.) A2212.2
- Vegetable lamb. Generated from ground. Umbilical cord is in the ground and the lambs will die if it is forcibly severed. They are frightened into severing it themselves and then live. Vertebrae of the neck planted to produce new ones. B95
- Person frightened by animals successively replying to his remarks. Example: Man riding horse and followed by dog tells horse to jump over a hole. Horse says, "I will not." Man turns to dog and says, "Isn't that strange – a horse talking!" The dog says, "Yes, isn't it." Often the man runs, meeting other animals which answer him, until he falls exhausted. B210.1
- Robbers frightened by grateful dog. B576.1.2
- Magic object left by frightened demons. D859.7
- Magic power lost by being frightened. D1741.5
- Wild hunt frightened away by scolding. E501.17.8.1
- Frightened soul cannot return to body. E721.1.2.5
- Birth of daughter so beautiful mother is frightened and abandons her. F575.1.1
- Cannibal ogress gives finger of one girl to her frightened sister. G86.1
- Devil disappears because he is frightened. G303.16.19.17
- Devil frightened by a woman. G303.16.19.17.1
- Husband has friend woo his wife: seduction narrowly averted by frightened husband's intervention. H492.2.2
- Fearless hero frightened by being awakened with cold water. H1441
- Fearless hero frightened by being awakened by eels put down his back. H1441.1
- Jackal and leopard tie tails together for mutual protection. Frightened, they run apart and injure each other. J681.1.1
- Old simpleton resolves to become a senator. He is made to believe that he is wanted as an archer and is so frightened that he dies. J955.4
- Judge frightened into awarding decision. J1195
- Guests frightened away by housewife. J1563.5
Tale types
- ATU 118 The Lion Frightened by the Horse
- ATU 126A* The Frightened Wolves
- ATU 1321 Fools Frightened
- ATU 1321C Fools are Frightened at the Humming of Bees (bumblebee, hornet)
- ATU 1419F Husband Frightened by Wife's Lover in Hog Pen
- ATU 1676B Frightened to Death (previously Clothing Caught in Graveyard)
- ATU 229 Animals Fear a Bird's Body Part (previously The Hawk Frightened at the Snipe's Bill)