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Motifs — first 20 of 22
- How rattlesnake became harmful: earthworm feeds him chili pepper. A2211.11
- Pepper plant from body of slain person. (Cf. A2686.3.) A2611.4
- Origin of pepper plant. (Cf. A2611.4.) A2686.3
- Transformation: dirt to pepper. D452.4.1
- Witch who is out of skin is prevented from reentering it when person salts or peppers skin. (Cf. G275.8.1.) G229.1.1
- Witch killed by placing salt or pepper inside skin while it is laid aside. (Cf. G229.1.1.) G275.8.1
- Society is like a dish: must be properly mixed. Plates having salt, pepper, fish, etc. not edible without mixing. J81.1
- Armies like seeds and peppercorns. One king sends large sack of seed to the other to represent the number of his soldiers. The second replies with a small bag of peppercorns: "My army is small compared to yours but has all the power of the peppercorn compared to your lifeless seed." J1625
- Handful of black pepper taken into mouth instead of cooking it in food. J1813.6
- Race won by deception: blinding opponent by spitting pepper into face. K11.7
- Theft by blinding with pepper. K333.5
- Escape by blinding the guard. Pepper or tobacco thrown into his eyes. K621
- Pepper given as ointment for burns. (Cf. K1045.) K1014
- Pepper up noses as remedy. K1014.1
- Pepper rubbed on injured skin. K1014.2
- Dupe persuaded to oversalt (overpepper) food. K1045
- The weeping bitch. A procuress throws pepper into the eyes of a bitch so that she weeps. She pretends to the virtuous woman that the bitch is a woman transformed because of failure to respond to her lover. The woman is persuaded. K1351
- Pepper as universal remedy of sham doctor: accidentally works. K1955.2.1
- Horse with basket of powdered peppers sent into hostile camp: enemy overcome. K2351.6.1
- Hot pepper mixed with flour supplying enemy camp. Thinking they have been poisoned, they beat a retreat. K2351.6.1.1