Search
Motifs — first 20 of 38
- Lonely creator. The creator is tired of solitude and therefore inaugurates the creation. A73
- New creation shouted away. It is unstable and therefore unsatisfactory. A636
- Moon has wooden weapons, therefore vulnerable. A759.1
- Insects from devil's post-hole. Devil is given enough land to dig a post-hole. From this come all kinds of insects. To stop them a burning log is put in the hole. Insects therefore hate smoke. A2004
- Tortoise hurled on rock: half falls on land, half in water. Therefore amphibious. A2214.5
- Owl will not betray curate: therefore may live in steeple. (Cf. A2433.4.1.) A2229.3
- Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.) A2233.4
- Woodpecker transformed from stingy woman: therefore stingy. A2261.4
- Animal persuaded to amputate limb: therefore lacks it. (Cf. A2371.2.10, A2377.1.) A2284.1
- Coyote persuaded to break leg: therefore has thin right leg. (Cf. A2371.2.6.) A2284.5
- Ash-tree late at distribution of qualities at creation: therefore buds last. (Cf. A2771.1.) A2725.1
- Ghost steals collar of priest. Evil therefore befalls priest. E593.1
- Giantess daughter of giant and abducted maiden (therefore helps hero). F531.5.7.1.2
- Wolf eats the devil; therefore, devil no longer lives in the world. G303.17.3.3
- Maiden (to king): The house has neither eyes nor ears. (No child at window nor dog in yard to announce king's approach: he therefore finds her not dressed to receive him.) H583.8
- Quest assigned because of feigned illness. Lion's milk (or the like) said to be necessary as cure; hero therefore sent on dangerous quest. H1212
- Don't set a hungry guard over food. Parrot set to guard figs eats his fill. When replaced he calls attention to the fact that he is now full and therefore safer than another hungry parrot. J215.1.1
- The smaller the evil the better. Therefore choose the smallest woman possible for a bride. J229.10
- Impossibility of pleasing everyone. One must act therefore without awaiting everyone's approval. J1041
- Weather to please one only. Attempt to please everyone with weather unavailing. Weather given therefore without regard to men's desires. J1041.1