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Motifs — first 20 of 82
- Moon-god, overcome in contest with mortal, threatens to withold rain and game. A182.3.6
- Sun originally so hot that it threatens all life. A727.1
- Helpful animal killed (threatened) by ungrateful hero. B336
- "Bear's food." To urge on his horses a man threatens them with the bear, calling them "bear's food." The bear hears and comes for them. C25
- Child threatened with ogre. Latter takes child off. C25.1
- "Shame and disgrace" threatened for refusing love of forthputting woman. C929.1
- When changeling is threatened with burning, child is returned. (Cf. F321.1.4.3.) F321.1.4.5
- Fairies threaten watcher of sheep. F361.11
- Dwarfs threaten mortals. F451.5.2.8
- Ungrateful cannibal. Eats offered food and then threatens hosts. G85
- Witch overcome by threatening with sword. G275.15.1
- Killing trees threaten hero. H1522
- Association of rat with cat ceases as soon as mutual danger has passed. The rat threatened by the weasel and the owl allies himself with a cat caught in a net. Saved by the cat, he rescues the cat with precaution and then prudently renounces further relations with her. J426
- Minister threatens divine punishment to thief in congregation. The thief confesses. J1141.14
- Feigned madness unmasked by threatening man's child. J1149.1
- Testimony of unsuccessful suitor discredited. Adulteress is surprised in intrigue by unsuccessful suitor. He threatens to tell her husband. She tells her husband that the scorned suitor has accused her falsely of indiscretion with many men. When the suitor tells the husband he does not believe him. J1151.4
- Turtle released by man to carry him across stream. Threatens him midway. Fox to be judge. Feigns deafness and makes turtle come so near shore man jumps and saves self. J1172.4
- Execution escaped by threatening with malediction. J1189.2
- Where are the shoes? Fault-finding husband threatens to hit wife with shoes. She: "You will have to have some shoes first." J1545.3.2
- Man who continually threatens to leave wife mortified when she tells him to go; pretends his buffalo is dragging him home (after he does leave). J1545.3.3
Tale types
- ATU 130B Fleeing Animals Threatened with Death (previously Animals in Flight after Threatened Death)
- ATU 361* The Wolf with an Iron Head (previously Wolf Threatens to Eat Hero)
- ATU 56A The Fox Threatens to Cut Down the Tree and Gets Young Birds (previously The Fox Threatens to Push Down the Tree)
- ATU 805 Joseph and Mary Threaten to Leave Heaven