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Motifs — first 20 of 29
- Why umbrellas are used to welcome bride to new home. A1555.3
- Fish perform races as welcome to saint. B251.2.2
- Birds beat waters with wings as welcome to saint. B251.2.5
- Unwelcome bird (insect) proves to be messenger. B291.0.2
- Magic object protects from unwelcome lover. D1386
- Robber-proof house: thieves are petrified when they enter house for unlawful purposes; are fed and welcomed, otherwise. D2072.5
- Suitor task: to kill (defeat) unwelcome suitor. H335.4.4
- Enigmatic welcome of host. Sounds very inhospitable but properly interpreted makes guests welcome. H595
- Unwelcome guest tells about the hidden food. Having seen his hostess hide it, he tells about it in the form of a tale. J1344
- Welcome to the clothes. A man at a banquet is neglected because of his poor clothes. He changes clothes, returns, and is honored. "Feed my clothes," he says, "for it is they that are welcomed." J1561.3
- When hints do not get rid of unwelcome guests, force must be used. Thus man treats his sons-in-law. J1563.6
- God blamed for heavy rain. Since he is an old man he should have known that more rain was unwelcome. J2215.5
- Owners frightened away from goods by report of deadly epidemic. Poor parson thus rids himself of unwelcome guests; they leave food they have brought. K335.0.2
- Death feigned to escape unwelcome marriage. (Cf. K523.0.1.) K522.0.1
- Illness (madness, dumbness, etc.) feigned to escape unwelcome marriage. (Cf. K522.0.1, K523.1.) K523.0.1
- Illness feigned to escape unwelcome meeting. K523.0.2
- Lover steals bride from wedding with unwelcome suitor. K1371.1
- Lover's foster brother (friend) steals bride from wedding with unwelcome suitor. K1371.1.2
- Husband returns secretly and kills unwelcome suitor. K1551.1
- Hidden man behind image gives unwelcome answer to suppliant: image blamed. K1971.8