Tales Online-Volume 6

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Cabbage Cabbage. - Carrying wolf, goat, and c. across stream H506.3; the great c. (lie) X1423.1; transformation by eating c. D551.2.1.

Cabbages Cabbages, meat fed to J1856.1.

Cabinet-maker Cabinet-maker P444.

Cackling Cackling geese spread alarm B521.3.2; of guinea hen A2426.2.13.

Cadaver Cadaver arm trick renders insane N384.0.1.1.

Caesarean Caesarean childbirth a custom T584.3.

Caesar's Caesar's scorn of his wife's advice leads to disaster J155.3.

Cage Cage, see also Prison. - Adulteress confined in a c. Q433.1.1; enormous c. F899.3; ogre trapped in c. G514.1; soul in bird c. E711.15; thief hidden in c. K312.1.

Cages Cages. - Captivity in c. R41.7.

Cain Cain drinks Abel's blood in dream D1812.3.3.7; slain with apple F839.3.1; slays Abel with camel bone F839.3; stole ducks from Eden A2426.4.1.1. - Animals refuse to devour C. B591.0.1; Formorians descended from C. A1659.1.1; giants as descendants of C. F531.6.1.9; mark of C. Q556.2; pygmies as descendants of C. F535.0.1.

Cairn Cairn marks battle site A989.4; marks burial A988. - Battle-c. P554.

Cake Cake bag full of cobras K444.2; becomes bloody D474.3; vendor robbed on way to fair K475.3. - Alphabet written on c. learned by eating it D1819.4.2; bleeding c. F991.3; bread becomes c. D476.4; eating c. in famine if there is no bread J2227; enemy cured by poisoned c. F959.6.1; identification by ring baked in c. H94.1; magic c. *D1031.2ff.; magic c. restores speech D1507.5; magic rolling c. D1313.1.2; man worships a c. which from time to time he eats V1.10.1; planted c. grows cakes F1005.1; pseudo-magic c. tree K112.3; pursuit of rolling c. leads to quest *H1226;f; single c. for Lent made large *K2311; tiger-shaped c. fulfills death prophecy M341.2.10.1; why c. not eaten during Lent V73.6.3; wolf bringing c. from the window-sill beaten K1022.4.

Cakes Cakes. - Alfred and the c. K521.4.1.2; charging thirty c. for cooking twenty-five K255.1; coins mistaken for c. J1772.3.1; guest of stingy host brings along c. to eat J1575; how he knew she was baking c. J1713.1; poisoned c. intended for husband eaten by thieves N659.1; pupil eats c. given as alms to master W125.4; rhymes about c. wife has stolen K435.1; throwing c. into uncles' faces H35.5; tree of c. D2106.3; F811.1.10; wall of c. separates enemies D2163.6.2.

Calabash Calabash. - Animals escape from forbidden c. C915.2.1; child born carrying c. T552.3; goddess with c. in moon A751.8.3; life bound up with c. E765.3.2; looking into c. tabu C324.1; magic c. *D965.2; man transformed to c. D221; origin of sea from overturned c. A924.1; recognition by c. H133; soul in c. E711.2.1; universe created from c. A617.2.

Calabashes Calabashes magically broken D2099.4. - Flood from broken water c. A1016.4.

Calamities Calamities at hero's birth T583.2; of the world A1000ff.

Calamity Calamity, see also Catastrophe, Disaster. - Bewailing a c. that has not occurred J2198; crow's maxim on flying away from c. J171.3.1; devil's presence presages c. G303.15.1; ghost light indicates impending c. E530.1.5; ghost as c. omen E575; wraith as c. omen E723.8.

Calculation Calculation of changeling's age by the age of the forest F321.1.1.5; of time and the seasons A1485. - Interrupted c. J2035; riddles of difficult c. H680;H719.

Calendar Calendar, Russian A1689.7.

Calf Calf all one color belongs to devil G303.10.9; asks for respite until he grows up K553.0.2; mistaken for colt J1759.4.1; pitying draft ox is taken to slaughter L456; as sacrifice V12.4.4.2; -sheep B14.3; transformed to person D333.2; weeps B736.6. - Brahmin unwittingly kills c. N361.1; devil as c. G303.3.3.1.4; did the c. eat the man? J1815; eating c. forbidden C221.1.1.2; forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by serving as milkmaid and talking to c. *D2006.1.2; ghost of c. E521.4; ghost as c. E423.1.8.1; god assumes form of c. D133.4.1; golden (silver) c. B102.5ff.; golden c. entered by Satan G303.18.4; golden c. moves D1639.5; hatching out a c. from a cheese J1902.2; helpful c. B411.3; Holy Ghost has just had a c. X435.4; image of golden c. vivified D445.3; islands from transformed cow and c. A955.5; line drawn by saint's bachall separates c. from its mother D1574; magic c. B184.2.5; magic knowledge of unborn c. D1819.8; making a bull bear a c. (task) H1024.1.1; man named C. frees veal thief K579.7; man transformed to c. D133.4; origin of c. sacrifice A1545.3.2; parson made to believe that he will bear a c. J2321.1; prophecy: death from c. M341.2.22; punishment for flaying live c. Q211.6.1; quest for golden c. H1331.3.3; reincarnation as c. E611.2.3; riddle about golden c. H832; saint gives c. to wolf W10.2; slain c. alive next day *E155.5.1; speaking c. B211.1.5.5; swift when only a c. J2212.5; tabu to kill sacred c. C92.1.2; transformation to c. Q551.3.2.8; why is cow beaten by c.? H1292.16; wife substitutes c. for beggar husband abuses K1846; wolf substitutes for c. D2156.8; worship of golden c. V1.11.1.

Calf's Calf's bleating as accusation of stealing J1895; head to death's head D465; (punishment) Q551.3.3. - Cow punished for c. misdeeds J1863; getting the c. head out of the pot J2113; person with c. head F511.0.9.2; tail in ground betrays c. killing K1686; water on the c. back J1903.1.

Calf-shed Calf-shed. - Future heroine found in c. L111.2.1.1.

Calf-statues Calf-statues, origin of A1546.0.3.

Call Call: Dord fían R187.1; for help from distance D1827.2. - Magic object comes at owner's c. D1649.2; treasure found when obeying c. of nature N534.6.

Called Called. - Animals c. together by magic object D1441; devil becomes powerless when c. by name G303.16.19.9; devil's castle c. hell G303.8.3.2; king's sons c. kings P30.1; girl not to eat before being c. by father C231.1; man c. for help by animal B383; mortals c. to by fairies F276.

Calling Calling on devil makes him come *G303.6.1.2. - Fairy c. victim only once F363.5; ghost c. E402.1.1.1; ghosts summoned by c. E386.3; sham c. to helpers frightens off robbers K548.3; tabu: c. (on ogre or destructive animal) C20ff., (on God) C94.4; (on spirit or devil) *C10ff., (on supernatural wife) C31.6; wind raised by c. on devil D2142.1.3; wood-spirit c. in woods F441.6.4.

Calm Calm when wind-spirit sleeps A1128.2. - Making weather c. H335.6; quiet c. brings man fortune Q6.1.

Calming Calming of whirlpool D2151.4.

Calumniated Calumniated princess's corpse fails to rot H251.3.14; wife reunited with husband N741.3.1; woman intercedes for accusers W11.5.9.1. - Feigning sleep with c. hero H1556.5.

Calumniators Calumniators try to make friendly kings fight K1084.4.

Calves Calves kept from cows to commemorate death V65.1; kept from cows during fast P623.0.7. - Beating c. to punish bull J1863.1; fairies admit c. to cows F366.1.2; fairies ride c. F366.1.3; four c. to one cow at birth T586.4.1; men must have been c., fond of milk J2214.6; why dost thou frighten the silly c.? K1784.2.

Calypso Calypso, isle of F131.1.

Camel Camel as animal's king B240.11; and ass together captured because of ass's singing J2137.6; bone slays Abel F839.3; and donkey trade undeserved compliments J867; determines road to be taken D151.1.5; determines road to be taken B151.1.5; helpful B405; induced to offer self as sacrifice K962; and jackal exchange food J512.11; killed by lion in game K869.3; lures wolf, crushes him K839.5; mistaken for religious holiday J1738.7; tries in vain to dance J512.3; J2133.1; wishes long neck J2072.5. - Creation of c. A1873; goat eats while c. talks H334.2; jackal puts head in anus of sham-dead c. K1036.1.1; man overloads, starves c. W155.1.2; mice overcome c. L315.10; one-eyed c. (deduction) J1661.1.1; men at first frightened at c. take him into their service U131.2; speaking c. B211.1.6; tabu: touching resting c. C537.1; treacherous c. K2295.5; why ears of c. are such A2325.4; A2325.7; A2232.1; why neck of c. bends upwards A2351.1; winged c. B47.

Camels Camels fall from sky into girl's eyes F615.3.1.2. - Copulation of c. A2496.3; giant roasts c. G171; lie: tying up c. in sheet X942.1; loading ferocious c. H1154.3.5; man, c. rise into air F1083.2; thank God that c. have no wings J2564.

Camel's Camel's tail cut off, turns to grass R231.2. - Jackal demands c. tongue K255.4; rat imagines self c. owner J953.17; why c. back humped A2356.2.13; wolf puts head in c. mouth J2131.5.5.

Camouflage Camouflage K1872ff.

Camp Camp. - Disguise to enter c. K2357; enormous army c. F873.2; transformation to gain enemy's c. D641.2.

Campfires Campfires. - Pursuit by following c. R272.

Camphor Camphor, island of F732.3; tree of F811.1.5.

Camping Camping. - Leaping a c. place tabu C876; warrior reveals c. place J2366.

Camrõsh Camrõsh B35.

Can Can, magic D1171.5.

Canaanites Canaanites go nude A1683.4; have curly hair A1661.3; have red eyes A1666.1.

Canal Canal dug by saint on tree D2121.14. - Bluff: digging c. instead of bringing water in skin K1741.3.1; where did dirt go when c. dug? J1309.3.

Canary Canary. - Color of c. A2411.2.1.14; why eggs of c. are yellow A2219.1; A2391.1.

Cancer Cancer from ghost's slap E234.1; E542.1.4.1. - Magic cure for c. D1502.10.

Candle Candle becomes stone D471.9; burning quickly as holiness test H257.1; of human fat K437.2; kept at right so as to tell one's right hand in dark J1735.1; light protection against ghost E434.9; light used to examine sun dial J1943; put in the stove to dry J2122; stuck with pins as love charm J1355.3.6. - Animal with c. mistaken for ghost J1782.5; adulteress sends husband out for c. K1521.4.1; burned c. causes death D2061.2.2.6; cat and c. J1908.1; chaste woman can blow out c. with one puff and relight with another H413.1; devil exorcised with c. G303.16.14.4; each drop of innocent blood turns to c. D1318.5.3; ever-burning c. D1652.11; let me live as long as this c. lasts *K551.9; life bound up with c. E765.1.1; magic c. *D1162.2ff.; minister swallows c. to outwit devil G303.12.5.4; miser dies rather than buy c. W153.11; pope's c. lights itself H41.3; resuscitation by c. E64.6; sailor offers saint c. as large as mast K231.3.1; soul as c. E742.1; substitute for c. repaid with substitute for money J1551.5; trespass betrayed by dripping c. C916.1.

Candlemas Candlemas, festival of V70.6.

Candle-moth Candle-moth. - Monkey transformed to c. D411.5.2.

Candles Candles. - Creation of bee to provide wax for c. in church A2012.1; deer with c. atop antlers B253.6; disenchantment by maidens walking with lighted c. in procession D759.6;; holy c. V133; thief places c. on crabs K335.0.5.1.

Candlestick Candlestick, jewelled F789.2.1.

Cane Cane as evidence of robbery N614. - Giant c. for strong man F612.3.1; thrown c. becomes child T549.2.

Canes Canes. - Origin of c.: from whip in ground A2825.

Canidae Canidae, creation of A1830ff.

Canine Canine animal transformed to person D313ff. - Man transformed to c. animal D113ff.

Canis Canis B331.2.

Canister Canister. - Heart breaks at third drink from silver c. F1041.1.1.1.

Cannibal Cannibal *B10ff.; bird G535.1; bird as ogre G355; gods A153.8; killed by wife's relatives G551.5; nature of woman recognized when she devours dead buffalo raw H46.1; offers wealth for life G683; ogre G312. - Cutting toenails of c. woman G519.1.2; husband rescues wife from c. R151.3; normal man transformed to c. D91; person becomes c. G30ff.; quest to land of c. giants H1289.3.1; sun as a c. A711.2; witch's familiar a c. G225.0.7.

Cannibalism Cannibalism *G10;G99; (accidental) X21; (occasional) G50;G79; (regular) G10;G49; out of vogue C227.1; of Pisacas G312; punished Q215. - False accusation of c.: biting off corpse's finger to get ring N342.6; threatened c. frightens off robbers H335.1.10.

Cannibals Cannibals G0 - G99; persuaded to take snuff and killed K827.2. - Culprit eaten by c. Q429.1; ghormuhas: c. half-horse, half-man B15.7.5; lost husband's bones found among c. G691.4.

Cannon Cannon. - Boy shot from c. X1852; nobody can move c.: guard quits J1849.4; treasure buried in c. barrel N511.1.8.

Canoe Canoe hauled over dead man's body causes return from dead E607.3; island D1524.4; of sand J2171.1.3.1; transformed into coconut tree A2615.3; transformed into rock D454.10.2. - Birds build c. B572.2; clam swallows c. party F911.4.1.1; cocoanut c. F841.1.4.1; compressible c. D631.3.1; enormous c. F841.3.3; fairies build c. F271.2.3; god as c. builder A451.2.1; hibiscus blossom becomes c. D451.4.2; magic c. *D1122; man becomes c. D255.1; merman lays hands on side of c. B82.7; phantom c. E535.3.1; stone c. D1524.3.1; women in c. tabu C181.10.

Canoe-bailer Canoe-bailer transformed to person D434.3.

Canoes Canoes formerly self-propelling A1346.2.4.

Canonical Canonical hours V48. - Birds call at c. hours B252.2.

Canons Canons compared to stew J81.3.

Canopies Canopies in otherworld F166.9.

Canopy Canopy. - Wedding c. over bride and groom T135.14.

Canute Canute vainly forbids tide to rise L414.

Canvas Canvas. - Ship wrapped with feather-beds and c. F1031.

Cap Cap of invisibility F455.5.3; K1349.10; o' Rushes K521.4.3; K1815; R221. - Ghost of man buried without c. E412.3.1; ghost in red c. E422.4.6; huldra-woman's c. F460.1.4.3; magic c. *D1067.2; permission to pick up c. gives entrance to heaven K2371.1.1; quest for best c. H1319.2; trolls' c. of invisibility F455.5.3; wild huntsman with black fur c. E501.8.6.

Capaneus Capaneus. - Zeus smites C. while he is climbing a ladder L472.

Cape Cape, see also Cloak, Mantle. - Magic transportation by c. D1520.6.

Capital Capital punishment Q410ff. - Bringing arms to c. after sunset tabu C752.1.1; leaving c. ninth night tabu C751.6; parishoner glad to get back c. J1583; wager: fortune made from c. or from working at vocation N66.

Capon Capon and the hen J1269.6.

Capriciousness Capriciousness of luck *N170ff. - King's c. censured: ass in stream J1675.3.

Caps Caps of dwarfs F451.2.7.1; F451.2.7.6; F451.3.3.8; of mountain-men F460.1.4.1ff. - Devils' c. from man's nail parings G303.25.5.1; fairies with red c. F236.3.2; substituted c. cause ogre to kill his own children *K1611.

Captain Captain buried with his crew V67.4.1; hangs own son for violating order M13.2; will not betray king's secret P361.7. - Mermaid asks c. to move boat B81.13.1.

Captive Captive freed for having kept word Q54.2; king's children made slaves P173; in ogre's house helps hero G535; sends token of safety H85; released because of ability to recite story J1185; V151.1; spirits of dead H972.1. - Animal rescues c. *B544; former c. recognizes chieftain H173.2; god protects tormented c. A185.2.2; magic object enables c. to escape D1395ff.; man's love for c. wife rewarded Q56.1; mountain-men chain c. peasant F460.4.4.2; rescue of c. *R110;R199; woman c. in elephant's ear H1151.18.

Captives Captives and fugitives R (entire chapter); re-blinded if they cross stepping-stones without stumbling H1575.1; as slaves P173. - Journey to disenchant c. H1385.0.1; mortals c. in fairyland *F375.

Captive's Captive's. - Cannibal cuts c. finger to test fatness G82.1; magic as c. ransom D859.8; recognition of c. voice brings about rescue from ogre G556.

Captivity Captivity *R0;R99; preferred to death J217. - Animal grateful for ransom from c. B366; crab sings about his c. B214.1.8.1; daw fleeing from c. caught by thread around foot N255.5; death preferred to c.J227.1; fettered monster's c. A1074; ogre in animal form lures victim into c. G403; transformation to escape from c. D642.1; ungrateful animal returned to c. J1172.3; wild man released from c. aids hero G671.

Captor Captor beguiled *K500;K699; contributes to captive's ransom W11.5.8; persuaded into illusory punishment K580ff. - Escape by overawing c. *K540ff.; joining c. out of gratitude R71; magic object helps overawe c. D1613; princess rescued from c. R111.1; punishment which proves fatal to c. K582; rescue by daughter of c. R162.

Capture Capture of animals A2465;f, as task H1154ff.; of castle by feigning death K2362; by deception K700;K799; by magic object *D1430ff.; of moon J2271.4; by ogre G420ff.; of town by boy-hero F611.3.2.6; of two of every animal F681.8. - Numskull brings about his own c. J2136; selling soul to escape c. M211.7.

Captured Captured animals avenge themselves Q385; fairy's promises for her release F341.2.1; queen commits suicide P26. - Demon sees image in mirror, thinks he is c. J1795.1; dwarfs promise to emigrate if c. dwarfs are released F451.9.1.5; fairy c. F387; fairy c. by mortal escapes F329.4.3; father rescues son c. by enemy R153.3.1; hero c. by man he has rescued N763; maiden c. by mermaid B81.4; mermaid c. B81.13.11; ogre c. G514ff.; person aids ogre and is c. G411; soul of sleeper c. in animal form E721.1.2.1; souls c. on leaving corpse E752.1.3; sultan's daughter in love with c. knight T91.6.4.1.

Car Car, see also Automobile, Carriage. - Fairy c. F242.1; man before whom riderless c. stops chosen king H171.4.

Caraway Caraway. - Dwarfs dislike c. seed in food F451.3.7.1; F451.9.1.1.

Carbuncle Carbuncle, incandescent D1645.1.

Carcass Carcass. - Animal born from c. B713; animal caught in c. J2136.6; bees born from c. of ox B913.1; capture by hiding in animal c. K751.1; haunted house where horse c. drops down chimney H1411.1.1.

Carcasses Carcasses. - Eating one hundred c. as suitor test H331.17.

Card Card. - Ghost scares c. players E293.2; magic c. *D1267; magic object stolen in c. game D861.6; magic wishing c. D1470.1.48; picking up c. fallen to ground forbidden C525; soul won from devil in c. game E756.2; spirit summoned by writing on c. D2074.2.4.

Cardinal Cardinal. - Color symbolism of c. points Z140.2.1; treacherous c. K2282.

Cardinal's Cardinal's decision on monks' sounding matins J1179.13; luxury J1263.4.1.

Cards Cards. - Dead persons play c. E577.2; devil appears when c. are played G303.6.1.5; devil plays c. N4; Krishna plays c. with wives A164.3.1; men in animal's belly playing c. F911.3.3; parson plays c. N5; N71; playing c. with devil in church (fear test) H1421; power of winning at c. N221; sermon begun with illustration from c. N71; symbolic interpretation of playing c. H603; trickster cheats clerks at c. J1115.1; weighted order c. J1382.2.

Care Care against future tyranny J643; of children *T600;T699; of favorites by deity A185; in selecting the creature to carry one J657. - Crown brings too much c. J347.2; inscription on home of riddle-solver: I have no c. H562; will take c. of the thirst J1322.1.

Carelessness Carelessness caused thief's capture J2136.5. - Husband made to believe that yarn has changed to tow through his c. J2325.

Caressed Caressed. - Hares (sheep) treacherously c. by dog K2031; K2061.3.

Caresses Caresses. - Son disenchants animal father by enduring his c. without fear D735.4.2.

Caretaker Caretaker. - Sun as c. of the poor A739.8.

Caribou Caribou becomes person D314.1.2. - Creation of c. A1876.1; how c. got antlers A2326.1.2; A2247; looking at c. tabu C316.2; man becomes c. D114.1.6; why c. migrated A2482.2; why c. has no teeth A2345.7.3; why c. has small eyes A2332.3.3.

Carnage Carnage. - Battle c. personified Z132.0.1.

Carnal Carnal. - No c. sin is otherworld F167.10.

Carnation Carnation transformed to person D431.1.2. - Hero's power to transform girl to c. brings about recognition H151.7; man (woman) transformed to c. D212.1.

Carnivora Carnivora, creation of A1810;A1839.

Carols Carols. - Knockers sing c. at Christmas time F456.2.3.2.

Carp Carp. - Man transformed to c. D171.

Carpe diem Carpe diem (advice from fool) J2197.

Carpenter Carpenter P456; blames the nails J1891.2; of the gods A143; makes magic horse D853.1; races wooden horse D1719.1.4. - Animals as c. B572; cumulative tale: c. releases caught birds Z49.7; disguise as c. K521.2.5; K1816.11; K2357.12; ingenious c. F675; remarkable c. X994; magic c. constructs expandable bed D1620.3.2.

Carpenters Carpenters. - God of c. A451.2; men disguised as c. abduct bride K1825.7; why c. are everywhere: flood scatters them A1445.2.1.

Carpentry Carpentry. - Origin of c. A1445.2; shortsightedness in c. J2171.

Carpet Carpet. - Countryman's avoidance of c. J1742.5.1; extraordinary c. F783; half a c. to keep father warm in old age J121; incendiary c. of giants' cave set afire K812.1.1; magic c. *D1155; magic c. takes hero to girl's room K1346.1; magic shuttle makes c. D1485.1; paramour rolled into c. K1521.7; quest for most beautiful c. H1319.3.

Carp's Carp's wedding B283.2.

Carriage Carriage as swift as thought D1521.4. - Animal characteristics: c. A2440ff.; animal drives c. B295; box transformed to c. D454.1.1; devil disappears into c. drawn by four black horses G303.17.2.9; devil's c. drawn by white horses G303.7.3.4; extraordinary c. F861; fairy hangs onto c. F366.5; forgotten fiancée magically stops wedding c. of new bride D2006.1.5; ghost on c. ride E332.3.2; magic c. *D1111;.; man throws c. with horses, driver on haystack F624.3.1; pumpkin transformed to c. D451.3.3; woman has worn out c. load of shoes with walking F1015.1.2.

Carried Carried. - All that can be c. as wages K1732; burden c. by ghost E592; castle in air c. by eagles F771.2.1.2; church c. across a stream by giants F531.3.6; curse: to be c. off by evil spirit M432; dead wife c. with man E322.5; death feigned in order to be c. K1861; dupe c. aloft and dropped *K1041; exposed child c. off by wild beast S355; extraordinary burden c. by animals F982ff.; fée c. off by mortal F304.6; giant c. to eagle's nest F531.6.17.3; giant load c. by strong man F631ff.; giant so large he cannot be c. by horse F531.2.7; girl c. off because of broken tabu C951; head c. under arm F511.0.4; hero c. by bird to mistress's chamber B582.2.1; hero c. over water by magic salmon *B175.1; king always c. by slaves P14.5; man c. in giant's pocket F531.1.5.1; men c. by animals B550ff.; lover c. on mistress's shoulders: no footprints K1549.3; mortal c. by dwarf F451.3.8.1; owner c. with magic object thrown ahead D1526; paramour c. off in box K1555; people c. away to fairyland *F320ff.; person c. off by wild hunt E501.18.4; person c. off to otherworld for breaking tabu C954; person c. to or from upper world by bird *F62; souls c. to heaven by doves E754.2.1; stolen goods c. to dupe's house so that he is accused K401.2; ten serving women c. in bottle D55.2.4; thorn stick c. by devil G303.4.8.5; Thumbling c. up chimney by steam of food F535.1.1.2; trees c. by giants F531.3.10; trickster hides in bag to be c. K1892.1; ungrateful ape plucks feathers from heron who has c. him across water W154.5.1.3; victim c. in bag by ogre G441; wild huntsman c. on people's backs *E501.15.3; witch c. off by devil G275.1.

Carrier Carrier. - Lie: remarkable c. X942; river c. throws passenger off to drown S131.1.

Carrion Carrion as vulture's food A2435.4.5.1.

Carrying Carrying child on back tabu C875; corpse of murdered man (punishment) Q511; each other and shortening the way (telling tales and amusing) H586.3; ever-increasing burden up mountain H1114.2; off huge quantity of money (task) H1127; hundreds of sheep across stream one at a time (task) H1111; large load identifies chief H41.10; many water jugs as suitor test H331.10; mountain on head H1146; murdered man's blood (ordeal) H227; person to remedy instead of opposite J2214.8; water in a sieve (task) H1023.2. - Angel c. mortal V232.2; animal c. man across water B551ff.; animal characteristics from contest in c. A2251; dead try c. off living E266; devil c. off people G303.9.5; disenchantment of girl by c. her on back D732.1; fish c. man shakes him off when struck M205.1.1.1; flight c. friend on back R242; familiar spirit acquired by c. egg under left arm-pit F403.2.1.1; giant c. prodigious burden F531.3.13; god c. siblings on back A137.4.1; impostors tricked into c. hero in box K1942; king c. off subject's wife P15.2.1; king to be succeeded by person c. his body P17.12; man marries fairy c. him off F302.3.1.3; ogre tricked into c. his prisoners home in bag G561; revenant as woman c. baby E425.1.4; reward for c. Christ across a stream Q25; servant c. master, drops him in stream J2133.5.1.1; servants c. master to search for dog J2163.2; tabu: unseemly acts while c. divine image C56; trial by ordeal subverted by c. magic object D1394.1; trickster c. girl across stream, leaves old woman K1339.7; trolls c. off people F455.6.6; vow against c. a woman M142.

Cart Cart, see also Carriage, Wagon; as back legs for crippled pig X1202.1. - Devil in c. G303.7.4; extraordinary c. F861ff.; flying c. F861.2.1; ghost rides in c. E272.1; magic c. D1112; phantom c. driver E512; strong hero lifts c. F624.3.

Cartridge Cartridge. - Magic c. kills D1402.7.4.

Carts Carts to shade roof J1879.1. - Man draws sixty c. of wood X953.1.

Cartwheel Cartwheel. - Cauterizing sick c. J2412.7; devil helps man place c. G303.22.4.

Carving Carving boar's head impossible for cuckold H425.1. - Magic c. knife *D1173; origin of wood c. A1465.5; recognition by c. H35.4;.; wise c. of the fowl H601.

Case Case. - Sun kept in a c. A721.0.3.

Cash Cash payers favored J1382ff.

Cashel Cashel, vision concerning V515.1.3.2.

Cask Cask. - Devil to fill c. full of money K219.3; escape from deluge in c. A1021.0.2; exposure in c. *S141; ghost as rolling c. E426.2; magic c. D1171.9; odor of the wine c. J34; punishment in spiked c. Q463; resuscitation by assembling members and leaving in c. for nine days E37; sea issues from marvelous c. F711.1; treasure buried in c. N511.1.8; treasure found in c. N525; water sold as wine in partitioned c. K476.3.

Casket Casket with Good Luck in it given to men by Zeus N113.1; lid furnishes money D1452.3. - Children in c. floating down river H157.

Caskets Caskets, three H511.1; L211; D1658.3.2.

Casks Casks. - Chaste wife tricks suitors into c. K1218.1.1; thieves hidden in oil c. K312.

Cassandra Cassandra destined never to be believed M301.0.1.

Cassawary Cassawary. - Man becomes c. D169.4; tabu to eat c. C221.1.2.1.

Cast Cast. - Divine child c. out at birth A112.11; disposal of c.-off wife S430ff.; evil spirit c. out of person E728.1; hills from stones c. by giants A963.5; lucky c. of weapon N623; ogre's ashes c. on stream cause rapids to stop G655; no shadow c. by ghosts E421.2; c-forth wife must sit at horseblock of palace Q482.4.

Caste Caste of supernatural husband C32.2.3; tabus C551. - Falling in love with different c. T91.7.2; god enamored of low c. woman T91.3.3.1; princess cannot marry into low c. P41; quarrel of dog and cat over which has higher c. A2281.1.2; untouchables are certain c. whose touch is considered a pollution C551; woman curses her c. M464; why certain c. is kind to animals A1599.13.

Castes Castes. - Origin of c. A1651; tabu to eat with certain c. C246.

Casting Casting animal's eyes K1442; in graveyard tabu after sunset C752.1.5; lots as truth test H245. - Devil creates devils by c. water behind himself G303.1.4.1.

Castle Castle, see also Palace; disenchanted D705.1; D789.8; in magic box D1174.1; magically made smaller D491.5; magically transported D2136.2; in lower world F80.1.1; sinks into earth F941.1. - Building c. (task) H1133; (in one night) H1104; ( suspended between heaven and earth) H1036; building wax replica of c. H1133.6; captivity in c. R41.1; capture of c. (by feigning death) K2362; (by pretending to surrender and entering) K777; destruction of iron c. H1562.12; devil builds himself a c. and calls it hell G303.8.3.2; devil prophesying in enchanted c. H1411.3; disenchantments concerning c. D759.4; D759.5; dragons live beneath c. B11.3.4; dwarfs in underground c. F451.4.1.2; dwarfs move mortal's c. F451.5.1.12; dwarfs' gold c. F451.4.3.6; fairy c. F222; friendly ghost haunts c. E338.1; eagles carry c. in air F982.1; enchanted c. D6; extraordinary c. *F771ff.; ghost at c. every seven years E585.2; ghosts haunt c. E282; giant lives in c. in air G162; giant ogres possess c. G111; hedgehog builds c. B191.5; key to enchanted c. D791.4; king angry at hero entering c. without permission P14.11; king banishes nobleman whose c. he wants P12.8; magic object found in magic c. D846; maiden found in magic c. N711.2; objects found in deserted c. where hero is served by unseen hands H1239.2; outcast's c. like king's H153; owner disguised as monk enters own captured c. K2357.0.2; quest for c. of jewels H1343; troll's c. G304.3.1; wild hunt appears at c. E501.12.8; woman in c. gives guest directions H1232.3.

Castles Castles. - Dog between two c. J2183.1; giants live in ruined c. F531.6.3.1.

Castor Castor and Pollux A116.

Castrated Castrated. - Bishop wishes all monks were c. X457.1; friar accused of rape c. K2111.3; joker asks to be c. N334.3; Virgin saves life of c. man V256.4.

Castration Castration bargain (wife sent) K241; by magic D2062.4.2; as mutilation S176.1; of paramour by husband K1558.1; as punishment Q451.10.1; of self by beaver to save own life J351.1; to test wife H492.3; through ignorance J1919.5. - Choice between c. or blinding J229.12; husband prepares for c. of crucifix K1558; making the dupe strong by c. K1021.1.

Cat Cat aids confession of debt J1141.1.11; alleged to fish for master K341.11.1; as beast of ill-omen B147.1.2.2; beaten for not working W111.3.2; and candle J1908.1; carries person B557.7; carrying lantern K264.2; castle F771.4.2; causes enmity between animals K2131.1; ceases catching rats as soon as he is given home in monastery U271; chooses rat meat at feast U135.1; commanded to pray so as not to slay man: why he purrs A2236.8; crawls to steeple and tries to fly J2133.3; crossing path ghost sign E436.2; curses woman eating fish cat has caught Q281.3; and devil G303.3.3.1.2; G303.10.1; J1785.5; of divine origin: is praying when it purrs A1811.3; drives away, doesn't eat, rats J766.1; fails to be beguiled into releasing mouse K561.1.1; garbles message from man to tiger A2281.1.1; grows large as cow F983.3; to guard cheese J2103.1; guards imprisoned beauty T50.1.4; hangs on wall pretending to be dead K2061.9; harms dead and dying B766.1;f; invites hens to a feast and kills them K815.4; as judge between sparrow and hare K815.7; kills attacking rat B524.1.3; leaves house when report is made of death of one of his companions *B342; lures foxes with music K815.15; made to mew, distract owner K341.7.2; makes truce with mice, then eats them K815.13; offers to act as doctor for cock and hen K2061.7; as ogre sucks blood G351.2; omits teaching tiger all he knows A2581; and parrot cheat each other at dinner J1565.3; as sacrifice V12.4.2; scratches out bear's tongue (lie) X1211.1; as servant B292.6ff.; shrieks and the frightened bear falls out of the tree K2324; skin sold as mink K261.1; steals sausage from table but dog receives blows K2171; sucks sleeping child's breath B766.2; as thumbling's horse F535.1.1.6; trained for gambling N7; transformed to person D342; transformed to maiden runs after mouse J1908.2; transformed to other animal D412.1ff., A1945.1; unjustly accuses, eats cock U31.1; in warehouse J1175.1; and witches D1766.4; G211.1.7; G224.11.12; G241.1.4; G225.3; G243.2.2; *G252; G262.1.1; G262.3.2; witness to betrothal punishes violator M205.1.2; in wood-pile prevents axe from cutting D2186. - Abduction by c. R13.2.3; animal thought to be a giant c. J1756; association of rat (mouse) with c. ceases as soon as mutual danger has passed J426; belling the c. J671.1; boy to see whether there is fire in the house feels of c. W111.2.5; creation of c. A1811; why c. eats first A2545.2; dead c. better than crown to crow J242.7; devastating c. B16.1ff.; fat c. Z33.2; food of c. A2435.3.2; fortune to go in direction c. jumps K2.1; ghost of c. E521.3; giant c. B871.1.6; giant ogre as c. G126.1; giant tricked into becoming mouse and eaten by c. K722; helpful c. *B422; (borrows measure for his master's money) K1954.1; (wins wife for master) B582.1.1; (helps steal back magic stolen object) *D882.1.1; horse used by mortal under fairy spell changes to gray c. F234.4.1; humans with c. characteristics B29.4ff., F511.2.2.1;(ears), F512.1.4;(eyes), F514.3;(snout); hare escapes galloping c. K562.2; hostile c. B17.1.5; how c. was domesticated A2513.2; husband reincarnated as c. H1385.4.1; killing c. tabu C841.11; lifting a certain c. (task) H1149.2; is the big c. still living? K1728; why c. keeps chimney-corner A2433.3.1.1; A2223.1; magic c. B181.1ff.; magic object received from c. woman D825.1; man transformed to c. D142; man reincarnated as c. E611.5; mouse created by Lucifer, c. by Michael to destroy mouse A1751.1; mouse transformed to c. D411.6.2; moving dead c. tabu C537.3; poor boy said by helpful c. to be dispossessed prince K1952.1; revenant as c. E423.1.2; getting rid of c. J2101; sacred c. B811.4; sea-c. B73; singing c. B214.1.3; speaking c. B211.1.8; stolen meat and weighed c. J1611; tabu: resurrecting c. for trifling purpose C96.1; talking to c. obtains serving for student J1341.10; truth-telling c. B135; turnips called bacon: c. called rabbit J1511.2; tying c. to horse's tail K2383; Whittington's c. N411.1; why c. hides its excreta A2385.4; A2495.1; why c. keeps chimney-corner A2433.3.1.1; why mouse does not defend self against c. A2462.3.

Cataclysm Cataclysm. - Leviathan produces c. by striking earth with tail B16.4.1.1; vow binding unless c. occurs M117.

Cataclysms Cataclysms. - Succession of creations and c. A632.

Catapult-hurled Catapult-hurled stones thrown back at enemy F636.4.2.

Cataract Cataract. - King's death spear cast into c. P16.5.

Cataracts Cataracts, origin of A935.

Catarrh Catarrh. - Wife cures c. F950.2.1.

Catastrophe Catastrophe, see also Calamity, Disaster. - Escape by announcing c. K686; mermaid as omen of c. B81.13.7; world c. A1000ff., M357.

Catch Catch tales X903; Z13. - Great c. of fish X1150.1.

Catcher Catcher. - Hero as marvelous c. F698.1; lie: remarkable c. X944.

Catching Catching, see also Caught; animal devil G303.9.9.7; the devil G303.16.19.18; a noise (task) H1023.12; huge fish without nets or tackle (task) H1154.4; wild animals as suitor task H336.2. - Bird of prey c. quarry a good omen D1812.5.2.4; dwarf driven away by maid c. and kissing him F451.5.19.1; first man c. woman in snare A1275.10; resuscitation by c. in snare E23; transformation to fish by c. in fish-trap D533.

Caterpillar Caterpillar. - Burning c. tabu C841.3; god with body of c. A123.1.5; helpful c. B484.1; man becomes c. D192.1; marriage to person in c. form B643.3; why hairy c. is venomous A2532.2.

Caterpillars Caterpillars. - Why c. climb trees A2479.6.

Catfish Catfish transformed from children carry marks of knife holder A2261.3.1; transformed from woman carries woman's tatoo marks A2261.3. - Giant c. B874.7; man becomes c. D177; origin of c. A2127.

Cats Cats crossing one's path sign of ghosts E436.2; infest haunted house H1411.2; unite against wolf J1025.2. - Army of c. B268.11; country without c. F708.1; dance of c. B293.1; fear test: night watch with magic c. H1411.2ff.; four c. carry coffin F982.2; king of c. B241.2.3; lies about c. X1211; magic fishhook catches c. D1444.3; how mice can rid themselves of c. H1292.10; mouse teaches her child to fear quiet c. J132; rats cause c. to be killed K2172; saint kills king of c. F981.7; scratching c. in hell A671.2.13; slain c. hung up and covered with grain (penance) Q523.6; tiger-cubs mistaken for jungle c. J1758.6.

Cat's Cat's bodily characteristics A2325.6;(jagged ears), A2326.2.1;(lack of horns), A2356.2.3;(arched back), A2365.2.0.1;(penis), A2441.1.10;(walk); curse causes woman to bear cats M437.1; enemies A2281.1ff., A2494.1;f; friendships A2493.9;f, A2493.18; marriage B281.9;f, B282.4.2; B601.12; only trick J1662; paw cut off (woman's hand missing) D702.1.1; supernatural qualities B121.3;(magic wisdom), D1032.2;(magic flesh), D1840.2.1;(invulnerable), D2071.1.2;(averting Evil Eye), D2142.1.5;(raises wind), E731.2;(as soul), G283.2.1;(prevents wind), N542.2;(locates treasure); tail mistaken for worm J1759.5. - Curse: god to live c. life M414.13.1; deity with c. head A131.3.1; giant as black c. son *F531.6.1.3; lighting the c. tail J2101.1; milk overheated to break c. taste for it K499.4; ogre with c. head, tail G369.4; origin of c. skin A2311.2.

Cattle Cattle bewitched G265.6.2; formerly ate rice and pulse A1101.2.2; killed as punishment Q595.2; let loose so as to distract owner's attention K341.7.1; magically disappear D2087.3; as men's masters A1101.2.1; produced by magic D2178.2; and sheep of the sun (riddle) A732.1; step on lobster, flatten it A2213.2.4; of the sun A155.1; thief struck by lightning Q552.1.8.1; tied so tightly they strangle K1447. - Building bridge of c. K1441; enmity of c. and snails A2494.12.3.1; fairy c. F241.2ff., F356; fairy gives man horse, c., etc. F343.9; fairies steal c. F365.6; faithful c. at master's death B301.6;f; first c. in Ireland A1877.1; forbidden direction while tending c. C614.1.0.1; ghost stampedes stolen c. E234.2; ghostly reenactment of c.-driving sounds E337.1.4; giant cane holds fifty c. F612.3.1; giant eats a thousand c. F531.3.4.1; herd of c. put into magic cup D491.1.1; herd of c. transformed to wolves D412.2.1; horse takes c. out to pasture X1241.2.1; hostile c. B17.1.3; huldra c. F460.2.9; huldra as c. traders F460.4.2.5; innocent boy hanged for c. theft N347.3; killing more c. than necessary tabu C766.1; man-eating c. B16.1.5; merman demands c. as offering B82.2; monk brings back all stolen c. possible J2499.4; murrain upon c. as punishment Q552.3.7; pasturing witch's c., her daughters H119.12.2; people choose c. A1614.4.3; quest for marvelous c. H1331.3; sacred c. of sun god B811.3.3; saint's bell keeps c. from straying D1446.1; servant must keep horns and hide of his c. that are slain P622; stealing c. which are guarded by a marvelous dog (task) H1151.8; thirsty c. fight over well B266.1; trolls ride on c. F455.3.3.3; two-footed c. demanded: silly pundits sent J1717; when cow calls calf, all c. graze B852; washing black c. white (task) H1023.6; why flies sit on eyes of c. A2494.14.3; witch rides on c. G241.1.6.

Caught Caught, see also Catching. - Animal c. by magic object D1444; animal's habits when c. A2466ff.; dwarf c. by beard in cleft of tree F451.6.1; ogre c. in noose and killed G514.3; speech magically recovered when certain bird is c. D2025.2; sun c. in snare A728; transformation to be c. D646.

Caul Caul. - Child born with serpent in c. T551.8; exposure of child with c. S325.0.1.1; murder by showing man his c. D2061.2.7; waves break c. of abandoned child N655; worm from c. born with child B714.

Cauldron Cauldron of greed W151.0.1; magically sticks to wall D2171.4.2; of regeneration E607.5; on water-monster's head K2314.2.1. - bluff: huge c. called hero's kitchen-pot K1718.3; gigantic c. F881.1.1; magic c. *D1171.2; (in otherworld) F166.4.2; (received from lake spirit) D813.1.2; (reveals guilt) D1318.13; theft of c. detected J1661.1.10; witches boil wizardry c. G249.5.

Cauldrons Cauldrons. - Giant with eyes as big as c. F531.1.1.2.1; origin of c. A1439.4.

Cauliflower Cauliflower, children said to come from T589.6.5.

Caulker Caulker, pope disguised as K1816.2.

Causeway Causeway. - Building c. as suitor test H359.1; building c. as task H1129.6; fairies build c. F271.2.2; underwater c. to otherworld F842.2.4.

Cauterized Cauterized. - Priests burned: dying woman asks to be c. J1511.18; sick cartwheel c. J2412.7.

Caution Caution, wisdom of J580ff.

Cavalcade Cavalcade, fairy F241.1.0.1.

Cavalry Cavalry of dogs B268.2. - Mice and hogs let loose put elephant c. to flight K2351.3; runaway c. hero K1951.2.

Cave Cave call K607.1; entrance to lower world F92.6; A671.0.3; opens to hide fugitives D1552.5; as refuge R315; as repository of fire A1414.7.3; of winds A1122. - Abandonment in c. S146.2; adventure from following animal to c. N773; animal rescues from c. B549.4; beam in c. kills travelers K1172; captivity in c. R45.3; covering of giants' c. set afire K812.1.1; deer lures victim into demon's c. K714.7; dwarf c. F451.4.1.1; F451.4.3.1; F451.6.14; escape from deluge in c. A1024; extraordinary c. F757; gods' home in c. A151.1.2; hunter discovers girl being reared in c. N724; magic deer reveals c. entrance D1552.9; magic in giant's c. D845.1; ogress keeps princesses in c. G334.1; origin of c.-digging A1435.0.1; ogre kept in c. G514.2.1; princess rescued from giant's c. R111.2.3; river issuing from c. controlled by race of Amazons D915.5; rock at c. entrance falls D2153.2; spending night in c. as penance Q524.1; statue in c. entrance frightens giantess K1726; sun and moon from c. A713; sun hides in c. A734.1; travelers taken from c., eaten G94.1; treasure in underground c. N512.

Caves Caves. - Chiefs buried in hidden c. V61.8.1; giants enchanted in c. F531.6.13.1; giants live in c. F531.6.2.1; habitable c. in otherworld F164; huts replace c. as dwellings A1435.3; mankind emerges from c. A1232.3; rocks enter c. F1006.4; spirits live in c. F402.6.4.1.

Cecilia Cecilia. - St. C. lives after beheading D1840.1.3.

Cecrops Cecrops F526.6.

Cedar Cedar. - Blood from wizard becomes red grain of c. A2731.3; magic c. tree D950.18; origin of c. tree A2681.13; iron created to punish pride of c. A978.2.

Cedars Cedars. - Temple c. bear fruit F811.7.2.1;

Ceiling Ceiling. - Chamber with crystal c. (in otherworld dwellings) F165.3.1.1; (in dwarf cave) F451.4.3.3.

Celebrations Celebrations of dwarf weddings and christenings F451.6.3.2; of marriage T130ff. - Deer lost through premature c. J2173.4; prisoners released in c. of victory P14.1; religious c. *V0;V99.

Celestial Celestial, see Heavenly. Celestial spheres, see Heavens.

Celibacy Celibacy and chastity *T300 - T399; and continence *T310ff.; at the altar J1264.2. - Origin of c. A1556.2; peoples practicing c. F566.

Cellar Cellar. - Familiar in magician's c. G225.0.5; fool lets wine run in the c. J2176; penance: being locked in c. and key thrown into water Q544; treasure in c. of ruined house N511.1.6; wine c. entered by removing lock K317.2; wolf overeats in c. K1022.1.

Celtic Celtic fairy mistress dominant F302.6.1. - Pagan C. otherworld like Christian paradise A694.1.

Celts Celts, origin of A1611.5.4.

Cemetery Cemetery, see also Graveyard. - Cannibals live at c. G18.1; dead move when c. is moved E419.4; light moving toward c. as sign of death D1322.2; looking over c. walls tabu C334; parson thinks he hears devil in c. cracking nuts X424; sleeping in c. tabu C735.2.5; shooting man to start c. X1663.2.

Cenn Cruaich Cenn Cruaich, festival of V70.8

Cenotaph Cenotaph. - Woman thinking lover dead erects c. and mourns before it T85.1

Censer Censer. - Aaron's c. J1446; sulphur in the c. J1582.2.

Censure Censure. - Miracle saves saint from unjust c. V229.2.11.

Census Census. - Taking c. tabu C897.2.

Centaur Centaur B21; befriends abandoned man R143; rescues man from jungle B547.3. - Blood of c. as love philtre D1355.2.2.1; ghost as c. E423.6; man transformed to c. D199.1.

Center Center. - Determination of world c. A1181; mountain at c. of earth A875.1.1; person (giant, wood spirit) with one eye in c. of forehead *F441.4.1; F512.1.1; F531.1.1.1; what is c. of earth? (riddle) H681.3.

Centipede Centipede kills ogre B524.1.10; magically enlarged D2038.1; plays with pearl B109.2. - Devastating c. B16.6.5; helpful c. B491.4.1; magic c. aids captive D1395.9; man becomes c. D192.2; poisoned sting of c. brings death to world A1335.13.

Centurion Centurion wants to be killed rather than converted Q151.8.

Century Century. - Bird carries a grain of sand from a mountain each c. (measure of eternity) H701.1; treasure reveals itself each c. N541.2.

Cerberus Cerberus *A673; B15.7.1. - Quest for C. in hell H1271; sop to C. B325.1.

Cereal Cereal thrown on floor in anger F1041.16.10. - Magic c. D1033.

Cereals Cereals, origin of A2685ff.

Ceremonial Ceremonial continence T310.1; friendship P311.6.

Ceremonies Ceremonies used at unearthing of treasure N554. - God ordains c. A176; misunderstanding of church c. causes inappropriate action J1823; religious c. *V0 - V99; witches avoid religious c. G285.

Ceremony Ceremony of the proclamation of a Buddha V88; of sacrifice V18. - Betrothal c. T61.4; eating during c. C231.5; evil spirit exorcised by religious c. D2176.3.2; fairies disappear when c. of church is used F382; magic results produced by religious c. *D1766; other religious c. as magic cure D2161.4.9.1; parody of church c. at witch's sabbath G243.2; prayer as c. V58; repeating the c. J2498; wedding c. T135; witch's power from altering religious c. G224.5.

Certain Certain. - Fairies visible only at c. times F235.2; ghost finds rest when c. thing happens E451; ghosts walk at c. times E587; invulnerability from c. things D1841; otherworld dwellings open only at c. times F165.2.

Certificate Certificate. - Cat loses dog's c. A2281.1.

Cesspool Cesspool. - Paramour falls in c. K1517.4.1.

Chafer Chafer. - Blood-sucking c. B16.6.2; fierce black c. B16.6.2.1.

Chaff Chaff sky-rope F51.1.4. - Making a rope of c. (task) H1021.2.

Chagrin Chagrin. - Death from c. because man cannot answer question F1041.1.3.10; laughter from c. F1041.11.1.

Chain Chain, see also Series; around neck tests truth H251.3.6; of arrows transformed to bridge D469.3; of borrowings bring huge amount K455.10; of punishments Q401; tales Z20. - Ascent to upper world on arrow c. *F53; breaking of c. in anger F1041.16.3.1; child born with c. around neck H71.7; disenchantment by putting c. around neck D723.1; dragon keeps maiden tied with golden c. B11.10.1; devil bound with huge c. G303.8.4.1; drop of honey causes c. of accidents N381; extraordinary c. F863; filing away c. with teeth R121.10; forging of c. for fettered monster A1071.2; giant with gigantic c. as belt F531.4.2; gold c. as otherworld support F169.6; hind with gold c. on neck B105.1; iron c. hangs from heaven F51.1.6; magic c. (ornament) *D1078; (iron) D1251; (renders orchard barren) D1563.2.1; magic c. protects D1381.19; D1388.0.3; magic power in c. lost when it is stolen D1561.2.3; origin of mountain c. A965; quest for animal with golden c. H1332.4; recognition of twins by golden c. under their skin H61.1; thieves stretch c. across road and evade pursuers K413; tying sun with stone c. H1023.23.

Chained Chained. - Animals c. in couples B845.2; girl c. to wall by giant R111.2.3.1; magic birds c. in couples B172.7; pregnant queen c. to king T579.7; prisoners c. R51.2; soldiers c. together to prevent flight P551.2.

Chains Chains. - Castle suspended on four c. F771.2.1.1; disenchantment by putting c. around neck D723.1; fettered monster's weakened c. renewed by supernatural power A1074.7; fiery c. in hell A671.2.4.7; ghost sounds c. E402.1.4; E565; mountain-men put peasant in c. F460.4.4.2; noise of c. leads to buried ghost E231.4; quest for the finest of c. H1303; souls in c. in hell E755.2.2; transformation by removing c. from neck D536; wild hunt heralded by rattle of c. E501.13.1.2.

Chair Chair moves toward pope A171.6;over fiery pit as figure of precariousness of life J85; rocked by spirit F473.2.1. - Death glued to c. Z111.2.2; devil's c. in hell made from thrown-away nail parings G303.25.5; extraordinary c. F786; ghostly c. E539.4.1; heaven entered by sitting in St. Peter's c. K2371.1.4; heavenly music caused by columns under Lord's c. A661.0.2.1; horse's forehead as golden c. F874.2; magic c. *D1151.2; man lured into mechanical c., killed K984; person killed by spike magically made to appear on c. D2061.2.6; recognizing sweetheart's sedan c. H324.1; ring prevents person from rising from c. D1413.2; salt prevents witch's rising from c. G254.2; self-rocking c. D1601.28; weeding garden from rocking c. W111.5.13; witch cannot rise from c. with four-leaf clover under it G254.

Chairs Chairs in heaven A661.0.3; H619.1; V515.1.1; Z71.1.2. - Origin of peoples according to choice of c. A1614.4.2; witches rock empty c. G249.11.

Chalice Chalice used in guilt test H233.1. - Magic c. D1171.6.4; priest throws c. at owl J1261.2.7.

Chalk Chalk marks identify mistress H58.1; transformed into oil tins D454.13.

Challenge Challenge to battle P556; at otherworld entrance F150.3; to revenant to combat E461.1. - Hero's c. to warriors in his land C566.5.

Challenger Challenger. - Customs concerning c. to combat P557.4.4; small child bets giant c. F611.3.2.5.

Chamber Chamber with crystal ceiling in otherworld F165.3.1.1. - Forbidden c. *C611; suitor test: entering princess's c. *H344; underground treasure c. F721.4.

Chamber-pot Chamber-pot, magic *D1171.13.

Chameleon Chameleon duped by elephant K1042.1; plays xylophone B297.1.2; saves hero's life: may change color A2223.8. - Creation of c. A2148.1; enmity of c. and lizard A2494.16.2; movement of c. A2441.4.4; why c. can change his color A2411.5.6.1.

Champion Champion test H1568; vindication by H218.0.1. - King's c. enforces respect P14.15; valor as bird hovering over c. Z124.1.

Champions Champions of gods A145. - Queen pours liquor for c. P29.3.

Chance Chance and fate N (entire chapter).

Chandelier Chandelier of crystals in dwarf home F451.4.3.4.

Changeableness Changeableness W175.

Changed Changed message K1851; remarks K1775. - Adulterous love c. into chaste one T372; angel c. into the devil G303.1.1.3; animals' dwelling-place c. A2433.1.2; animal's color c. F985; clothes not to be c. till a certain time M125; horse used by mortal under fairy spell c. to gray cat F234.4.1; person's disposition c. by magic object D1350ff.; person's size c. by magic object D1377; sea's place c. F931.1; size c. at will D631; transformation: material of object c. D470ff.; voice c. by work of silversmith F556.2.

Changeling Changeling *F321.1ff., F451.5.2.3. - Eagle prefers own offspring to c. J497; mother casts out c. P231.6.

Changelings Changelings, trolls as F455.6.7.

Changes Changes of bodily appearance so as to escape K521.2; in bodily form at fall of man A1310.1; in color of blood (life token) E761.1.6; of color not to be attempted J511; in the earth A850ff.; of form impossible for devil G303.3.6. - Attempted c. of animal nature absurd J1908; magic c. in man himself *D50ff.; magic object effects c. in persons D1300 -D1379; magic object works physical c. D1330ff.; reincarnation with c. of sex E605.1; simulated c. of sex to baffle Evil Eye D2071.1.3; yearly c. in hyena's sex B754.1.1.

Changing Changing of luck or fate N130ff.; places or caps in bed K1611. - Cow with c. colors B731.4; disguise by c. bodily appearance K1821; princess c. clothes with maid to flee man T323.1.1; punishment for c. faith Q232; rejuvenation by c. skin D1889.6; transformation by c. clothes D537; wives c. clothes with imprisoned husbands R152.3.

Channel Channel. - Underground c. to otherworld F153.1.

Channels Channels. - Lies about underground c. X1545; origin of sea c. A920.2.

Chanticleer Chanticleer believes that his crowing makes the sun rise J2272.1.

Chanting Chanting of saint kills animal D1445.3; of spell over shadow D2061.2.2.2. - Future poet c. in womb T575.1.4; heavenly bodies c. God's praise F961.0.4; Satan c. God's praises G303.9.8.9.

Chaos Chaos. - Earth born of c. A801; evil spirits born in c. G302.1.2; first deity grows out of primeval c. A115.1; creator comes out of c. A22; primeval c. *A605.

Chapel Chapel endowed with blows for friar X454; in otherworld F163.2; remarkable F773. - Stones in c. from transformed salmon A977.5.2.

Chaplain Chaplain administers sacrament and saves woman's soul from devil G303.16.5.1. - Treacherous c. K2284.1.

Character Character of kings P12ff. - Tests of c. H1550 -H1569; traits of c. W(entire chapter).

Characters Characters. - Mysterious c. on fire rock F809.6.2.

Charcoal Charcoal burner P458; (drives fairies off with fire) F389.1; (treacherous) K2262; sack magically multiplies D2106.2. - Expensive wood burned to make c. J2094; origin of c. making A1452; raised treasure turns into c. N558; transformation: handkerchief with three knots to clod, pots-herd, and c. D454.3.2.1.

Chargers Chargers. - Faggots become c. D441.3.1.

Chariot Chariot of fire A13.6.3.1; of the gods A156.5; horses spring at one unentitled to throne H71.10.4; invisible D1982.3; of light carries souls to heaven E754.5; magically collects flowers D1601.33; of the sun A724; tilts under false royalty H41.9.1; wheels throw up wall R5.1. - Angel guides c. V232.5.1; crossing water in c. D2125.3; dead persons draw c. E583; deceptive grant: land c. travels K185.7.3; divination from c. wheels' sound K1812.5.0.12; driving c. over displeasing person Q227.3; entering c. tabu after certain food C756.4; escape to sky in magic c. R323.2; fairy c. F242.1; fairy c. pulled by pole through horse F241.1.6; god drives c. over waves A171.0.1; god rides in c. A171.1.1; god's c. goes through air A136.3; god's c. bears bodies to heaven E722.2.10.1; goddess's c. drawn by one-footed horse A136.2.2; heavenly c. takes couple to sky A761.2; journey to upper world in c. F661; magic c. *D1114; moon c. A757.1; planet in black c. pursues sun, moon A735.2; pregnant woman crushed beneath c. S116.2; race won by deception: c. disabled K11.4; saint's resurrection where c. breaks down M264.4.1; stealing c. from king H1151.13.3; swans harnessed to c. B558.2; tabu to proceed after c. mishap C833.7; winged c. F861.2; winged serpents pull c. B558.7.

Charioteer Charioteer faithful to death P361.1.3; killed instead of saint N338.1; of the sun *A724.1; taunts master, arouses him J1682.

Charioteers Charioteers. - Hero refuses to slay c. W11.5.12.

Chariots Chariots join in keen F994.2. - Stars melt iron c. F961.2.6.

Chariot's Chariot's. - Turning c. left side tabu C643.

Charitable Charitable man's death postponed Q151.1.

Charity Charity *V400 -V499; rewarded by birth of child T584.4. - Admittance to heaven for single act of c. Q172.2; devil frustrated by c. G303.16.19.11; double return for c.: savings given away J2489.6; heaven entered by demanding back the c. gift K2371.1.2; hypocrisy concerning c. K2096; intemperance in c. J562; trickster takes goods given in c. to his family K461; what is the greatest? c. H659.7.3.

Charm Charm, see also Spell; against theft of children by fairies F321.2; around neck transforms D585.1; causes horns to grow on person D1375.1.3; dries (life token) E761.4.6; makes root bitter D479.3; to win cases in law court D1406.1; written in blood has magic power D1273.0.1. - Alleged c., fly, escapes: damages claimed K251.3; ghost summoned by c. E386.2; impregnation by use of c. T527; magic c. (formula) *D1273ff., (fetish) *D1274; (medicine) *D1241; (ghoulish) *D1278; (writings) *D1266.1; ogress seduces with c. G264.3; ogre's c. stolen G613; rain c. sold to aid eloping couple D2143.1.10; witches c. causes paralysis D2072.2.1; witch's c. opposite of Christian *G224.1; word c. gives witch power G224.12.

Charming Charming. - Fairies c. prince into sleep F302.3.4.5; wife c. husband back R152.4.

Charms Charms cause witch to reveal self G257. - Dead mother called up from grave to give her son c. E323.3; finger cut because of absorption in the c. of beloved T26.1; origin of c. for pregnant women A1562.1; pseudo-magic healing c. sold K115.

Charnel Charnel. - Fetching skulls from c. house (fear test) H1435.

Charon Charon A672.1. - Fee of C. A672.1.1; E489.3; P613.

Charter Charter. - Ass's c. in his hoof J1608

Charybdis Charybdis and Scylla G333.

Chasing Chasing devil away G303.16.11.3; mutilated man into forest S143.3; night by day A1172.3; ogres away by fire G581. - Fairies c. man who dares them F361.17.8; fairies c. overseer F361.3.2; ghost c. pedestrian E272.4; priest c. devil away G303.16.14.1; wife's attendants c. lover K1549.6.

Chasms Chasms mark leaps of giants A972.5.2.

Chaste Chaste sleeping together T350ff.; woman deceives gallant with a substitute in bed K1223.4; woman has magic power *D1714.1; woman promises herself to her lover when the rocks leave the coast * M261; woman refers lover to her husband for permission K1231; woman surprised in adultery K2063; maiden at prayer vanishes from would-be ravisher's embrace D1714.1.1; wife tricks importunate lovers K1218. - Girl with c. mother chosen as wife J482.3; wild animal will not harm c. woman B771.0.1.

Chastity Chastity *T300 -T399; tests *H400 -H459; wager *N15. - Adulteress makes pretense of c. K2051.4; cut-off finger proves wife's c. K1512.1; demon has to serve girl whom he cannot persuade to break vow of c. G303.16.19.5; magic object preserves c. *D1387ff.; message of c.: uncooked meat left behind T386; sword of c. T351; promise to sleep in c. with woman broken J1174.2.1; transformation to preserve c. D664; wife's heavy c. belt T373.

Chastizing Chastizing. - Son c. father for scorning mother P233.9.

Chasuble Chasuble. - Hairs on saint's c. release souls from hell Q174.1.1.1; sinners going to heaven numbered by hairs in saint's c. M364.3.1; white c. becomes red D454.3.1.1.

Chasubles Chasubles. - Maidens unharmed by fire in c. D1841.3.2.4.

Chateaux Chateaux. - Devil as builder of c. G303.9.1.5.

Chattering Chattering dwarfs F451.3.13.2; squirrel in the earth-tree A878.3.3.

Cheap Cheap price country J342.1.1. - King and c. slippers J829.1.

Cheated Cheated. - Devil c. (at card playing) N4.0.1; (in race) K11.0.1; (of his promised soul) *K210ff., (by dismissing mass early) G303.16.16; farmer who trades horses with the devil is c. G303.25.12; numskull talks and allows himself to be c. J2355; scornfull mistress c. by scorned lover posing as rich man L431.2.

Cheater Cheater cheated *J1510ff.; discovered by fishing in the street J1149.2; as hero L114.4; put out of countenance by raising alarm J1216. - Virgin pardons repentant c. V261.2.

Cheaters Cheaters *K300 -K499; examined apart J1141.3; sell each other valueless articles K148; visited by god in animal form Q554.6. - Trickster masks as doctor and punishes his c. K1825.1.3.

Cheating Cheating by illusory transformation of animals D612.1; as suitor test H331.13. - Clever girl c. robber K434; deer's antlers reward for not c. A2326.1.1.1; dupe's casual words used in c. K1155; fairies revenge for c. F361.13; foolish attempt at c. buyer J2083; ghost slaps c. son: cancer grows E234.1; magic object acquired by c. K830ff.; man c. god in dice A189.3; rogues c. each other J1516; thief c. other thieves K307.2; two cheats c. one another K421.3; Virgin Mary reveals c.V252.1.

Check Check. - Leaving c. on coffin K231.13.

Cheek Cheek bitten K2021.1; (as death warning) D1812.0.1.1. - Devils leave hermit who turns other c. when struck G303.16.15; mutilation: c. cut off S166.2; ointment cures left c., not right D1663.2; remarkable c. F545.3.

Cheeks Cheeks like blood as suitor test H312.5; stuffed with food operated on for swellings X372.4.1. - Giant's peculiar c. F531.1.6.8; husband disapproves of wife painting c. Q331.2.1.3; mouth full of food: c. cut open for abscess J1842.2; vain woman's c. burned Q331.2.1.2.

Cheese Cheese from buffalo milk H1361.6; -covered dung sold as cheese K143.1; smeared on crab lures giant K827.5; transformed to stone D471.4; thrown down to find way home J1881.1.1. - Bone-powder changed into c. D476.1.10; cat to guard c. J2103.1; diving for c. J1791.3; getting a sword to lift the c. J2173.2; grindstone's picture mistaken for c. J2685; magic c. *D1036.1; numskull tries to hatch out a calf from a c. J1902.2; one c. sent after another J1881.1.2; ordeal by bread and c. H232; raven with c. in mouth K334.1; sowing c. to bring forth a cow J1932.2; thrifty cutting of c. (bride test) H381.2; trickster squeezes a c. K62.

Cheeses Cheeses concealed from saint turned to stone Q552.16.1.2. - Rolling c. to scare off Indians K548.1; stones are transformed c. A977.5.1.

Cherries Cherries. - Father shares c. with sons J1341.9.

Cherry Cherry tree has lotus flowers F811.7.2.3. - Healing with c. tree J2412.5; magic c. *D981.4; magic c. tree *D950.4.

Chess Chess game as test H509.3. - Gods play c. A163.1.1; invention of c. A1468.1; king playing c. when important news arrives P14.3; monkey plays c. B298.1; origin of c. (cumulative tale) Z21.1; parrot advises queen playing c. B565; skill at c. F679.8; unique ability to play c. H31.10.

Chessboard Chessboard made from slain enemy S139.2.2.4.3. - Divination with c. D1311.23.

Chest Chest, see also Box; of murdered child becomes moon A1277.3. - Animal in the c. K1515; cuckolded man shuts wife's paramour in c. and lies on the c. with the latter's wife K1566; dying woman lures paramour into c.: asks for it to be buried K1555.0.1; entrance into woman's room by hiding in c. K1342; exposure in floating c. S141; S331; girl catches thief in c. K434.3; husband takes off c. containing paramour K1555.0.2; lover hidden in c. with feathers K1517.4; magic c. *D1174; man hiding in c. catches thief K751.2; money exacted from watchers who permit c. to be stolen K443.3.1; moon from c. of sacrificed youth A741.2; murder by slamming down c. lid S121; paramour hidden in c. K1521.2; (frightens off robbers) K335.1.6.1; (and carried off) K675.1; (priest) K1218.1.4; queen lures husband into c. K2213.15; seduction by having maiden placed in floating c. K1333; sham-magician buys c. containing hidden paramour K1574; soldier asks to be stabbed in c. J216.4; supposed c. of gold induces children to care for aged father P236.2; thrall cursed to sit on c. M455.3; treasure buried in c. N511.1.8; treasure found in c. N525; unjust banker deceived into delivering c. of money K1667; victim tricked into entering c. K714.2.

Chestnut Chestnut. - Magic c. *D985.2; (as food) *D1035.1.

Chests Chests. - Worthless c. as security for credit K455.9.

Chewed Chewed. - Magic charm of c. flesh D1273.0.3.

Chewer Chewer. - Lie: remarkable c. X933

Chewing Chewing of spruce gum by Indians A1681.1. - Devil c. up church papers G303.24.5; goat pretends to be c. rock K1723; magic results from c. D1799.5.

Chicken Chicken, see also Cock, Hen; feet of spirits *F401.3.5; as laborer B292.9.2; picks out attacker's eyes B524.8. - Arrows rubbed with c. fatal D1402.7.5.1; blindness cured by c. dung F952.6; creation of c. A1988; enmity of civet cat and c. A2494.1.8; enmity of fox and c. A2494.9.2; helpful c. B469.5.1; husband in the c. house K1514.1; hypocrite will not share in stolen c.; only takes gravy K2095.2; magic c. B171; magic c. thigh D1013.1; magic warmth of c. wing D1481.1; man transformed to c. D166.1; peasant's share is the c. J1562.2; priest's guest and eaten c. K2137; speaking c. B211.3.2.1.

Chickens Chickens. - Automatic hen and c. of gold D1620.2.2; educated c. tell of woman's adultery K1271.1.3; enigmatic request for c. for breakfast H599.6; enmity between birds of prey and c. A2494.13.10.6; fool kills c. by throwing them off a balcony J2173.5; fox is promised c.: is driven off by dogs K235.1; guarding c. from the fox by weighting them down in water J2125; mother kills c. (cuts off heads of the well) H583.4.3; old woman gives c. to devils G303.25.6; stolen c. turn to stone D471.8.1; strong hero asks that c. stop scratching F615.3.1.1; teaching c. to talk J1882.1; thieves' funeral for c. K375; trickster buys c., says priest will pay K455.4.1; why wildcats eat c. A2435.3.15.

Chief Chief asks another for yam cutting (daughter) H611.3; of dead frightens visitors H1401.1; recognized by large bundle H41.10. - Creator appoints a c. for each class of things A1187; first man made world's c. A1285.1; high-spitting as test of a c. H41.2; men buried with dead c. V67.4; storm heralds newborn c. F960.1.1.3; unknown prince chosen c. of children in play *P35.

Chiefs Chiefs buried in hidden caves V61.8.1. - Tabus of c. C564ff.

Chief's Chief's. - Tabu not to eat c. food C241.2; warriors surrender after c. death R75.2.

Chieftain Chieftain recognized by swineherd H173.1. - Deceptive land grant to wounded c. K185.7.3.

Chieftainess Chieftainess fans mist off river A937; preparing food tabu C564.8; of too high rank to be wooed P281.1.

Chieftainship Chieftainship as reward Q112.1.

Child Child, see also Baby, Infant; adopted by rich man in order to get rid of him K2015; born as cannibal G33; born with objects indicating fate N121.1; borne off by tiger, which is caught by griffin, which is killed by lioness, who rears child with her whelps N215; in cradle guesses devil's riddle H543.2; cursed by father cannot rest in grave E412.4; of deity visits earth F31; of demon king marries mortal F402.2.3; develops from man's urine T512.2.1; feeds snake from milk-bottle B391.1; follows bird and loses its mother N313; forced to cry till magic given D835; found on deserted island A1234.3; as foundation sacrifice smiles and wins freedom S261.1; as helper N827; killed by one left to care for it K1461; of moon and mortal A753.1.5; and mountain people F460.4.1.2.1; F460.4.2.4; mystically recognizes mother H175.2; plays with magic object *D861.10; as prophet M301.20; recognizes relative's flesh when it is served to be eaten G61.1; as result of prayer Q192; T548.1; reveals murder N271.6; sacrifice S260.1.1; S268; saved from death by dressed-up block K525.1.3; sick from witchcraft struck on anvil G271.9; -stealing demon G442; threatened with ogre actually abducted *C25.1; throws down a kid (lie) X1856.1; throws millwheels from one town to another (lie) X1856.2; in womb gives guest directions H1232.5. - Abandoned c. joins parents in game: recognition follows H151.9; adult becomes c. D55.2.5; animal rescues c. B549.3;(dog), B522.4;(eagle); animals with human c. as slave B292.0.1; beautiful c. F575.3; cast-off wife and c. exposed in boat S431.1; compassionate executioner: substitute c. K512.2.2; cooked c. revived by saint E121.4.1; criminal detected by having c. hand knife to him H211; crocodile goes after second c. J2173.6; crying c. ceases only to gather strength W182; devil as c. G303.3.1.16; devil c. born with horns G303.4.1.6.2; disguise as c. K1839.12; distress over imagined troubles of unborn c. J2063; don't adopt a c. J21.27; dragon hears cry of c. B11.12.6; dupe cares for c. while robbed K345.3; dwarf makes return of c. dependent upon guessing of riddle F451.5.15.2; dying c. assigns task H937; earth from c. (children) A831.5; A831.3; exposed or abandoned c. rescued R131ff.; fairy c. kept by mortals F329.4.1; fairy gives mortals a c. F343.13; fairies adopt human c. F311; fairies help forgotten c., strangle another J2415.4; false bride makes c. demand mother's clothes K1911.1.8.1; false bride takes true bride's place when c. is born *K1911.1.2; father of illegitimate c. must walk in front of cross J1515.1; father's ghost rebukes c. E327.4; fool kills c. J1842.2; J2465.3;., J2661.1; K946; fool thinks he has given birth to a c. by letting wind J2321.2; friendly return of dead c. E324; ghost of murdered c. E225; ghost of unknown c. passes over parents H175.5; giving a c. a name tabu C437; god punishes man by killing his c. A1335.15; healing power of saint as c. V221.0.3; heart of unborn c. renders person invisible D1361.8; hill as adopted c. A969.6; human c. of sky-mother longs for earth father D2006.2.1; impostor claims to be father of c. of princess K1936; innocence of c. tested H256.1; journey to hell to circumcise c. F81.3; light-giving c. H1396; like parent, like c. U121; lovers' c. sent with token H82.3.1; magic object received from c. D828; magic object for service to c. D817.1ff.; magic placates crying c. D883; man as God behind the tree forces the girl to admit having illegitimate c. K1971.5.1; magic calabash cooks and cares for c. D1601.1; magic sight given to abandoned c. D1821.6; offending supernatural c. (tabu) C33; people eating c. become supernatural G55; pious c. able to carry water in sieve H1023.2.0.2; posing as relative to kill c. K2011; prophecy on killer of c. M306.5; protection from devil by holding three-year old c. through the night G303.16.19.6; rakshasa eats c. G369.1.4; reincarnation as c. E605.7;.; reincarnation of murdered c. as bird *E613.0.1; retort from underfed c. J1341ff.; revenant as c. E425.3; sham physician predicts sex of the unborn c. K1955.3; small c. beats giant F611.3.2.5; Solomon's judgment: the divided c. J1171.1; soul as c. E747; stolen c. found in hollow tree R311.3; stolen c. rescued by animal nurse B543.3; tabu to carry c. on one's back C875; touch of c. resuscitates E149.3; transformation to c. to be adopted D646.2; transformation: salmon to c. D376; transformed mother called by her c. D792; transformed mother suckles c. D688; trolls size of twelve-year old c. F455.2.1; ugly husband placates wife, says he wants handsome c. J1541.3; unborn c. affected by broken tabu C993; unknown parent of c. sought H1381.2ff.; victorious youngest c. *L0 -L99; why can't c. talk? H1292.15; wisdom of c. decides lawsuit J123; wolf defends master's c. against serpent B524.1.4; wolf waits in vain for nurse to throw away c. J2066.5; woman seeks unknown father of her c. H1381.2.1.

Childbed Childbed. - Intercourse with woman in c. S185.2.

Childbirth Childbirth, see also Birth T580ff.; bell sounded falsely: not heeded in need J2199.1.2; magically delayed T574. - Banishment till rose grows from table for preventing c. Q431.4; charms make c. easy D1501.2; despite c. pain women become pregnant H659.13.1; dead father helps daughter in c. E327.2; fairy aid to queen in c. F312.3; goddess of c. A477; husband abandons wife in c. S143.4; husband looking at supernatural wife in c. forbidden C31.1.4; letter alleged to aid c. K115.1.1; origin of c. A1351; painful c. as punishment Q553.3.6; sacrifice at c. V17.9; tabu connected with c. C150ff.; tabus following c. C154; tree bows to help Virgin Mary in c. D1648.1.2.1; Virgin Mary helps abbess in secret c. T401.1.

Childless Childless couple adopt hero N825.1; couple promise devil a child S223; woman lost while fugitive woman burdened with child is saved N185; woman reborn as fish E694.4; woman rescues boy R169.9. - Prophecy: child to be born to c. M311.0.3.1; seduction by giving c. man's wife medicine K1315.2.4; unlucky to look at c. person T591.2.

Childlessness Childlessness, curse of M444.

Children Children abducted R10.3; ask too difficult questions J2370.1; born during husband's long absence J2342.2; in casket floated down river H157; devoured by ogress come from fire F913.2; disenchanted after long period are aged D799.1; of the East J192.1; envious of money given by deceased father to bishop have vision V415; prefer father they know to real father they do not yet know J325; flee from father who turns cannibal G31; not left alone when asleep A1579.1; lured into ogre's house G412; play hog-killing N334.1; of polygamous marriage A1576; punished for parents' offenses Q402; refused food leave home R228; rescue parents R154; sold or promised S210ff.; of the sun A736.5; transformed into horsemen D98; unwittingly promised (sold) S240ff.; wander into ogre's house G401; and wild hunt E501.2.7; E501.5.4; E501.18.1.3.1. - Abandoned c. identified by rice H49.1; abandoned or murdered c. *S300 -S399; abusing c. tabu C867.1; animals care for c. B535ff.; beggar's many c. P161; betrothal of c. T61.5; blood of c. as cure for leprosy D1502.4.2.1; boasting of c. forbidden C452; burning c. to give them fawn's spots K1013.2.2; care of c. *T600 -T699; catfish transformed from c. carry mark of children's knife holder A2261.3.1; close resemblance of two c. F1072; criminal's wife and c. sold into slavery Q437.1; cruel c. S20ff.; cure by putting c. on roof D2161.4.11; curse: c. will be sick M460.1; dead mother returns to aid persecuted c. *E323.2; dead wife returns and bears c. for husband E322.1; death of c. for breaking tabu C920.1; death of c. as punishment Q553.4;., Q559.9; deception by substitution of c. K1847; deceptive agreement to kill c. K944; demons strangle c. G302.9.4; devil's c. G303.11.2.2; dishonor to c. for breaking tabu C930.1; dog and hog dispute over their c. J243.1; dragon devours c. B11.10.3; dumbness as punishment for hiding c. Q451.3.1; dwarfs and c. F451.3.5.3; F451.3.5.5; F451.5.2.3; F451.5.21; dying woman's wraith visits c. E723.4.4; each likes his own c. best T681; encounter with clever c. dissuades man from visit J31; enemy's c. H1397.2;(quest), K930ff. (murder); fairies and human c. F310ff., F321; F326; father unwilling but mother willing to sell c. H491.1; father mutilates c. S11.1; first couple bring in c., clothe them A1277.4; first parents bear all c. they wish A1277.2; first parents c. of god A1271.3; folly of father's giving all property to c. before his death P236.1; friends and their c. P310.4; (become enemies) P312.4.2; giants' c. F531.6.8.6; innocent woman accused of killing her new-born c. K2116.1.11; legitimacy of c. tested by dipping them in river H222.1; living c. buried with dead mother S123.3; magic power of c. D1717ff.; male c. killed by Amazons F565.1.2; man betrayed into eating own c. K940.1; man transformed to woman has c. D695; as many c. as holes in a sieve (formula) Z75; many c. at a birth T586.1; monkeys from c. hidden by Eve when God visited her A1861.1; mortal saves fairy's c. F337.1; mother who devours her c. when they grow up (riddle) H734; mountain with c. F755.5; mountain men give c. a book F460.4.2.4; murder of c. punished Q211.4; murderer's c. become dwarfs F451.1.2; ogre kills noisy c. G478; ogre steals c. G305; origin of c. (explanations to c.) T589.6; origin of relation of mother and c. A1575; parents and c. *P230ff.; playing with c. helps great man J25; poisonous toad sits on food of undutiful c. Q557.1; prophecies about birth of c. M311.0.3; M369.7; punishment for refusal to have c. *Q251; rank among c. P632.3; reduced number of c. as punishment Q553.3.7; repartee concerning parentage of c. J1270ff.; rescue of c. from ogre by brother G551.3; return from dead to demand stolen c. E236.2; river formed where seven c. place stones A934.2; shark-ogre eats c. G308.5; shortsightedness in dealing with c. J2175ff.; song of c. incriminates thief K435; stars as c. of sun, moon A764.1; A764.3; stolen mother returns from fairyland each Sunday to minister to her c. *F322.3; substituted c. K1920ff.; suckling c. rock mother in cradle (lie) X1856; sun, moon and darkness as god's three c. A700.8; treacherous c. K2214; true bride's c. thrown away at birth K1911.2.3; two c. in moon A751.7; unbaptized c. (as fairies) F251.3; (in wild hunt) *E501.2.7; (pursued by fairies) F360.1; (pursued in wild hunt) *E501.5.4; (reincarnated as birds) E613.0.2; underworld people from c. which Eve hid from God *F251.4; undutiful c. P236; ungrateful c. punished *Q281.1; unknown prince chosen chief of c. in play *P35; unnatural c. eat parent G71; unnatural parents eat c. G72ff.; various c. of Eve * A1650.1; wagers on unborn c. N16; walling up as punishment for murder of c. Q455.1; water-spirit drags c. into river F420.5.2.1.5; why bees eat their own c. A2435.5.5; why c. learn to walk late A1321.1; why prince plays with c. J1661.1.7; wisdom learned from c. J120ff.; witch carries her c. in her own body G229.2; witch steals c. *G261; woman with three hundred sixty-five c. L435.2.1.

Children's Children's - Cannibals cut off parts of c. bodies G86; mutilation of c. bodies for identification H56.2; power of flying from eating c. hearts D2135.1.

Chili Chili plant causes dumb man to speak F954.4. - Enemy blinded with c. powder K783.1; jealous woman reborn as c. E692.4; rattlesnake harmful because earth worm feeds him c. pepper A2211.11; soul in c. plant E711.2.3.

Chimera Chimera B14.1.

Chimney Chimney. - Why cat keeps c. corner A2223.1; A2433.3.1.1; corpse drops piecemeal down c. H1411.1; devil descends c., spoils pudding C12.5.5; devil goes up c. in smoke G303.17.2.1; fairies descend c. F275; intruder captured in c. K732; intruding wolf falls down c. and kills himself J2133.7; K891.1; looking up c. tabu C337; magic object found in c. D847; ogre's arm thrust down c. G369.5; paramour hidden in c. K1521.1; theft through c. K316; Thumbling carried up c. by steam of food F535.1.1.2; witch steals child with hand through c. G261.1; witches come, go by c. G249.3.

Chimpanzee Chimpanzee, see also Monkey; leads lost hunter home B563.1.2. - Enmity of c. and man A2494.12.9; origin of body hair of c. A2322.6; why c. has large teeth A2345.9; why c. lives in forest A2433.2.1.2; why c. lives with men A2433.2.4.1.

Chin Chin. - How buffalo got hair under c. A2322.1; mutilation: c. cut off S166.2; woman so old her c. reaches her knee F571.3.1.

China China first land in world A802. - Bull in the c. shop J973.

Chipmunk Chipmunk. - Lies about c. X1224; stripes of c. A2217.2; A2413.2.

Chips Chips from tree return to their places as cut D1602.2.2; of wood become animal D441.10. - Magic feather (song) causes c. from tree to return as fast as cut D1565.1; recognition by unique manner of carving c. H35.4; remarkable thrower of c. makes forest F636.2.

Chirping Chirping. - Annoyance of swallows' c. less than sandpipers' J215.1.4.

Chisel Chisel. - Creator with hammer and c. in hands A18.5; why magpie's tail like c. A2378.7.2.

Chittagongs Chittagongs formerly braver A1676.1.

Choice Choice, see also Choosing, Chosen; of kings P11; between life or heaven V311.3; of dangerous road test valor H1561.9; of magic object from worthless D859.5; of weapons alternates P557.4.3. - Animal or object indicates c. of ruler H171; apple thrown indicates princess's c. H316; criminal allowed c. of method of execution P511; first at combat field gets c. of weapons P557.4.1; girl to wed man of her c. T131.0.1.1; girl must marry father's c. T131.1.2.1; grateful objects help in c. of caskets D1658.3.2; Hobson's c.: take what is offered or get nothing J201; modest c. best L210ff.; origin of death from unwise c. A1335.3; princess's unrestricted c. of husband T131.0.1; starved lover given c. of lady or food K1218.1.3.1; tribes from c. Sun offers A1610.5.

Choices Choices *J200 -J499; by chance N125. - Little gain, big loss in c. J340ff.; origin of tribes from c. made A1614.4.

Choir Choir imitates apologizing minister J2498.1. - Angel c. responds to saint V234.1.3; mermaid sings in c. B81.3.2.

Choked Choked. - Departing husband c. by deserted wife K951.0.1; lord who robs poor widow of her cow c. on first mouthful Q552.6; scoffer c. to death by mysterious stranger who blows ashes into his face Q554.3; woman's undutiful son c. by serpent Q557.2.

Choking Choking lawyer with smoke Q469.5. - Death by c. for breaking tabu C922.1; murder by c. K951ff.

Cholera Cholera. - God of c. A478.3; man mistaken for c. J1786.3; origin of c. A1337.2

Choosing Choosing, see also Choice; correctly from three caskets H511.1; flowers as test of sex of girl masking as man H1578.1.3; princess from others identically clad H324; tree on which to hang K558.

Choosy Choosy. - Too c. princess married to idiot J2183.5.

Chopping Chopping. - Deceptive contest in c. K44; marvelous sensitiveness: fracture from hearing man c. wood F647.8.1; task: c. down large tree with blunt implements H1115.

Chopsticks Chopsticks. - Seven pairs of c. H1199.16; younger twin unthinkingly hands c. to elder H255.

Choral Choral singing accompanies saint V222.3.

Chosen Chosen, see also Choice, Choosing; people V317. - All three gifts c. by trickster J1202; brother c. rather than husband or son P253.3; early death c. rather than long life without lady M366; remaining transformed to mule c. rather than living with shrewish wife T251.1.3; remaining in Purgatory c. rather than returning to shrewish wife T251.1.2; unpromising magic object c. *L215.

Christ Christ (Jesus) *V211; accused of trying to fool the people J1823.1.1; appears to St. Martin after charity V411.8; carries water in cloak F866.7.2.1; causes animal characteristics A2287ff.; changes stones to peas D452.1.6.1; creates fire in hell from his blood A671.0.2.1; in desert overcomes devil by fasting V73.0.1; in disguise as leper Q25.1; grants immortality to Nephites D1856.2; has too many debts J2477; kills man plotting murder J225.4; magically ages one of the magi D1897; as matchmaker T53.2; not having married, knew nothing about suffering T251.0.2; puts knots in wood A2738; prophesies people will live till coming of Patrick M300.1; M363.1.2; releases soul from hell E754.1.6. - Actor does not want to be C. J2495.3; all living things from splattered blood of C. A1724.3; all sins since the birth of C. J1743.1; animals blessed for honoring infant C. *A2221.1; animals lick C. child B251.10; animals worship infant C. B251.1.1; beggar on cross in place of C. L435.4; crossbill's bill from aiding C. A2221.2.4.2; devil appears as C. G303.3.2.1; devil tries to pass for C. K1992; dialogue between C. and souls in hell E755.2.8; dog created as watch-dog for C. A1831; dying like C. - between two thieves X313; five wounds of C. Z71.3.2; hot springs arise where C. bathed feet A942.1; image of C. wounds nun V122.1; indentions on rocks from footprints of C. A972.1.1; infant C. shown to nun D1766.1.2; Jews crucifying C. punished in Cornish mines F456.1.1.1; Like C. on Palm Sunday J1265.1; leopards guide C. to Egypt B563..5; likeness of C. criticized V124; man behind the crucifix says Good Evening to drunk man who thinks C. is speaking to him K1971.7; numskull knocks figure of C. from ass J1823; oath concerning battles for C. M177.1.2; owl is baker's daughter who objected to dough being given C. A1958.0.1; in Passion Play C. says, I am thirsty: thief on left speaks up, I too J2041.1; pilgrimage to roads C. walked V531.1; pike helps C. cross stream: made king of fishes A2223.4; plant blessed for help at birth of C. A2711.1; plant cursed for disservice to C. A2721.1; punishment for foul portrayal of C. Q222.3; punishment for opposition to C. at crucifixion *Q221.2; return from dead to prophesy coming of C. E367.3; riddle about C. in thirtieth year H826; spider steals thread from C. A2231.6; springs rise where C. bathed his feet A942.1; seven whistlers are souls of Jews who crucified C. A1715.3; shoemaker cursed for spitting at C. P453.1; standing up for C. as friendless J1738.5; statue of infant C. takes apple V128.1; swallows torment C. on cross A2231.2.2; three whom C. raised from dead Z71.1.11; tree protects C. from rain: is green all year A2711.4.

Christened Christened. - Oath not to be c. until Christian battles fought M177.1.2.

Christening Christening, see also Baptism; V87. - Animal c. B299.10; dwarfs celebrate c. feasts of their own F451.6.3.2; dwarfs invisibly attend c. feasts of mortals F451.5.1.7; magic power from c. an animal D1766.4; troll bluffed away from c. K1736; witches c. cat G243.2.2; wolf kept at door until c. is finished K551.8.

Christian Christian burial service for fairy F268.1; fairy F243.0.1; F389.2; frees poor from sacrifice K1603; king demands baptism of guests P337.1; laws profitless J1825.1; paradise A694; paradise and pagan otherworld F160.03; traditions concerning Jews *V360ff. - Devil can't approach C. girl G303.16.19.12; druid's spells kill C. king D1402.13; druids kill C. king F402.1.11.1; fairy borrows comb from C. maid to comb hair of changeling bride F322.1.1; fairies disappear before name or ceremony of C. church F382; magic spells mixed with C. prayers *D1273.0.2; oath literally obeyed: to tell no C. K2312.1; origin of C. worship A1546.3; prophecy that youth shall abandon his religion and become C. M351; runes protect against curse of dead C. D1385.20; vow to become a C. M177.1; what is best religion, C. or Mohammedan? H659.5.1; witch's charm opposite of C. *G224.1.

Christianity Christianity. - Belief in C. tested H1573.1; conversion to C. V331; dead convert to C. E367.4; dwarfs and C. F451.5.9ff.; dwarfs emigrate because C. offends them F451.9.1.6; fairy demands lover deny C. F302.8; fairy professes C. F251.8; first Irish convert to C. A1546.3.1; giants converted to C. F531.5.8.3; giants hostile to C. F531.5.8.1; pagan punished for conversion to C. Q232.1; power of C. tested H1573.3; setting house on fire rather than accept C. V318; trolls and C. F455.7.

Christians Christians crushed in cave R315.2; and giants F531.5.8; prohibited from whistling in dark lest the devil appear G303.16.18.1. - Arrows shot against C. blown back F963.2; coffins of C. V61.6; foul disease for persecuting C. Q570.1; Jew thinks C. have merciful God J1263.3; mountain-men make sausage of C. F460.4.4.4.

Christmas Christmas *V72. - Animals speak to one another on C. B251.1.2; apples at C. F971.5.2; cows kneel on C. Eve B251.1.2.3; devil in woods to gather nuts on C. Eve G303.8.13.3; fernseed gathering on C. Eve C401.5; flowers blooming at C. F971.5.3; giants and men fraternize at C. F531.5.1.2; knockers' C. Eve mass in mines F456.1.2.3.1; man attacked on C. night by dancing ghosts E261.3; Schlaraffenland lies three miles beyond C. X1712; treasure reveals itself only on C. midnight N541.1; trolls steal fish at C. F455.6.3.1; trolls visit people C. Eve F455.6.5.1; twelve days (gifts) of C. Z21.2.1; water to wine on C. D477.1.1; M211.1.1; wild hunt appears between C. and Twelfth Night E501.11.2.2.

Christopher Christopher and the ass J1269.9; and Christ child Q25.

Christ's Christ's coat of mercy protects Pilate from punishment D1381.4.1; forty-days' fast V73.6.1; height as magic measurement D1273.4; image has broken his arm J1823.1.2; image wounds nun V122.1; letter protects *D1381.24.1. - Animals rejoice at C. birth B251.1; animals speak at C. nativity B211.0.1; all locks opened at C. nativity D2088.0.1; appearance of C. body to prove transformation of host V33.1.1; blood from C. wounds restores sight D1505.8.1; children speak in wombs at C. birth T575.1.5; death at news of C. crucifixion F1041.1.3.9; dead prophesy C. coming E367.3; devil exorcised at C. nativity G303.16.19.10; diseases cured at C. birth D2161.6.1; eight miracles of C. body Z71.16.1.3; fetters loosed on C. nativity D1395.8; giant whale cast ashore on C. nativity B874.3.2; gold appears in Arabia at C. birth N529.1; hero born at C. nativity T589.7.2; indentions on plants from C. biting them at crucifixion A2721.2.2; Jews rubbed C. body with garlic A1662.1; markings on animals as recollections of C. life and sufferings A2221.3; Romans hate C. poverty V385; rue from drops of C. blood A2611.7; swallows lift C. crown of thorns from his brow A2221.2.4; spring flows at C. command F933.1.2; tree for C. crucifixion A2632.2; treasure found at C. nativity N541.4; wells break forth at C. birth A941.5.0.2; wild huntsman released from wandering by mould from C. grave *E501.17.7.1; woman taught that it is better to pray before C. image than before a saint's V51.4.

Church Church built by usurer's money collapses Q273.4; built where giants throw stones F531.3.2.1; desecrator cannot rest in grave E412.5; dignitaries *P120ff.; in otherworld F163.2; produced by magic D1134.1; as refuge R325; services burlesqued in witch's sabbath G243; services of the dead *E492; sinks underground F941.2; spared in flood because of prayers D2143.2.1; stones sheds blood Q222.0.1; supernaturally moved at night D2192.1; which refused to bury saint burned Q552.13.2.2. - Angel abides in c. V242.2; angel holds mass in c. V49.2; angel tells where to build c. V246.1; angels build c. V232.10; animal burns neglected c. B596; animals in otherworld pass in and out of c. and become human beings *F171.5; burial in c. wall cheats devil K219.4; Butterby C.: no c. at all Z61.3; cleaning the c. by moving it J2104.1; contest in jumping from the c. tower K1.7.2; criminal in c. mistakes service as accusation N275.5; curse for plundering c. Q556.6; cursed c. clock runs incorrectly H252.6; dead arise when one plays organ for first time in c. E419.5; devil in c. G303.8.4; G303.24ff.; devil in each stone of c. built with ill-gotten wealth G303.8.4.2; devil may be escaped by going to c. daily G303.16.13; devil disguised as man goes to c. to confess K1987; devil makes mischief on c. G303.24.4;(destroys steeple), G303.24.1.7.1;(disturbs worshippers), G303.9.9.18;(moves seats), A977.2.2;(throws stones); destruction, rebuilding of c. prophesied M364.10; discontinuing use of a c. forbidden C51.1.6; dog lets devil into c. to steal A2229.2; dwarfs hold c. services F451.6.3.6; dwarfs live in a c. F451.4.2.4; dwarf seeks to enter c. F451.5.9.5; fairies disappear when some name or ceremony of Christian C. is used F382; friendly ghost haunts c. E338.2; ghost effects return of stolen c. plate E236.7; ghost rebukes those withholding c. money E415.2; ghosts haunt c. E283; giants carry a c. across a stream F531.3.6; guarded maiden first seen by hero in c. T381.1; heat prevents c. theft D1389.2.1; images at c. turn backs as mark of disfavor D1639.3; lightning strikes excommunicated person who enters c. V84.1; lime used in building c. as cure D1500.1.10.6; magic arrow indicates place to build c. D1314.1.4; magic c. D1134.1; magic stone protects c. from oppression D1389.1; man becomes c. D268.0.1; man whose death prophesied takes refuge in c. M381; man promises to build c. if he is saved at sea M266; mermaid sings divinely in c. B81.13.6; merman's wife not to stay till c. benediction *C713.1; misunderstanding of c. customs or ceremonies cause inappropriate action J1823; mountain gives stones for c. D1552.7; mountain men throw person over c. roof F460.4.4.3; mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at c. A963.5; moving c. tower J2328; numskulls buy c. in common J2037.1; parody of c. ceremony at witch's sabbath G243.2; prophecy: saint to found c. M364.1.1; punishment for desecrating c. Q222.5; books in c. read without man's tongue F1055; person to live as long as c. stands E765.3.1; playing cards with devil in c. H1421; prince sees maiden at c. and is enamored N711.4; punishment for scoffing at c. teachings *Q225; neglect to attend c. punished Q223.5; radiance fills c. when saint dies V222.1.1; remarkable c. F773; repartee based on c. or clergy J1260ff.; robber or dog in c. thought to be a ghost J1782.1; speechless vigil in c. (test) H1451; spending night in c. H1412; stealing from c. punished by hanging Q411.11.2; stone bleeds before c. plundered D1317.12.1; symbolism of c. and image H619.2; thief reveals self in c. J1141.15; threat to build c. in hell K1781; turf from c. roof gives clairvoyance D1323.7; vision concerning state of Irish c. V515.1.3.1; walking backward around c. gives witch power G224.8; wedding ceremony in c. T135.9; white mare thought to be c. J1761.2; his wife the c. J1264.1; wild huntsman wanders for disturbing c. service E501.3.8; witch marks c. steeple G241.3.3.

Church bells Church bells *V115ff.; ring selves at holy person's death V222.6.1; rout enemy D1400.1.9.1; speak D1610.15.1; cannot be raised because silence is broken V115.1.3.1; rung as protection against storm D2141.1.1. - Dwarfs dislike c. F451.5.9.3; ghost laid by burying c., clapper separately E459.6; hiding from ghosts under c. E434.1; mermaid prevents raising of sunken c. B81.13.10; origin of c. A1466; trolls cannot endure c. G304.2.4.1; what c. say V115.4.

Churchdoor Churchdoor. - recognition by overheard conversation with c. H13.2.4.

Churches Churches *V111. - Devil as builder of c. G303.9.1.6; giants throw stones after c. F531.3.2.1; half of Irish c. to be named for Ciaran M364.9.

Churchman Churchman. - disguise as c. K1826; seduction by posing as c. K1315.6; sham c. K1961ff.

Churchmen Churchmen in wild hunt E501.2.5. - animal c. B252; treacherous c. K2280ff.; wild hunt powerless against c. E501.17.1.2.

Churchyard Churchyard ghosts E273; (friendly) E333. - Dancing in c. forbidden C51.1.5; magic c. mould *D1278.1; tabu to dig in c. C93.3; wild hunt appears in c. E501.12.2.

Churl Churl. - Disguise as c. K2357.14; transformation into c. D29.1.

Churn Churn. - Breaking spell on bewitched c. G271.4.11; coin in c. releases curse M429.6; fairies bathing in c. F361.17.5; fox struck with c.-dash: hence white tail A2215.5; salt in c. protects against witches G272.16.1.

Churning Churning. - Dwarfs c. F451.3.4.7; fairies c. F271.7; origin of c. A1439.5.1; origin of c. stick A2823.

Ciaran Ciaran. - Irish churches to be named for C. M364.9.

Cicada Cicada. - Man transformed to c. D183.1.

Cicadas Cicadas ordered to sing God's praises D2156.7.

Ciconiiformes Ciconiiformes. - Creation of c. A1960ff.; transformation to c. D155ff.

Cicuta Cicuta. - Transformation by eating c. D551.2.2.

Cider Cider as man's enemy J1319.1.

Cigar Cigar, magic D1261.

Cimmerians Cimmerians, voyage to land of F129.3.

Cinderella Cinderella L102; male L101.

Cinderella's Cinderella's three-fold flight from ball R221.

Cinders Cinders. - Man created from c. A1268.

Cinnamon Cinnamon, origin of A2686.8.

Circe Circe transforms lovers into animals G263.1.0.1.

Circle Circle. - Devil cheated by having priest draw a sacred c. about the intended victim K218.1; dwarfs cannot harm mortal with c. drawn around him F451.3.2.3; magic c. *D1272; magic c. keeps devil out G303.16.19.15; sitting in c. of feasts P338; saints' land surrounded by fiery c. A661.0.10; warriors fight in c. P552.1.

Circles Circles. - Sun, moon as animated wooden c. A714.8.

Circuit Circuit. - Earth scattered on c. of four directions on primeval water A814.6.

Circuitous Circuitous path quickest J2119.2.2.

Circular Circular house rotating on cock's claw F771.2.6.1.

Circumambulations Circumambulations. - Magic power by c. *D1791; repeated c. with prayer V58.3.

Circumcised Circumcised. - Child born c. T585.9; first man created c. A1281.5.

Circumcision Circumcision V82. - Dust on c. wound A1567.1; journey to hell for c. of child F81.3; magic c. blood D1003.2; mother suckles all babies at c. H495.3; neglect of c. punished Q223.11; origin of c. A1567.

Cirencester Cirencester, sparrows of K2351.1.

Cistern Cistern. - Cleaning enormous c. in one day (task) H1097.2.

Cities Cities, extraordinary *F760ff.; of refuge P518; R345; submarine F725.2. - Jokes concerning c. X680; origin of c. A995; remarkable c. X1560; three c. in heaven A661.1.2.

City City built by magic D2178.1; buried in sand F948.5; burned with all inhabitants S112.0.1; of demons F402.3; founded on spot (where cow lies down) B115.2; (where arrow falls) D1314.1.2; of gods A151.5; hurled down precipice in punishment Q552.22; infested by jinns, deserted G307.4; of king opposing saint burned Q552.13.2.1; person ignorant of farm J1731; populated by wooden automata D1628; saved from disaster as reward Q152; sinks in sea F944; without provisions but with much money starves J712.1; of women F112.2. - Bringing documents from distant c. in one day (task) H1107; building c. as task H1133.5; conqueror spares c. W11.5.5; countryman misunderstands c. comforts J1742.5; covenant: c. not to be taken from inhabitants without their consent M293; curse on c. M475; defeated surrender their c. R75.1; deity to restore c. A185.8; dragon encircles c. B11.2.8.1; earth swallows heretical c. Q552.2.3.2.2; enduring insults to enter c. gate H1553.3; fairy gains entrance to locked c. D2088.1; faithless widow offers c. to husband's killer T231.3.1; god of c. A412; illusory c. separates companions K1886.5; inhabitants of c. transformed to fish D692; magic object protects a c. D1380.0.1; man ordered to number fools in c. J1443; monkeys decide not to build c. J648.1; old man contented till forbidden to leave c. H1557.3; only one way of besieging c. Z316; philosopher saves c. from destruction J1289.10; pious man renders c. invulnerable D1846.5.2; reward: being saved from destruction of c. Q150.1.1; righteous save sinful c. from destruction M294; ruler delivers c. to enemy K2369.3; sage curses c. M411.24; sinful c. burnt as punishment Q486.1.1; strong man carries off c. gates F631.2; truth leaves c. because there is no place left for her Z121.1; voice from heaven curses c. Q556.0.2; wild hunt appears over c. E501.12.9.

Civet Civet. - Enmity of c. and chicken A2494.1.8; hare tricks c. into being eaten by lion K813.2.

Civilization Civilization personified Z136.

Clad Clad, see Clothed.

Claim Claim. - Devil asserts c. to soul offered in jest G303.6.1.3; false c. to powers of a god forbidden C51.6; impostors' c. of reward earned by hero K1932; property c. based on lie X905.3; thief shows up owner's unjust c. J1213; thief's successful c. that stolen goods are his own K405; why a mother has prior c. on her children A1575.1.

Clairvoyance Clairvoyance given by magic object *D1323ff., D1331.1; from prayer D1323.18.

Clam Clam swallows canoe party F911.4.1.1; test H1521. - Giant c. B874.6; great c. fights hero's pursuer B523.3.

Clams Clams. - Giant c. in otherworld F167.1.4.1.

Clam-shell Clam-shell lures man into sea G308.7. - Animal preserves fire for abandoned children in a c. S352.1; creation of universe from c. A617.

Clan Clan gods A415; M119.2.

Clandestine Clandestine lover recognized (by tokens) H81ff.; (by paint marks) H58; (by scratches) H58.2; paramour *T475; visit of princess to hero betrayed by token H81.2.

Clans Clans. - Marriage within c. sanctioned T131.5.1.

Clapper Clapper. - Ghost laid by burying churchbell, c. separately E459.6.

Clapping Clapping hands when dangling from tree fatal J2133.13. - Magic from c. hands D1799.2.

Clarifying Clarifying. - Nut c. waters F930.8.

Clarinet Clarinet. - Gun mistaken for c. J1772.10; magic c. *D1223.

Clashing Clashing rocks D1553; H1525; swords herald wild hunt E501.13.1.3.

Class Class tabu C550;C599. - Transformation to person of different social c. D20ff.

Classes Classes. - Humor of social c. X200;X599; origin of different c., social and professional A1650ff.; stupid c. J1705.

Claw Claw. Circular house rotating on cock's c. F771.2.6.1; transformation by putting on c. of helpful animal D532.

Claws Claws caught in tree cleft K1111; on dragon's feet B11.2.4.2. - Animal characteristics: c. and hoofs A2376; bear hard to hold by c. H659.2.1; bear learns how to catch crabs with his hairy c. J102; child born with c. T551.9; devil has c. G303.4.4; devil puts c. through girl's hands G303.10.4.5; giant with nails like c. F531.1.6.1; how crab got its c. A2376.4; lion suitor allows his c. to be cut J642.1; men with iron c. cannibals G88.1;monster's c. as slaying proof H105.5.3; person with c. on feet F517.1.4; priest separates girl from devil's c. G303.16.14.1.1; trees with green birds hanging by c. F811.9.

Clay Clay dropped from sky forms hill A963.9; model causes king to recognize lost brother H16.1. - Boat of c. J2171.1.3.2; carrying water in a leaky vessel by repairing it with c. H1023.2.1.1; consecrated c. as remedy D1500.1.6.2.1; covering with c. to escape K521.3.1; hardened c. is hard to mold J21.52.3; magic c. D935.2; man made from c. A1241.4.1; man's body of c. A1260.1.5; origin of c. A998; tribes from creator's c. models A1610.6.

Clean Clean. - Food denied until hands c.: impossible task K278; salt to keep people c. A1372.10; seduction access by waiting for c. clothes K1349.6.

Cleanest Cleanest girl to be eaten K619.1.1.

Cleaning Cleaning Augean stable H1102; child by removing intestines K1461.1; church by moving it J2104.1; dagger on robe's inside A1599.7; enormous cistern in one day (task) H1097.2; horse with boiling water K1443; houses with cow-dung C536. - Four places c. soul Z71.2.4; magic power from c. D1799.1; rancher unrecognizable after c. up W115.3; reward for c. loathsome person Q41.2.

Cleanliness Cleanliness. - Lice as c. test H1585.

Cleansing Cleansing fountain in heaven A661.0.4.

Clearing Clearing land (axe broken) K1421; (as task) H1129.6; out manure by digging hole K1424; out the room (throwing out the furniture) J2465.5. - Fairies c. land F271.5; god c. plains A181.1; strong man c. plain F614.9.

Cleaving Cleaving boulder frightens witch K547.13; horse and rider in two F628.2.10.

Cleft Cleft. - Cure by passing patient under c. of tree D2161.4.5; dwarf caught by beard in c. of tree E451.6.1; female overpowered when caught in tree c. K1384; giant's blow makes c. in rock F531.6.6.4; magic imprisonment in c. tree Q435; mankind from c. rock A1245.3.

Clement Clement V duped into abdicating K2282.1.

Clergy Clergy * P426. - Curse of c. causes death D2061.2.4.2; giants exorcised by c. F531.5.8.2; repartee based on church or c. J1260ff.

Cleric Cleric, see also Monk, Priest; goes with saint whom his cow follows B159.3; as helper N846; as riddle-solver H561.8; robbing grave K335.0.8; as saint's successor D1812.5.0.7.2; son realizes mother's incest H582.2.1; tempted by devil G303.9.4.4; tempts self with women Q537.2.; Angel in form of c. V231.4; animal leads c. to holy place B563.4.1; dead saint exonerates c. E376.1; fly buzzes when c. returns B251.2.4; fly, wren, fox live with c. B256.10; imprisoned c. answers saint's prayer D2074.2.5.1; transformation into c. D25.2.

Clerical Clerical virtues and vices V460ff. - Neglect of c. duties punished Q223.13; repartee concerning c. abuses J1263ff.

Clerics Clerics exempted from military service P551.3; fast for revelation P623.0.1.1; fishing F986.1; mistaken for fairies F234.2.4.1; sail in skin boats C841.0.1; saved from drowning F1088.3.1. - Debtor c. punished Q499.5; devil's book for sins of c. G303.24.1.9; fairies hate c. F399.3; horses travel unguided between c. B151.1.1.0.1; mutinous c. expelled P226.2; whale helps voyaging c. land B256.12.

Clerk Clerk who enters tavern arrested with others for murder N347.1; mistranslates order, gets pie K362.8.

Clever Clever daughter-in-law defeats wealthy J185.1; Elsa J2063; peasant girl asked riddles by king H561.1; person deceives robbers, summons help K432; persons and acts J1100;J1699; person's defeat pleases inferior J885; queen P20.1; remark wins jester's pardon by prince J1181.3; retorts J1250 -J1649; sister saves brother's wife P253.8; wife in disguise wins husband H461.1; youngest daughter L61. - Encounter with c. children J31; foolish person becomes c. J1116; husband's c. remark discomfits adulterers K1569.8; king and c. youth H561.4; quest for c. woman H1381.3.3; sham magician exposed by c. girl K1963.1; stupid fear c. J423; stupid youngest son becomes c. L21; sun as moon's c. brother A736.3.2.

Cleverness Cleverness *J1100 -J1699; as bride test H388; rewarded Q91; as suitor test H327. - Falsely accused minister reinstates himself by his c. K2101; king pleased with thieves' c. J1198.1; strength preferred to c. J246; tests of c. *H500 -H899; tasks performed by c. H961.

Client Client, the lawyer's mad *K1655.

Cliff Cliff from lover's leap A968.2; ogre thrown to his children G519.3. - Abandonment on c. Q466.2; S147.1; child falls from c.; uninjured N653; child's falling over c. to punish mother Q559.9; climbing extraordinary c. H1199.14; demons live in white c. F402.6.4; dwarfs live in a c. F451.4.2.1; extraordinary c. F808; fatal game: throwing from c. K854; fright into falling down a c. J2611; murder by pushing off c. K929.9; murderess forced to leap from c. Q417.1; magic c. D932.1; ogre kicks victims over c. G321; owl saves man from plunging over c. B521.5; rejuvenation by jumping over c. D1889.11; stretching c. D482.4; throwing moon over c. J2271.3; victim pushed off c. as he looks for tree K832.5; witch dwells on c. G231.

Cliffs Cliffs. - Origin of c. A968; trolls live in c. F455.1.2.

Climate Climate, see also Weather; same at home and abroad J2274.3. - Lies about c. X1660.

Climax Climax of horrors Z41.10.

Climber Climber. - Marvelous c. F684.1; stealing from tree c. K341.4.1.

Climbers Climbers. - Tree c. temporarily remove bones F1054.

Climbing Climbing into air on magic rope D1582; down as he climbed up J2244; extraordinary cliff H1199.14; glass mountain (task) H1114; the mast (bluff) K1762; match won by deception K15; red hot rod (punishment) Q469.2; on roof prohibited women C181.4. - Attempt at c. to heaven L421.1; disenchantment by c. D753.4; dupe c. rope for food injured K1034; hero c. up girl's sari killed N339.11; souls c. pillars to heaven E754.6; tribe c. down from sky to earth A1631.2; wolves c. on top of one another to tree J2133.6.

Clinging Clinging. - Beings born in hell c. to walls A671.6; journey to otherworld by c. magically to an object *F155; magic object c. to guilty person *H251.3.8.

Clink Clink. - Payment with c. of money J1172.2.

Clitoris Clitoris. - Extraordinary c F547.4; origin of c. A1313.2.1.

Cloak Cloak, see also Mantle; dipped in water as false proof of storm K1894; fits all sizes D1692; from fur of all animals F821.1.3.2; given to a stone to keep it warm J1873.2; transformed to other object D454.3.4. - Abduction by giving soporific and rolling up in a c. R22.1; amulet becomes c. D489.2; carrying coals in c. without harm H221.1.1; devil in a black c. G303.5.1.1; devil in fold of knight's c. G303.8.9.1; devil steals knight's c. G303.9.9.3; fairy gives magic c. F343.5.1; identification by feather c. H111.2; magic c. *D1053; magic c. makes person old D1341.2; putting head under saint's c. reveals rewards in heaven D1329.1; transformation by donning c. D537.2; thief steals c. left as surety K346.5; thief borrows c. to carry food, steals it K351.2; what is under my c.? H526.

Clock Clock as reward for passing curiosity test H1554.2; stops at owner's death E766.1; ticking thought to be gnawing of mice J1789.2. - Cursed church c. runs incorrectly H252.6; magic c. flies D1651.14.

Clod Clod. - Murder by putting c. in person's windpipe K951.4; transformation: handkerchief with three knots to c., potsherd, and charcoal D454.3.2.1.

Clods Clods from horse's hoofs appear like birds K1872.5.1.

Clog Clog. - Dog proud of his c. J953.1.

Cloister Cloister haunted by ghost E284. - Devil seduces monk from c. G303.3.1.12.4; friendly ghost haunts c. E338.3; girl to be king's bride kept in c. T381.0.1; warrior retires to c. Q520.6.

Closed Closed. - Dwarf cave c. by iron doors F451.4.3.1; magic journey with c. eyes D2121.2.

Closet Closet. - Lazy servant looks into dark c. to see if it is yet light W111.2.1; skeleton in the c. V115.

Closing Closing the door tight with iron nails K1417. - Images with opening and c. eyes D1632; miraculous opening and c. of magic object *D1550ff.; opening and c. tree to give saint passage F979.2; waters magically dividing and c. *D1551ff.

Clot Clot of blood, birth from T541.1.1.

Cloth Cloth on back protects against being eaten H119.1; becomes bloody (life token) E761.1.8; causes magic sleep D1364.13; as chastity index H431; for chiefs alone C564.4; large or small at will D631.3.6; as long as river H1149.8; sold to statue J1853.1; transforms D572.3; working as bride test H383.2. - Animals from transformed c. A1714.1; boy born in c. wrapping T581.11; covering with white c. disenchants D777.1; dwarfs spin, weave c. F455.3.4; earth from couple dancing on c. A825; eating food without untying c. H506.7; fairies work on c. F271.4; goddess's c. spread on ground: spring flows A941.5.6; guessing nature of devil's c. H523.2; how much c. would it take to make God's coat? J1291.3.1; identification by c. H110ff.; ignorant priest forces rolls of c. instead of bread down a dying man's throat J1738.1; imaginary coler of c. J1551.8; king orders piece of c. shown after his death J912.1; lover's gift regained: piece of c. as gift K1581.5; magic c. *D1051; origin of bark-c. A1453.5; origin of designs on c. A1465.3.2; origin of raffia c. A1453.7; quest for dusty c. H1377.4; quest for marvelous c. H1355; rat and serpent imprisoned together in a sevenfold c. covering K1182; resuscitation by wet c. over corpse E80.2; stingy woman's c. stolen K341.13; thief advises c. be left out overnight: steals it K343.2.2; thief throws needle containing stolen c. K341.13.1; thievish tailor sews the stolen piece of c. on the outside of his coat X221; tying c. between legs tabu C181.5; washing black c. white H1023.6; weaving c. from two threads (task) H1022.1; widow c. J2301.2.

Clothed Clothed. - Coming neither naked nor c. H1054; naked person made to believe that he is c. J2312ff.; nude woman c. in own hair F555.3.1; ogre c. in rock G371.1; parents c. from palm-tree A1420.5.

Clothes Clothes, see also Garments; auctioned in hell attract Jews X611; burn when owner dies E767.2; burned magically D2089.8; burned to rid them of insects J2102.6; changed so as to escape K521.4; confer invulnerability D1845.2; carry owner over water D1524.2; from magic nut D1470.1.6; magically clinge to body D2171.6; hung on sunbeam *F1011.1; of knight who kneels in mud before host as it passes miraculously kept clean V34.4; producing tree K118.1; put into nutshells F1053; thrown into the cooking food J1561.1. - Abduction by stealing c. R32; beggar's c. burned, yield gold K245; boy with c. of paper X1853; bride test: wearing deceased wife's c. H363.1; bringing c. soonest in bride contest H375.2; burial in c. of one's murderer V68.3; capture by using enemy's c. K761; correct wearing of c. as suitor test H312.6; creator paints c. on models of men A1453.6; dead grateful for c. E341.4; devil hides in c. of running people G303.6.2.1.2; disguise in killed enemy's c. K2357.7; disguise by wearing other person's c. K1810.1; disguise of woman in man's c. *K1837; diving for c. K1051.2; dupe fights bear, c. stolen K1252.1; dupe's c. stolen K343.5; emperor's new c. *K445; escape by arranging captor's c. so as to delay him K634; exchange of c. between master, servant K527.3; extraordinary c. F821ff., (in otherworld) F166.3; fairy leaves when he is given c. F381.3; fairies give beautiful c. F343.5; heroine in menial disguise discovered in her beautiful c. H151.6; king changes c. with thief K346.1.1; magic c. *D1050ff.; magic object furnishes c. D1473; magic power from donning magician's c. D1721.0.1; magic sight by turning c. inside out D1821.9; man gulled into giving up his c. K330.1; man to be judged by his own qualities, not his c. J1072; man's c. identify werwolf H64.2; miser wants to enter heaven in gold-filled c. W153.15; no c. needed for Day of Judgment J1511.7; paramour steals husband's c. K1549.1; polluted c. J2184; princess changing c. with maid T323.1.1; profaning hallowed c. and vessels forbidden C93.2; recognition by exact fitting of c. H36; respite from death until c. are changed K551.4.1; respite from wooer while he brings c. all night K1227.3; serpent's bite produces ornaments and c. B108.6; sewing c. onto skin H1505; saint restores burned c. V229.10.1; shame for nakedness appears to first woman (leaves for c.) H1383.1; spirits dressed in antique c. F401.1; stealing c. from ghosts (fear test) H1431; touching certain c. tabu C545; transformation by changing c. D537; tribe wears c. like dogs A1683.2; thief in owner's c. K311.8.4; trickster permitted to try on c. K351; vow not to change c. till a certain time M125; washing enormous number of c. (task) H1096; wearing all his c. J1289.5; welcome to the c. J1561.3; what were the c. of Adam and Eve? H812; why the black c. J1304; wives change c. with husbands in prison R152.3; woman sells favors for beautiful c. T455.3; wooing by stealing c. of bathing girl H1335.

Clothing Clothing bewitched G265.8.2; of brownie F482.2; as chastity index H431; with embroidery as tokens H86.2; of gods A158; the servant J2491; transformed to other object D454.3.1; tabu to Bondo women C181.6; of wild huntsmen E501.8ff. - Deity c. his father, the sky A625.2.4; devil is in green c. with hat G303.5.2.1; disenchantment by covering with deliverer's c. D789.1; extraordinary c. and ornaments F820ff.; first couple c. children A1277.4; food does not spoil saint's c. F1091; forethought in provision for c. J730ff.; girl hides lover under c. K1892.2; god c. self with lightning A179.7; identification by c. H110ff.; lie: remarkable c. X1021; magic c. furnishes treasure D1455; murder by abuse of victim's c. D2061.2.2.5; otherworld c. never wears out F166.3.1; plants from c. of deity A2625; poisoned c. test H1516; return from dead to demand c. stolen from grave *E236.1; selling used c. forbidden C782.1; stealing witch's beautiful c. H1151.23; spirit slashes c. F473.6.2; swallowed person bereft of c. F922; tabus concerning c. C878.

Cloth-making Cloth-making, origin of A1453.

Cloths Cloths, altar V135.

Cloud Cloud bears dying man's message D1715.3; bows to female mountain A969.2; folk visit earth F33; gives crops rain or drops it in ocean J88; god A283; magically made to cover sun D2147.1; marks Nativity site V211.1.3; obstructs view of man promised all he can see Q552.15; obstructs vision in deceptive land grant K185.12; symbol of misfortune Z156. - Ascent to sky on c. *F61.1; black c. blown upon enemy D2091.11; cannibal recognized by c. of dust raised H46; dead's c. house E481.8.4; fairy disappears in form of c. F234.3.1; fool seeks the ears of grain in the direction of the c. toward which he has sowed them J1922.2.1; god in c. A137.11; magic c. *D901; magic journey in c. D2121.7; marking the place under the c. J1922.2; prisoner carried off in c. R122.2; saint drives away army with c. V229.7.1; soul as c. E744.2; soul borne away on c. E722.2.1; throwing contest: golden club on the c. K18.2; trickster threatens to throw weight into c. K1746; troll in form of c. G304.1.2.1.

Cloudland Cloudland. - Gods live in c. A151.1.4; tabu to sleep before seven days in c. C735.2.1.1.

Clouds Clouds above and below earth A873; beaten for not watering crops X1642; as props of the sky A702.7. - Absurd theories about c. J2277; animals drop from c. A1795; bird wants sunshine, worm c. U148.1; colored c. as evil omens D1812.5.1.11; divination from c. D1812.5.0.10; extraordinary behavior of c. F967; extraordinary c. F795; god with c. as shields A137.14.3; mad warriors fly up into c. F1041.8.7; magic control of c. D2147; origin of c. A705.1; A1133; origin of Magellanic C. A778.0.1; origin of thunder c. A1142.4; stars are trees growing on c. A769.1.

Clove Clove, origin of A2663.

Cloven Cloven hoof (of cow) A2376.1; (of dragon) B11.2.4.2.

Clover Clover (four leaf) brings good luck D1561.1.5; gives clairvoyance D1323.14; makes fairies visible F235.4.6. - Magic c. *D965.7; witch unable to rise from chair with c. under it G254.

Club Club strike kills ogre G512.8.1. - Devil has c. foot G303.4.5.8; extraordinary c. F835; giant's huge c. F531.4.4; god with c. A137.2; magic c. *D1094; (gives victory) D1400.1.7.1; magic transportation by c. D1520.27.1; thief-catcher caught by own c. K1605; throwing contest: golden c. on the cloud K18.2.

Coach Coach. - Devil in c. drawn by headless horses G303.7.3.3; hay on shaft urges c. horses on J1671; phantom c. E535.1.

Coal Coal of fire offered in innocence test H256.1; jumps, gurgles in bin E539.5; transformed to person D439.2. - Bean, straw, and c. go journeying F1025.1; lazy girl on live c. W111.1.1.5; magic c. *D931.1; ordeal by burning c. H221.1; origin of c. A1431; wild huntsman's dog when seized becomes black c. E501.15.6.7; woman puts live c. in lover's cloth K1581.5.1.

Coals Coals transformed to gold D475.1.1. - Beggar served c. for food K492.1; devil picks up live c. G303.4.8.12; eyes of live c. F541.1.3; fairies give c. that turn to gold F342.1; murder by live c. in garments S112.4; sack of c. as fairy gift F343.20; saint invulnerable to glowing c. D1841.3.2.2; saint's breath kindles c. D1566.1.4.1; swallowing hot c. because husband unfaithful T81.8.

Coat Coat. - Boy in church calls out that rich man has taken his c. to hell with him X435.5; compassionate executioner: bloody c. K512.1; Christ's c. of mercy protects Pilate from punishment D1381.4.1; devil wears a bright green c. G303.5.2.3; fairy spell averted by turning c. F385.1; foul-smelling skin-c. to repel lover T323.2; frightened robber leaves his c. behind K335.1.0.1; harlot weeps to think that she has left impoverished lover his c. W151.1; identification by c. of arms H126; light c. fits in palm F821.2.1; magic c. protects against attack D1381.4; the marked c. in the wife's room K1543; saint exchanges c. with beggar V411.2; thief tricked into robbing himself by changing the place of his c. K439.3; thievish tailor cuts a piece of his own c. X221.1; witness who claims borrowed c. discredited J1151.2; wooden c. F821.1.4.

Coats Coats. - Bird council assigns c. to different birds B238.2; dwarfs wear red c. F451.2.7.5; servants would not have left the c. J1179.5.

Cobbler Cobbler, see also Shoemaker; gives shoes to poor boy, rewarded later Q42.9; reforms shrewish queen T251.2.4. - Disguise as c. K1816.10; the minstrel repays the c. J1632; monkey imitates c. J2413.4.3.

Cobblers Cobblers. - Jokes about c. X240ff.; trickster cheats boots from two c. K233.3.

Cobold Cobold avenges uncivil answer F481.1; made to surrender booty F480.3.1.

Cobra Cobra carries person B557.8; grateful for milk B391.1.1; grateful for ulcer cure B388; grateful for thorn removal N647; writes letter on prince's tongue B165.1.3. - Back scratching stick changed into c. A1335.14; conception from hiss of c. T532.10; earth rests on head of c. A84.4.8; enmity between c. and viper A2494.16.3; friendship between crab and c. A2493.19; light from shield of c. A1412.1; man falling into well kills c. N624; prophecy: death from c. M341.2.21.1; resuscitation by removing c. flesh E21.1.1; starting fire near abode of c. H1156.1.

Cobras Cobras in boxes as punishment gift Q415.3.1. - Cake bag full of c. K444.2.

Cobwebs Cobwebs as medication X252.1

Cock Cock advises of coming enemy B122.7; as ambassador of god A165.2.2.1; believes his crowing makes sun rise J2272.1; calls the dawn B755; carries god to upper world F62.3; crows, Christus natus est B251.1.2.1; crows at church and the sexton awakes and begins to sing X451; and dog enemies A2494.4.11; with elixir to lighten people B739.1; with enormous ears F989.19; feigns death to overhear hens H1556.1.1; -god A132.6.3; hears inaudible voice of dying man B733.2.1; of hell A673.2; and hen build pyre B599.1; killed by his captors in spite of his plea of usefulness to man U33; with horns on feet, knob on head (riddle) H746; and others gain possession of house K1161; persuaded to crow with closed eyes K721; persuaded to cut off crest and spurs K1065; persuades fox to talk and release him K561.1; under pot crows for guilt H235; prefers single corn to peck of pearls J1061.1; shows browbeaten husband how to rule his wife T252.2; to sing for fox, asks dog to listen K579.8; as suitor B623.5; in Valhalla awakens the gods A661.1.0.4. - Alliance of c. and seafowl B267.4; cat offers to act as doctor for c. and hen K2061.7; cat unjustly accuses, eats c. U31.1; chain tale: c. strikes out hen's eye Z43.2; continent husband reproved by seeing c. and hens T315.2.2; dead c. rises, crows, and spatters scoffers so that they become leprous Q552.8; death of the c. Z31.2.1.1; demons' c.-feet G302.4.5.1; devil disappears when c. crows G303.17.1.1; devil flees when c. is made to crow G303.16.19.4; devil in form of c. G303.3.3.3.5; each c. crows in his own barnyard J552.6; eaten grain and c. as damages K251.1; egg becomes crowing c. F989.20;fox confesses to c., then eats him K2027; fox persuades c. to come down and talk to him, kills him K815.1; friendship between c. and dog A2493.16; ghost of c. E402.2.1; E524.2; ghost demands body: given c. E459.1; golden c. in earth-tree A878.3.6; golden c. warns of danger D1317.15; golden c. warns against attack B143.1.5; helpful c. B469.5; Indra carried by c. B552.3; lion comforted for his fear of the c. J881.2; magic c. carries great loads in ear B171.1.0.1; magic from christening c. D1766.4.1; magic power from sacrificing (christening) a c. D1766.2.2; man transformed to c. D166.1.1; mythical c. B30.2; one c. takes glory of another's valor J972; origin of c. sacrifice A1545.3.3; originally c. had horns A2326.2.3; person simulates c. crow K1886.3.1; prophecy on c. fight D1814.1.1; quest for jeweled c. H1331.1.3.1; roasted c. comes to life and crows E168.1; sacrificing of c. is at last carried out K231.3.3; silver c. crows D1620.2.2.1; series: white c., red c., black c. Z65.2; sheep, duck, and c. in peril on sea voyage J1711.1; speaking c. B211.3.2; thread made to appear as a large log carried by a c. D2031.2; treacherous c. K2295.3; treasure found by sprinkling ground with blood of white c. D2101.1; treasure to be found by man who ploughs with c. and harrows with hen N543.2; village founded where c. crows B155.2.1; wedding of c. and hen B282.22; wee c. overawes beasts K547.1; why c. scratches for food A2435.4.8.1; why c. crows to greet sunrise A2489.1.1; why c. crows on roof with neck stretched out A2426.2.18.1; why c. does not speak A2422.10; why c. lives in town A2433.4.2; A2250.1; why c. is vain and selfish A2527.1; why c. wakes man in morning A2489.1; why elephant flees when c. crows A2531.3.1; witch as c. G211.3.1.1; woman crowing like c. K1691.2.

Cockaygne Cockaygne, land of X1503.

Cockcrow Cockcrow. - Between midnight and c. best time for unearthing treasure N555.1; disenchantment at c. D791.1.7; ghost (fairy, witch, dwarf) laid at c. *E452; E587.3; stone moves at c. D1641.2.3; witch's familiar disappears at c. G225.0.6.

Cockfight Cockfight as suitor contest H331.15.1.

Cockle Cockle. - Marriage of mountain and c. shell T126.2.

Cockroach Cockroach. - Creation of c. A2061; enmity of fowl and c. A2494.13.3; magic whistle vitalizes c. D1594.6; wedding of mouse and c. B281.2.2; wedding of c. and rat B285.8; B281.11.1.

Cocks Cocks who crow about mistress's adultery killed J551.1; kept from intercourse have tender meat B754.5. - Mouse teaches her child to fear quiet cats but not noisy c. J132; why c. crow A2421.6.

Cock's Cock's advice proves disastrous to himself K1633; blood substituted for sacrificial human K525.9; crowing interpreted J1811.4; cry cock-a-doodle-do A2426.2.18; escape from fox K561.1; food A2435.4.8; second mate lets stepchildren starve J134.1; whiskers (cumulative tale) Z41.3. - Basilisk hatched from c. egg B12.1; circular house rotating on c. claw F771.2.6.1; cobold hatched from c. egg F481.0.1.1; devil has c. feet G303.4.5.9; dragon from c. egg B11.1.1; lions fear c. crowing J2614.3; nut falls on c. head *Z41.4; origin of c. red crest A2321.10; preserving the c. freedom J1892; river contained under c. wings *D915.2; why c. comb becomes white A2321.10.1.

Cockscomb Cockscomb plant used to kill sun A1156; whitens D492.1. - Devil avoids c. flowers G303.16.14.5; man becomes c. plant D213.1; reincarnation as c. E631.1.4.

Coconut Coconut canoe F841.1.4.1; shoots restore sight D1505.18.1; transformed to philosopher's stone D451.3.2; tree from head of slain monster A2611.3; tree is tall A2778.1. - Canoe transformed into c. tree A2615.3; creation of woman from c. A1253.2.1; fish struck by c.: hence flat tail A2213.5.2; magic c. (as food) *D1035.2; magic c. shell *D985.1; magic c. water restores sight D1505.5.5; origin of c. A1423.3; A2681.5.1; soul in c. E711.2.5; springs from c. shell F718.12.

Coconuts Coconuts. - Light and dark skinned peoples made from light and dark c. A1614.3; monkeys attack by throwing c. B762; people who live on c. F561.3; why c. absent from certain island J2031.3.

Cocoon's Cocoon's. - Making large shawl from one c. silk H1022.4.3.

Codfish Codfish, markings on A2412.4.3.

Coffee Coffee. - Dead husband asks for c. E321.3; magic c. pot *D1171.1.1; origin of c. A2691.1.

Coffer Coffer. - Adulteress throws c. out window to distract husband K1514.15; wrecked man saved on c. of jewels becomes rich N226.

Coffin Coffin buried upright V61.3; bursts, dead arises E261.2.1; carried through hole in wall to prevent return of dead E431.4; cover transformed to person D434.4; with iron band prevents tiger ghost's return E431.20; lands at burial site D1314.12; moves itself D1641.13; what one buys who does not want it or use it H878. - Bursting c. of one sold to devil E411.9; corpse in c. refuses to be moved in wagon D1654.9; corpse makes room in c. for friend E477; devil removes disciple's body from c. M219.2.5; dowry in c. E228; extraordinary c. F852ff.; fairies borrow tools to make c. F391.3; four cats carry c. F982.2; ghost carries c. on back E592.2; glass c. F852.1; hinge of c. as remedy D1500.1.15.2; king's c. sunk into river P16.9; leaving money on c. K231.13; magician carries woman in glass c. *D2185; pole for c. rests appears at death E767.1; sacred hosts in c. V35.2; soul as black or white spirit over c. E722.1.1; spectral c. E538.1; tiger enticed into c. K714.2.2; tools announce death D1322.1; victim tricked into entering c. K714.2; wraith selects c. lumber E723.7.5.

Coffins Coffins. - Christians' c. V61.6; reward for providing c. for poor Q42.2; spirit disturbs c. F473.6.9.

Cohabitation Cohabitation, see also Sex, Sexual Intercourse; of hero with sleeping girl and leaving of identification token with her H81.1; of living person and ghost E474; brings change of luck N131.1; among lunatics X541; with first woman met C664.0.1. - Moon's c. with man A753.1.3; moon's c. with woman A753.1.2.

Coil Coil, magic D1282.

Coin Coin in churn releases curse M429.6; left in money scales betrays secret wealth N478; multiplies self D2100.2; placed in mouth of dead to prevent return E431.11. - Chapperbands c. false money A1689.8; contest: c. first attracting fly wins K92.1; devil holds molten c. in mouth G303.4.8.2; as dwarfs emigrate each deposits a c. into kettle for mortals F451.9.4; fish with c. in mouth B105.4.1; little c. noisy in bottle; J262.2; magic c. *D1288; perspiration-covered c. believed weeping J1875.4; philosopher forgets to put c. in mouth before death (Charon's fee) E489.3; putting c. in dead person's mouth P613; short weight c. for charity K2096.1; you must pay in better c. than is your wont K1288.

Coins Coins concealed in jar J1655.3; mistaken for cakes J1772.3.1; thought to be red beans J1772.3. - Crushing c. in fingers F614.12; deceptive bargain: the ogre and the copper c. K183; dividing four c. among three persons J1241.2; fool leaves c. lying on roadside J1836; murder by slipping c. into meat K929.5; origin of gold c. A1433.1; silver c. from pumpkin A1433.2.1; stones transformed to gold c. D475.2.1; trickster gets c. from blind beggars K1081.1.1; what workman does with four c. he earns H585.1.

Coition Coition, see also Sexual Intercourse; as illness cure *F950.4; J1149.4.

Cold Cold personified Z139.4; produced by magic D2144.1; test (attempt to freeze hero to death) H1512; water magically warmed D2144.3.1; in winter A1135.1; before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages A1616.1. - Alternate heat, c. in hell A671.3.3; breaking window to let c. out J1819.2; contest in enduring c. H1541; contest of heat and c. D2144.2; do not discard clothing till c. weather is over J731; dog swallowing up the c. K135.1.1; flight so high that eyelids drop from c. F1021.2.2; giants in region of c. F531.6.2.6; god sends c. to prevent stones from growing A975.1; land of c. F704; lies about c. weather X1620; magic control of c. D2144ff.; magic object protects against c. D1382ff.; man in c. consoles himself thinking of rich man in hell J883.2; marvelous withstander of c. F685ff.; origin of illness from c. A1337.8; origin of c.: sun turns upward A1135.1.1; porcupine as controller of c. D2144.1.1; primeval c. A605.2; punishments by c. in hell Q567; revenant with c. (hands) E422.1.3; (lips) E422.1.4; sleeping naked in c. as test H1504; taking c. in effigy J1628; why toad lives in c. place A2433.6.7.

Coldest Coldest. - Which is c. season? J1664.1.

Coldness Coldness in hell A671.3.1; of otherworld F169.7. - Scorned woman complains of man's c. T71.2.1.

Coleoptera Coleoptera, creation of A2020ff.

Colic Colic, demon of F493.1.2

Collar Collar. - Crow causes serpent to try to swallow stolen c. and thus be accused of theft K401.2.1; deception into putting on a c. K713.2; ghost steals c. of priest E593.1; magic c. *D1068; magic c. indicates falsehood by squeezing throat, truth by falling to ground D1316.8; magic hunting c. D1068.1; (insures death of game) D1449.2; sheep with fiery c. B19.4.3; strong man attacked with millstone puts it on as c. F615.3.1.

Collecting Collecting as animal's occupation A2453; debt in hell through help of dwarf F451.5.1.14; enormous amount of material H1149.4; for impossible bargain M291.

Collier Collier P415; and fuller cannot live together U143.

Color Color of dragon B11.2.2ff.; of fairy F233; of fairy's (clothes) F236.1; (cows) F241.2.1; (horses) F241.1.1; of flame indicates what is burning F1061.2; of ghostly dog E423.1.1.1; of giant F531.1.7; formulas Z65; magically changed D492; of revenant E422.2ff.; of plants A2772ff.; symbolism *Z140; transformed D682.4; worn signifies rank P632.4. - Animal's c. as reward for piety Q149.1; animals change c. F985; attempt to change one's c. foolish J511; barber paid to change c. of woman's face burns her with acid J1161.6; blood changes c. (life token) E761.1.6; chameleon saves hero's life: may change c. A2223.8; change in person's c. D57; city of extraordinary c. F741; creator establishes twelve winds, each a different c. A1129.1; custom of differentiating social classes by c. of dress introduced A1650.2; dress c. of sun, moon, and stars F821.1.5; each world corresponds to different c. A659.4; earth's c. from slain child's blood A1277.3; eyes remarkable as to c. F541.6; fanciful c. of animal B731; handkerchief c. of sun, moon, and stars F822.1; imagined c. of cloth J1551.8; islands of extraordinary c. F741; magic c. *D1293;.; man cursed with c. of the dead Q556.4; origin of c. of animal *A2411ff., *A2219.1; origin of c. of animal's (back) A2356.3; (eyes) A2332.5ff., (legs) A2371.4;., (tail) A2378.8ff., A2286.2.4; (tongue) A2344.3;.; origin of bird's c. A2221.6.1; origin of sea's c. A925.2; person changes c. F1082; person of unusual c. F527; praying man's c. changed V52.11; river given c. D1658.1.6; rock of extraordinary c. F807; sea changes c. F931.7; skin changes c. because of broken tabu C985; skin c. A1614.6; stone's c. indicates guilt or innocence H233; tree of extraordinary c. F811.3; turning c. from emotion F1041.11.2; why chameleon changes c. A2411.5.6.1.

Colored Colored traitor K2260ff. - Artificially c. horses B731.2.2; many-c. god A123.7.1; multi-c. hair F555.5; ogres' blood many c. G367.1; origin of c. races A1614; why bird's beak is c. A2343.2.

Colors Colors of otherworld F178. - Cup of three hundred c. F866.1; origin of c. at sunrise and sunset A797; rainbow's three c. A791.4.

Colt Colt, see also Foal, Horse; mistaken for devil, addressed J1785.4.1. - Real mother of c. will swim to it J1171.4; reductio ad absurdum: the decision about the c. J1191.1; starving c. fierce with hunger J2214.10; treasure found if one goes with one-night old c. on to one-night old ice N542.1; untrained c. result of master's neglect J143; wolf thought to be a c. J1752.

Colter Colter. - Heating plow's c. to release curse M429.4.

Column Column, see also Pillar; to upper world F58. - Fool thankful that God has built a palace without a c. J2565; four-sided c. in otherworld F169.1.3; man transformed to a marble c. D231.2; wild hunt disappears in c. of fire E501.16.4.

Columns Columns under lord's chair cause music A661.0.2.1. - Fiery c. in hell A671.2.4.11; four c. around otherworld fire F165.7.1; huge rock c. combat each other, form landmarks A901.2.

Comb Comb drips blood (life token E761.1.7; transformed to mountain D454.7.1. - Adventure from returning for c. N773.2; baldheaded man finds the c. J1001.2; escape by sending for forgotten c. K629.1.1; fairy borrows c. from Christian maid for changeling bride F322.1.1; girl borrows c. from fairy F324.1; golden c. F827.5; harrow as hero's c. K1718.4; magic c. *D1072.1; magic pig carrying scissors, c., and razors between its ears H1154.1; man transformed to c. D263.3; murder with poisoned c. S111.3; picking up c. tabu C543; quest for c. H1347; resuscitation by removal of poisoned c. E21.3; why cock's c. becomes white A2321.1.0.1; why crab's legs like teeth of c. A2376.5; woman goes back for c., robbed K346.3.

Combat Combat, see also Contest, Fighting; between god of light and dragon of ocean A162.2. - Army leaders in single c. H217.1; customs concerning single c. P557.4; disenchantment by c. D763.2; eagerness for c. W212; huge columns c. each other, form earth's features A901.2; refusing c. forbidden C835; revenant challenged to c. E461.1; single c. between gods A162.7; single c. to prove valor H1501.2; tabu: going to (leaving) certain place without c. C866;.; transformation c. D615; undesired c. between sworn brothers N731.2.2; unwitting c. (of brothers) H151.10; N733.1; (of father and son) *N731.2; (between sons of friends) H767; trial by c. H218; wild hunt in c. E501.17ff.; wit c. H507.

Combatants Combatants become sworn brethren P311.1. - The two c. without hands or feet or words (bull and buffalo) H861.

Combats Combats. - God of single c. A485.3.

Combed Combed. - Children's hair c. by fairies F313; dead's hair c. V68.2; gold and silver c. from hair D1454.1; sleeping maid's hair c. by dwarf F451.5.1.13; woman's hair c. by devil G303.9.5.5.

Combing Combing hair of fairies (task) H1192; hair forbidden C723;. - Devil c. witches makes sparks fly G222.1; fatal c. of victim's hair K875; horse's magic strength from hair c. D1835.2; magic sleep by c. hero's hair D1962.3.1.

Combs Combs, iron S187.2.

Combustible Combustible. - Why wood c. A2782.

Comedian Comedian, equanimity of W25.

Comet Comet. - God in form of c. A124.5; impregnation by c. T525.2.

Comets Comets, origin of A786.

Comfort Comfort. - Words of Christian c. cause devil to vanish G303.16.4.

Comforted Comforted. - Abandoned person in woods c. by prophet and birds S465; devotee of Virgin c. at death V267; repentant sinner c. by angel V235.2.

Coming Coming. - Butter magically kept from c. D2084.2; riddle about girl's c. and flood H583.10.

Command Command, see also Order; to use only one phrase J2516.3.3; would become permanent J1521.3. - Magic results produced by c. *D1765; D2102.2; one c. as test of wife's obedience H473.2.

Commandments Commandments. - Twenty c. better than ten J2213.5.1.

Commands Commands. - Enigmatic c. to girl H580.1.

Commemoration Commemoration of death V65. - Lakes burst forth in c. of hero A920.1.4; A934.3; spring as c. of hero's experiences A941.3.2; A941.4.1.

Commemorative Commemorative religious meal A1549.1; trees F979.11.

Commended Commended. - Demons powerless over souls c. to God before sleep E754.1.1.1; poor miller c. by priest X212.1; wife c. to devil guarded till man's return C12.4.

Commerce Commerce, origin of A1471.

Commiserated Commiserated. - Robbers c. J1392.2.

Common Common citizen saves country's honor P711.3; man transformed into exalted personage D22; names for dwarfs E451.8.1. - Friendship between prince and c. man P311.8; king mingles with c. people J914; must drink from the c. cup J1467; prince refuses to play with c. children J411.3; recognition through c. knowledge H10ff.; uniting against c. enemy J624; J145.

Commonplace Commonplace. - Time renders all things c. J1075.

Communication Communication with god fatal C52.1; of lovers T41; by pouring milk into stream K1549.5.

Communion Communion, see also Eucharist, Excommunication, Sacrament; feast to placate dead A1541.1.2; table dust breaks spell G271.2.6. - At c. witches spit out wine over shoulders G285.1; misunderstandings of c. J1824.1; woman eating before c. can't swallow wafer V39.9.

Compact Compact, see also Bargain, Contract. - Luck in gambling from c. with devil N6.1.

Companies Companies. - Heaven's inhabitants divided into c. A661.1.1.

Companion Companion, see also Ally, Comrade; tries foolishly to imitate good luck J2415. - Coming neither with nor without a c. H1061; horse as witch's c. G225.2; impostors abandon c. and usurp place K1931; incognito king rewards c. strangers K1812.13; labor contract: as much money as my c. (strong man) can carry F613.2.1; magic wisdom possessed by extraordinary c. D1719.4; talkative man betrays his c. J2352; thief accuses c. of their mutual theft K401.0.1.

Companions Companions arrive as hero is about to be killed N699.3. - All children born same day as prince are his c. P32.1; animals as creator's c. A33; creator's c. A30ff.; divinity's c. A195; extraordinary c. *F601ff.; fool objects to fools as c. J1715; hero with animal c. Z235; skillful c. create woman: to whom does she belong? *H621; origin of devil and his c. G303.1ff.; riddling remarks of traveling c. interpreted by girl at end of journey H586ff.

Company Company. - Curse: lack of good c. M443.1; don't keep bad c. J21.25; eating in c. tabu C285; educated men as choice c. J146.

Comparison Comparison, riddles of H660ff.

Compassionate Compassionate executioner K512; woman unharmed by boiling oil Q151.12; youngest daughter L54.

Compelling Compelling, see also Forcing; innocent man to write treasonable letter K2156; person by magic book to do evil D1678. - Magic object c. person (to dance) *D1415ff., (to follow) D1427;.; woman drives away the hungry, c. the filled to eat H583.4.4.

Compensation Compensation, see also Pay, Payment. - Reincarnation as c. E694.

Competition Competition in friendship between prisoner and jailor P315.1; between student and master P342.

Competitors Competitors. - Misinforming guest c. about country's water, wood supply H1239.4.

Complacency Complacency, wife's H474; *N11.

Complaint Complaint about bad breath K2135; of dissatisfied rivers against the sea W128.3; of snake to Zeus that people step on him J623.1.

Complexion Complexion. - Disguise by dyeing c. K1821.5.

Compliments Compliments tabu C499.2. - Donkey, camel trade c. J867.

Compound Compound. - Dragon as c. animal B11.2.1ff.; person with c. body F526.

Compressible Compressible objects *D491ff., D631.3ff.

Compulsion Compulsion. - Image under c. V123.1; magic c. to make journey D2121.15.

Compulsions Compulsions, unique *C650 -C699.

Comrade Comrade, see also Companion; slain, believed to be enemy K1883.5. - Devil cheated of his promised soul when the victim sells his to a c. K219.2; jumping into the river after their c. J1832; loyal friends won't fight disgraced c. W34.2.

Comrades Comrades. - Bonds can be loosed only by c. of man who tied them D1651.9.1.

Concealed Concealed wife awaits favorable moment to come forward N741.1. - Fugitive c. by opening tree D1393.1; ghost c. with dwarfs F451.5.4.1; magic power to see c. things D1825.4; person c. in another's body *F1034ff.; pregnancy c. by having maid sleep in husband's bed *K1843.1; weapons c. in basket kill opener K929.11.

Concealing Concealing boys' identity by scolding K649.3. - Clever c. of jewels J1655; fairies' c. mist F278.2.

Conceived Conceived. - Christ c. on same day crucified V211.0.2; last born twin c. first T587.3; magically c. children to marry M146.3; where were you when your mother c.? J1291.4.

Conception Conception and birth *T500 - T599. - Belief in Immaculate C. V312; evil enters body with c. A1384.2; father's ambitions transferred to child at c. T597; immaculate c. of hero A511.1.3.3; magic c. of hero Z216; prophecy: hero's c. at certain time M311.0.2.1; woman talks to her child before its c. T575.2.

Concern Concern. - Whose c. it is J1353.

Concert Concert by hogs J1675.5.

Concessions Concessions. - Wisdom of c. to power J811ff.

Conch Conch. - Ass brays on hearing c. shell J2211.4; child born in c. shell T561.1; ghost sounds c. shell E402.1.3.1; man issues from c. shell D621.6; magic c. shell furnishes money D1452.4.

Concoction Concoction. - Magic c. causes evil eye D2071.0.2.

Concubinage Concubinage *T450ff.

Concubine Concubine, see also Courtesan, Prostitute. - Devil's c. haunts E411.2.2; father's counsel on c. H588.10; friar steals from c. K1839.5; jealous c. plots against real wife's children S322.3.2; priest's c. cannot rest in grave *E411.2.1; priest's c. unable to rise from stone Q551.2.7; punishment for taking c. Q243.3; treacherous c. *K2222.

Condemnation Condemnation because of death without confession V22. - Hasty c. or killing *N340ff.

Condemned Condemned friend tests friendship H1558.13; man revealed as king's son N731.4; soul as black E722.1.2; soul recovered E754.1ff. - Beatus prayer for c. souls V51.4; devil as advocate of falsely c. man G303.22.11; queen intervenes for c. courtiers P21; rich man who does not repent until ready to die c. by devil Q271.2; substituting self for one c. K528.2; woman who saved his life c. to death by suitor W154.14.

Condemner Condemner. - Punishment escaped by discomfiting c. J1182.

Conduct Conduct of bridal couple before ceremony T134. - Decisiveness of c. J1040ff.; man refuses to follow friend in wicked c. P318; origin of code of c. between husband and wife A1571; taking a pattern (picture) of c. J2471; wise and unwise c. J200 - J1099.

Conductor Conductor of the dead A311. - Devil shepherd's c. to hell to collect debt from nobleman F451.5.1.14.

Coney Coney. - Squirrel borrows tail of c. A2241.7; stripes of c. A2413.6; why c. lives among rocks A2433.3.5.

Confederate Confederate persuades captor to throw away trickster K649.12. - Escape by help of c. K640ff.; ghost as man's c. E379.4; lie corroborated by a c., who poses as a newly-arrived stranger K455.7; theft by c. K365.

Conferred Conferred, see also Bestowed. - Invisibility c. on person D1983.

Confessed Confessed. - Ghost laid when crime has been c. E451.1; recognition when parents come to son to be c. H151.3.

Confession Confession of all treachery wins bride H331.11; discredited by declaring it all a dream J1155; made easy for peasant J1263.7; obtained by a ruse *J1141; of sins *V20ff.; without giving up sin punished V25.2. - Complacent judge disregards the c. P521; death respite until c. K551.1.1; devil is made impotent by c. G303.16.9; after c. of sins fox is immediately ready to steal again K2055; ghost causes murderer's c. E231.5; husband as God behind tree forces c. of adultery from wife *K1971.5; of misdeeds by ghost E376; pretending not to hear in c. X441.1; reward for c. of sins Z36.1; seduction by priest during c. K1339.6; weather changes on deed's c. D2140.3.

Confessional Confessional. - Neglect to hear c. punished Q223.4; punishment for betraying c. Q224; priest induced to betray secrets of c.: money then exacted from him for silence K443.8; V468.

Confessor Confessor duped into being go-between for adulteress and lover K1584; and penitent exchange confidences V29.7. - Ghost laid by c. E443.2.3; live c. better than dead martyr J1261.9; man without c. like body without head V20.1.1; ruler wants lying c. J1263.6; search for c. V29.1.

Confidence Confidence. - Excess of c. punished Q330ff.; pretended exchange of c. about one thing that can kill K975.1; wealth gained by seeming to be in king's c. K1782.

Confinement Confinement to keep child in ignorance of life J147; of girl during menses C141; of girl at puberty C131; in tower to avoid fulfillment of prophecy M372; of wicked son on island Q433.9.

Confines Confines. - Quest to c. of hell for blood of sorceress H1277.

Confirmed Confirmed. - Dwarfs listen to singing by c. children F451.5.21.

Confiscating Confiscating conspirators' estates K487; goods after failure to consummate relations with princess P616. - Mortals c. dwarfs' property F451.5.10.7.

Conflagration Conflagration, see also Fire. - General c. as punishment C984.6.

Conflict Conflict of good and evil creators *A50ff. - Flood from c. of gods A1015.1; revenants in c. E460ff.; weak overcomes strong in c. L310ff.

Conflicts Conflicts of the gods A162; between religions *V350ff. - Forethought in c. with others J610 - J679.

Confounding Confounding. - Poet c. student J1684.

Confucius Confucius, sacrifices to V11.4.

Confusion Confusion caused to aid escape K649.9; of tongues *A1333. - Hero causes c. in enemy camp K2369.10.

Congenital Congenital helpful animal *B311.

Congregation Congregation. - Church and c. sink to bottom of sea F941.2.2; the devil accuses c. of sins G303.24.1.

Conjugal Conjugal, see Marital.

Conjurer Conjurer, see also Magician; P483; brands sacred animal H55.2; must leave before sunrise C752.2.2; restores lost wife R133.2. - Man wishing to be c. fears devil's help C12.1.1; reincarnation as c. E605.9.

Conjuring Conjuring bag *D1274.1; away evil spirits in name of deity *D1766.7.1.1; away quest obstacles H1237. - Power of prophecy from c. D1812.2.2; rejuvenation by c. D1889.10.

Conquered Conquered. - Animal helpful after being c. B315; enemies c. by magic object D1400.1ff.; magic object vomited by c. monster D826.1; quarrelsome wife c. by silent husband T256.1; tribute required of c. foreigners T531.1.1.

Conquering Conquering gambler N1.2. - All-c. spear F834.4.

Conqueror Conqueror returns defeated man's family W11.5.4; rewarded by revenant E465. - Chaste woman resists c. T325; warriors enter service of c. R74.

Conquest Conquest. - Prophecies concerning c. M369.5.

Conscience Conscience as judge's tribunal W35.2.

Conscientiousness Conscientiousness W37.

Consecrated Consecrated bread as magic object *D1031.1.1; healing ring D1500.1.15.1; host put into beehive C55.3; objects cure D1500.1.10; wine *D1046.1; (used to discover treasure) N533.4. - Animals refrain from spoiling c. food B259.4.1; bathing in c. water D2161.4.14.2; man kept alive by c. sword E163; princess sick because toad has swallowed her c. wafer *C55; D2064.1; V34.2; shepherd's c. staff keeps cow from straying D1446.3; surrendering life for c. land V463.1.

Consecration Consecration of ignorant priest J1263.1.2; price J1263.2.1

Consent Consent of brother for sister's marriage needed T131.1.1; of spear to combat F834.7. - Relative's c. to marriage necessary T131.1.

Conservative Conservative but absurd ways kept U139.2.1.

Consider Consider the end: counsel J21.1.

Consolation Consolation in misfortune J850 - K899. - Husband's c.: seeing greater shrew than wife T251.9.

Consoling Consoling message from the dead E361.2. - God c. mortal A182.3.1; philosopher c. woman J152.4.

Consort Consort. - Promise to have but one c. M262.

Consorting Consorting with princess without sleeping (test) H347; with woman tabu C193. - Punishment for c. with lower class Q243.5.

Conspiracy Conspiracy. - Magic detection of c. D1817.0.4.

Conspirators Conspirators frighten boastful coward K1951.4. - Accusing c. to confiscate their estates K487.

Constancy Constancy as bride test H387. - Wife's c. resuscitates husband T212.1.

Constant Constant hunger caused by magic object D1373ff.; replacement of fighters E155.1.1.

Constantine's Constantine's vision of the Cross V515.1.4.

Constantinople Constantinople. - Virgin Mary destroys army beseiging C. V268.3.

Constellations Constellations bewailing death F961.2.5.1; origin of A766.

Consummation Consummation of marriage J1306; *T160ff.; of marriage to own mother N681.3.1.

Consumption Consumption demon F493.1.1.

Contact Contact. - Conception from casual c. with man T531; disenchantment by physical c. D782; magic results from c. with water D1788.1; magic results from c. with earth *D1778; tabu: c. (with the dead) C541ff., (with the supernatural) *C0 -C99; (with things belonging to a king) C501; (with women at childbirth) C153.

Contagiousness Contagiousness of bad company J451; of yawns J1448.

Container Container. - Extraordinary c. for fluids F866.7; rain from c. in sky A1131.4; relics kept in c. so as to prevent pestilence J762.1.

Contemplation Contemplation. - Comfort in the c. of impossible pleasure J864; transformation by c. D584.

Contempt Contempt. - Hand cut off for c. of court Q451.1.2.

Contentiousness Contentiousness W188; punished Q300ff.

Contentment Contentment of old man till forbidden to leave city H1557.3; with what you have J346.

Contest Contest arranged by Virgin Mary A1372.7; in beauty H1596; (between goddesses) A163; (between peacock and crane) J242.5; (between swallow and crow) J242.6; of dogs H1588; between god of fire and god of rain A975.2.1; in generosity H1552.2; of heat and cold D2144.2; in hunting H1592; in laziness W111.1; in magic D1719.1; between rose and amaranth J242.1; between runner swift as thought and one swift as sight F681.3.1; in shooting H1591; over souls E756; in stealing K305; between sun, moon A736.11; of wisdom and wealth J185; won by deception *K0 - K99. - Animal characteristics result of c. A2250ff., (between God and devil) A2286.2; animal haunt established by c. A2433.1.1; animal king chosen as result of a c. *B236.0.1; animal wins c. for man B587; animal characteristics from c. in watching A2256; betting c. between two kings N1.3; boasting scares opponent from c. K1766; bride c. H375; deceiver in swinging c. killed *K1618; decision made by c. H217; devils and angels c. for man's soul E756.1; disenchantment by magic c. D785; disenchantment by overcoming person in c. D716; giant in c. with man F531.5.11; giants, dwarfs in c. F451.10.2; king chosen by c. P11.2.1; Magic animal used in c. B195; moon-god loses c. to mortal A182.3.6; mountain from ancient c. A964; mowing c. with household spirit F488.2; rock-casting c. D1731.3; strong woman wins arrow c. F610.0.1.1; transformation c. between magicians D615.1; useful wins c. over beautiful J242.

Contestant Contestant who circles stones wins J2119.2.2.

Contesting Contesting. - Flaying alive as punishment for c. with a god Q457.1; rivals c. for girl T92.11.

Contests Contests in endurance H1540ff.; in lying X905; in riddling H548. - Witch makes man enter dangerous c. G292.

Continence Continence *T310ff.; vow until enemy killed M152.

Continent Continent. - Islands originally a c. A955.11.

Continually Continually falling in love T10.4. - Firewood c. swept away from swimming man H1129.5.1; journey to upper world by keeping thoughts c. on heaven *F64.

Continuing Continuing magic acts *D2172ff., (hurting selves) D2184; (sneezing) D1372; (what one starts in morning) D2172.2. - Man c. work after night joined by devil G303.22.9; princess hangs up weapons of dead lover as c. reminder T85.2; wisdom from c. reminder of foolishness in the past J167.

Continuous Continuous fighting F1084.0.3; winter destroys the race A1040ff.; action started by breaking tabu C916; prayer sustains man through frightful vigil V52.2. - Fool locked in dark room made to believe that it is c. night J2332.

Contortions Contortions in anger A526.6; F1041.16.5.

Contraband Contraband gold discovered K447.

Contract Contract, see also Bargain; with the devil destroyed M218; in blood M201.1. - Journey to hell to recover devil's c. F81.2; H1273.1; strong man makes labor c. F613ff.

Contraction Contraction of person into smaller space D55.2ff. - Serpent's dilation and c. B91.5.1.

Contracts Contracts P525.

Contradictions Contradictions. - Chains involving c. or extremes Z23; tales with c. Z19.2.

Contrary Contrary. - Life in land of dead c. to ours E489.2; magic object works in c. fashions D1663; objects behaving c. to their nature F473.2; tasks c. to laws of nature H1020ff.

Contrasts Contrasts found in otherworld garden *F162.1.2. - Peasant and wife c. to king and queen P411.1.1; two brothers as c. P251.5.4.

Control Control. - Fairies have c. over mortal's destines F312.2; magic c. (of the elements) *D2140ff., (of fires) *D2158ff., (of seasons) *D2145ff., (of waters) *D2151ff.; magic object has c. D1300 - D1599; (over disease) *D1500ff., (over the elements) *D1540ff., (over fire) D1566ff., (over person's will) D1379.1;.; moon under deity's direct c. A759.6; witches have c. over weather G283; youth trusts self to horse over which he has no c. J657.1.

Controller Controller. - Man as c. of sun's rising and setting A725; porcupine as c. of cold D2144.1.1.

Conundrum Conundrum. - Recognition by answer to c. H19.2.

Convent Convent, see also Nun; guest put to needle-threading test H509.1. - Disguised prostitutes take wife to c. K1592; man acts as statue of saint in order to enter c. K1842.1; man disguised as gardener enters c. and seduces nuns K1323; seducers in disguise enter c. K1321.4.

Convention Convention of long-nosed people X133; of trees F979.13.

Conversation Conversation between clouds F967.3; between the dead E545.1; with dead E545.7; of fire-spirits F497.1; of lovers T42. - Animals' c. reveals how to become saint V229.25; fox holds c. with his members J2351.1; forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by c. of magic doves D2006.1.3; king brought to sense of duty by feigned c. of birds J816.1; rank betrayed by habitual c. H38ff.; recognition by overheard c. with animals or objects H13ff.; secrets overheard from animal c. *N451; slave recognized by his c. H38.3; treasure information from overheard c. N534.4; thieves deceived by prearranged c. J1517.

Conversations Conversations, formulistic Z18.

Conversing Conversing. - Soul c. with dead E721.8.

Conversion Conversion by dead E367.4; of fairy wife into woman F302.5.2.1; of Jew by Virgin Mary V266; of King to Hinduism absurd J1536.2; from one religion to another V330ff. - Miraculous beautification upon c. to Christianity V331.3; saint to succeed in c. M364.3.

Convert Convert. - First c. to Christianity A1546.3.1.

Converts Converts. - Reward for securing c. Q23.

Conveyances Conveyances, magic * D1110ff. - Fairies' c. F242; ghost-like c. E535.

Cook Cook as helper N842. - Devil as c. G303.3.1.13; lie: remarkable c. X1005; poor man wants high office: made c. L427; thief disguised as c. K311.12.1; treacherous c. K2254.

Cook-book Cook-book. - Priest uses c. for breviary V467.

Cooked Cooked animal comes to life E168; child revived by saint E121.4.1; cock crows E524.2.1; human flesh speaks out G64. - Animals already c. for eating X1208.1; beating wife so food will be c. right J2175.1.1; cannibals advised to be absent while hero is being c. K619.1; flesh of stolen animal cannot be c. D1318.7.1.1; Q212.4; gods like c. food A153.7; hills flat where gods c. A972.5.5; magic fruits c. D866.1; meat c. by bird's red eye F989.2; numskulls sow c. grain J1932.1; people c. in kettle by devil G303.25.4; planting c. food K496; quest for best-c. dish H1305.2; sowing c. grain *H1023.1.1; tiger formerly c. its food A2435.1.2; unsuccessful imitation of being c. without harm J2411.6.1; why food is c. A1518.

Cooking Cooking as bride test H383.4; food on hot breasts F546.5; griddle cakes as bride test H383.1.2; by magic calabash D1601.1; interrupted G475.1; processes misunderstood J1813; rice with fire far away J1191.7; rice without fire H506.9; spit recovered from sea H1132.1.6; what is behind you J2485; without fire D2158.5.2. - Corpses used as c. fuel S139.2.2.5; escape by pretended c. K611.2; exorbitant charge for c. K255.1; fairies steal c. F365.7; firelike river used for c. F932.11; foolish thief c. wakens house J2136.5.5; glutton eats all meal while c. it W125.2; leaven tabu for c. C888; lie: remarkable c. X1031.3; literal fool c. wrong amounts J2461.1.4.1; magic c. pot obeys only master *D1651.3; magic porridge-pot keeps c. C916.3; miser doesn't want wife c. too much W153.2.1; origin of c. A1455; recognition by unique c. H352; servants touch c. pot J1563.5.2; sun c. for saint D2149.3; sun's rays c. saint's meat V222.13; tiger lives on self-c. food F989.22.2; woman c. for paramour K1549.8.

Cookstove Cookstove, witch as G212.2.

Cooled Cooled. - Scout sees whether earth has c. after fire A1039.1.

Cooling Cooling ears by breaking vessel on head J2469.4; off sick by hanging in well J2412.6. - Sun c. off at night A722.5.2.

Cooperation Cooperation. - Creation of a person by c. of skillful men F1023; man created by c. of the gods A1218.

Cooperative Cooperative birth T589.1.

Copper Copper apple F813.1.3; castle F771.1.3; -colored house F165.8; horseman indicates road *D1313.3; statue at city gates blows on trumpet at stranger's approach *D1317.9.1; transformed to gold D475.1.9; tree F811.1.3. - Acquisition of c. A1432.4; bow of gold, silver, and c. F836.1; golden boat with c. rudder F841.1.8; magic c. *D1252.2; pygmies dressed in c. F535.3.1; two c. vessels are steaming over fire under earth A857.1; water becomes c. D478.9.

Copperhead Copperhead guides rattlesnake to prey B765.13.

Copulation Copulation, see also Sexual Intercourse: of animals A2496; of devil as queen with horses G303.3.1.12.5. - Sham-death for c. with divine maidens K1325.0.1; universe from c. of objects A615.2.

Coraciiformes Coraciiformes, creation of A1950ff.

Coral Coral. - Goddess of c. reef A139.8.2; man becomes c. D237; why c. is soft A2872.

Cord Cord. - Penance: wearing friar's c. on bare skin Q522.7; umbilical c. tabu C531.1.

Cordelia Cordelia H592.1; M21.

Cordon Cordon. - Monk's c. saving him from hell J1261.8.

Corduroy Corduroy. - Wagon run over c. bridge to simulate artillery K2368.1.1.

Cormorant's Cormorant's color A2411.2.5.1; tongue pulled out by putting louse on it *K825.1.

Corn Corn from body of slain person *A2611.1; carried away grain at a time Z11.1; comes up with black ears after mud flood Q552.14.2; grows so fast it pulls up own roots X1532.1; roots in hair F1099.4; transformed to person D431.8. - Deceptive grain division: the c. and the chaff K171.2; devil gives Eve two grains of c. G303.9.4.1; dwarf groans while carrying ear of c. F451.3.9.1; fairies snip c. from stalks F369.5.1; god of c. A433.1; inexhaustible c. D1652.1.3.2; lazy man: Is c. shelled? W111.5.10.1; lies about c. X1455; magic c. *D965.8; magic c. turns to gold D2102.5; making ale from single grain of c. H1022.6.1; man from ears of c. A1255.2; mule carrying c. escapes while one carrying gold is robbed L453; so hot c. pops X1633.1; soul of c. E701.5; why c. does not yield in the middle A2793.10; witch's spells blight c. G269.7; woman threshing c. in moon A751.8.2.

Cornelia Cornelia shows children as her jewels T256.

Corners Corners. - Spider transformed for greediness: now occupies dark c. A2261.2.

Cornish Cornish. - Jew's ghosts punished in C. mines F456.1.1.1.

Cornucopia Cornucopia, god with A137.5.

Coroner Coroner. - Ghosts disappear for c.E599.2.

Corps sans âme Corps sans âme F963.4.

Corpse Corpse, see also Body, Ghost; bleeds when murderer touches it D1318.5.2; burns of own accord F964.3.3; cannot be moved D1654.9.1; to be cut in two: feigned death revealed J1545.8; drops piecemeal down chimney H1411.1; exclaims over miracle E545.10; with his feet cut off X422; handed around K2151; leaps up as saint passes E597; lost, live person buried J1834; magically saved from corruption D2167; set up to frighten people K2321; spits out Host V39.7; thrown among robbers frightens them from treasure K335.1.2.1; transformed to serpent D449.2; watched over before burial E752.10.1; of woman dying in childbirth C153.1. - Adulteress's c. drawn through streets Q473.0.2; animal prevents anybody coming near master's c. B301.1.2; animals eat c. of holy man, die B275.3; arm of husband's c. catches wife, drowns her N339.14; curse: c. to be cut in three M453; dead grateful for treatment of c. E341.1.1; demon's c. turns to worm H47; demon enters c. E121.6.1; devil (beats wicked man's c.) Q491.3; (follows lawyer's c.) G303.25.8.;(hidden in c.) G303.8.15; drowned c. found by magic D1816.4.1; eyes, ears, fingers of c. substituted for those of demanded victim K512.2.0.3; flames issue from mouth of c. E421.3.7; ghost watches own c. E599.3; Ghosts (eat c.) E256; (flay c.) E255; (prevent burial of c.) E273.1; gratitude for having c. ransomed *E341.1; grieving man goes to die near wife's c. T211.9.2.1; hand of c. as remedy D1500.1.6.1; head of c. thrown on water to prevent return E431.9.1; indignity to c. S139.2.2; (as punishment) Q491; joke involving girl's c. causes priest's death N384.8; live man thought to be returning c. K2151.1; the living c. *E422; magic object saves c. from corruption *&D1585; mare not to draw c. C181.11; marvelous sensitiveness: meat (wine) tastes of c. E647.1; money tied on c. thrown overboard from ship in order to secure burial V64; monk digs up sweetheart's c. T334; mother does for another what the latter cannot do for her (lays out a c.) H583.4; multiplication of saint's c. D2106.1.4; murdered man's c. sticks to murderer Q551.2.4; murderer's c. mutilated Q491.6; only prostitutes can carry the c. of a prostitute X521; opening c.-wrapping tabu C328; penance: lying with every c. Q524.2; praying over c. saves soul from devil K218.7; precautions to keep evil spirits from getting c. E752.10; pretending to address c. as heir K451.5; punishment: carrying c. of murdered man Q511; resuscitation by (breathing on c.) E66; (licking c.) E17; return from dead to punish indignities to c. or ghost E235ff.; ring to put on finger of c. K362.2; river flows from c. A511.1.1.1; saint's c. sits up in grave E235.8; servant in master's c. K1969.3.1; shooting at father's c. test of paternity H486.2; sitting up with c. H1461; sleeping with c., thinking it alive J1769.2.1; soul wanders till c. decays E722.3.2; souls captured on leaving c. E752.1.3; spirits put c. into river F402.1.8; spouse's c. kept after death T211.4;.; substitute for the c. J1959.2; suitors as c., angel, and devil K1218.4; tabu: leaving c. at shrine C51.1.14; taking down c. of hanged man tabu C541.5; thief disguised as c. K311.1; (detected) J1149.7; thief frightens away c. guards K335.0.7; thing thought to be c. J1783; toads and snakes devour c. of rich man in his grave Q491.4; trickster throws c. in river and accuses princess of murder K1383; two devils extracted from c. G303.1.8; only usurers can carry the c. of the usurer X514; water thrown on c. to prevent return E431.2; witch's c. heavy G259.4; woman substitutes c. in lover's bed K1223.4.

Corpses Corpses. - Cat mutilates c. B766.1; escape by prophesying c. will ruin city K575; foes' c. dismembered P555.2; giants keep c. on hand to eat G691.1; hurling-match for c. H1436; monster made from parts of c. G377; room heated by crowded c. F686.2; speaking c. J2311.9; test for demons in c. E431.0.1; vampires eat c. E251.3.1; wives killed: large price for c. K941.1.1.

Correct Correct wearing of clothes as suitor test H312.6. - Ogre's c. guess wins princess G463.

Correcting Correcting. - Animal c. examination paper for rescuer B579.3; man blames master for not c. him in youth J142.2; stingy dead woman c. laundress's overcharge W152.3.

Corroborating Corroborating ghost's appearance E421.5. - Second liar c. first X907.1.

Corroded Corroded. - Skin c. by hydra's poison F1041.5.

Corruption Corruption of maids in household by faithless menservants P365.1. - Corpse magically saved from c. D2167; loss of c. as reward Q150.2; magic object saves corpse from c. *D1585.

Corset Corset - Murder by lacing c. tight K953.1; resuscitation when strangling c. lace breaks E21.2; tight c. stifles woman to death Q331.2.2.

Cosmic Cosmic egg *A641.

Cosmogony Cosmogony A600ff.

Cosmology Cosmology A600ff.

Cost Cost price of stolen coat recovered (nothing) J1397. - Points of view on c. of wine J1315; what the ass c. J1601; sickle bought at great c. given back J2514.

Costliest Costliest. - What is c.? (riddle) H638.

Costumes Costumes. - Hero wearing so many c. taken for many K1883.9.

Cot Cot, golden D846.1.

Cottage Cottage. - Fairies' neat c. F221.4.

Cotton Cotton as best flower H659.23; in ears J672.2; at first already spun A1346.2.1; pods mistaken for fat J1772.8; transformed to leaves D451.2.4; transformed to snake D441.8; tree on moon A751.6. - Adventures from running after blown c. N777.1; leaves become c. D451.8.1; magic c.-wool D1299.4; origin of c. plant A2684.3; purifying c. by burning it J1974; quest for c. driven by wind H1355.5; why hares have c. tail A2378.9.3.

Cottonwood Cottonwood cursed for serving as cross A2721.2.1.3.

Couch Couch. - Avoiding sitting of foot of c. H506.6; magic c. *D1154.

Couches Couches for men of high rank P632.1.

Cough Cough as soul re-entering body E721.3.1. - Dead man identified by his c. J1937.1; stinging buttocks as c. cure N643.

Coughing Coughing tabus C484.1; universe into being A618.1; up magic object K331.4; thief blinds watchmen D2062.2.6. - Origin of c. A1399.4.

Council Council of animals assigns place and work to all B238; of gods A167.1.

Councillors Councillors, old men preferred as J151.2.

Counsel Counsel, see also Advice, Precept. - Brothers scorn brother's c. P251.4; listening to mother's c. forbidden C815; return from dead to give c. E366; reward for giving c. Q43; spirit gives c. F403.2.3.6.

Counselor Counselor killed in own treacherous game K1626.2. - Angel as c. to mortal V246; court c. P14.15.1; treacherous c. K2298.

Counselors Counselors. - King seeks bride only because c. insist T64.

Counsels Counsels chosen for parting gift L222.1; proved wise by experience *J21ff. - Enigmatic c. of a father H588; good c. bought *J163.4; porter's revenge for wise c. J1511.6; proverbial wisdom: c. J171ff.

Count Count (numerical) only waves before you K1812.20. - Impostor impersonates dead c. K1936.

Counted Counted. - One tiger-cub c. many times deceives tiger K933; stones cannot be c. F809.1; swine cannot be c. accurately B184.3.0.5; years not c. before monk entered monastery J181.

Countenance Countenance, see also Face. - Parson put out of c. X434; clever man puts another out of c. J1210 - J1299.

Counteraccusation Counteraccusation follows admission of robber's false plea J1162.2.

Countercharm Countercharm exorcises witch G271.6.

Counterfeit Counterfeit money burned up J1511.10. - Money turns to c. C939.2; prostitute paid with c. K1581.11.

Counterfeiting Counterfeiting. - Burning as punishment for c. Q414.0.6.1; ghost foils c. of will E236.4.1.

Countermagic Countermagic against Evil Eye D2071.1.5.

Counterquestions Counterquestions H571; J1291.

Countersunwise Countersunwise circuit for ill luck D1791.2.

Countertasks Countertasks *H951. - Payment evaded by setting c. K248.

Countess Countess. - Dwarf follows c. around like dog F451.5.8.1.

Counting Counting fairy gifts tabu F348.6; hairs in pig's back (feathers in bird) H1118; out pay with hole in the hat and hat over a pit K275; possessions forbidden C776; tabus C897; tasks H1118ff.; the waves H1144.2.

Countries Countries. - Why animals live in certain c. A2434.3ff.

Country Country, see also Land; where everything is cheap J342.1.1. - Forbidden c. C617; king returns to rescue native c. R191; magic object devastates c. D1480ff.; magic sight of whole c. at once D1825.2.2; man who saves c. rewarded with princess T68.2; prophecies concerning destiny of c. M356; town mouse and c. mouse J211.2; wolves of his own c. dearer than dogs of another P711.1; why ptarmigan lives in c. A2433.4.3.

Countryman Countryman in the great world J1742.

Couple Couple, see also Pair. - Boy sleeps between c. to safeguard virtue T352; earth made by first c. dancing A825; earth by sacrifice of children of first c. A831.3; estranged c. each pay for reconciliation K441.4; first c. parents of (moon) A745.1; (sun) A715; primeval human c. A1270ff.; sinless c. H1381.4; stone from sky kills all but one c. A1009.3; wicked c. to be killed by own child M343.4.

Couples Couples placed to establish tribes A1610.2. - all animals created in c. A1704; animals chained in c. B845.2; magic birds chained in c. B172.7.

Couplets Couplets. - Recognition by matching c. H12.2.1.

Courage Courage conquers all U243. - Dragon wants to see c. J2488.1; K722.1; mother kills sons lacking c. P231.4; wine gives c. to face Pope J1318.

Courageous Courageous. - Eating c. animal's heart makes c. D1358.1; magic spell makes person c. D1358.2.

Course Course of wild hunt E501.1.4ff. - Angels arrange c. of heavenly bodies A703.

Court Court, see also Law; keeps the change J1193.2.1; orders bride to consummate marriage T166; in otherworld F177.1. - Bluff in c.: the stone in the purse K1765; bringing an ogre to c. (task) H1172; cleverness in law c. J1130 -J1199; contempt of c. punished Q451.1.2; exposed infant reared at strange king's c. S354; expulsion from c. saves counselor's life N178.3; ghosts tried in c. E573; girl in disguise at lover's c. K1816.0.2; hero takes refuge at king's c. R331; jests on unfavorable c. decision J835; magic object helps win in law c. D1406ff.; not leaving God's c. for king's J1269.13; poor girl masks as doctor and is made c. physician K1825.1.2; robbers' secret used in c. against them N455.2.1; swallow killed in c. house by snake laments injustice in house of justice U27; unknown son returns to father's c. N731.1; women disqualified as c. witness A1589.1.

Courtesan Courtesan, see also Concubine, Prostitute; pursued in wild hunt E501.5.1.2; as thief K302.1. - Capture in house of c. K778.3; newborn girl fated to be c. N121.3; priest's c. cannot rest in grave *E411.2.1; queen forced to become c. L410.7.

Courtesans Courtesans in wild hunt E501.2.4.

Courtesy Courtesy. - Deed of c. forbidden C740ff.; disguised king taught c. by peasant P15.1.1.

Courtier Courtier in love with queen T91.6.1.1; rewarded for resisting princess Q87.2; shields king's love affair J1211.3. - Boor transformed to c. by love T10.1.2; princess loves c. T55.1.1; princess marries c. T121.3.

Courtiers Courtiers. - Queen intervenes for condemned c. P21; riddle of king and c. H731.

Courting Courting another man disguised as a woman K1321.3. - Boy c. his mother T412.4; silence in c. ugly woman J1074.2; trickster rides dupe c. K1241.1.

Courtship Courtship of stork and crane B282.23. - Jokes on c. *X760ff.; origin of customs of c. and marriage A1550ff.

Cousins Cousins P295. - Accidental meeting of c. N746.

Couvade Couvade T583.1.

Covenant Covenant, see also Bargain, Contract; with animals B279; between god and mortal A185.9; of friendship A1599.12; P311.5. - Blood c. M201.1; rainbow as c. between creator and man A791.10.

Covering Covering with cloth disenchants D777.1; face instead of putting out lamp W111.2.9. - Disenchantment by c. with deliverer's clothing D789.1; disenchantment by removing (destroying) c. of enchanted person D720ff.; long hair as c. for girl F555.3.3; origin of animal characteristics: body c. A2310ff.; person with unusual c. F521; resuscitation by c. body E134.1; why certain animals are bare of c. A2317.

Coverings Coverings. - Soul hidden in a series of c. E713.

Covetous Covetous goldsmith P447.8; wish to the enemy J2074.

Covetousness Covetousness punished Q277. - Wealth refused, c. feared J347.1.

Cow Cow, see also Calf; Audhumla B19.2.1; the animal that is good living and dead H841.3; bears man child B631.5; with breeches on reveals witch G257.5; and bullock yoked together A1689.1; with changing colors B731.4; climbs to roof (lie) X1235.4; as creator A13.1.1; determines road to be taken B151.1.2.1; disappears New Year's night D2087.3.1; has foaled: explanation for lover's horse K1549.4; follows saint B159.3; gives marvelous milk for saint B597; gives twelve measures of milk for twelve apostles B251.2.10; god A132.9.1; grants all desires B184.2.1.3; grateful for being milked B394; imprisoned, had eaten men R9.5; with inexhaustible milk D1652.3.1; killed to get all milk at once J1905.6; licks saint's feet B251.2.6.2; licks stone, discovers saint's relics V140.3; lowers ocean by drinking F989.11.1; mistaken for devil addressed J1785.4; as nurse cares for children B535.0.1; partly brown after resuscitation E33.1; punished for calf's misdeeds J1863; puts bread in oven (lie) X1255.5; with red ears B731.4.2; refuses to move in grief for master B301.6.2; refuses to help stepdaughter, killed B335.7; as sacrifice V12.4.4.1; with silver horns B15.3.2.3.1; B101.8; H355.1; springs from rime of universe's creation B715; strikes at flies while boy eats B579.2; supplies saint, disciples with milk D2156.2.1; survives plague F989.6; swallows book: cause of maniplies in stomach A2219.2; taken to roof to graze J1004.1; with tallow liver B15.7.9; H1331.3.2; thief grabs tiger by mistake N392; touched by arrow becomes pregnant T532.4; transformed to another animal D412.2ff.; with two bags: bird in each B15.7.9.1; with white ears B731.4.1; worship V1.8.1. - Advising buyer c. is thief J2088.2; bald, white-headed c. H1331.3.1; bellowing of c. defeats army B741.3; buying c. in common: each paying full price J2037.2; buying monkey instead of c. J2081.4; color of c. A2411.1.6.4; creation of c. A1877; cross marked on bewitched c. breaks spell G271.2.1.1; curse: c. will give red milk M471.1; deceptive division of shared c. K171.7.1; destructive c. possessed by demons B16.1.5.2; devil as c. G303.3.3.1.4; devil drives c. mad G303.7.8; divided ownership of c. J1905.3; divine c. descends to earth F35.1; dwarf home is beneath c. stable F451.4.1.5; dwarfs request that c. stable be moved F451.4.4.3; enmity of dog and c. A2494.4.10; enmity of hyena and c. A2494.3.4; fairy in form of c. F234.1.1; fairy warns owner that c. is choking F339.1; fish guards c. B576.3.1; fool does not milk c. for month so that she will give plenty for a feast J1005.1; fool interested only in how c. could have got on the pole where he finds c. dung instead of his purse J2382; foolish bargains: horse for c., c. for hog, etc. J2081.1; four calves to one c. at birth T586.4.1; friendship between c. (and tiger, calf and cub) A2493.24; (and lioness) A2493.30.2; giant c. B871.1; ghost rides c. E581.3; gold-dropping c. B103.1.2; (exchanged for common) D871.1.1; gold hoard found by c. N534.2; helpful c. *B411; hornless c. B15.3.0.1; (milk from) J1512.1; indentions on rock from footprints of saint's c. A972.3.1.2; islands from transformed c. and calf A955.5; jester takes c., tells king people have milk U67; magic c. B184.2; magic c. dung *D1026.2; man can't drive c. he refused to share Q589.1.0.1; man kills c. with hand F628.1.2.1; man transformed to c. G263.1.3; mankind born from c. A1224.4; marvelous c. and calf leave patches on soil A989.1; marvelous c. offended, disappears C918.1; milk from the hornless c. J1512.1; milk of hornless single-colored c. renders wife fruitful T591.1.2; milking c. directly into mouth J2173.8; milking unruly c. H1155.2; miraculous increase of milk from c. D2156.2; money exacted from watcher who permits theft of wooden c. supposed to be real K443.4; nectar-yielding c. B19.2; numskull sells c. to bird J1852.1; numskull ties the rope to his leg as the c. grazes on the roof J2132.2; offending sacred c. tabu C94.3.1.1; old woman gives only c. to God; sent back a hundred Q21.1; only crippled c. spared by robbers N178.4; pasturing c. which runs all day H1112.2; pearl-dropping c. B103.1.2.1; pouring water over c. J2465.1.1; prophetic c. B141.5; quest for bald, white-headed c. H1331.3.1; rabbit thought to be c. J1757; recognition by conversing with c. H13.1.3; recognition of own c. in huge herd H163; refusal to eat fifth descendant of stolen c. F647.10; reincarnation as c. E611.2; revenant as c. E423.1.8; rich man seizes poor widow's c. U35; Sabbath-keeping c. B259.2; sacred c. B811.3; sea c. B72; settlement site where c. stops, milk flows by itself B155.2.2; Shepherd's consecrated staff keeps c. from straying D1446.3; singing c. B214.1.1; sowing cheese to bring forth c. J1932.2; speaking c. B211.1.5; spring breaks forth where saint's stolen c. is found A941.5.5; steaks cut from live c. who heals herself by magic D2161.2.1; substituting common c. for magic one K476.8; tabu to eat c. C221.1.1.1; tabu to kill, cook sacred c. C221.1.1.1.3; thieving c. K366.1; tiger eats c. friend J427; to every c. belongs its calf P526.1; transformation to c. *D133.1; transformed c. advises daughter D688.1; trickster steals farmer's c. and then sells her to the farmer K258.1; truth-speaking c. B132; tying c. with stones to keep from blowing away J2119.8; vampire milks c. dry E251.3.2; when c. calls calf, all cattle graze B852; white c. comes to be milked for infant saint B251.2.10.1; why c. (has cloven hoof) A2376.1; (has so few teats) A2363.1; (is always eating) A2231.1.1; why black c. eats green grass, gives white milk, yellow butter J1291.1.1; why c. has no upper teeth A2345.7.1; why is c. beaten by calf? H1292.16; witch as c. G211.1.3.

Coward Coward boasts of frightening bear away K1953.1; boasts when there is no danger W121.2; gloats over robber slain by another person W121.2.5; hiding from adversaries J2631. - Boastful c. frightened (by conspirators) K1951.4; (by his wife) K1837.1.

Cowardice Cowardice W121; most shameful H659.12.1. - Men shamed for their c. by woman standing naked before them J87.

Cowardly Cowardly duelers K2323; fool *J2600 -J2649; to leave battle while lord alive W34.2.

Cowards Cowards. - Tailors c. as warriors X223.

Cowbell Cowbell. - Capture by ringing c. K756.2.2.

Cowboy Cowboy shoots injured wife J1919.9; stands up for friendless Jesus J1738.5. - Ghost of slain c. E337.1.4.

Cowdung Cowdung goes on warpath F1025.2.1. - Jewels in c. cakes J1655.1; oath taken on c. M114.5.

Cowherd Cowherd disappears New Year's night D2087.3.1; as foster father N856.2; hero L113.1.6; looking for cattle thief recognizes him in the lion J561.2; rescues abandoned child R131.3.3.

Cowhide Cowhide falls, robbers flee K335.1.1.2. - Alleged oracular c. sold K114.1; magic c. D1025.5; (assures heaven for man who dies upon it) D1588.2.

Co-wife Co-wife cruel to pregnant woman S185.1; transforms other wife D665.3 - Jealous c. kills woman's children S322.3; persecuted sons of c. S471; punishment for murder of c. Q211.10; task assigned at suggestion of jealous c. H911.1; H913.1.2; treacherous c. *K2222; younger son of c. a hero L10.2

Cowl Cowl as saint's ransom burns Q552.18.1.1; in thornbrake symbol of Christ V124.1. - Magic c. *D1067.3.1; (protects from fire) D1382.9; monk who dies without his c. cannot rest in grave E411.7; saint's anger sets c. afire F1041.16; saint's c. (protects fox from hounds) D1447.2.1; (untouched by sea) F930.1.0.1.

Cowrie-shell Cowrie-shell turns into men D432.2.1.

Cows Cows in church thought to be ghosts J1782.1.1; come up mountain for herdsman's call F679.1; die of shock at being fed W152.13.1; grateful for hero's housekeeping B396; killed for their hides when large price is reported by trickster K941.1; kneel on Christmas Eve B251.1.2.3; lose milk at king's death B301.6.3; magically made dry D2083.1; magically multiply (reward) Q141; to make curds before milking J1905.5; meek H659.21; speak to one another on Christmas B251.1.2.2; of the sun B19.6.1; white-headed during good king's reign Q153.1. - Army of c. B268.10; bath in milk of white, hornless c. as antidote for poison D1515.3; birds perch on ears of c. B853; calves kept from c. (in commemoration) V65.1; (during fast) P623.0.7; cast-off wife sent to herd c. S437; charm makes c. give plenty of milk D1449.1; color of devil's c. changed while he sleeps so that he does not know them A2286.2.4; K483; devil's c. one-horned: God gives them two A2286.2.3; dwarfs bewitch c. to give no milk *F451.3.3.5; fairies milk c. F271.1; fairies milk mortal's c. dry F366.1; fairies' c. F241.2; grazing c. at night render fairies visible F235.9; grazing c. eat same amount B854; jackal covers up clumsiness in catching c. J873.2; king demands milk from all hornless c.: given poison from wooden K839.4; lies about c. X1235; magic bag sucks milk from c. D1605.2; milk gushes from c. in deity's presence H45.2; milk from saint's c. forms lake F989.9; quest for demon-owned c. H1364; recognizing milk of stolen c. F647.5.3; roads marked out by supernatural c. A989.2; skillful milker milks c. incessantly F678.1; snake milks c. at night B765.4; spirits tangle up peasant's c. F402.1.3; stolen c. cause war K300.1; why c. have two horns A2326.3.1; why c. ruminate A2472.1; A2231.1.1; witch transforms self to hare so as to suck c. D655.2.

Cow's Cow's feet provide wealth D1469.7; milk with remarkable tastes D1665.2. - child with c. head T551.3.4; dog rescues c. teats from fire: origin of his black muzzle A2229.1; huldra with c. tail F460.1.5; milker ties c. tail to himself and bees sting cow J2132.3; origin of c. and buffalo's hides A2311.6; riddle: four hang, four walk, two show the road, one wags behind (c. teats, feet, eyes, tail) H743; trickster evades paying c. burial fee K499.5; prophesying sex of c. offspring H528.1; white c. flesh as magic cure *D1500.1.33.2; why c. body hollow on one side A2356.2.12; witch curdles c. milk D2083.2.2.

Cowshed Cowshed. - Cleaning c. H1102.1; tabu to enter c. during menses C141.2.

Cowslip Cowslip pulled, girl dies E765.3.4.

Coyote Coyote as culture hero A522.1.3; as marplot at creation A61; persuaded to break leg: therefore has thin right leg A2284.5; rescues child R131.7; rides with sun A724.1.0.1; throws eyes in air: they are stolen K333.3; as trickster J1117.2; tries to fly J2133.3.1; wears fox's rattle J2136.1. - Color of c. A2411.1.3.2; creation of c. A1834; enmity of rabbit and c. A2494.6.2; enmity between c. and meadowlark A2494.12.4; why c. has (long muzzle) A2213.4.1; (long teeth) A2345.2; (yellowish eyes) A2332.5.1; (yellow patch behind ears) A2218.4; A2412.1.3.

Coyote's Coyote's body made larger A2301.3.

Cozening Cozening K347.

Crab Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body *A2231.10; A2332.4.2; carried by crane, cuts off his head K953.3; carries animals in ear F982.8; as child's nurse B535.0.13; comes ashore: killed by fox J512.1; cuts heron's neck J631; hunts hare (lie) X1344.1; mistaken for tailor J1762.1.2; prefers death to imprisonment J216.3; pulled first living creatures from his side A1211.8; saves from crocodile attack J21.36; saves hero from snake B524.1.12; B549.5; shape of husband D719.2; thought to be the devil J1785.2; thrown to ground: breaks into pieces, hence small size A2214.4; on tiger's tail J1762.3; transformed to man D375; tries to lay eggs in boiling water pot J2415.3; walks backward: learned from his parents U121.1. - Bungling rescuer caught by c. J2675; cheese smeared on c. lures giant K827.5; creation of c. A2171.2; discourteous answer: why c. has eyes behind A2231.1.3; A2332.4.2; dolphin and whale scorn c. as peacemaker J411.6; enmity of c. (and jackal) A2494.5.3; (and spider) A2494.16.5; friendship between c. (and cobra) A2493.19; (and bird) A2493.27; giant c. B876.2.1; god becomes c. D175.1; golden c. B102.8; hedgehog and c. jump from boat after turtle J2133.11; helpful c. B478; B495.1; how c. got its claws A2376.4; magic c. B178.1; man transformed to c. D175; marriage to person in c. from B647.1.1; mother c. blames her children for not walking straight J1663.1; mythical c. B94.1; reincarnation as c. E629.2; singing c. B214.1.8; trickster pinched by c. J2136.4; tricky potter reborn as c. E692.3; what is in the dish: Poor C. N688; why c. is afraid in dark A2534.1; why c. is cunning A2525.2; why c. has no head A2320.4; why c. lifts eyes out of body or has eye behind A2332.4.2.

Crabs Crabs take moonlight walks, eaten K772.1. - Bear learns how to catch c. with his hairy claws J102; lies about c. X1344; tabu to eat c. C221.1.3.3; tiger's fear of c. exploited K1715.13; thief places candles on c. K335.0.5.1; why c. burrow in sand A2433.6.3.2; why c. live in water A2433.6.3.1.

Crab's Crab's exorbitant lending price to frog K255.2; haunts A2433.6.3; off-spring born through chest B754.7.1; wedding B283.1. - Cause of c. walk A2441.4.2; cross on c. back A2412.4.4; origin of dents in c. shell A2312.3; why c. legs like teeth of comb A2376.5.

Crack Crack. - Dupe caught in c. in ground K1111.2.

Crackling Crackling. - Deceptive land purchase: fields c. when burnt to be his K185.9.

Cracks Cracks. - Animals hop over c. in ground A2441.1.0.1; filling c. in ground with butter J1871; origin of c. in tortoise's shell A2312.1.1.

Cradle Cradle. - Betrothal of children in c. T61.5.1; child in c. guesses devil's riddle H543.2; deliverer in the c. D791.1.3; devil takes an upbaptized child out of the c. and substitutes a wooden log G303.9.9.4; disguise as child in c. K1839.12; dwarfs exchange children in c. F451.5.2.3; Evil Eye averted by swinging cat over child's c. D2071.1.2; fairy steals child from c. F321; flame illuminates sacred person's c. V200.1; goddess of c. A477.1; hero leaves c. for war T585.7; old man sleeps in c. F571.4; stolen sheep dressed as baby in c. K406.2; suckling children rock mother in c. (lie) X1856; tale of the c. K1345.

Craftiest Craftiest. - Wolf is the devil's c. enemy G303.25.1.

Crafts Crafts acquired A1440ff.

Craftsman Craftsman, God as A141.

Craftsmanship Craftsmanship bestowed by saint D1926.

Craftsmen Craftsmen, fairies as F271.0.1.

Cranberry Cranberry, magic *D981.10.1.

Crane Crane bridge (fugitives helped across a stream) *R246; as child's nurse B535.0.7.2; minister to lion king B240.4.1; outwits, eats fish J657.3; pecks out spy's eye Q557.5; pecks out tiger's eyes S165.2; pulls bone from wolf's throat: wolf refuses payment W154.3; recognizes princess H188; gets resevoir emptied, eats fish J758.2; as suitor B623.1; tricks fish into being carried, eats them K815.14; tries to catch fish like hawk J2413.7; will not weep at crucifixion: must suffer thirst in August A2231.2.1; A2435.4.2. - Conception from c. dung T511.8.5; courtship of stork and c. B282.23; crab carried by c., cuts off his head K953.3; creation of c. A1968; fox and c. invite each other J1565.1; helpful c. B463.3; man marries c. in human form B652.2; man transformed to c. D162; marriage to c. B602.5; peacock and c. in beauty contest H242.5; reincarnation as c. E613.9.1; skin of c. becomes magic bag D1193.1; soul in c. E715.1.4; tiger, c. quarrel J428; woman bears c. T554.3.

Cranes Cranes carry away girl B522.4.1; disregard warnings and are killed J1052; fighting together defeat all J1025.1; of Ibycus N271.3. - Bull with three c. A137.7; stork killed along with c. J451.2; war of pygmies and c. F535.5.1.

Crash Crash, ghostly E402.1.6.

Crater Crater. - Giant cooks on volcano c. G171; skillful bowman shoots c. of Vesuvius open F661.6.

Crawling Crawling, see also Creeping; on all-fours (neither on horse nor on foot) H1053.6. - Magic power by. c. through ear of magic horse D1733.2; penance: c. on knees (to Rome) Q523.1; (and watering dry staff until it blooms) Q521.1.1; power of prophecy induced by c. backward around grave D1812.2.1.

Crayfish Crayfish. - Attack on c. J2612; fools ignorant as to what c. is J1736.1; friendship of c. and pike A2493.33; origin of c. A2171.

Crazed Crazed. - Person c. by Echo D2065.6.

Creaking Creaking limbs held apart by fool J1872; wagon dies J1872.0.1; of wheel-barrow frightens J2615. - Cauterizing wheel to stop c. J2412.7.

Cream Cream protected from witch G272.16.1. - Breaking spell on bewitched c. G271.4.11; fairies' c.-colored horses F241.1.1.4; lie about cow's c. supply X1235.2.1; sea of c. F711.2.2; water becomes c. D478.11; woman created from c. A1275.5.

Created Created. - Animals c. by devil and God *A63.4; house c. by magic D1133.1; other devils c. by devil G303.1.4; men c. by God A179.6; rock in sea c. by magic D2153.1; woman c. (from cream) A1275.5; (by skillful companions) *H621.

Creation Creation of animal life A1700 -A2199; of devil from God's shadow G303.1.1.1; of devil when God strikes stone with his whip G303.1.1.4; of the earth A800 -A899; of the heavenly bodies *A700 -A799; of hell A671.0.2; interrupted since God must go to a fire A2286.1; of the moon *A740ff.; of man A1200 - A1299; of a person by cooperation of skillful men F1023; of souls E703; of the stars A760ff.; of the sun A710ff.; of the universe A600ff. - All miracles created at c. F900.2; devil has not been seen since c. of bramble G303.17.3.4; hare runs away at c.: almost loses tail A2215.2; waters created on first day of c. A910.1.

Creations Creations. - Trickster's false c. fail him J2186.

Creative Creative. - Self-mutilation with c. purpose S160.1.1.

Creator Creator, see also God, Lord; A0 -A99; in anger creates man-eaters G312.5; appoints chief for created things A1187; commands ants become men A1224.7; creates (earth) A830ff., (man) A1210ff., (the universe) A610ff.; establishes twelve winds, each a different color A1129.1; lives in sky beneath us A651.2.0.1; opens shop, assigns crafts and professions from it A1440.1; of rivers A930.1; sent for water: meantime animals assume their present forms A1713; separates sun and moon to prevent birth of more stars A736.1.4.3; sent down insects to plant plants A2601. - Creation of animals by c. A1702; supreme god as c. A101.1; topographical features of the earth arranged by c. A902; years seem moments to c. D2011.3.

Creators Creators. - Joint c. A37; male and female c. beget gods A112.2; two c. go by different route to establish features of the earth A902.1.

Creator's breathing Creator's breathing causes the winds A1121; voice makes the thunder A1142.1. - Culture hero c. son A512.2; giant as c. servant F531.0.2; hero completes c. work A530.1; man created in c. image A1212; opening of c. eyes causes day A1171.

Creatures Creatures. - Magic power to see invisible c. D1825.3; marvelous c. *F200 -F699; seeing supernatural c. forbidden C311.1; supernatural c. propound riddles H540.1.

Credential Credential tests H242.

Credit Credit. - Deception into giving false c. K455; false articles used to produce c. K476.2; money borrowed on c. of old beggar disguised as gentleman *K455.3; refusing c. to god forbidden C53; saint gives c. for good deeds to another, rewarded Q42.8; three reasons for refusing c. J1552.2.

Creditor Creditor captures Sun, Moon R9.1.2; falsely reported insane when he demands money K242; in former existence confiscates goods in next Q554.7. - Arresting c. to postpone debt payment K238.2; debtor's wraith seeks c. E723.4.3.

Creditors Creditors. - Trickster summons all c. at once, precipitates fight, and escapes payment K234.

Creek Creek. - Magic bark sets c. afire D1408.1.1.

Creepers Creepers, origin of A2682.

Creeping Creeping, see also Crawling. - Magic by c. through a hole *D1795; ordeal by c. under sod H228; penance: c. naked through thorns Q522.3.

Cremated Cremated. - Daughter has father c. with husband K2214.1.1; dead wagon c. J1872.0.1; heart c. to lay ghost E441.3; resuscitation of c. man by blowing on the ashes E66.1.

Cremation Cremation, origin of A1592.

Crepitation Crepitation, magic D2079.1.

Crescentia Crescentia K2112.

Crests Crests. - Origin of bird c. A2321; origin of family c. A1578.1.

Crevasse Crevasse, origin of A969.8.

Crevice Crevice. - Ghost comes through c. E445.1.

Crew Crew. - Captain buried with his c. V67.4.1; sick c. accused as magician K2129.2; witch carried off by devil's c. G275.1.1.

Cricket Cricket hears water hiss on hot iron: learns his song * A2272.1.2; lights on king's head H162.2. - Ant and lazy c. J711.1; creation of c. A2063; friendship between frog and c. A2493.20; helpful c. B486.2; man transformed to c. D183.2; owl invites c. to share his nectar: kills him K815.5; soul in form of c. E734.5; wedding of c. B285.2.

Crickets Crickets as good omens B147.3.1.1; as bad omens B147.3.2.1.

Cricket's Cricket's chirp A2426.3.4; A2272.1.2; wings on fox's excrement betray his plans K2061.10. - Ass tries to get a c. voice J512.8.

Cries Cries, see also Cry. - Animal c. misunderstood J1811; nature and meaning of animal c. *A2426ff.; origin of animal c. *A2425; three c. allowed maiden about to be murdered K551.3.3; three c. of the world Z71.1.17; three first c. to God A1344.1; why eagle c. like baby A2426.2.15.

Crime Crime inevitably comes to light *N270ff.; less serious if committed for lady P517; personified Z139.2; unwittingly committed M360ff. - Accidental discovery of c. N610ff.; animal tried for c. B272.2; child in mother's womb reveals c. T575.1.1; detection of c. through knowledge tooth D1817.3; evidence of c. left so that dupe is blamed K2155; ghost haunts scene of c. E334.1; ghost laid when c. has been confessed E451.1; innocent man accidentally suspected of c. N347; magic detection of c. *D1817ff.; saints magically detect c. D1817.2; severed finger as sign of c. H57.2.1; statue laughs and reveals c. D1639.4.

Crimes Crimes punished *Q210ff. - Small trespasses punished: large c. condoned U11.

Criminal Criminal allowed to choose his method of execution P511; confesses because he thinks himself accused N275; detected by having child hand knife to him H211; going to death predicts that his judge shall soon meet him M341.4; may fight against odds rather than be judicially executed P513; saved from fire at stake by Virgin Mary V252.2.

Criminals Criminals buried at crossroads E431.17. - Virgin Mary comforts repentent c. V275.

Criminal's Criminal's property destroyed Q486; wife and children sold into slavery Q437.1.

Crimson Crimson rock F807.1; sheep F933.3; tree F811.3.3.

Cripple Cripple healed by distributing knowledge H1292.4.3; marvelously cured F953.

Crippled Crippled mortals of dwarf ancestry F451.5.3; saint receives horse, chariot V221.0.2.1; villain K2272.

Cripples Cripples hurry away from shrine lest they be healed and lose their livelihood X531; of shrine frightened and run away without crutches V113.1. - Origin of c. A1338.1.

Crippling Crippling. - Witch c. G263.4.3.

Critic Critic. - Gift of property silences c. U21.2; king honors poet and c. J811.3.

Croaking Croaking of frogs at prince's command H71.10.3.

Crocodile Crocodile as animals' king B240.15; -boat R245.1; carries burden F982.5; carries man across river B551.3; cheated by old man K499.3; dance A1542.2.1; goes after the second child J2173.6; grants boy death respite K551.22.3; masking as log obeys suggestion that he move upstream K607.2; as ogre G354.2; opens mouth, monkey escapes K561.3; paramour B613.2; in strawstack burned to death K1055.1; swallows water-snake, which kills him J2137.4; tells dog to drink in river without fear: plan detected K2061.8; transports saint B557.4; as wooer B622.2. - Bird with c. head B49.1; crab saves from c. attack J21.36; creation of c. A2146; devastating c. B16.5.2; enmity of c. and (dog) A2494.4.2; ( elephant) A2494.11.2; fox outwits c., escapes K543.1; friendship of jackal and c. A2493.11; giant c. B875.2; hero kills c. F628.1.4.1; helpful c. B491.3; magic causes c. to go ashore D1449.5; man transformed to c. D194; marriage to c. B604.3; marriage to person in c. form B645.2; origin of c. worship A1546.7.1; reincarnation as c. E614.3; sham-dead c. quivers flesh H248.2.1; thief as c. K311.6.4; trickster employed to teach c.: eats him K931.1; wer-c. D194.0.1; why c. has (marks of water pot on head A2320.6; (no tongue) A2344.1.1.2; (half a tongue) A2239.7; A2344.1.1.1; (short tongue) A2344.1.1; (rough skin) A2311.7; witch as c. G211.6.2.

Crocodiles Crocodiles. - Journey to land of c. F127.3; monkey in danger on bridge of c. pretends that king has ordered them counted K579.2; ordeal by c. H224.

Crooked Crooked. - Giant with c. nails F531.1.6.1.2; giant with c. nose F531.1.6.6.1; luck determined by c.-necked demigod N125.2; person's c. nose F514.4; why flounder's mouth is c. A2341.1.

Crop Crop burned to rid it of insects J2102.7; division between parrot, cat J1565.3; spirits F445.1. - Boy saves life by showing father foolishness of plowing up his c. (killing his child) J92; deceptive c. division K171.1; fairy steals c. F365.4; harvesting early for half c. J1932.6; magic c. produces stone F809.3; mortal fosters fairy child to prevent c. destruction M242.1; payment to be made at harvest of first c. (acorns) K221; planting, growing c. overnight H1103.2.2; plow animals determine c. share J1179.11; separable soul in c. of sparrow E715.1.2; why munia wears c. on back of neck A2351.7; witches ruin c. G265.9.

Crops Crops burned as punishment Q595.2; stolen by magic *D2087.1. - Absurd practices connected with c. J1932; black birds destroy c. B33.1.3; dwarfs interfere with mortal's c. F451.5.2.5; extraordinary growth of c. in paradise F815.3; failure of c. during reign of wicked king Q552.3; fairies destroy c. F369.5; fairies promise abundant c. F349.4; gods or goddesses of special c. A433; highest ranking man in land to be sacrificed for good c. S263.1; loss of c. as punishment C934.1; magic control of c. D2157ff.; magic growth of saint's c. D2157.2.1; magic spell destroys c. D1563.2.4; menstrous woman will ruin c. C141.1; nobles ruin peasant's c. U35.2; owl advises where to plant c. B569.2; sacrifice for good c. V17.1; saint's bell starts c. growing D1563.1.4.

Crósan Crósan. - Demon (c.) causes disease F402.1.5.

Cross Cross between shoulders as sign of royalty H71.5; on breast F546.3; of Christ made of four kinds of wood V211.4.1; on crab's back A2412.4.4; magically raised in air D2135.0.2.1; protects against ghosts E434.8.1; renders invisible D1361.41. - All trees except aspxen refuse to make Christ's c. Z352; angel gives saint a c. V232.7.1; appearance of c. causes conversion V331.1.2; why ass has c. on shoulders A2239.6; A2356.2.7; beggar on c. in place of Christ L435.4; blood from c. on robin redbreast A2221.2.2; Constantine's vision of the c. V515.1.4; deer with c. between horns B253.5; disenchantment by sign of c. D788; dwarfs fear the c. F451.5.9.1; devil's power avoided by the c. G303.16.3; earth supported on wooden c. A843.1; elder tree used in making the c. A2711.2.1; fairies fear c. F382.1; father of illegitimate child must walk in front of c. J1515.1; finding of the c. V211.3; ghost cannot pass c. E434.8; magic c. *D1299.3; (removes itself) D1641.9; magic power of holy c. D1719.6; magic results from sign of the c. *D1766.6; runaway cavalry hero grabs c. from graveyard K1951.2; sign of the c. *V86ff., (intimidates Jews) V342; stone c. (indicates treasure) N535.1; (rises into air) F1083.1; saintly baby holds arms in form of c. V229.2.1; sign of c. breaks witch spell G271.2.1; temple about to be taken over by pagans saved by appearance of a sign of the c. V344; tree cursed for serving as c. A2721.2.1; tree blessed that made the c. A2711.2; troll helpless before sign of c. F455.7.2; vigil with hands in shape of c. V462.4.2; windmill thought to be holy c. J1789.1.

Crossbill's Crossbill's bill from aiding Christ at crucifixion A2221.2.4.2.

Crossbow Crossbow to shoot guilty J1141.10; spares bird F836.5. - Loaded c. kills wife opening forbidden chest T254.4.

Crossbreeding Crossbreeding. - Lies about c. insects X1280.1.

Crosses Crosses on certain trees A2751.3.2.

Cross-eyes Cross-eyes miraculously straightened F959.2.

Crossing Crossing river except at source forbidden C833; river impossible for mortals F141.1.2; river on scythe-blade E721.6; stream impossible for witch (ghost, ogre) *G273.4; water by use of magic object *D1524ff.; water when spirits are offended forbidden *C41.3. - Wearing shoes only when c. river F1015.2.

Crossroads Crossroads. - Magic power at c. *D1786; parting at c. N772; suicide buried at c. E431.16.3; why dogs leave droppings at c. A2473.1.1.

Crosswise Crosswise. - Tree-trunks laid c. of the sledge J1964; trying to get a beam through a door c. in otherworld F171.6.3.

Crow Crow, see also Raven; accepts owl's hospitality, burns him to death K2026; alighting on a falling tree thinks his weight made it fall J953.11; appropriates sparrow's nest J684.2; K354.1; befriends pigeon, steals from his home K359.4; as bird of ill-omen B147.2.2.1; chooses dead cat over crown J242.7; claiming swan wife J1293.1.1; demands young swan in payment K255.3; drops filth on king L410.3; drops pebbles into water jug so as to be able to drink J101; drops stolen necklace in snake's hole, snake killed K401.2.2; fat remedies king's wounds F959.3.5; hatches cuckoo's egg A2431.2.1.1; kills dove singing to save her brood U31.2; learns owls' secrets, defeats them K2042; as messenger B291.1.2; must wash bill in order to eat with other birds (cumulative tale) Z41.2; on the tarred bridge Z39.3; refuses to marry titmouse B282.22.1; releases deer from snare K642.1; sacrifices self to save king of crows P361.9; searches three worlds for happiness J136; sits on sheep's back W121.2.3; slain as he goes to wash mouth K551.4.6; as suitor B623.4; thinks harvesters are stealing his grain J953.7; tied to jackal's tail J2132.3.1; tries to imitate partridge's walk J512.6; tries to prophesy like raven J951.3. - Alliance of raven and c. B267.3; cawing of c. A2426.2.6; color of c. A2411.2.1.6; creation of c. A1919; creator sends c. to scout for earth nucleus A812.3; cumulative tale: louse eats c. Z33.4.1; demon as c. F401.3.7.1; devil as c. misleads travelers G303.9.9.17; enmity of c. (and owl) A2494.13.1; (and kite) A2494.13.2; (and prairie-dog) A2494.13.5; falcon and c. as joint creators A37.1; friendship between c. and (louse) A2493.23; M246.1.2; (snake) A2493.25;.; frog escapes c. by telling him to sharpen bill K561.1.2; ghost as c. E423.3.8; ghost driven into dead c. E437.3; giantess as c. F531.1.8.4; goose mates with c. B671; helpful c. B451.4; magic fat of c. *D1017.1.1; man transformed to c. D151.4; G263.1.5.1; otherworld where no c. flies Z91; person simulates cock c. K1886.3.1; prophetic c. B143.0.8; soul in form of c. E732.2; speaking c. B211.3.9; swan blamed when c. drops filth J429.2; swan outlasts c. in flying L394; tiger flatters c., kills her K815.9; troll as c. G304.1.1.4; warning c. B143.1.1; wedding of c. and titmouse B282.8; where c. got voice A2421.3; why white c. is dumb A2422.3; why c. eats excrement A2435.4.7.1; why c. cannot enter sparrow's nest A2431.3.6.1; why c. has short tail A2378.4.7; why c. is disliked A2522.5; witch in form of c. G211.4.1.

Crowbar Crowbar. - Wall accuses c. J1966.

Crowded Crowded. - Dupe c. into the water K892; dupe c. over precipice K891.5.2.

Crowding Crowding together of animals seasonally A2484.

Crowing Crowing, see also Cockcrow; of cooked cock E524.2.1; of demi-coq in king's body *B171.1.1; of ghost rooster E402.2.1; of resuscitated roasted cock E168.1. - Chanticleer believes that his c. makes sun rise J2272.1; cock's c. at sunrise A2489.1.1; cocks c. about mistress's adultery, killed J551.1; cock c. with closed eyes seized K721; devil disappears at c. of cock G303.16.19.4; G303.17.1.1; imitation of cock c. deceives devil G303.16.19.4.1; woman c. in place of rooster, killed K1691.2.

Crown Crown exposes infidelity of husbands H422.1; fits only true king H36.2.1; from heaven (quest) H1261; of the sun A731.2; of thorns given Joseph V211.1.6. - Christ born from c. V211.0.1; dwarf king wears costly c. F451.2.7.7; extraordinary c. F828; fairy king's c. stolen F355; father wears c. but is no king J1264.3; fool wears c. K1810.1.1; god's c. A156.2; king cannot judge without c. P13.1; king's c. in well F166.4.1; king rejects c.; too many cares J347.2; magic c. D1079.1; (of serpent) *D1011.3.1; man becomes c. D263.5; recovering c. from sea H1132.1.7; serpent's c. teaches animal languages B165.1.2; serpent's life in its gold c. E714.2; snake lays aside his c. to bathe B765.2; taking off c. in penance Q523.9; treasure-producing serpent's c. *B112.

Crowning Crowning of kings P13.5.

Crowns Crowns as reward Q193. - Fairies with gold c. on heads F236.4.

Crows Crows mow meadow (lie) X1252.1; reveal mare's killing B131.1. - Contest in beauty between swallows and c. J242.6; devils in form of c. G303.3.3.3.2; fox shams death, catches c. K827.4; king of c. B242.2.1; kites, c. quarrel over wounded fox J581.5; lies about c. X1252; owls and c. dispute over day or night vision B299.2.1; queen made to scare c. away Q482.5; war between c. and owls B263.3; what do c. do when they are five years old? (start their sixth year) H865; why c. peck at human flesh A2435.4.7; why elephant flees when cock c. A2531.3.1.

Crow's Crow's house full of wren's eggs H1129.9; maxim on flying away from calamity J171.3.1; nest A2431.3.6ff. - Young c. alertness: man and stone J1122.1.

Crozier Crozier from heaven F962.12.1; in sod reveals gold N534.3. - Fire bends bough to c. shape F964.1; magic c. *D1277.1.

Crucifix Crucifix bows as sign of favor D1622.1; wounds bleed D1624.2. - Devil as c. G303.3.2.1.1; ghost leaves c. E544.1.1; how much is c. worth? H716; husband prepares to castrate c. K1558; living c. chosen J1738.2; man behind c. says Good Evening K1971.7; punishment for indignities to c. Q222.2; reward for offering food to c. Q32; Q172.1.

Crucifixion Crucifixion V211.2.3; of captured woman S139.3; as punishment Q462; of self as penance Q552.1. - Animals blessed for good services at C. A2221.2ff.; animal characteristics: punishment for hostility at C. *A2231.2ff.; crossbill's bill from aiding at C. A2221.2.4.2; curse for participation in C. Q556.1; death at news of Christ's c. F1041.1.39; feats on hearing of C. F1041.16.3; gypsy helpful at C. A1674.1; origin of tree for C. of Christ A2632.2; plant cursed for disservice at C. A2721.2; punishment for opposition to Christ at C. *Q221.2; stone rent at C. A979.1.

Cruel Cruel king invited to execution, killed K811.3; punishments Q450ff.; relatives S0 -S99; sacrifices S200 -S299; woman reborn as firefly E692.5. - Kind foster parents chosen rather than c. parents J391; magic object makes person c. D1357; maiden abducted from c. father R10.1.2; phenomena at c. treatment of innocent F960.7.

Cruelty Cruelty to animals punished Q285.1; conquers monk's lust T317.6; punished Q285; tabu C867. - Enemies won more by kindness than c. J26; Flying Dutchman sails because of c. E511.1.1; sea foolishly accused of c. J1891.3; unnatural c. S(entire chapter); wild huntsman wanders because of c. E501.3.1.

Cruet Cruet. - Magic c. D1171.8.1; self-returning c. D1602.13.

Crumbs Crumbs. Ogre kills self when he sees c. lying on his belly G523.

Crunching Crunching. - Cannibal c. human bone G87.

Crushed Crushed. - Besiegers c. by falling treasure K2353; Christians c. in cave R315.2; thief c. to death by fragments of own boring N339.15; why mouse c. in crossing road A2239.9.

Crushing Crushing coins to powder with fingers F614.12; of house by magic D2099.3; iron walls as baby F611.3.2.3; in rice mill as punishment Q414.3.1. - Murder by c. S116; (in false embrace) K953.4; mutilation by c. S167; strong man c. ribs of embracer F639.9; water-spirit c. boat F420.5.2.7.1.

Crustacean Crustacean. - Flying c. B48; magic c. B178; mythical c. B94.

Crustaceans Crustaceans, origin of A2171.

Cry Cry, see also Cries; of the blood of Abel A1344.1; of giant ox impregnates all fish B741.1. - Animal's c. imitated to distract owner's attention from his goods K341.7; baby's c. imitated to distract owner K341.7.0.1; compulsion to answer c. C681; compulsion to regard hunting c. and follow hounds C681.1; dragon hears child's c. B11.12.6; foolish mother does not understand baby's c. J1911.2; spirits answer war c. F418.1.

Crying Crying child (stops to renew strength) W182; (used to obtain magic) D835; induced by magic D2034. - Abbot's excuse for c. J1478.1; animals c. out frighten robbers K335.1.4.1; child c. because father unknown T646.1; to come laughing and c. at once H1064; fox c. out in sleep H48.1; ghost c. E402.1.1.3; laughing and c. at same time *F1041.11; laughing or c. fruits D1619.3; man c. at friend's death F1041.21.4; stolen animal c. out from thief's stomach Q552.4.1.

Crystal Crystal boat F157.1; bower in otherworld F165.3.5.1; ball disenchants D771.12; bower for fairy's mistress D2185.1; bridge F842.1.1; castle F771.1.6; column F774.1.1; tree F811.1.6. - Chamber with c. ceiling in otherworld dwellings F165.3.1.1; fence of metal or c. in otherworld F169.5; house of gold and c. in otherworld *F163.3.1; marble cup becomes c. D475.5; magic c. renders courageous D1358.3; moon lives in c. house A759.4; sun a bowl in c. box A724.2; tree with c. buds F811.17.1; tunnel of c. four miles long F721.1.1; walls of c. in otherworld *F169.2.

Crystal-gazing Crystal-gazing D1821.3.7.3; K1965.

Crystalline Crystalline island F731.2.

Crystals Crystals. - Dwarf home has chandelier of c. and gems F451.4.3.4; magic c. automatically heat for cooking D1649.5.

Cubs Cubs give hero lion's milk H1361.0.1. - Man helps animal's c. B383.

Cuchulinn Cuchulinn prophesies women's birth M301.5.2. - Battle rage of C. F1041.16.5; why C. abjured kingship P16.1.3.

Cucking-stool Cucking-stool as punishment Q474.

Cuckold Cuckold loses luck N6.2; recognizes wife's ring in friend's possession H94.0.1; weeps at child's funeral, real father sings U119.1.1. - Artist hoodwinks king: c. can't see picture J1492; hidden c. reveals his presence by rhymes K1556.

Cuckolded Cuckolded as per instructions J2342.2.2. - Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees jealous husband who guards wife carefully c. J882.2; teacher instructs pupil in love, c. K1692.

Cuckolds Cuckolds, test for H425.

Cuckoo Cuckoo borrows food from other birds A2241.4; delivers other birds from their cruel king: agree to hatch out cuckoo's young A2229.5. - Birds flee from c. lest he later become a hawk J645.1; creation of c. A1993; why c. had red eyes A2332.5.2; father killed by son returns to life as c. A2275.6; fence built to pen c. J1904.2; why c. flies with difficulty and sings with wings spread A2442.2.2; hearing c. call a good omen D1812.5.2.5; hedging in c. so summer will stay year round J1904.2.1; helpful c. B469.8; man transformed to c. D156; why c. has no nest A2231.2.1; A2431.2.1; numskull climbs tree to help c. J1872.1; procuring c. to sing in winter H1023.3.1.1; reincarnation as c. E613.5; resuscitation by c. E122.1; serf in tree shot as c. K1691.1; woman as c. on tree shot down K1691.

Cuckoo-clock Cuckoo-clock (bird calls out the hours) F989.3.

Cuckoos Cuckoos cry when asleep: weasels kill them K815.10.

Cuckoo's Cuckoo's color A2411.2.6.10; feathers A2241.6; A2313.1; food A2435.4.1; song A2426.2.5; voice A2423.2.2; wedding B282.3.2; B282.19. - Crow hatches c. egg A2431.2.1.1; saint causes c. call D2156.9.

Cucumber Cucumber, enormous F816.1

Cudgel Cudgel, magic *D1094; D1401ff.

Cuirass Cuirass, magic *D1101.2.

Cukasaptati Cukasaptati (seventy tales of a parrot) K1591.

Culm-borers Culm-borers help win contest K69.1.

Culprit Culprit exposed to sinning condition to repent H1573.7.1. - Magic knowledge of offense of c. D1810.0.12.

Cultivated Cultivated places become desert F969.5. - Origin of c. plants A2684.

Cultivation Cultivation, magic D2157.6.

Cultivator Cultivator, god as A181.2.

Cultivators Cultivators, Agaria as A1689.10.

Culture Culture. - Acquisition of human c. *A1400 -A1499; king prefers primitive to civilized c. J245.2.

Cumulative Cumulative, see also Chain, Kettenmärchen, Series, Succession: tales *Z0 -Z59; tasks H941.

Cunning Cunning. - Barbers' c. P446.2; why crab is c. A2525.2.

Cup Cup or contents has greatest gravity? J2391; as feast token H84.2; full of milk symbolic offering to unwanted saint H607.4; given by fairy not to be broken F348.2; made of single ruby J21.49; to be repaired given to thief K362.3; with two and three handles J2605.1. - Alleged oracular bamboo c. K114.4; angel takes c. from old man J225.3; bridal couple drink from same c. T135.11; extraordinary c. F866; guessing nature of devil's gold c. H523.3; hole in c. avoids intoxication K82.1.2; horse accidentally poisoned instead of master when attempt is made to give hero poisoned c. N332.3; identification by c. H121; identification by ring dropped in c. H94.4; knights drink from huge nine-gallon c. F531.1.4.3; loving-c. at betrothal T61.4.2; magic c. *D1171.6; (of bamboo) N455.10; (tests truth) H251.3.13; (protects) D1380.17; (protects against loss of strength) D1389.3; marble c. becomes crystal D475.5; monk loses temper at c. W185.4; (overturned) H1553.5; new c. protection against witch G272.8; one traveler to another: is this c. valuable or not? H586.7; recognition by c. in sack H151.4; skull used as drinking c. Q491.5; theft of c. from fairies when they offer mortal drink F352.1; trading silver for worthless c. J2096; troll's c. stolen F455.6.4.1; were merely measuring king's c. J1391.7; riddle about value of c., daughter's marital status H586.7.

Cupbearer Cupbearer Abducted from Finns P50.4; of the gods A165.3.

Cupid Cupid with arrows of lead and gold A475.0.1. - Venus jealous of C. and Psyche's love W181.6.

Cupidity Cupidity, punishment for Q551.2.8.1.

Cups Cups. - Dove sees painted c. of water and dashes into them J1792.1; earthen c. replaced by golden H262.1; monkeys' magic c. K311.6.2; rainbow from gods' emptying their drinking c. A791.6; recognition by overheard conversation with c. H13.2.5.

Curds Curds. - Animal shows c. as spit K1715.12; cows to make c. before milking J1905.5; earth sets like c. A826; woman created from sour c. A1275.5; woman sells poisoned c. to man A1335.12.

Cure Cure of diseases by Sacrament V34.1; for leprosy by drinking from opposite lip of horn from that which caused it D1783.2; by physician's imitating of sick man's actions F957; of sick by cutting off heads of the well (chickens) H583.4.3; by threatening patients with death K1955.1; yourself before doctoring others J1062. - Banishment of children as c. for feigned illness S322.4.1; bath of blood of beloved as c. for love-sick empress T82; blood of saint as c. D1500.1.7.3.2; child sacrificed to provide blood for c. of friend S268; coition as illness c. J1149.4; deceptive c. by illusion K1889.2; dipping into cold water as fever c. J2214.9; drunkard refuses c. of fever if it is to take away his thirst J343.1; fairies' white powder c. F344.3; flesh of certain animal (person) alleged to be only c. for disease K961ff.; magic c. for specific diseases D2161.1; marriage to prince as reward for c. H346; T67.2; miraculous c. for leprosy F955; reward for c. *Q94; search for c. for prince H1292.4; seduction by asking for sham c. K1326.1; sham c. by pretended extraction of object from patient's body K1871.2; strenuous c. for madness J1434; wife travels for years seeking c. for husband T215.7.

Cured Cured. - Promise to have but one consort if c. M262.

Cures Cures by transferring disease to dead E595. - Marvelous c. F950ff.

Curfew Curfew. - Ghosts walk after c. E587.3.

Curing Curing incurable ulcer H1199.2.2; illness of children kills them J2175.6; with waters of saint's fishpool D1242.1.3; wound by treating object causing it D1782.2. - God disguised as doctor c. mortal K1811.3; price for c. ogre's wound G682; quest for only person c. sickness H1319.1; saint c. blind hyenas B384.

Curiosity Curiosity *W137; punished *Q341; about secret enables animal to be tied K713.1.4; tests H1554. - Animal trapped through c. as to what the trap is K730.1; child's c. exposes thief K433; quest as punishment for c. H1219.8.

Curious Curious wife: wait and see T258. - Trickster exacts wife from c. people K443.6.1; wild hunt harmful to c. E501.18.1.3.

Curlew Curlew. - Why c. has red legs A2371.4.1.

Curling Curling. - Upper lip c. over nostril: lower hanging down to neck F544.1.1.

Curly Curly hair holds nuts F555.9. - Canaanites' c. hair A1661.3; straightening a c. hair (task) H1023.4.

Currants Currants. - Reincarnation of eyes into c. E649.5.

Current Current. - Magic root floats against c. D1547.1.

Curse Curse by disappointed witch *G269.4; evaded by guessing magic names H517; laid by untold stories C672.1; magically changed to blessing D2175.5; by mermaid B81.13.8; of mother on unborn child S223.2; by ogres G269.4.1; as punishment Q556ff., (for broken promise) M205.2; (remitted) Q576. - Accidental meeting with person involved in overcoming c. N718; army stopped by saint's c. D2091.13; big piece of cake with my c. or small piece with my blessing J229.3; devil's name used in c. (appears) C12.5; dwarfs emigrate because mortals c. F451.9.1.10; fairy lays c. on child F316; magic results from c. *D1792; mother's c. on son causes eclipse A737.2; punishment for undeserved c. Q265.4; runes protect against c. D1385.20; unique exceptions from c. Z357; witch's c. causes illness G263.4.0.1; why elephant hurts self in grass: mouse's c. A2239.10; why mouse is crushed: elephant's c. A2239.9.

Cursed Cursed church clock never runs correctly H252.6. - Why animal is c. A2231.7; A2542; body c. by soul E727.1.1; Brahma c. by other gods A162.4; child c. by father cannot rest in grave E412.4; dancers rude to holy man c. and must keep dancing till Judgment Day C94.1.1; giant c. F531.6.12.1.2; horse owner c. by clerics B133.4.1; king c. by dwarf-smiths P15.4; presence of c. person brings disaster to land M491; sun c. by moon A736.9; tortoise c. for going under water while ferrying goddess A2231.7.3; tree on which Judas hanged himself c. A2721.5; why certain plants are c. A2721; A2776; will-o-the-wisp is girl c. for gathering plants on Sunday A2817.2.

Curses Curses *M400 - M499. - Old woman's c. inform abandoned hero of his parentage and future S375.

Cursing Cursing contest K91; by magic D2175. - Damnation by c. D2061.2.4.1; death by c. *D2061.2.4.1; drinking holy water facilitates c. V132.3; dwarfs c. forced gifts F451.5.2.13; man c. sun and wind for burning L351.2; man put in moon for c. Q235.1; (God) A751.1.2; masses used along with other magic for c. D1766.5.1; prince penalizes c., although he himself curses W133.1; serfs c. master by mistake J1845; son c. father indirectly P236.3; tabu: sailor c. the wind C41.4; teacher c. disobedient pupils P343; wife c. husband who forces her T288.1.

Curtain Curtain. - Contest in lifelike painting (mare and c.) H504.1.2; (grapes and c.) H504.1.3; falling in love when c. pulled aside T29.1; heavenly c. around God's throne A152.5; jewelled c. F789.3.1; skillful marksman throws rushes into a c. F661.7.1.

Curtains Curtains in otherworld F166.7. - Looking behind c. tabu C336.

Customs Customs *P600 -P699; connected with kings P13; connected with unique compulsion C650.1; of giant ogres G130ff. - Culture hero establishes c. *A545; marriage c. *T130ff. Military c. P557; origin of c. A1500 -A1599; (connected with birth) A1500ff., (of courtship and marriage) A1550ff., (of eating) A1510;., (of hunting) A1520ff., (religious) A1540ff., (social) A1530ff.

Cut Cut hand gives away thief's complicity J1149.8; off parts of body restored (by saint) V221.9; (by holy man) V229.10.2. - Animal characteristics: members c. off A2216ff.; burning c. hair to prevent witchcraft D2176.5; cannibals c. off parts of children's bodies G86; captive's finger c. to test fatness G82.1; cat's paw c. off: woman's hand missing D702.1.1; ground c. from under adversary F942.2; identification by c. garment H117; long tongue c. out and used to bridge a stream F544.2.2.1; moon c. in two by sun A755.4; mortal wins fairies' gratitude by letting them c. his hair and shave him F331.2; naked woman pursued and c. in two by rider E501.5.1.1; primeval woman c. in pieces A642.1.

Cuticle Cuticle. - Earth from creator's c. A833.

Cuts Cuts. - Barber uses hair to stanch c. X252.2; ground dries up when first woman c. her little finger A856.2.

Cut-throat Cut-throat terrorizes boat N695.

Cutting Cutting off arm as alibi K407.2.1; off arms for sleeveless sweater J2131.3.1.1; off child's ears: fool takes threat as order J2465.11; clothes bag in two F667.3; devils' fingernails (fear test) H1422; down tree tabu C518; off giant's foot G512.6; hair as punishment Q488; off ogre's head, hands G512.1.2.1; off part of own body J213.3.2; into pieces as punishment Q429.3; at plow: fool cuts bullock's legs J2465.8; off son's head to marry fairy H313.2; steer in two to test sword F611.3.3.1; table reveals witch G257.3; things by magic object D1564; thread by shooting arrow F661.12; certain trees tabu C43.2; tree (branches tabu) C513.1; (with one stroke) H1562.1.1; (as unique ability) H31.5. - Abandoned child thinks father c. wood S338; boy c. down trees bribed to spare one N699.5; bride test (thrifty c. of cheese) H381.2; (c. up fish) H383.5; cat in wood-pile prevents axe from c. D2186; deceptively c. off victim's hand K825.4; disenchantment by c. off and reversing bodily members D712.1; disenchantment by c. person in two D711.2; escape by c. fetters K649.11; fortune told by c. sand D1812.3.2; man c. off own head F511.0.4.1; murder by c. S118; ogre c. off own buttocks G528; peasant c. wood as guests arrive P411.2; penis c. down trees F547.3.6; sword c. everything F833.5; suitor task: c. open magic gourd H335.2; threats on c. corpse in two reveal feigned death J1545.8; task: c. firewood from rocks with brass axe (rock struck to splinters by lightning used) H1116.1; trickster c. up partridges with executioner's knife K344.1.3; victim kills swallower from within by c. F912.2.

Cuttlefish Cuttlefish. - Man transformed to c. D174.

Cutworm Cutworm A446.2; A2182.4.

Cycenus Cycenus cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads G315.

Cyclone Cyclone. - Lie: man rides c. X1004.2.

Cyclops Cyclops F512.1.1. - Proof of slaying C. H105.5.2.

Cynical Cynical philosopher lives in tub J152.1; retorts J1442ff.; retorts concerning honesty J1370ff.

Cypresses Cypresses. - Twelve c. with thirty boughs each (riddle) H721.3.

Cyrus Cyrus L111.2.1.

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