Motifs
The narrative atoms
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- A Mythological motifs 5,822 motifs
- B Animals 2,684 motifs
- C Tabu 1,250 motifs
- D Magic 7,168 motifs
- E The dead 2,226 motifs
- F Marvels 5,369 motifs
- G Ogres 1,749 motifs
- H Tests 2,753 motifs
- J The wise and the foolish 3,525 motifs
- K Deceptions 3,871 motifs
- L Reversal of fortune 318 motifs
- M Ordaining the future 851 motifs
- N Chance and fate 1,013 motifs
- P Society 851 motifs
- Q Rewards and punishments 1,511 motifs
- R Captives and fugitives 510 motifs
- S Unnatural cruelty 533 motifs
- T Sex 1,504 motifs
- U The nature of life 169 motifs
- V Religion 1,052 motifs
- W Traits of character 369 motifs
- X Humor 754 motifs
- Z Miscellaneous groups of motifs 444 motifs