Mythological motifs

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• Creation of animals to take revenge. A1732
• Creation of animals as punishment for incest. A1733
• Animals from frogs sent as one of Egypt's plagues. A1734
• Animals created through opposition of devil to god. A1750
• The devil's animals and God's. In the contest between God and the devil, certain animals are made by each. A1751
• Mouse created by Lucifer; cat by Michael to destroy mouse. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1751.1
• Devil's unsuccessful creation produces certain animals. (Cf. A1811, A1833.1, A1862, A1893.) A1755
• Devil produces animals only in God's name. He tries unsuccessfully without using God's name. A1756
• Dualism of animal creation. A1757
• Animals created while god Mahadeo quarrels with his wife. A1758
• Creation of animals from unusual primeval mating. A1770
• Animals from mating of sun and moon. A1771
• Animals born from primeval mating of snake and person. A1772
• Creation of animals – other motifs. A1790
• Giant ox ancestor of all animals. A1791
• Animals vomited up by creator. A1792
• Animals emerge from tree. A1793
• Animals drop from clouds. A1795
• Creation of mammals. A1800
• Creation of felidae. A1810
• Creation of cat. A1811
• Cat from transformed eagle. Eagle mistakes stick of wood for fish and gets feet caught. Wind blows off feathers and makes hair. (Cf. A1710.) A1811.1
• Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse. A1811.2
• Cat of divine origin; is really praying when he purrs. A1811.3
• Creation of tiger. A1815
• Creation of jaguar. A1817
• Creation of mustelidae. A1820
• Creation of otter. A1821
• Creation of sea otter. A1821.1
• Creation of marten. A1824
• Creation of canidae and other carnivora. A1830
• Creation of dog. A1831
• Dog created as watch-dog for Jesus. Jesus, left to watch the herd, creates the dog to drive off the wolf. A1831.1
• First lapdog in Ireland. A1831.2
• Creation of fox. A1832
• Creation of wolf. (Cf. A1751.) A1833
• Devil makes wolf; God gives him life. (Cf. A1755.) A1833.1
• Wolf from man transformed by magician. (Cf. A1710.) A1833.2
• Wolf as God's dog. A1833.3
• Creation of coyote and other canidae. A1834
• Creation of coyote. A1834.1
• Creation of jackal. A1834.2
• Creation of hyena. A1834.3
• Creation of bear. A1836
• Origin of seal. A1837
• Origin of walrus. A1838
• Creation of rodentia. A1840
• Creation of mouse. A1853
• Creation of mouse by devil in ark. (Cf. A1811.2.) A1853.1
• Mice engendered after flood from rottenness: no mice on ark. A1853.1.1
• Creation of rat. A1854
• Why we have rats: one escapes from slaughter of rats. A1854.1
• Creation of hare (rabbit). A1856
• Creation of mongoose. A1857
• Creation of porcupine. A1858
• Creation of primata. A1860
• Creation of monkey. A1861
• Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.) A1861.1
• Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.) A1861.2
• Creation of monkey: lazy man. A1861.3
• Creation of ape. A1862
• Creation of baboon. A1863
• Creation of ungulata. A1870
• Creation of hog (pig). A1871
• God's urine used to make pig. A1871.0.1
• Origin of wild boar. A1871.1
• Origin of peccary. A1871.2
• Creation of hippopotamus. A1872
• Creation of camel. A1873
• Origin of deer. A1875
• First deer in Ireland – introduced by Tuatha Dé Danann. A1875.0.1
• Origin of reindeer. A1875.1
• Creation of moose (elk). A1876
• Creation of caribou. A1876.1
• Creation of cow. A1877
• First cattle in Ireland. A1877.1
• Creation of bison (buffalo). A1878
• Origin of wild and domestic buffalo. A1878.1
• Creation of horse. A1881
• Horse lives from time of Adam on. A1881.0.1
• Creation of white horse. Man takes skin of horse and substitutes a white bedspread. A1881.1
• Creation of ass. (Cf. A1751.) A1882
• Creation of ass: proud horse. (Cf. A1730.) A1882.1
• Creation of sheep. A1884
• First sheep in Ireland. A1884.0.1
• Creation of mountain sheep. A1884.1
• Creation of goat. A1885
• Creation of elephant. A1887
• Creation of ungulata – miscellaneous. A1889
• Creation of tapir. A1889.1
• Creation of other mammals. A1890
• Creation of mole. A1893
• Creation of bat. A1895
• Creation of anteater. A1896
• Creation of armadillo. A1897
• Creation of birds. A1900
• Various birds from Pharaoh's drowned army. (Cf. A1715.1). A1901
• God makes birds, devil reptiles. (Cf. A1751). A1903
• The oldest bird. A1904
• Creation of passeriformes. A1910
• Creation of lark. A1911
• Creation of thrush (nightingale). A1912
• Creation of thrush. A1912.1
• Creation of nightingale. A1912.2
• Creation of robin. A1912.3
• Creation of swallow. A1917
• Creation of titmouse. (Cf. A1710.) A1918
• Creation of crow (raven). A1919
• Creation of jay. A1921
• Creation of magpie. A1922
• Creation of blackbird. A1924
• Creation of finch. A1926
• Creation of sparrow. A1927
• Creation of myna (bird). A1928
• Creation of faiconiformes. A1930
• Creation of vulture. A1931
• Creation of hawk. A1937
• Creation of kite. A1938
• Creation of charidriiformes. A1940
• Creation of plover (known as seven whistlers). (Cf. A1715.1.) A1941
• Origin of snipe. A1942
• Snipe from man admitted neither to heaven nor to hell. A1942.1
• Creation of sandpiper. A1944
• Creation of sandpiper: Pharaoh's cook calls drowned army to dinner. A1944.1
• Creation of gull. A1945
• Gull from transformed cat. A cat catches a strong fish with her claws. The fish carries the cat on its back to the sea, where the gull originates from the cat. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.1
• Gull a transformed ravished maiden. While he is sleeping, the maiden the hero has stolen is ravished by another man. The hero thereupon turns her into a gull. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.2
• Creation of quail. A1946
• Creation of pigeon. A1947
• Creation of sea pigeon. A1947.1
• Creation of dove. A1948
• Creation of coraciiformes. A1950
• Creation of the kingfisher. A1951
• Creation of hoopoe. Transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.) A1952
• Creation of woodpecker. A1957
• Woodpecker from devil's herdsman transformed. The devil strikes his herdsman so that he turns into a bird who continually calls after his beloved cow. (Cf. A1710.) A1957.1
• Creation of owl. (Cf. A1710.) A1958
• The owl is a baker's daughter who objected to the size of the dough put into the oven for Jesus when he appeared in her house as a beggar. A1958.0.1
• Creation of ciconiiformes. A1960
• Creation of bittern. A1965
• Bittern from Pilate transformed. (Cf. A1710.) A1965.1
• Bittern from transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.) A1965.2
• Creation of stork. (Cf. A1715.) A1966
• Creation of miscellaneous birds. A1970
• Creation of diver (bird). A1975
• Origin of swan. A1981
• Origin of swans from two fowls fed in Urd's well. A1981.0.1
• Creation of duck. A1983
• Creation of chicken. A1988
• Creation of crane. A1992
• Creation of cuckoo. A1993
• Cuckoo a transformed baker. A1993.1
• Creation of parrot. A1994
• Creation of peacock. A1996
• Creation of papiha. A1997
• Creation of insects. A2000
• Insects from body of slain monster. Usually the monster is burnt; sometimes the insects come from his head, sometimes from his body as it burns. (Cf. A1716.1.) A2001
• Insects from brains, blood, and bones of slain helpful animal. A2001.1
• Origin of insects from various experiences of saint. A2002
• The god Mahadeo turns wood chips into insects. A2002.1
• Origin of insects: released from sack. God places them in a sack and gives it to hare to carry to stream. He must not look in the sack. When he does so the insects escape. The hare laughs and this is the cause of his split lip. A2003
• Insects from devil's post-hole. Devil is given enough land to dig a post-hole. From this come all kinds of insects. To stop them a burning log is put in the hole. Insects therefore hate smoke. A2004
• Origin of insects: God throws sand on lazy shepherds. (Cf. A1716.1). A2005
• Origin of insects: monstrous births from brother-sister incest. A2006
• Creation of hymenoptera. A2010
• Creation of ant. A2011
• Creation of ant by devil. A2011.1
• Creation of ant: avaricious man transformed. (Cf. A1715, A1730.) A2011.2
• Creation of bee. A2012
• Creation of honey-bees: transformed man. A2012.0.1
• Creation of bee to provide wax for candles in church. (Cf. B259.4.) A2012.1
• First bees in Ireland. A2012.2
• God sends stinging bees to punish men. A2012.3
• Creation of hornet. A2013
• Creation of coleoptera. A2020
• Creation of beetle. A2021
• Beetle's special sacredness. A2021.1
• Creation of diptera. A2030
• Creation of fly. A2031
• Creation of fly: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.) A2031.1
• Flies on the ark. Noah tries to keep them out. Devil says that either the flies go in or he does. Noah chooses the lesser of two evils. Later the devil slips in nevertheless. A2031.2
• Creation of flea. A2032
• Creation of flea: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.) A2032.1
• Creation of flea: to give women work. (Cf. A2051.1.) A2032.2
• Origin of flea: from squirrel. (Cf. A1710.) A2032.3
• Creation of flea: God plagues the devil with fleas. A2032.4
• Creation of gnat. A2033
• Gnats created by devil to worry God. A2033.0.1
• Origin of gnats in Lapland. A2033.1
• Origin of mosquitoes. A2034
• Deity's wife creates mosquitoes to drive her husband out of jungle. A2034.1
• Mosquitoes created by goddess to make sleeping outside impossible to men. A2034.1.1
• Deity creates mosquitoes to irritate other gods. A2034.1.2
• Mosquitoes from bones of slain demon flung into the air. (Cf. A2001.) A2034.2
• Mosquitoes from ashes of bad woman. (Cf. A2001.) A2034.3
• Creation of lepidoptera. A2040
• Creation of butterfly. A2041
• Creation of hemiptera. A2050
• Creation of louse. A2051
• Louse created to give women work. (Cf. A2032.2.) A2051.1