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• Creator goes to make afterworld. A78
• God born after prematurely short pregnancy. A112.7.4
• Deity appears before human being after prayers. A189.6
• Return of mortal reincarnation of celestial being to the country of the gods after his mission has been accomplished on earth. A566.1
• Deity clothes his father the sky after he has separated him from earth. A625.2.4
• After sky is lifted, plants and shrubs begin to grow. A625.2.5
• Heavenly bodies created after the plant world. A700.4
• Sun and moon as eyes of Rama which he tore out after his brother's death. A714.7
• Wooden circles that were the sun and moon animated after human sacrifice of blood. A714.8
• After world catastrophe, new sun reappears and starts new epoch. A719.2
• Pleiades from hunters marooned in sky after felling world-tree. A773.5
• Earth Diver. From a raft in the primeval sea, the creator sends down animals to try to bring up earth. After a number of animals have failed, one (often the muskrat) succeeds. The earth is made from the bit brought up. A812
• Creator sends crow, after creating her, to scout for earth-nucleus. A812.3
• Renewal of world after world calamity. A1006
• New race from single pair (or several) after world calamity. (Cf. A1038, A1045.) A1006.1
• New race from incest after world calamity. A1006.2
• New race made of red earth after world calamity. A1006.3
• Ireland, waste for centuries after flood, is repopulated by immigrants. A1006.6
• After world-fire life recreated from tree. A1006.9
• Flood caused by melting of ice after great spell of cold. A1016.3
• World-fire after theft of fire. A1031.2
• Earth recreated after world-fire. A1036
• Determination of night and day. After much discussion, the relative length of these divisions is determined. A1172
• Man originally without hands and feet. Boy steals them from Python, and afterward men have them. A1225.2
• Man created after series of unsuccessful experiments. A1226
• New race from stones thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1254.1.) A1245.1
• New race from seeds thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1245.1., A1006.) A1254.1
• First son who died before his father after the Flood. A1335.7
• After Fall first parents fed and clothed from one palm-tree. A1420.5
• Why the face must be wiped dry after washing. A1599.4
• Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water. A1614.2
• Animals from transformations after deluge or world calamity. A1711
• Mice engendered after flood from rottenness: no mice on ark. A1853.1.1
• 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
• Shrew blows nose into snout. Sent after fire, he finds but a little which he tries to revive by hard blowing. A2211.5
• God throws diver's feet after him; hence his feet reach backward. (Cf. A2371.2.9.) A2215.6
• Why sheep walk with bowed heads: they have remained so after having bowed to God. A2221.9
• Beetle demands return of gold from God: must hum. In his overweening pride he hits fence and ever afterward has hummed. (Cf. A2426.3.1.) A2231.11
• Why bees die after they sting. (Cf. A2232.2.) A2346.1
• Why dog barks after thief. A2426.1.5
• Why tigers do not kill women who run away after quarreling with their husbands. A2499.1
• Dragon doubles his demand after men's rebellion. B11.11.8
• Animal helpful after being conquered. B315
• Elephants look after ascetic in jungle. B530.2
• Owl advises old man where to plant his crops after listening in to council of gods concerning rainfall distribution for the year. B569.2
• Wolf boy (girl) running around with wolf and cubs recovered by parents after six years: recognized by scar. B635.2
• The lion blows first life into its cubs three days after their birth. B751.4
• Elephants have sexual desire only after eating mandrakes. B754.2
• Snake grows back together after it has been severed. B765.7.2
• Tabu: mortal lusting after goddess. C191
• Tabu: eating after a guest. C236
• Tabu: touching camel after he has retired from work. C537.1
• Tabu: tiger and lion after having killed a man not to touch certain animals: cow, buffalo, pig, deer, wild goat. C549.1
• Prince not to be given eighth key until after he has ruled for five years. C611.1.1
• The one forbidden thing: returning to home country after marrying fairy. C644
• Injunction: to cohabit with first woman met after battle. C664.0.1
• Tabu: bathing without straining stream afterwards. C721.3
• Tabu: use of water after attending call of nature. C725.1
• Tabu: king (hero) sleeping after sunrise at capital. C735.2.3
• Tabu: sleeping in house lighted after sunset. C735.2.4
• Tabu: going on water Monday after May Day. C751.4
• Tabu: doing thing after certain time. C752
• Tabu: doing thing after sunset (nightfall). C752.1
• Tabu: bringing arms to capital after sunset. C752.1.1
• Tabu: crossing certain plain after sunset. C752.1.2
• Tabu: single person entering one's house after sunset. C752.1.3
• Tabu: allowing person to come to feast after sunset. C752.1.4
• Tabu: casting in graveyard after sunset. C752.1.5
• Tabu: using magic power after nightfall. C752.1.6
• Tabu: doing certain thing after sunrise. C752.2
• Tabu: supernatural creatures being abroad after sunrise. C752.2.1
• Tabu: entering chariot less than three weeks after having eaten horseflesh. C756.4
• Eating after one is satisfied. C766
• Tabu: turning back after beginning a journey. C833.3
• Tabu: proceeding after mishap to chariot. C833.7
• Tabu: listening to fluttering of birds after sunset. C885.1
• Rulers of inferior character after tabu is broken. C938
• Change of sex after crossing water. D10.2
• Repeated transformation. Transformation into one form after another. D610
• The deliverer in the cradle. Enchanted person can be delivered by child rocked in a cradle made from an oak sapling after it has grown great. D791.1.3
• Disenchantment at midnight after owl hoots three times. D791.1.8
• Children disenchanted after long period are aged. D799.1
• Lake produced by belches after magic draught. D921.2
• Magic hair stretches after fugitive. (Cf. D991.) D1436
• Magic club flies through air after victim. (Cf. D1094.) D1438.3
• Gloves thrown after ship cause disease. (Cf. D1066.) D1500.4.5
• Food left on magic stone brings good luck thereafter. (Cf. D931.) D1561.1.6
• Stone rolls off well-top after saint has prayed. D1654.1.1.1
• Throne of goddess' idol is lifted only after goat has been sacrificed. (Cf. D1156.) D1654.17
• Magic knowledge of what is to happen to himself after death. (Cf. G283.1.) D1812.0.5
• Prophetic dream loses force after a year. D1812.3.3.4
• One becomes ghost-seer after looking through hole in coffin. D1821.3.5.1
• Magic power to see souls after death. D1825.3.3.1
• Magic waxing and waning of strength. It waxes till noon and wanes thereafter. D1836
• St. Cecilia withstands three blows of beheading sword and lives three days after. D1840.1.3
• Magic aging by contact with earth after otherworld journey. D1896
• Field turns to gold after ascetic plows it. D2102.2.1
• Horse and weapons needed by hero are provided after incense is offered to Nandia, the Bull. D2107.1
• Mosque turns around in order to face in the true direction of Mecca after prayers of two saints. D2136.2.1
• Tree regains life and verdure after treasure it hides in its roots is given away. D2157.3.2