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• Gods born from various parts of creator's body. A112.3
• Deity departs for heaven (skies). A192.2.1
• Deity departs for moon. A192.2.1.1
• Divinity departs in boat over sea. A192.2.2
• Divinity departs to submarine home. A192.2.3
• Divinity departs in column of flame. A192.2.4
• God "of many arts". A450.1
• God of the arts. A465
• The Nine Muses, patronesses of the arts. A465.0.1
• Culture hero arrives (and departs) in boat. A513.2
• Culture hero teaches arts and crafts. A541
• Universe from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etc. A614
• Universe from parts of man's body. (Cf. A831.2) A614.1
• Universe as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wives. A615
• Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
• After world catastrophe, new sun reappears and starts new epoch. A719.2
• Goddess in anger breaks herself into five parts: hence, five branches of a river. A934.11.3
• Mountain from accident to primeval lizard. Lizard passing through a mountain is broken; his fore and hinder parts become mountains. A961.3
• Mountains spring from scattered parts of slain giant serpent's body. A961.4
• Acquisition of arts. A1460
• Arts taught man by angel. A1460.1
• Origin of literary arts. A1464
• Animals from different parts of body of slain giant. Giant person, cow, ox, etc. A1716.1
• Animals from transformed parts of the body (animal or human). A1724
• Animals from parts of body of deity or saint. A1725
• Why toads have warts on their backs. (Cf. A2356.2.) A2412.5.2
• Parts of body of god transformed into plants. A2611.0.4
• Parts of human or animal body transformed into plants. A2611.0.5
• Internal parts of plant. A2755
• Why the heartsease (polygonum persicaria) has red stripes. A2772.3
• Monster three-legged ass. Stands in the ocean. Has three feet, six eyes, nine mouths, two ears, one horn, a white body. Two eyes are in eye position, two on top of his head, two on his hump. He renders powerless by the sharpness of his eyes. He has three mouths in his head, three in his hump, and three in the inner parts of his flanks. Each mouth is the size of a cottage. (Cf. B13, B15.1, B15.2, B15.4.) B15.7.2
• Treasure-producing parts of animals. B110
• Treasure-producing parts of bird. B113
• Treasure-producing parts of animals – miscellaneous. B119
• Wedding of turkey and peacock. All birds invited except eagle. This omission starts great conflict. B282.1
• Hero feeds own flesh to helpful animal. The hero is carried on the back of an eagle who demands food. The hero finally feeds parts of his own flesh. B322.1
• Grateful bull draws one hundred carts for wager for master. B587.3
• Animal "drinks apart" mixed liquids. Separates the parts while drinking. B781
• Giant whale cast ashore on the night of Christ's Nativity: "fifty men were on the upper parts of its head, and (there was) the limit of vision between each two of them. Such was the amount of ground which the animal occupied. B874.3.2
• Tabu: eating certain parts of animals. C221.3
• Tabu: eating live animals or live parts of them. C221.5
• Parts of bears fall off and become geese. D411.10.1
• Transformation: pouch to parts of body of ptarmigan. D444.9
• Transformation: parts of animal or human body to animal. D447
• Parts of sorcerer's body turn into serpents. D447.9
• Transformed parts of person or animal to object. D457
• Magic private parts – human. D998
• Magic buildings and parts. D1130
• Magic buildings and parts – miscellaneous. D1149
• Ghoulish charm. Charm made from parts of corpse or things associated with corpse. D1278
• Flask imparts magic strength to drinker. (Cf. D1171.8.) D1335.7
• Parts of human body furnish treasure. D1454
• Parts or products of human body cure disease. D1500.1.7
• Parts or products of animal cure disease. D1500.1.33
• Saint's bell starts crops growing. (Cf. D1213.) D1563.1.4
• Speaking privates. Man given advice by his private parts. (Cf. D998.) D1610.6
• Magic object departs and returns at formulistic command. D1686
• Magic arts learned in hell. D1721.1.1
• Magic arts studied. D1738
• Power of flying from eating children's hearts. D2135.1
• Eating of human hearts as cure for insomnia. D2161.4.13
• Magic healing by passing hand over affected parts. D2161.4.16.1
• Magic gift: power to continue all day what one starts. One woman measures linen; another throws water on pig. D2172.2
• Resuscitation by felling the tree into which one is incarnated and splitting trunk into two parts. E29.4.1
• Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.) E30
• Felled tree restored by reassembling all cut parts. (Cf. E2.) E30.1
• Resuscitation by sewing parts of body together. E35.1
• Otherworld island divided into four parts. F134.3
• Fairies abduct young woman, return her when fight starts over her. F329.2
• Farmer is so bothered by brownie that he decides he must move to get rid of the annoyance. He piles all furniture on wagon and starts for new home, meets acquaintance who remarks: "I see you're flitting." Brownie sticks his head out of the churn on top of the load, answers: "Yes, we're flitting." Farmer goes back to former home. F482.3.1.1
• Man splits into two parts. F525.2
• Toothed private parts. (Cf. F547.3.3.) F547.1
• Excreta is so fiery it starts great fires. F559.3.1
• Person with three hearts. F559.7.1
• Person of remarkable sight can see through hearts of trees. F642.3.1
• Flying carts. F861.2.1
• River boils when ashes of hearts are cast into it. F932.7.1
• River divides into two parts after rape in its bed. F932.10
• Electric storm breaks island into three parts. F962.1
• Animals distribute parts of man's body in accordance with prophecy. F989.10
• Other parts of person's body as hiding place. F1034.5
• Hearts break when lovers are told beloved is dead. F1041.1.1.4
• Cannibals cut off parts of children's bodies. G86
• Ogre eats only men's hearts. G312.6
• Tupilac. Monster made of parts of corpses of animals and vivified. G377
• Identification through broken ring. (Cf. H100.) The two parts of the ring fit together. H94.5
• Identification by matching parts of divided token. H100
• Parts of slain animals as token of slaying. H105
• Bridegroom-to-be has to have three pecks, three quarts of gold and an animal with a horn on his head pointing to the sky, and a large red hair. H312.8
• Talking private parts betray unchastity. H451
• Quest for marvelous parts or possessions of animals. H1332
• Thief followed home. A thief ransacks a man's house and departs. The man gathers together the rest of his belongings and tracks the thief. Comes to the thief's door. Thief: "What do you want with me?" "What, isn't this the house we set out for?" J1392.1
• Story told about a deer: fool starts chase. J1849.1.1
• Men drag carts on to roof to shade it from the sun. J1879.1
• The doctor no longer needed. As the fool starts for the doctor the wife changes her mind. He continues to the doctor so as to tell him about it and to say that now he need not come. J2241
• Master persuaded to buy big fish since small ones creep out of all parts of his body. J2334
• Literal numskull cuts peas into four parts. Told that he should have cut up the pancakes which he has eaten whole. J2461.1.4
• Trickster starts argument and steals from arguers. K341.27
• "Have we leave to go?" Two prisoners are made stable boys on their promise not to escape secretly. Before horse race starts they ask: "Do we have your leave to go?" They go home. K475.2
• Undesignated present starts quarrel for its possession. K1083