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• Footstool before divine throne. A152.6
• Deity appears before human being after prayers. A189.6
• Culture hero speaks before birth. A511.1.2
• Twin culture heroes quarrel before birth. (Cf. A515.1.1.) A511.1.2.1
• Creation of universe by creator. The creator is existing before all things. A610
• Pre-existing world of gods above. Such a world is assumed before the real creation of the universe. Though this belief is not explicitly set forth in many mythologies, it seems to be implied in most of the North American Indian systems. See, for example, motif A31, Creator's grandmother. A631
• Veils of fire and ice before chief door of heaven. A661.0.1.1.2
• Signs before the Day of Judgment. A1002.2
• No rainbow for fifteen years before the Day of Judgment. A1002.2.1
• Signs before the birth of Antichrist. A1075.1
• First son who died before his father after the Flood. A1335.7
• Creator gives men customs and songs before their emergence. A1503
• Cold before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages. A1616.1
• Dog guards master's life and wealth: may eat before other animals. A2223.5
• Animal characteristics: punishment for immoderate request. Dissatisfied animal finds that when his request is granted he is worse off than before. A2232
• Origin of York and Lancaster rose. From dust and blood of slain of War of the Roses – a variety of rose unknown before that time. A2656.2
• Mythical bird running before the sun bears inscription of golden letters. B7.3
• Mermaid sings divinely in church (before enticing man away). B81.13.6
• Faithful horse refuses to go before its master mounts it, even when already loaded with two chests with gold. B301.4.6
• Snake does not die before sunset. B752.2
• Patient fed salt: animal comes out for water. The patient is fed salt or heavily salted food and allowed no water for several days. He then stands with mouth open before a supply of fresh water, often a running brook. The thirsty animal emerges to get fresh water. B784.2.1
• Patient sits before tempting meal without eating; animal emerges. B784.2.2
• Tabu: intercourse before worship. C119.1.5
• Certain foods tabu one (two) months before childbirth. C152.3.2
• Tabu: giving younger daughter in marriage before elder. C169.2
• Tabu: eating before certain time. C231
• Tabu: girl eating before being called by father. C231.1
• Tabu: eating before task is finished. C231.2
• Tabu: eating before offering woman food. C231.3
• Tabu: eating of magic catch before mother does. C231.3.1
• Tabu: eating before house of host has been righted. C231.4
• Tabu: eating before three years have passed. C231.6
• Tabu: leaving a feast before it is ended. C282.1
• Tabu: looking at slain game before it dies. C311.1.7
• Tabu: looking at sun before prince becomes fourteen years old. C315.2.2.1
• Tabu: speaking before certain time. C402
• Tabu: king speaking before his druids speak. C402.1
• Tabu: people speaking before king speaks. C402.2
• Tabu: harming tree in any way before burning it. C519.1
• Tabu: appearing before king without having been summoned. C563.5
• Injunction: to give sample of food to dog before eating. Misfortune follows failure to do so. C685
• Tabu: sleeping before task is finished. C735.1.2
• Tabu: sleeping before lapse of seven days in cloudland. C735.2.1.1
• Tabu: lighting fire before king lights one. (Cf. C756.) C751.1.1
• Conjurer must leave before sunrise. C752.2.2
• Tabu: doing thing before certain time. C756
• Tabu: ringing bell before certain time. C756.0.1
• Tabu: going home before dog precedes. C756.1
• Tabu: letting sun shine on girl before she is thirty years old. C756.2
• Tabu: going home before adventure is completed. C756.3
• Tabu: staying too long at ball. Must leave before certain hour. C761.3
• Tabu: traveling beyond spot where feat of skill was performed before duplicating it. C833.6
• Tabu: breaking up revelry before its end. C874
• Tabu imposed on son by father before death. C901.1.1
• Stone bleeds three days before church is plundered. D1317.12.1
• White ash stick held before snakes causes them to flee. D1447.3
• Magic object bows before certain person. D1648
• Stones prostrate themselves before certain persons. (Cf. D931.) D1648.3
• Indelible writing: the scraped word found written as before. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1654.3.1.1
• Bad omen: greeting one before dawn. D1812.5.1.7.1
• Magic sight of incident before it actually happens. D1825.7
• Person sees phantom funeral procession some time before the actual procession takes place. D1825.7.1
• Sounds heard before death; the sounds are later repeated in connection with the death or funeral. D1827.1.2
• King asleep in mountain will awake when his horse's shoes are worn down. Every seven years the horse goes around the castle. He must wear his half-inch silver shoes to thinness of cat's ear before the king awakes. D1960.2.1
• Man with power of evil eye cannot look at any living thing before breaking fast in the morning without causing it to wither and die. D2071.0.3
• Obstructions magically produced before enemy. D2163.6
• Resuscitation of decapitated princess by hero by imitating ogre's actions of night before: passing sword three times up and down her throat. E149.2
• People touch corpse before burial to avoid seeing ghost of dead person after burial. E431.15
• Ghost demands a body and soul before it will agree to be laid. Monk provides cock and sole of shoe. E459.1
• Living man in dead man's shroud. Refuses to let corpse return to grave before he tells how to resuscitate woman living man has killed. E463
• Forgetting Charon's fee. Philosopher forgets to put coin in mouth before death (Charon's fee). Charon: "Don't you know the custom?" Answer: "Yes, but I couldn't put off dying for a quarter!" E489.3
• Dead intercedes before God for mortal. E576.1
• Ghost rides on bus, disappears before it crosses bridge. E581.4.1
• Ghost returns before burial. E586.0.1
• Wraith of dying woman goes to see children for last time before death. E723.4.4
• Wraith appears before mine disaster. E723.8.1
• Souls of sinners to spend seven years under waters of the sea before Doomsday. E751.5
• Precautions taken with corpse before burial to prevent evil spirits from getting, using body. (Cf. E431.) E752.10
• Corpse must be watched carefully before burial. E752.10.1
• Demons powerless over souls commended to God before sleep. E754.1.1.1
• People in otherworld with horses both before and behind wagon. They pull against each other. F171.6.4
• Fairies dance before Indra. F261.3.7
• Tasks set maid by elfin knight before she can marry him. F301.4
• Mortal beats drum as fairies dance before Indra; is granted fairy wife permanently. F302.6.2.1
• Changeling betrays his age when his wonder is excited. Usually pottage is boiled in an eggshell. The changeling: "I shall soon be a hundred years old but I never saw this done before!" F321.1.1.1
• Fairies kidnap boy when he breaks tabu by going outside mansion under earth before 12 years. F325.1
• Water-spirits must be in water before midnight; delay is punished with death indicated by blood in water. F420.3.4.1
• Water-spirits must be in water before dawn; delay is punished with death. (Cf. F451.3.2.1. and cross-references there given.) F420.3.4.2
• Dwarfs came into the land 1000 years before mortals came. F451.1.4
• Dwarf prevented from getting into his stone before sunrise till he promises to do what hero demands (especially forge weapons). (Cf. D451.3.4.2, D451.4.1.12, F451.5.2.13.) F451.3.2.1.1
• Trolls flee before Christianity. (Cf. F382) F455.7.1
• Troll helpless before sign of Cross. (Cf. D1766.1.) F455.7.2
• Knockers appear to miners before accidents occur: the sight of one serves as a warning to leave mine. F456.1.2.2.4
• Mountain-man has stack of butter before his door. F460.2.4
• Sons of God and Daughters of men. Before the flood angels have relations with human women: origin of giants. F531.6.1.1
• Eye must be rubbed before it can see. F541.4
• Little girl moves enormous bow which nobody could ever carry before. F624.9
• Hero throws up a stone: before it falls, he drinks a full jar empty. F636.4.1
• Man is waiting for bird to fall that he had shot eight days before. F638.3
• Person of remarkable sight finds tracks of swine stolen seven years before his birth. F642.2