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• Black-winged bird as creator. A13.2.3
• Black god(dess). A123.7.2
• God as blacksmith. A142.0.1
• Rivers of black water in hell. A671.2.2.4
• Sky is black because once raised by means of dirty stick. A702.8
• Sun visits earth in form of black bull, caught by man, thus causing night. A728.3
• Sun and moon pursued by dark planet in black chariot. A735.2
• Rows of palm trees (black spots) on the moon. A751.9.1
• Why the center of man's eye is black: blackened by spirits to make themselves invisible. A1319.7
• Origin of blacksmith work. A1447.2
• Origin of race colors from eating of ox. Those who eat livers are black; those who eat lungs and blood are red. A1614.4.1.1
• Black tribe because woman is put on fire. A1614.8
• Creation of blackbird. A1924
• Frightened rabbit puts head in charred tree: hence black ears. (Cf. A2325.2.) A2212.1
• Raven caught in smoke-hole: hence is black. (Cf. A2411.2.1.5.) A2218.1
• Jackal carries sun in bag on back; burns his back black. (Cf. A721.1, A2356.3.2.) A2218.2
• Dog rescues cow's teats from fire: origin of his black muzzle. (Cf. A2335.4.3.) A2229.1
• Birds who aspire to blackbird's coat punished. (Cf. A2412.2.2.) A2232.6
• Raven does not return to Noah: must suffer thirst and break bill. (Cf. A2231.2.1, A2411.2.1.5, A2435.4.3.) Variant: he is cursed to be black or to eat carrion. A2234.1
• Raven does not return to ark in obedience to Noah: black color is resulting punishment. A2234.1.1
• Rhinoceros exchanges his red hide for hippopotamus's black. (Cf. A2411.1.6.2., A2411.1.6.7.) A2247.3
• Origin of shell-fish's black scales. A2315.1
• Why hare's ears are black. (Cf. A2212.1.) A2325.2
• Why monkey's face is black. A2330.3
• Why dog has black muzzle. (Cf. A2229.1.) A2335.4.3
• Why the wolf's muzzle is black. A2335.4.5
• Why parrot's beak is black. A2343.2.1
• Why toucan's beak is black. A2343.2.2
• Why sheep's tongue is black. A2344.3.1
• Why jackal has black back. (Cf. A2218.2.) A2356.3.2
• Why fox's legs are black. A2371.4.2
• Why end of fox's tail is black. A2378.8.1.1
• Why tip of weasel's tail is black. A2378.8.3
• Why tip of ermine's tail is black. (Cf. A2218.) A2378.8.4
• Why swallow has black feathers in tail and only two feathers. A2378.8.6
• Why weasel is part black. A2411.1.2.1.1
• Why baboon's face and hands are black. A2411.1.5.2.1
• Color of blackbird. (Cf. A2218) A2411.2.1.9
• Why stork has black back. A2411.2.5.3.1
• Why black ants are everywhere. A2434.1.4
• Why raven is thief. Because he has none of ten commandments and carries a black stamp on his breast. A2455.3
• Why black bears are better eating than grizzly bears. A2511.1
• How the blackbird (merulus) received its name. A2571.1
• Bean laughs till it splits: cause of black stripe. (Cf. A2793.1, F1025.1.) A2741.1
• Why ebony tree is black. A2751.4.2
• Why tamarind bark is black. A2751.4.3
• Why end of rush is black. (Cf. A2721.1.) A2772.2
• Why ebony tree has black wood and smoke-colored leaves. A2772.4
• Why bean has black stripe. (Cf. A2741.1.) A2793.1
• Fierce black chafer. B16.6.2.1
• Giant blackbird. B31.6.1
• Black birds destroy crops. B33.1.3
• Three sea-cows: one red, one white, one black. B72.1
• Black birds. B172.10
• Innumerable birds (black birds) fly into and out of tower (steeple) of fire. B172.10.1
• Wedding of blackbird with another bird. B282.11
• Black cat as servant of giant. B292.6
• Shut in with elephants, blackbird orders ants to burrow themselves into the elephants' brains. B524.1.8
• Cow with changing colors. Changes every four hours: white, red, black. B731.4
• Female rattlesnakes mate with black snakes rather than with male rattlesnakes. B754.3.1
• Swallowed blackbeetle reproduces inside person's body. B784.1.5
• Man calls on devil to descend chimney when angry at wife. The devil comes, makes pudding black. C12.5.5
• Compulsion to catch blackbird alive yearly. C684.1
• Tabu: riding dirty on black-heeled horse across certain plain. C891.1
• Teeth blackened as punishment for breaking tabu. C985.2
• Black man's color altered to white. D57.2
• Transformation to black man. D57.4
• Transformation: man to blackbird. D151.7
• Blood turns black. D492.2
• Magic lampblack. D931.1.3
• Magic black cummin. D971.4
• Black as magic color. D1293.4
• Magic leaves turn white bird black. (Cf. D955, A2411.2.6.) D1337.2.1
• Magic lampblack renders invisible. (Cf. D931.1.3.) D1361.42
• Saint's bell rung against black birds (demons). D1385.12.1
• Arrows rubbed with black chicken fatal. D1402.7.5.1
• Soup made of black dog's head cures madness. (Cf. D1032.3.) D1508.4
• Oil poured in left ear of black dog brings rain. (Cf. D1242.2.) D1542.1.6
• Blood and liver of black dog sacrificed to bring rain. (Cf. D1016., D1015.4.) D1542.1.7
• Black dog as good omen. D1812.5.2.10
• Man sees angels over the heads of the good and black stars over the bad. D1825.3.2
• Black as guard against Evil Eye. D2071.1.4
• Black cloud magically blown upon enemy. D2091.11
• Staff of life and death. Black staff kills; brown one restores to life. E64.1.1
• Revenant black. E422.2.4
• Black dogs in wild hunt. E501.4.1.5
• Black horse in wild hunt. E501.4.2.2
• Wild huntsmen dressed in black. E501.8.1
• Wild huntsman with black fur cap and white staff. E501.8.6
• Wild huntsman's dog when seized becomes stick (black coal). E501.15.6.7
• Soul as black or white spirit over coffin. Black if condemned. Can be seen by peeping between horse's ears. E722.1.1
• Soul as black or white entity. Black if condemned. E722.1.2
• Life token: picture burns black. E761.4.2
• Life token: mirror becomes black (misty). (Cf. D1163.) E761.4.3
• White sheep carries to upper world, black to lower. F67
• Objects on one side of palisade in otherworld garden black, on other white. F162.1.2.3
• Fairies are black. F233.9
• Spirit as black dog. F401.3.3
• Demons in form of black birds. F401.3.7.2
• Spirit as small black man. F403.2.2.6