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22 motifs match “coconut” · back to the chapters
- Creation of woman from coconut. The first man throws a coconut on the ground and thus creates the first woman. A1253.2.1
- Origin of coconut. A1423.3
- Light and dark-skinned peoples made from light and dark coconuts. A1614.3
- Fish struck by coconut: hence flat tail. A2213.5.2
- Coconut tree from head of slain monster. A2611.3
- Canoe transformed into coconut tree. A2615.3
- Origin of coconut tree. (Cf. A2611.3.) A2681.5.1
- Why coconut tree is tall. A2778.1
- Monkeys attack by throwing coconuts. B762
- Transformation: coconut to philosopher's stone. D451.3.2
- Magic coconut-shell. D985.1
- Magic coconut (as food). D1035.2
- Coconut shell answers questions. Sinks for yes, floats for no. (Cf. D985.1.) D1311.9
- Magic coconut water restores sight. D1505.5.5
- Coconut shoots restore sight. D1505.18.1
- Inexhaustible coconut. (Cf. D1035.2.) D1652.1.6
- Soul in coconut. E711.2.5
- People who live on coconuts. F561.3
- Origin of springs from broken coconut shell. (Cf. F715.1.1.) F718.12
- Canoe made from coconut. F841.1.4.1
- Culture hero throws coconuts to various islands, but forgets one he stands on: hence none now on that island. J2031.3
- Fish (whale) carrying man through water shakes him off when man strikes him with coconut. M205.1.1.1