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• Goddess of music and dance born of incestuous union (Brahma and daughter). A112.1.1.1
• Dancers of the gods. A166
• God of the dance. A465.4
• Goddess of the dance. A465.4.1
• Lightning as torches of invisible dancers. A1141.7.1
• Origin of religious dances. A1542
• Origin of particular dance. A1542.2
• Origin of crocodile dance. A1542.2.1
• Why wild duck has red eyes. Dances for trickster. A2332.5.7
• Horses travel between clerics without guidance. B151.1.1.0.1
• Animals dance. B293
• Animals dance for king. B293.0.1
• Dance of cats. B293.1
• Dance of frog(s). B293.2
• Dance of tigers. B293.3
• Dance of lions. B293.4
• Dance of nagas (snake men). B293.5
• The cursed dancers. Dancers rude to holy man (Jesus) cursed and must keep dancing till Judgment Day. C94.1.1
• Magic object compels person to dance. D1415
• Water from magic well causes person to dance. (Cf. D926, D1353.1.) D1415.1
• Magic musical instrument causes person to dance. (Cf. D1210.) D1415.2
• Magic lute causes animals to dance. D1415.2.6.1
• Pillars dance when ogre plays guitar. (Cf. D1234.) D1599.1
• Magic avoidance of fatigue. (Cf. D1924.) D2032
• Persons magically caused to dance selves to death. D2061.1.2
• Magic dancing. Enchanted persons dance till released. D2174
• Resuscitation by nine-day dance and prayers. E63.2
• Dead lover returns to dance with fickle sweetheart at her wedding. E214.1
• Dance with the dead. Girl invites dead to come from grave and dance with her. Difficult escape. E238.1
• Dead men dance. E493
• People of lower world come out in the evenings to drink and dance. F108.2
• Abundance in otherworld. F169.8
• Fairies dance. F261
• Fairy rings on grass. Seen after fairy dance. F261.1
• Fairies dance by themselves in fairy ring. F261.1.1
• Fairy dances in snow: no tracks left. (Cf. F255.5.) F261.2
• Fairies dance on leaves without disturbing them. F261.2.1
• Fairies dance under tree. F261.3.1
• Fairies dance under hawthorn trees. F261.3.1.1
• Fairies dance under oak tree. F261.3.1.2
• Fairies dance on foxglove. F261.3.2
• Fairies dance in orchard. F261.3.3
• Fairies dance in ditches. F261.3.4
• Fairies dance in hay in barn. F261.3.5
• Fairies dance on the green. F261.3.6
• Fairies dance before Indra. F261.3.7
• Fairies dance with youth till he dies (or goes insane). F302.3.4.2
• Mortal beats drum as fairies dance before Indra; is granted fairy wife permanently. F302.6.2.1
• Changeling dances wild dance to music, betrays maturity. F321.1.1.2.1
• Fairies appear in house and offer to dance with child. F321.5
• Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their dance. F331.1
• Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by playing for their dance. F331.4
• Fairies chase person who watches them dance. F361.3.2
• Water-spirits dance. F420.3.2.1
• Water-maidens dance at village fair. F420.3.2.1.1
• Dwarf dances. F451.6.3.4
• Trolls dance. F455.3.2
• Stolen woman saved from trolls' dance. (Cf. F322.2.) F455.6.6.1
• Mountain-folk dance. F460.3.1
• Night-spirits dance. F470.2
• Alps dance. F471.1.1.2
• Brownies dance. (Cf. F471.1.1.2. and cross-references there given.) F482.5.1
• Giants dance. F531.6.17.1
• Man so small he dances in spider web. F535.2.3
• Dancers upon whom icicles hang. F572
• Marvelous dancer. F699.1
• Princess cured by seeing her lost lover dance. F950.8
• Animals distribute parts of man's body in accordance with prophecy. F989.10
• The danced-out shoes. Every morning girl's shoes are danced to pieces. F1015.1.1
• Witches dance. G247
• Witches dance with devil at witch's holiday. G247.1
• Witch causes pigs to dance. G265.6.1.1
• Witch causes dog to dance on hind legs. G265.6.4.1
• Witch causes hangman's rope to dance so that it cannot be tied to hang her. G265.8.4.1
• Witch harnesses man and leads him to dance. G269.3
• Witch rides man to dance. G269.3.1
• Devil appears invisible among dancers. (Cf. G303.10.4.) G303.6.2.1
• Devil sings (dances) on grave. G303.9.8.3
• Dancers as followers of the devil. (Cf. G303.6.2.1.) G303.10.4
• Devil haunts dance halls. G303.10.4.0.1
• Devil dances with a maid until she dies. G303.10.4.1
• Two devils come to a dance-loving maid and play when she bathes. G303.10.4.2
• Devil teaches a dance-loving maid to dance. G303.10.4.3
• Devil appears to girl who wants an escort for a dance. G303.10.4.4
• Devil dances with maid and puts his claws through her hands. G303.10.4.5
• The devils' dances and feasts. G303.25.17
• A musician engaged to play for the night-spirits (devils) dances. G303.25.17.2
• Test of wife's patience. Griselda. Children stolen and attendance at wedding to another demanded. H461
• Suitor task: to make fairies dance before princess. H1177.1
• Task: making pigs dance. H1186
• Camel tries in vain to dance. J512.3
• Avoidance of others' power. J640
• Tortoise joins peacock in dance. Cannot escape hunter; peacock flies off. J684.3
• Fox stumbles over violin. Chased from chicken coop by dogs. When he stumbles he says, "What a fine opportunity to dance if I had time!" J864.1
• King David dances with common youths before the Ark of the Covenant. He humbles self to please God. J914.1
• Detection by disrobing in a dance. A man masking as a maiden has committed adultery with the queen. A clever girl by challenging him to disrobe in a dance exposes the imposture. J1149.3
• Acting according to the note. A Jew slaps a Christian and tells him to turn the other cheek. The Christian beats the Jew, who says, "You do not act according to your Gospel." – "I am acting in accordance with the note." – "The note is worse than the text." J1262.3
• The wine-spilling host rebuked. A host spills his customer's wine so that he must buy more. He consoles the guest with "It is a sign of the great abundance you shall have this year." With the same remark the guest draws the spigot from the host's wine cask. J1511.5
• Deduction: the king is a bastard. After dinner the king begins to dance. He is therefore called illegitimate. His mother acknowledges an intrigue with a dancer. J1661.1.2
• Trickster joins bulrushes in a dance. He thinks they are dancing when he sees them waving. J1883