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• Angel of death created by God. A52.1.1
• Angel of sea rebels at world's creation; put to death by God. A54.1
• Creator's death. (Cf. A192.) A76
• Imperfect god, subject to death and rebirth. A102.18
• In god's absence his function ceases. Death, reproduction, etc., suspended until the god's return. A173.1
• Kiss of God causes painless death. A185.6.1.1
• Death or departure of the gods. A192
• Death of the gods. A192.1
• God of death. A487
• Death kills only those whose time it is to die. A487.0.1
• Goddess of death. A487.1
• Sun and moon as eyes of Rama which he tore out after his brother's death. A714.7
• Moon's phases caused by watcher's death. Moon is hung in tree and is tended by four men. As one dies it loses a quarter. Later it is united in the lower world. A755.2
• Tidal wave or surge marks place of death of person. (Cf. A920.1.4, A936.) A913.1
• Lakes burst forth to commemorate birth, death, battle, etc., of primitive hero. A920.1.4
• Rivers burst forth to commemorate birth, death, battle, etc., of primitive hero. (Cf. A901, A920.1.4.) A934.3
• Spring breaks forth to commemorate place of death or burial. A941.4.1
• One bear-child escapes death, is ancestor of all bears. A1006.8
• End of world to come at disease and death of snake encircling the world. A1082.3.1
• Determination of relation between birth-rate and death-rate. A1322
• Origin of death. A1335
• Origin of death from falsified message. A1335.1
• Origin of death: wrong messenger goes to God. A1335.1.1
• Origin of death from bad creator's unsuccessful imitation. The bad creator attempts in vain to endow his creations with life like the good creator. Fails and thus introduces death. A1335.2
• Origin of death from unwise choice. Choice between two bundles, one containing tempting articles, the other everlasting life. People choose the large bundle and lose everlasting life. A1335.3
• Origin of death when early people put on new skins. Child fails to recognize mother, who puts old skin back on. A1335.4
• Origin of death: serpent given immortality instead of man. Renews his skin. A1335.5
• Origin of death: punishment for scorning deity. A1335.6
• Origin of death: disrespectful answer to God. A1335.6.1
• Origin of death because world is overpopulated. A1335.8
• Origin of death because people weary of living. A1335.9
• Death sent into the world by culture hero (God) when he got tired of man. A1335.9.1
• Death origin: God sends a woman to sell poisoned curds to man. A1335.12
• God sends centipede down to introduce death into the world through its poisoned sting. A1335.13
• Death comes into the world by treachery of the gods: stick used by man for scratching his back is changed into cobra. A1335.14
• God punishes man by killing his child: origin of death. A1335.15
• Origin of the death chant. (Cf. A1541.1.) A1543.1
• Origin of commemorative religious meal (to memorialize death or actions of ancestor or holy person). A1549.1
• Why men no longer know time of death. Custom changed when men began to repair fences with stalks when they knew they were to die the next day. A1593
• Animal's behavior at death. A2468
• Why dog snaps every fly. Fly laughed at dog's (feigned) death. A2479.8
• Animal producing treasure at death. B103.7
• Horse weeps for master's (saint's) approaching death. B141.2.1
• Magic horse avenges hero's death. B184.1.7
• Wolves and wild pigs condemned to death in lion's court for killing and eating sheep. B275.1.3.2
• Faithful horse weeps for coming death of saint. B301.4.1.1
• Faithful horse joins in keen at hero's death. B301.4.3
• Faithful cattle shed horns in grief for death of man. B301.6.1
• Faithful cow refuses to move for grief at master's death. B301.6.2
• Faithful cows lose milk at king's death. B301.6.3
• Death of helpful animal. B330
• Death of helpful animal – miscellaneous. B339
• Cat leaves house when report is made of death of one of his companions. His master has been told to say "Robert is dead". As soon as this is said, the cat leaves. B342
• Animals grateful for rescue from peril of death. B360
• Lion is freed from net by mouse. Mouse asks that his son marry lion's daughter. Request granted. The mouse is trampled to death by his bride. B363.1
• Grateful fish grants mad hero his wish: to impregnate a princess. Later the fish saves the hero and his family from death at sea. B375.1.1
• Animal saves man from death sentence. B522
• Helpful buffaloes tramp hero's enemies to death. B524.1.5
• Animal saves man from death by burning. B526
• Animal saves man from death by drowning. B527
• Birds show man treasure. Doves saved by monk from death show him where to dig for treasure. B562.1.3
• Horse kicks to death master's murderer. B591.2
• Dogs howling indicates death. B733.2
• Fanciful behavior of animal at death. B752
• Bite of white she-mule causes certain death. B766.4
• The Old Man and Death. Weary old man wishes for death. When Death appears at the summons he asks for help with the load. C11
• Lost parson says he would rather have devil for guide than clerk who is with him. Devil appears, causes death of both. C12.5.4
• Tabu: breaking promise to fairy: death on twelfth day. C46.1
• Woman (fairy) causes twofold death of mortal husband who utters her name. C435.1.1.1
• Tabu: announcing death directly. C499.1
• One must eat "death vegetable" whenever one sees it. Otherwise god will be angry. C662
• Tabu imposed on son by father before death. C901.1.1
• Death for breaking tabu. C920
• Death of children for breaking tabu. C920.1
• Death of wife for breaking tabu. C920.2
• Immediate death for breaking tabu. (Cf. C52, C51.3, C453, C533.) C921
• Death by smothering for breaking tabu. Man given secret box conveying the power of making women love him. He disobeys warning and opens it. The women smother him to death. (Cf. C321.) C922
• Death by choking for breaking tabu. C922.1
• Death by drowning for breaking tabu. C923
• Death by thirst for breaking tabu. (Cf. C949.4.) C924
• Death from rattlesnake bite because of breaking tabu. C925
• Death from insanity as punishment for breaking tabu. C928
• Death for breaking tabu C929
• Death from specific disease for breaking tabu. C929.2
• Death from paralysis for breaking tabu. C929.2.1
• Death by stoning for breaking tabu. C929.4
• Death by being swallowed for breaking tabu. C929.5
• Transformation: calf's head to death's head. D457.3
• Transformation to escape death. D642.2
• Demons assume human form to revenge brother's death. D651.1.2
• Queen transforms herself to defeat god of death. D651.1.3
• Magic charm (formula) used injudiciously brings death to owner's wife, children, himself. D806.2
• Death to follow loss of magic object. D860.0.1
• Magic object disappears at owner's death. D867.1
• Deaths in a community come in threes. One death is shortly followed by two more. D1273.1.1.3
• Three meditations on death which prevent laughter. D1273.1.1.4
• Magic object warns of death. D1322
• Saw for coffin-making sounds to announce death. D1322.1
• Hammer in coffin maker's shop makes noise to announce a death. (Cf. D1209.4.) D1322.1.1
• Boards for coffin making mysteriously moved announces death. D1322.1.2