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• First human pair as creators. (Cf. A1270.) A2.2
• Human creator. A15
• Gods borne by human woman. A112.9
• Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
• Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.) A125
• God reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (Cf. A179.5.) A162.5
• Human intellect unable to conceive God's essence. A182.0.2
• Deity appears before human being after prayers. A189.6
• Accountants of god keep lists of good and bad acts of human beings. A189.8
• Birth of culture heroes from human bones swallowed by jaguar's human wife. A511.1.4.3
• Wooden circles that were the sun and moon animated after human sacrifice of blood. A714.8
• Sun as human being. A736
• Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset. A736.5.2
• Sun's affection for human girl rouses moon's jealousy. A736.7
• Human son of sun. A736.10
• Star descends as human being. A762
• Relation of the planets to human life. A787
• Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition. A855
• Animate and inanimate objects attempt to destroy humanity. A1009.2
• Fettered monster in human form. A1072.1
• Former age: spirits and ogres lived with men, and gods appeared in human guise. A1101.1.3
• Primeval human pair spring from two drops of urine of creator (woman from half-drop). A1211.6
• Mankind from human-animal mating. A1221.6
• Mankind is descended from marriage of human being and animal. A1224.0.1
• Primeval human pair spring from womb of Mother Earth. (Cf. A1270.) A1234.1.1
• Man made from earth reddened with blood of human sacrifice. A1241.4
• Seven substances employed in composition of human body. A1260.1.4
• Primeval human pair. A1270
• Primeval human pair live in innocence. A1270.1
• Primeval human pair allowed to bear all children they wish. A1277.2
• Son of first human couple murdered by tiger sent by god; his head becomes the sun, his chest the moon, and his blood gives the red earth its color. A1277.3
• Primeval human pair – miscellaneous. A1279
• Change of animal and human skin in ancient times. A1281.2.1
• First human being killed by jealous brothers (reptiles and insects). A1297
• Ordering of human life. A1300
• Origin of human skeleton. A1312
• Ordaining of human life – miscellaneous. A1390
• Ordaining of human life – additional motifs. A1399
• Acquisition of human culture. A1400
• Acquisition of food supply for human race. A1420
• Origin of human wisdom. It is kept hidden by monster and is later stolen. It escapes and spreads through the world. (Cf. A1111, A1421.) A1481
• Animal substituted for human sacrifice. A1545.2
• Origin of human sacrifice. A1545.5
• Origin of adultery. It occurs in the primeval human family. A1556.3
• Animals from transformed parts of the body (animal or human). A1724
• Why tigers eat human flesh. A2435.3.9.3
• Insect fries human blood and eats it. A2435.5.2
• Why leech feeds on human blood. A2435.6.3
• Human placenta transformed into plant. A2611.0.3
• Parts of human or animal body transformed into plants. A2611.0.5
• Dragon flies to its nest with human being. B11.6.8
• Sacrifice of human being to dragon. B11.10
• Human-dragon marriage. B11.12.7
• Animal with human eyes (transformed man). B15.4.4
• Bull with human hands and feet. B15.6.4
• Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice. B16.2.1
• Beast-men. Combinations of bestial and human form. B20
• Body and hands human, head and ears those of a horse. B21.2
• Ass with human intelligence. B22.2
• Dog with human head. B25.2
• Serpent with human head. B29.2.1
• Mermaid has son by human father. B81.2.1
• Mermaid has human midwife. B81.6
• Fish with human face. B83
• Beast with human head and shape of smith's bellows. B96
• Bird reveals dead rider. Calls out in human voice at seeing living woman riding behind dead man. B131.4
• Magic bitches (in human form) enchanted by fairy music. B182.1.7
• Animals with human traits. See in general the literature dealing with fables, with the Romance of Reynard, with the bear-fox cycle of Europe, with the rabbit fox cycle of America, etc. B200
• Animal uses human speech. B211
• Animal understands human speech. B212
• First animals knew human language. B212.0.2
• Fox understands human speech. B212.1
• Other animals with human traits. B290
• Animals with human child as slave. B292.0.1
• Other animals with human traits – miscellaneous. B299
• Human offspring from marriage to animal. B631
• Human beings descended from seals. B631.2
• Human offspring of marriage of person and jaguar. B631.7
• Human offspring of marriage of person and lion. B631.8
• Human offspring of marriage of person and snake. B631.9
• Human and animal offspring from marriage to animal. B633
• Human foster-child with animal qualities. B635
• The Bear's Son. Human son of woman who marries a bear acquires bear characteristics. (Cf. B601.1.) B635.1
• Offspring of human and animal intercourse. B636
• Marriage to animal in human form. B650
• Marriage to beast in human form. (Cf. B601, B641.) B651
• Marriage to fox in human form. B651.1
• Marriage to buffalo in human form. B651.2
• Marriage to lion in human form. B651.3
• Marriage to dog in human form. B651.4
• Marriage to deer in human form. B651.5
• Marriage to wolf in human form. B651.6
• Marriage to bear in human form. B651.7
• Marriage to seal in human form. B651.8
• Marriage to tiger in human form. B651.9
• Marriage to squirrel in human form. B651.10
• Marriage to leopard in human form. B651.11
• Marriage to bird in human form. B652
• Man marries crane in human form. B652.2
• Marriage to woodpecker in human form. B652.4