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• God created angels by striking one small stone with another. Lucifer created devils by imitation. A52.0.8
• The making of gods. A104
• Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
• God with good looking and ugly bodies. A123.1.3
• God represented as king, world as his kingdom. A137.10
• King of the gods. See all references to A101 (Supreme god). A161.2
• God in form of fakir visits king and gives him advice. A182.3.4.1
• Demigod son of king's unmarried sister (daughter) by god. A511.1.3.1
• Demigod son of king's unmarried sister by her brother. A511.1.3.2
• Creation: materialization of creator's thinking. Creator "thinks outward in space" and thus produces the universe. A612
• Raising the sky: striking with broom. Old woman's hump strikes clouds as she sweeps. She strikes at sky with broom and thus raises it. A625.2.3
• Sun as king of sky and earth. A731
• Sun a fat woman walking across sky. A738.1.2
• Speaking stars. A769.4
• Rainbow is a transformed king; the lesser rainbow is the king's wife. A791.5
• Rainbow from gods' emptying their drinking cups. A791.6
• Earth from egg breaking on primeval water. (Cf. A1222). A814.9
• Making the earth smaller. Earth made too large. God learns from devil by trickery how to make it smaller. A852
• Making the earth larger. Gradually extended during creation. See references to A812 in which this idea is always involved. A853
• Lake bursts forth where blind king plucks rushes. A920.1.12
• Spring from striking earth with sword. A941.3
• Spring from innocent king's blood. A941.5.8
• Breaking forth of springs partial cause of Flood. A941.6
• Hills from hero's striking (earth) with sword. A962.7
• Mountains from breaking of God's sieve. He is sifting stones and the bottom of the sieve breaks, letting huge stones and mountains fall through. (Cf. A971.) A963.2
• Origin of rocks from breaking of God's sieve. A971
• Indentions on rock from paws of King Arthur's dog. A972.5.3
• Five great roads of Ireland "discovered" on night of king's birth. A994
• Talking stone as sign of Doomsday. A1002.2.3
• Flood partially caused by breaking forth of springs. A1011.1
• Making mountains out of flat earth causes flood. A1016.5
• Flood as punishment for breaking tabu. A1018.1
• Serpent king causes flood by damming rivers. A1019.2
• World-eclipse ended by bat making sun smile. A1046.1
• Reign of peace and justice (under certain king). A1101.1.1
• Lightning from heavenly horses striking hoofs against stars. A1141.3
• Theft of the seasons. Certain seasons are lacking. A culture hero steals the season from a monster and brings it to his people. A1151
• Man springs into existence from deity's body by his mere thinking. A1211.0.1
• Devil's unsuccessful attempt to vivify his creations as God has done. Succeeds only in making animal. A1217
• Why some women are good-looking. A1372.6
• Why good-looking but soft, useless women attract men. A1373.1
• Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
• Origin of custom of yoking oxen. A1441.2
• Origin of metal-working. A1447
• Origin of charcoal making. A1452
• Origin of cloth-making. A1453
• Origin of shoemaking. A1454
• Origin of cooking. A1455
• Origin of art of walking on stilts. A1491
• Origin of compulsory drinking at feast. A1514
• Origin of drinking ceremonies. A1514.1
• Origin of kingdom. A1583
• Origin of kings (from god(s)). A1653.1
• Origin of a king's family from a fairy prince. A1653.2
• Why Jews read and write from right to left: because of the ugly name of the king of the Jews. A1689.6
• Creation of the kingfisher. A1951
• Appearance of animal from marking or painting. A2217
• Flies on Christ's body rewarded. They look like nails and prevent more nails being driven. They may eat at the king's table. (Cf. A2545.1.) A2221.2.1
• Markings on animals as recollections of Christ's life and sufferings. (Cf. A2412.) A2221.3
• Squirrel's markings and immunity from falling as reward by deity. A2221.8
• Pike helps Christ cross stream: made king of fishes. A2223.4
• Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young. A2229.5
• Animal characteristics: punishment for working on holy day. A2231.3
• Buffaloes fail to come at god's leavetaking: now are killed by tigers. A2231.12
• Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2255.2
• Animal's seeking attitude from ancient loss. The ancient animal loses something. Its descendants are forever seeking for the lost object. This explains the characteristic bearing of certain animals. (Cf. A2471.) A2275.5
• Bat, diver, and thornbush shipwrecked. Bat brought money, bush put on clothes, and diver brought leather. All shipwrecked. Diver is looking for his leather. Bush looks for his clothers and holds fast to all passers-by. Bat is abroad only at night to escape creditors. (Cf. A2471.4, A2491.1.) A2275.5.3
• Dolphins seek King Solomon's ring. He loses his magic ring in the sea. They are sent by God to get it. This is why they go up and down in the sea. (Cf. A2444.2.) A2275.5.4
• Worm, thinking that world is coming to end, blinds self so as not to see calamity. (Cf. A2332.6.4.) A2284.3
• Origin of kingfisher's crest. A2321.5
• Where kingfisher got his long beak. A2343.1.1
• Why tortoise's neck is outstretched toward the sky: is looking for his wife, the star. A2351.5
• Why spider has markings on back. A2356.3.4
• Animal characteristics: internal markings. A2367.2
• Why king-salmon is thick around root of tail. A2378.9.1
• Origin of animal markings. (Cf. A2211.12, A2221.3, A2221.7.) A2412
• Creator sends two deities to tatoo all creatures: origin of animal markings. A2412.0.1
• Markings of mammals. A2412.1
• White markings on deer. A2412.1.1
• Markings on birds. (Cf. A2211.7.) A2412.2
• Markings on tail-feathers of ruffed grouse. A2412.2.1
• Markings of francolin. (Cf. A2232.6.) A2412.2.2
• Markings on insects. A2412.3
• Markings on fish. (Cf. A2217.3, A2213.2.) A2412.4
• Markings on sun-fish. (Cf. A2217.3.) A2412.4.1
• Markings on king-salmon. A2412.4.2
• Markings on cod-fish. From devil's fingers. A2412.4.3
• Markings on flying fish. A2412.4.5
• Markings on other animals. A2412.5
• Markings on tortoise's back. A2412.5.1
• Croaking of raven. A2426.2.7
• Why kingfisher lives in the air. A2433.4.5
• Why lynx squints: is looking afar at view. A2471.5
• Why dog is always looking. A2471.6
• Why dogs howl, looking at sky. A2471.6.2
• What hawks are looking for. A2471.7
• Why jackals make noise at night when seeking food. A2479.3
• Dog driven away from other animals because of his barking. A2494.4.0.1
• Why certain animal is king. A2547
• Why certain bird is king of birds. A2547.1