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• Creator – miscellaneous motifs. A70
• Deity: miscellaneous motifs. A109
• Gods – miscellaneous motifs. A190
• Gods – additional motifs. A199
• Creation of the moon. (Cf. A710 to A719, where many of the motifs refer to the moon). A740
• Nature and condition of the moon. Many motifs in A720 to A739 refer to the moon and are not here repeated. A750
• World calamities and renewals – miscellaneous motifs. A1090
• World calamities – additional motifs. A1099
• Origin of lightning – other motifs. A1141.8
• Establishment of present order – miscellaneous motifs. A1180
• Creation of man – other motifs. A1290
• Ordaining of human life – additional motifs. A1399
• Creation of animals – other motifs. A1790
• Magic animals: miscellaneous motifs. B190
• Miscellaneous animal motifs. B800
• Transformers. Demigods who transform things at will so that they assume present form. See all references for motifs A900–A999 for work of transformers. (Cf. D272.) D683.1
• Additional transformation motifs. D699
• Automata: other motifs. D1639
• Friendly return from the dead – other motifs. E379
• Revenant with hat of birch. Note: in the motifs immediately following, it is frequently impossible to tell whether the spectral ghost (E421) or the living corpse (E422) is thought of. E422.4.1
• Visit to lower world – miscellaneous motifs. F100
• Visit to lower world – additional motifs. F109
• Otherworld – miscellaneous motifs. F170
• Additional otherworld motifs. F199
• Fairies (elves). See also F420 (Water Spirits), F451 (Dwarfs) and F460 (Mountain Spirits) for many common motifs. F200
• Fairies – miscellaneous motifs. F390
• Other fairy motifs. F399
• Miscellaneous motifs connected with water-spirits. F420.7
• Miscellaneous mine spirit motifs. F456.4
• Other giant motifs. F531.6
• Other motifs dealing with cannibals. G80
• Giant ogre. Polyphemus. (For motifs concerning giants who are not malevolent but merely large, see F531.) G100
• Witches – miscellaneous motifs. G280
• Other witch motifs. G299
• Miscellaneous devil motifs. G303.25
• Unclassified ogre motifs. G650
• Wife tests – miscellaneous motifs. H479
• Quests to the other world – miscellaneous motifs. H1290
• Literal fool – additional motifs. J2499
• Adulteress outwits husband – miscellaneous motifs. K1549
• Husband outwits wife and paramour – miscellaneous motifs. K1569
• Judgments and decrees – miscellaneous motifs. M90
• Other devil contract motifs. M219
• Prophecies – miscellaneous motifs. M390
• Nature of luck and fate – miscellaneous motifs. N140
• [First Edition: N290. Luck and fate – miscellaneous motifs.] N290[1st ed.]
• Treasure trove – miscellaneous motifs. N590
• Other motifs connected with kings. P19
• Rescue – miscellaneous motifs. R170
• [First Edition: S290. Cruel sacrifices – miscellaneous motifs.] S290[1st ed.]
• Wooing – miscellaneous motifs. T69
• Tragic love – miscellaneous motifs. T89
• Love – miscellaneous motifs. T90
• Love – additional motifs. T99
• Marriage – miscellaneous motifs. T190
• Illicit sexual relations – miscellaneous motifs. T470
• Pregnancy – miscellaneous motifs. T579
• Motifs associated with the placenta. T588
• Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs. T589
• Conception and birth – miscellaneous motifs. T590
• Care of children – miscellaneous motifs. T680
• Confession – miscellaneous motifs. V29
• Sacrament – miscellaneous motifs. V39
• Mass – miscellaneous motifs. V49
• Angels – miscellaneous motifs. V249
• Charity – miscellaneous motifs. V430
• Humor of disability. Besides the motifs which follow, the entire series of motifs concerning fools (J1700–J2799) properly belongs here as well as where it is given. X100
• Humor concerning sex. [Note: Thousands of obscene motifs in which there is no point except the obscenity itself might logically come at this point, but they are entirely beyond the scope of the present work. They form a literature to themselves, with its own periodicals and collections. In view of the possibility that it might become desirable to classify these motifs and place them within the present index, space has been left from X700 to X749 for such motifs.] X700
• Lie: other motifs pertaining to extraordinary senses or bodily powers. X939
• Lie: miscellaneous plant motifs. X1490
• Geography and topography – miscellaneous motifs. X1550
• Other formulistic motifs. Z60