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• Gods born from various parts of creator's body. A112.3
• God born from peculiar part of parent's body. A112.7
• Arrival of the gods in particular country. A119.3
• God as part man, part fish. A131.1
• God dwells at particular point on earth. A151.10
• Deity particular friend to one mortal. A185.6
• Death or departure of the gods. A192
• Departure of gods. A192.2
• Deity departs for heaven (skies). A192.2.1
• Deity departs for moon. A192.2.1.1
• Divinity departs in boat over sea. A192.2.2
• Divinity departs to submarine home. A192.2.3
• Divinity departs in column of flame. A192.2.4
• Deity of particular mountain. (Cf. A495.) A418
• Deity of particular forest. A419.1
• Culture hero arrives (and departs) in boat. A513.2
• Culture hero's (demigod's) departure. A560
• Divinity's departure for west. A561
• Divinity's departure for east. A562
• Departed deity grants requests to visitors. A575
• Creator uses particular formula (letters) to create universe. A611.0.1
• Universe from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etc. A614
• Universe from parts of man's body. (Cf. A831.2) A614.1
• Universe as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wives. A615
• Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
• Partial eclipses because of ailments of sun or moon. A737.11
• Particular individual is man in the moon. A751.10
• Planet Mars lies on moon to impart warmth to her lest she freeze the earth. (Cf. A780). A759.7
• Origin of particular stars. A770
• Milky Way a hunting party. A778.1
• Origin of particular lake. A920.1.0.1
• Goddess in anger breaks herself into five parts: hence, five branches of a river. A934.11.3
• Origin of a particular spring. A941.0.1
• Breaking forth of springs partial cause of Flood. A941.6
• Mountain from accident to primeval lizard. Lizard passing through a mountain is broken; his fore and hinder parts become mountains. A961.3
• Mountains spring from scattered parts of slain giant serpent's body. A961.4
• Mountain from part of deity's (hero's) body. A962.1
• Origin of particular stones or groups of stones. A977
• Origin of particular rock. A977.5
• Origin of particular places. A980
• Origin of particular places – miscellaneous. A989
• Flood partially caused by breaking forth of springs. A1011.1
• Man created from part of body. A1263
• Confusion of tongues partly due to lack of understanding of difference between the word for "stick" and the word for "stone." A1333.1
• 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 particular song. A1464.2.1
• Origin of particular manner of dancing. A1542.1
• Origin of particular dance. A1542.2
• Origin of worship of particular god(s). A1546.2
• Origin of particular tribes. A1611
• Origin of particular languages. A1616
• Animals from different parts of body of slain giant. Giant person, cow, ox, etc. A1716.1
• Animals from transformed parts of the body (animal or human). A1724
• Animals from parts of body of deity or saint. A1725
• Creation of particular fishes. A2110
• Partridge's voice borrowed from tortoise. A2241.3
• Why cat and dog fight: dog ate up cat's part in master's reward. A2281.3
• Why partridge has pretty feet. Exchanged with peacock. (Also told of jay and flamingo.) (Cf. A2241.) A2375.2.1
• Why weasel is part black. A2411.1.2.1.1
• Color of partridge. (Cf. A2218, A2219.1.) A2411.2.6.8
• How partridge got voice. Borrowed from tortoise. (Cf. A2241). A2421.4
• Jackal and tiger as business partners. A2493.11.3.1
• Friendship between jackal and partridge. A2493.11.4
• Friendship between partridge, monkey and elephant. A2493.14.5
• Why particular animals are not found in certain place. A2584
• Parts of body of god transformed into plants. A2611.0.4
• Parts of human or animal body transformed into plants. A2611.0.5
• Internal parts of plant. A2755
• Origin of shape of particular tree. A2785
• Origin of particular kinds of basket. A2828
• Dragon dips wounded part in holy well, is healed immediately. B11.12.1.2
• Monster three-legged ass. Stands in the ocean. Has three feet, six eyes, nine mouths, two ears, one horn, a white body. Two eyes are in eye position, two on top of his head, two on his hump. He renders powerless by the sharpness of his eyes. He has three mouths in his head, three in his hump, and three in the inner parts of his flanks. Each mouth is the size of a cottage. (Cf. B13, B15.1, B15.2, B15.4.) B15.7.2
• The bird Ziz, Hebrew counterpart of roc. B31.1.0.1
• Garuda-bird. Lower part man, upper part bird. B56
• Treasure-producing parts of animals. B110
• Treasure-producing parts of bird. B113
• Treasure-producing part of sheep. B114
• Treasure-producing parts of animals – miscellaneous. B119
• Birds lament saint's departure. B251.2.9
• Birds take part at saint's funeral. B251.2.12
• Rabbit and elephant partners on trading expedition. B294.6
• Tortoise and dog partners as thieves. B294.7
• Hero feeds own flesh to helpful animal. The hero is carried on the back of an eagle who demands food. The hero finally feeds parts of his own flesh. B322.1
• Animal gives part of body as talisman for summoning its aid. B501
• Snake kills itself by biting part of body (when in danger or torture). B752.3
• Unusual parturition of animal. B754.7
• Partridge subsists on moonbeams. B768.1
• Animal "drinks apart" mixed liquids. Separates the parts while drinking. B781
• Girl swallows frog spawn; an octopus grows inside her with tentacles reaching to every part of her body. B784.1.4
• Giant boar with hinder part as large as can be carried by nine men. B871.1.2.0.1
• Giant whale cast ashore on the night of Christ's Nativity: "fifty men were on the upper parts of its head, and (there was) the limit of vision between each two of them. Such was the amount of ground which the animal occupied. B874.3.2
• Punishment for having refused to take part in Bacchic rites. C57.2
• Tabu: disbelief in particular supernatural power. C61.4
• Tabu: intercourse with resuscitated wife for particular number of days. C117.1
• Tabu: women not to participate in hunting activities. C181.2
• Tabu: eating certain parts of animals. C221.3
• Tabu: eating live animals or live parts of them. C221.5
• Tabu: partaking of certain feast. C286
• Unique prohibition. A person is forbidden to do one particular thing; everything else he is free to do. C600
• Tabu: hunting in certain part of forest. (Cf. C612.) C614.1.0.2