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26 motifs match “salmon” · back to the chapters
- Pile of stones in certain chapel formed of fragments of salmon transformed by saint. A977.5.2
- Origin of salmon. A2125
- Origin of steel-head salmon's flat body. A2305.1.1
- Why king-salmon is thick around root of tail. A2378.9.1
- Why salmon has tapering tail. A2378.9.1.1
- Markings on king-salmon. A2412.4.2
- Why salmon has purple belly. A2412.4.2.1
- Why mice eat grease and salmon. A2435.3.7.1
- How salmon swims. A2444.3
- Salmon as oldest and wisest of animals. B124.1
- Salmon of knowledge. B124.1.1
- Magic salmon carries hero over water. B175.1
- King of salmon. B243.2.1
- Helpful salmon. B474
- Giant salmon. B874.4
- Transformation: man to salmon. D176
- Transformation: salmon to person. D376
- Transformation: hawk to salmon (transformed man). D413.1
- Disenchantment by eating certain salmon. D764.3
- Reincarnation as salmon. (Cf. B124.1, D176.) E617.1
- Soul hidden in apple (ball) in a salmon which appears every seven years in certain fountain. (Cf. D1651.10.) E713.1
- Well containing "salmon of knowledge" in otherworld. F162.5.3
- Salmon caught out of season for saint. F986.2
- Salmon comes every seventh year to certain place. F986.3
- Catching salmon as proof of virginity. H411.16
- Prophecy: man will eat magic salmon and gain knowledge. M315