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- Supreme god. One god chief of all other gods. (Often not worshipped as other gods are.) A101
- Gods recognized by natural phenomena associated with their worship – color, scent, etc. A139.11
- Goddess' throne shakes when some mischance befalls her faithful worshipper. A189.5
- Ship of hell. A676
- Sun worships God by night. A722.11
- Why the sea is salt: because of wrecked salt ship. A1115.1
- Why the sea is salt: magic salt mill. Stolen by sea-captain, who takes it aboard and orders it to grind. It will stop only for its master; ship sinks and mill keeps grinding salt. A1115.2
- Acquisition of seamanship (sailing, etc.). A1459.2
- Beginning of social relationships. A1470
- Why Jews do not worship idols. A1544.0.1
- Origin of worship. (Cf. V0–V99.) A1546
- Origin of symbols of worship. A1546.0.1
- Origin of worship of rivers. A1546.1
- Origin of worship of particular god(s). A1546.2
- Origin of Christian worship. A1546.3
- Origin of Jewish worship. A1546.4
- Origin of worship from holy books. A1546.5
- Origin of fire worship. A1546.6
- Origin of animal worship. A1546.7
- Origin of crocodile worship. A1546.7.1
- Origin of customs of courtship and marriage. A1550
- Origin of customs of courtship and marriage – miscellaneous. A1559
- Origin of covenanted friendships. A1599.12
- Animals from transformed survivors of shipwreck. A1715.5
- 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
- Friendships between the animals. A2493
- Former friendship between domestic and wild animals. A2493.0.1
- Friendship of prairie-dog and owl. A2493.1
- Friendship of bat and owl. A2493.2
- Friendship of tiger and buffalo. A2493.3
- Friendship between man and dog. A2493.4
- Friendship between deer and fish. A2493.5
- Friendship between squirrel and quail. A2493.6
- Friendship between leopard-cat and squirrel. A2493.7
- Friendship between leopard-cat and night-jar. A2493.7.1
- Friendship between leopard and goat. A2493.8
- Friendship of cat and mouse. A2493.9
- Oath of friendship between cat and rat. A2493.9.1
- Friendship of fox and titmouse. A2493.10
- Friendship between jackal and crocodile. A2493.11
- Friendship between jackal and alligator. A2493.11.1
- Friendship between jackal and elephant. A2493.11.2
- Friendship between jackal and tiger. A2493.11.3
- Friendship between jackal and partridge. A2493.11.4
- Friendship between turtle and heron. A2493.12
- Friendship between turtle and wallaby. A2493.12.1
- Friendship between hare and parrot. A2493.13
- Friendship between monkey and elephant. A2493.14
- Friendship between monkey and tiger. A2493.14.1
- Friendship between monkey and lion. A2493.14.2
- Friendship between monkey and stork. A2493.14.3
- Friendship between monkey and rabbit. A2493.14.4
- Friendship between partridge, monkey and elephant. A2493.14.5
- Friendship between wolf and ass. A2493.15
- Friendship between cock and dog. A2493.16
- Friendship between tiger and deer (fawn). A2493.17
- Friendship between cat and tiger. A2493.18
- Friendship between crab and cobra. A2493.19
- Friendship between frog and cricket. A2493.20
- Friendship between grasshopper and dungbeetle. A2493.21
- Friendship between goat and hog. A2493.22
- Friendship between louse and crow. A2493.23
- Friendship between cow and tiger, calf and cub. A2493.24
- Friendship between snake and crow. A2493.25
- Friendship between parrot and maina. A2493.26
- Friendship between bird and crab. A2493.27
- Friendship between mouse and butterfly. A2493.28
- Friendship between ant and pheasant. A2493.29
- Friendship between tiger and lion. A2493.30
- Friendship between lion and jackal. A2493.30.1
- Friendship between cow and lioness. A2493.30.2
- Friendship between dog and elephant. A2493.31
- Friendship between antelope, woodpecker and tortoise. A2493.32
- Friendship between pike and crawfish. A2493.33
- Friendship of hen and duck. A2493.34
- Friendship between hen and sparrow. A2493.34.1
- Bush loses clothes in shipwreck: hence catches passerby looking for clothes. (Cf. A2792.1.) A2741.4
- Roc drops rock on ship. Rock is so large that it destroys ship. B31.1.2
- Wren king of birds. Wins contest for kingship. (Cf. B236.1.) B242.1.2
- Animals praise or worship. B251
- Animals worship infant Jesus. B251.1.1
- The courtship of the stork and the crane. Go a-courting one another across the marshes but never come to an understanding, as each time either one or the other changes his mind. (Cf. T91.) B282.23
- Fish rescues ship. (Cf. B470.) B541.5
- Rats leave sinking ship. B757
- Shipwrecked man repulsed by animals. As he floats to shore animals push him back into water. B772
- Tabu: sexual relationship with girls of nobility while having sore on body. C110.1
- Tabu: intercourse before worship. C119.1.5
- Tabu: dead body not to be on ship. C541.1
- Transformation: snake to ship. D425.1.4
- Transformation: box to ship. D454.1.2
- Transformation: ship to other object. D454.10
- Transformation: ship to mountains. D454.10.1
- Transformation: ship to stone. D471.3
- Ship becomes small boat. D491.7
- Compressible ship. Can be put into vest pocket. (Cf. D1123.) D631.3.1.1
- Ownership of magic object. D801
- Magic airships. D1118
- Magic ship. (Cf. D1121.) D1123
- Intelligent ship. (Cf. D1123.) D1310.3
- Ship reveals guilt. (Cf. D1123.) D1318.10