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• Gods make earth to have place to rest their feet. A5.1
• God and the devil torment each other with their creations. Devil pesters God with gnats. God makes a fire and safeguards himself; God plagues the devil with fleas. Devil is unable to find means of protecting himself. A63.4.1
• Gods recognized by natural phenomena associated with their worship – color, scent, etc. A139.11
• Sun, moon and wind dine with their uncle and aunt, thunder and lightning. A153.3.2
• Culture hero spares certain evil spirits. Old Age, Cold, Poverty, and Hunger beg the culture hero not to destroy them because of their real usefulness to man. A531.1
• Culture hero's (divinity's) expected return. Divinity or hero is expected to return at the proper time and rescue his people from their misfortunes. Often joined with A571. A580
• Sun and moon to remain half their time in underworld. A722.10
• Sun and moon quarrel when sun eats up all their children but two. A736.1.4.1
• Stars as children of sun eaten by their father. Hence no stars in the day. A764.1.1
• Rainbow from gods' emptying their drinking cups. A791.6
• Gods create the earth from their dead victim's blood and bones. A831.8
• The four world-columns fastened immovably by two gods with their mother's hairs. A841.0.1
• Primeval hero moves islands into their present position. A955.3.2.1
• Mountains fight each other: cause of their present shape. A964.2
• Cloud on lofty male mountain induced by a beautiful female mountain to bow to her feet: hence their present shape. A969.2
• Why stones no longer grow. Devil sows stones; God sends cold to prevent their growing. A975.1
• Formerly men plowed and cattle were their masters. A1101.2.1
• Men are monkeys who have lost their tails. A1224.5.1
• Women at first with breasts on their foreheads. A1313.4.1
• The "three first cries that made their way to God": the cry of the blood of Abel, etc. A1344.1
• Culture hero teaches women how to rear their children. A1357
• Bad women because of head exchanged with devil. Devil (serpent) and woman fight. St. Peter cuts off their heads and exchanges them. A1371.1
• Creator gives men customs and songs before their emergence. A1503
• Why Indians cache their meat. A1526
• Parents learn how to wean their children. A1566
• Why Russians wear their shirts outside their breeches. A1683.1
• Why Zuñi girls rub flour on their faces as they grind. A1687.1
• All qualities of animals appear with their creation. A2201
• Birds painted their present colors. A2217.1
• Swallows lift Christ's crown of thorns from his brow: why their nests are not destroyed. (Cf. A2431.3.5.) A2221.2.4
• Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young. A2229.5
• Donkeys ask immediate reward from God: eat their own excrements. A2232.11
• Lizard wins contest with toad: why snakes and lizards change their skins. A2250.2
• Wild animals lose their ferocity through fear of Behemoth. A2294
• Why toads have warts on their backs. (Cf. A2356.2.) A2412.5.2
• Animals change their type of dwelling-place. A2433.1.2
• Why gorilla and chimpanzee live in forests: punishment for neglecting their possessions. A2433.2.1.2
• Why fowls never shut their doors at night. A2433.4.6
• Why bees eat their own children. A2435.5.1.1
• Why animals lift their legs. A2473
• Why dogs lift their legs. A2473.1
• Why pigs in mud lift their legs. A2473.2
• Why tigers do not kill women who run away after quarreling with their husbands. A2499.1
• Wild animals lose their ferocity. A2531.0.1
• How animals received their names. A2571
• God gives animals their name on first Sabbath. A2571.0.3
• Names of animals explained by their characteristics. A2571.0.4
• Devastating birds wither everything with their breath. B33.1.1
• Devastating birds with poisonous spells on their wings. B33.1.4
• Mermaids tear their mortal lovers to pieces. B81.2.2
• Animal languages. The various animals have languages of their own. (Cf. B251.1.2.) B215
• The deer with a cross carried between their horns. B253.5
• Deer with candles on the tops of their antlers. B253.6
• Stags plow for man. Also draw chariot, bear burdens, and allow saints to use their horns as a book rest B292.4
• Faithful cattle fight at master's grave until they cast their horns. B301.6
• Buffaloes grateful for care of their calves. B395
• Animals (sow, bitch, mare) hide boy in their belly to protect him. B529.1
• Wolf-tail blankets. Wolves shelter man with their tails. B538.2
• Birds throw some of their feathers to the hero in danger and he flies off. B540.1
• Animals tell hero their secrets. Do so voluntarily. B561
• Animals fight together with their master. B571.3
• Female bears have no breasts to nurse their young – suck paws. B725
• Animal's fanciful treatment of their young. B751
• The lion blows first life into its cubs three days after their birth. B751.4
• Lions do not mate with their fellows, but prefer leopards. (Cf. Q551.3.) B754.3
• Bats keep fireflies to light their houses. B788
• Tabu: kissing fairies. This puts one in their power. (Cf. C112.) C122
• Tabu: touching soldiers of enchanted (sleeping) army and their horses. C549.2
• Tabu: women marrying until hero has chosen their husbands. C566.4
• Felled trees (cut weeds) return to their places because of broken tabu. C939.3
• Divine beings assume their own shape in sleep. D796
• Blinded trickster directed by trees. He asks them their names and by their answers he can tell where he is. (Cf. D950.) D1313.4
• Magic dice give warning. Tell their master, a thief, when to seek safety (Cf. D1284.) D1317.8
• Giant kills people by sprinkling water on their heads. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1402.24.1
• Magic object causes things to seek their proper place. D1565
• Magic lyre charms stones into their place in building. (Cf. D1231.1.) D1565.2
• Line drawn by saint's bachall separates calves from their mothers. (Cf. D1272.1, D1277.) D1574
• Stones, being removed, return to their places. (Cf. D931, D1401.5.) D1602.1
• Chips from tree return to their places as cut. (Cf. D950.) D1602.2.2
• Dung and wood burst into flames of their own accord. (Cf. D956, D1026.) D1649.4
• Objects rebel against their owners. D1649.6
• Magic immovability of saints (or their possessions). D1654.0.1
• Holy maidens carry glowing embers in their chasubles without being burned. D1841.3.2.4
• Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by detaining lovers through magic. Heroine takes up residence near home of her forgetful husband. She is apparently going to permit a lover to sleep with her when she detains him by having him try to place some magic birds on their roost. They continue to fall down throughout the night. (Or the lover is left magically sticking to a calf's tail or other object.) The thwarted lover tells of his experience, and in this way the attention of the husband is gained. D2006.1.1
• Animals summoned by pronouncing their names. D2074.2.4.2
• Saint protects followers against bullets by stretching sheet over their heads. D2163.9
• Animals which devour each other are restored to their original forms by command of a saint. E32.2
• Ghosts punish failure to provide for their wants. Haunt man because he does not leave food and drink for them. E245
• Dead called from their graves to make statement. E387.1.1
• Suicides must walk the earth until time for their natural death. E411.1.1.1
• Ghost detected by strewing ashes. Their footprints remain in the ashes. E436.1
• Man raises corpses and gets their shrouds, then "lays" them again. E456
• Fighting warriors show the way of their past life and of their death. E497
• Enormous pack of dogs in wild hunt. Overcome people by their mass. E501.4.1.1
• Wild huntsman makes people carry him on their backs. E501.15.3
• The Sleeping Army. Soldiers killed in battle come forth on occasions from their resting place (hill, grave, grotto) and march about or send their leader to do so. E502
• Dead will not speak of their condition. E545.4
• Dead make music on their ribs. E548
• If no lamp is lighted in a house for a period of fourteen days, ghosts take it for their dwelling. E593.3
• Man by magic sees his wives in their former incarnations as dog and sow. E601.1