1,278 motifs match “woman” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Stone-woman as creator. A1.3
• Hermaphroditic creator. The creator is half man and half woman or is thought of as both male and female. A12
• Old woman as creator. A15.1.1
• Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator. A21.1
• Devil in serpent form tempts first woman (Satan and Eve). A63.6
• Gods borne by human woman. A112.9
• Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
• Goddess of war in shape of (red) woman. A125.1.1
• God reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (Cf. A179.5.) A162.5
• Witch-woman of upper world. A205
• Culture hero offspring of woman and jaguar. A511.1.8.2
• Demigod and witch woman of upper world have son. A592.1
• Why the sky receded upward: it was struck by a woman's pestle. A625.2.2
• Raising the sky: striking with broom. Old woman's hump strikes clouds as she sweeps. She strikes at sky with broom and thus raises it. A625.2.3
• Primeval woman cut in pieces: houses, etc., made from her body. A642.1
• A woman has four children: sun, moon, fire, and water. A700.3
• Clouds as tapa beaten out by woman in moon. A705.1.2
• Sun and moon born from a woman. A715.1
• Sun and moon as man and woman. A736.1
• Sun as woman. A736.2
• Sun marries woman. A736.7.1
• Sun a fat woman walking across sky. A738.1.2
• Woman in the moon. A751.8
• Man in the moon is an old woman busy with her spindle. A751.8.1
• Man in moon is a woman threshing corn with a dog by her side. A751.8.2
• Woman in moon's oven seen on clear nights. A751.8.4
• Moon abducts woman. A753.1.1
• Moon (man) cohabits with woman. A753.1.2
• Moon (goddess, woman) cohabits with mortal man. A753.1.3
• Moon married to mortal woman. A753.1.4
• Milky Way as milk from breast of a woman. A778.5
• Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. A788.3
• Old woman supports earth on her head. A842.2
• Earth supported on post. The post has an old woman as guardian. When she is hungry the post shakes, causing earthquakes. A843
• Ground, previously all wet, dries up when first woman cuts her little finger and blood drips on ground. A856.2
• Woman transformed to pool of water. A920.1.11
• River from vagina of first woman. A933.2
• Old woman as guardian of floating islands of the gods. A955.12
• Whole tribe descended from lone woman-survivor of doomed city. A1006.7
• Primeval human pair spring from two drops of urine of creator (woman from half-drop). A1211.6
• Woman created from dog's tail. Eve. A1224.3
• Mankind emerges from lake. A woman and boy. They marry and populate earth. A1232.2
• Earth gives birth to woman. A1234.4
• Creation of woman from coconut. The first man throws a coconut on the ground and thus creates the first woman. A1253.2.1
• Creation of first man's (woman's) mate. A1275
• Creation of first woman from man's rib. A1275.1
• Creator makes woman and then begets man by her. A1275.4
• Man creates a woman from melted butter, sour milk, sour cream and curds offered on the waters. A1275.5
• First woman's mate made from transformed tree. A1275.6
• First created man catches woman in his snare. A1275.10
• First man and woman bring in children and clothe them. A1277.4
• First man (woman). A1280
• Condition of first man (woman). A1281
• Origin of knee-caps. A stone that magically joins self to woman's body. A1312.1
• Man at first with two faces, separated at birth of first woman. A1316.0.1
• Paradise lost because first woman is seduced. A1331.2.1
• Death origin: God sends a woman to sell poisoned curds to man. A1335.12
• Bad women because of head exchanged with devil. Devil (serpent) and woman fight. St. Peter cuts off their heads and exchanges them. A1371.1
• Why man excels woman. A1376
• Shame for nakedness appears to first woman. (Leaves for clothes). A1383.1
• Origin of yeast: wasp stole it from the old woman underneath the earth. A1429.2
• Why woman is master of her husband. (Cf. A1372.9.) A1557
• Black tribe because woman is put on fire. A1614.8
• Emergence of tribe from lower world stopped by fat woman or pregnant woman who becomes lodged in the hole of egress. A1631.1
• Animals from severed fingers of woman. (Cf. A2102.) A1724.1.1
• Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.) A1861.2
• Mosquitoes from ashes of bad woman. (Cf. A2001.) A2034.3
• [First Edition: A2102. Fish from Woman's severed fingers. (Cf. A1724.1.)] A2102[1st ed.]
• Bird has red spot on its tail as reward for having moved woman's organ to its present position. A2229.6
• Catfish transformed from woman still carries women's tatoo marks. A2261.3
• Woodpecker transformed from stingy woman: therefore stingy. A2261.4
• Snake sucks milk from woman's breast. A2435.6.2.1
• Tobacco from grave of bad woman. A2611.2
• Why fruit of date palm looks like breasts of old woman. A2791.11
• Woman as dragon-slayer. B11.11.7
• Minotaur. Body of man, head of bull. Result of union of woman with bull. B23.1
• Satyr reveals woman's infidelity. B24.1
• Lamia. Face of woman, body of serpent (or body of sow, and legs of horse). B29.1
• Echidna. Half woman, half serpent. B29.2
• Snake body-woman's head. B29.2.3
• Sphinx. Has face of woman, body and tail of lion, wings of bird. B51
• Harpy. Bird with arms and breasts of woman. B52
• Siren. Bird with woman's head. B53
• Mermaid. Woman with tail of fish. Lives in sea. B81
• Woman from water world. B81.0.2
• Lake-serpent (monster) in form of woman. B91.5.2.1
• Bird betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B134.1.) B131.3
• Bird reveals dead rider. Calls out in human voice at seeing living woman riding behind dead man. B131.4
• Dog betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B1313.) B134.1
• Dog indicates pregnant woman, adulteress, etc. (Cf. B121.1, B134, B153.) B152.1
• Woman slays faithful mongoose which has saved her child. "A Classical Indian Folk-Tale as a Reported Modern Event: The Brahman and the Mongoose" B331.2.1
• Tiger grateful for woman assisting tigress as midwife. B387
• Woman slandered as adulteress is thrown into lion pit. Lions do not harm her. B522.3
• Tiger hides woman from all other tigers. B525.1
• Mythical frog as host to woman. B530.1
• Bottlefly finds stolen woman in sky. B543.1
• Bear steals woman and makes her his wife. B601.1.1
• Snake woman as paramour. B613.1.1
• Monstrous offspring of sea-horse and woman. B634.1
• The Bear's Son. Human son of woman who marries a bear acquires bear characteristics. (Cf. B601.1.) B635.1