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Motifs — first 20 of 83
- Five hundred years travel across universe. A658.2
- Charon exacts fee to ferry souls across Styx. A672.1.1
- Charioteer of the sun. Sun drives his horses and chariot across sky. A724.1
- Daily course of sun across sky. A726
- Sun a fat woman walking across sky. A738.1.2
- Tortoise given hard shell when it ferries rice-goddess across stream. A2223.6
- Animal cursed for refusing to carry holy fugitive across stream. (Cf. A2371.2.1.) A2231.7.2
- 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
- Dragon makes bridge across stream for holy man. (Cf. B11.) B549.2
- Animal carries man across water. B551
- Fish carries man across water. (Cf. B541.1, all references in R246.) B551.1
- Aquatic bird carries man across water. B551.2
- Parrots carry couple across the sea. B551.2.1
- Crocodile carries man across river (ocean). B551.3
- Water snake carries boy across river. B551.4
- Turtle (tortoise) carries person across river (ocean). B551.5
- Animals serve as bridge across stream. B555
- Monkeys construct a bridge across the ocean. B846
- Tabu: riding dirty on black-heeled horse across certain plain. C891.1
- Magic wind catches hero up and transports him across immense sea. (Cf. D906.) D1524.9