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Motifs — first 20 of 472
- Creator goes to make afterworld. A78
- God born after prematurely short pregnancy. A112.7.4
- Deity appears before human being after prayers. A189.6
- Return of mortal reincarnation of celestial being to the country of the gods after his mission has been accomplished on earth. A566.1
- Deity clothes his father the sky after he has separated him from earth. A625.2.4
- After sky is lifted, plants and shrubs begin to grow. A625.2.5
- Heavenly bodies created after the plant world. A700.4
- Sun and moon as eyes of Rama which he tore out after his brother's death. A714.7
- Wooden circles that were the sun and moon animated after human sacrifice of blood. A714.8
- After world catastrophe, new sun reappears and starts new epoch. A719.2
- Pleiades from hunters marooned in sky after felling world-tree. A773.5
- Earth Diver. From a raft in the primeval sea, the creator sends down animals to try to bring up earth. After a number of animals have failed, one (often the muskrat) succeeds. The earth is made from the bit brought up. A812
- Creator sends crow, after creating her, to scout for earth-nucleus. A812.3
- Renewal of world after world calamity. A1006
- New race from single pair (or several) after world calamity. (Cf. A1038, A1045.) A1006.1
- New race from incest after world calamity. A1006.2
- New race made of red earth after world calamity. A1006.3
- Ireland, waste for centuries after flood, is repopulated by immigrants. A1006.6
- After world-fire life recreated from tree. A1006.9
- Flood caused by melting of ice after great spell of cold. A1016.3
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1297* Jumping into the River after their Comrade
- ATU 130B Fleeing Animals Threatened with Death (previously Animals in Flight after Threatened Death)
- ATU 1447 Drinking only after a Bargain
- ATU 1561 Three Meals in a Row (previously The Lazy Boy Eats Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper One after the Other)
- ATU 1621A* Donkey Refuses to Drink after it Has Had Enough
- ATU 218 A Cat Transformed to a Maiden Runs after a Mouse