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Motifs
- Origin of death from unwise choice. Choice between two bundles, one containing tempting articles, the other everlasting life. People choose the large bundle and lose everlasting life. A1335.3
- Recovered magic articles dropped by rescuing animals into the sea. D882.2
- Household articles act at command. (Cf. D1170.) D1601.9
- Magic household articles answer for fugitive. (Cf. D1170.) D1611.9
- Magic articles made during mass. D1766.5.2
- Spirit hides articles in strange places. F473.2.2
- Witch bewitches household articles. (Cf. D2083.3, D2083.4., D2084.1, D2084.2.) G265.8.1
- Articles of clothing with name embroidered on them taken as tokens. H86.2
- Task: washing enormous number of clothes (and other articles) in short time. H1096
- Articles sent by telegraph. J1935
- Cheaters sell each other valueless articles. K148
- Two cheats exchange articles as genuine and both find themselves cheated. (Cf. K306.) K421.3
- Cheating by substitution of worthless articles. K476
- False articles used to produce credit. K476.2
- "Both?" The youth is sent to the house to get two articles. He meets the two daughters and calls back to the master. "Both?" "Yes, I said both!" replies the master. The youth has his will of both daughters. K1354.1
- Lost articles found in interior of fish through virtue of saint. N211.1.0.1
- Minstrel throws wife into sea: her tongue the heaviest thing on board. Ordered to throw all heavy articles overboard. T251.1.5
- Lazy man is being taken to poorhouse or out of town or to cemetery to be buried alive. The group take pity on him, offer him various articles to help him get started again. One offers a bushel of corn. The lazy one rises up from the bottom of the wagon or coffin where he has been lying: "Is the corn shelled?" W111.5.10.1
- Twelve articles of faith. Z71.8.1