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Motifs — first 20 of 123
- Gods born from various parts of creator's body. A112.3
- Deity departs for heaven (skies). A192.2.1
- Deity departs for moon. A192.2.1.1
- Divinity departs in boat over sea. A192.2.2
- Divinity departs to submarine home. A192.2.3
- Divinity departs in column of flame. A192.2.4
- God "of many arts". A450.1
- God of the arts. A465
- The Nine Muses, patronesses of the arts. A465.0.1
- Culture hero arrives (and departs) in boat. A513.2
- Culture hero teaches arts and crafts. A541
- Universe from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etc. A614
- Universe from parts of man's body. (Cf. A831.2) A614.1
- Universe as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wives. A615
- Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
- After world catastrophe, new sun reappears and starts new epoch. A719.2
- Goddess in anger breaks herself into five parts: hence, five branches of a river. A934.11.3
- Mountain from accident to primeval lizard. Lizard passing through a mountain is broken; his fore and hinder parts become mountains. A961.3
- Mountains spring from scattered parts of slain giant serpent's body. A961.4
- Acquisition of arts. A1460