• Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
• God carries brothers and sisters on his back in basket. A137.4.1
• Eldest god born in front, younger at back. (Cf. A112.7.) A161.5
• Rain-god and wind-god brought back in order to make liveable weather. Have been banished by sun-god. A287.0.1
• Culture hero can turn feet and knees backwards. A526.8
• Tree hanging from sky. A tree hangs upside down in the sky. By its branches men pass back and forth to the upper world. A652.2
• Sun falls but is lifted back to sky and tied to it. A721.5
• Sun sits on back of a male buffalo. A722.8
• Sun sets and refuses to rise: must be coaxed back from underworld. A739.6
• Earth from turtle's back. Earth erected on back of a turtle floating in primeval water. (Cf. A844.1.) A815
• God causes primeval sea to roll back and leave bare all the hills. A816.3
• Earth made by mud shaken from back of primeval boar. A822
• Earth rests on animal's back. A844
• Earth rests on turtle's back. (Cf. A815.) A844.1
• Earth rests on elephant's back. A844.7
• Causes of seasons – deities push sun back and forth at solstices. A1157
• Origin of death when early people put on new skins. Child fails to recognize mother, who puts old skin back on. A1335.4
• Death comes into the world by treachery of the gods: stick used by man for scratching his back is changed into cobra. A1335.14
• Theft of fire – trick exchange. Child of fire-owner is stolen and then given back in exchange for fire. A1415.3
• Gull from transformed cat. A cat catches a strong fish with her claws. The fish carries the cat on its back to the sea, where the gull originates from the cat. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.1

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• Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 3 III. BACKWORLDSMEN.

• ATU 122N* The Donkey Persuades the Wolf to Ride on his Back to the village
• ATU 1291 One Cheese Sent to Bring Back Another
• ATU 1536B The Three Hunchback Brothers Drowned
• ATU 1572F* Turning the Shovel Backwards
• ATU 1577* Blind Robber Paid Back
• ATU 1620* The Conversation of Two Handicapped Persons (previously The Conversation of the One-eyed Man and the Hunchback)
• ATU 1631A Mule Painted and Sold Back to Owner
• ATU 1735 'Who Gives his Own Goods Shall Receive it Back Tenfold
• ATU 1889J Jumping Back to the Starting Place (previously Jumper over Water Turns Around Midway of Jump and Returns)
• ATU 1911A Horse's New Backbone