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Motifs — first 20 of 171
- Sun bathes in stream of fire at night. A722.5.1
- Hot springs rise where Christ bathed his feet. (Cf. A901.) A942.1
- Why powers of nature work on Sabbath. A1102
- Origin of Sabbath. A1541.4
- Origin of Sabbath from a feast to Venus. A1541.4.1
- Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water. A1614.2
- Bees work on Sabbath: may not get honey from red clover. (Cf. A2435.5.1.) A2231.3.2
- God gives animals their name on first Sabbath. A2571.0.3
- Sight of mermaid bathing makes man immortal. B81.13.3
- Ram stung by hornet on Sabbath says, "Damn!" Pious owner resolves to sell it next day. B211.1.1.1.1
- Sabbath-keeping cow. Refuses to work on Sabbath. B259.2
- Helpful mare cools boiling bath for master. Hero is made to bathe in boiling mare's milk. His mare blows on the milk and cools it. B526.2
- Snake lays aside his crown to bathe. B765.2
- Tabu: sexual intercourse on Sabbath. C119.1.2
- Tabu: speaking while taking a bath. C401.6
- Tabu: breaking the sabbath. C631
- Tabu: journeying on sabbath. C631.1
- Tabu: washing hair on sabbath. C631.3
- Tabu: lighting or extinguishing lights on sabbath. C631.4
- Tabu: writing on sabbath. C631.5
Tale types
- ATU 1013 Bathing (Warming) Grandmother
- ATU 1855C The Rescuer's Sabbath
- ATU 425D The Vanished Husband (previously Vanished Husband Learned of by Keeping Inn (Bath-house)
- ATU 425M The Snake as Bridegroom (previously Bathing Girl's Garments Kept)
- ATU 650C The Youth who Bathed himself in the Blood of a Dragon
- ATU 681 Relativity of Time (previously King in the Bath; Years of Experience in a Moment)
- ATU 779J* Breaking the Sabbath