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Motifs — first 20 of 67
- God of beauty. A462
- Goddess of beauty. A462.1
- Culture hero has irresistible beauty spot (ball seirc). A526.3
- Beauty of various peoples. A1664
- Cause of animal's beauty. A2401
- Animal tamed by maiden's beauty. B771.1
- Beauty and the beast. Disenchantment of animal by being kissed by woman (man). D735.1
- Charm gives magic beauty. (Cf. D1273.) D1337.1.1
- Water gives magic beauty. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1337.1.2
- Milk gives magic beauty. When magic milk touches ugly girl she turns beautiful. (Cf. D1018.) D1337.1.3
- Bathing in magic cauldron gives beauty. (Cf. D1171.2.) D1337.1.4
- Magic spear gives beauty. (Cf. D1084.) D1337.1.5
- Magic needle transforms a room from plainness to beauty. (Cf. D1181.) D1337.1.7
- Magic liquid gives beauty. (Cf. D1242.) D1337.1.8
- Rose water gives magic beauty. D1337.1.8.1
- Magic beauty bestowed. D1862
- Magic beauty bestowed by supernatural wife. D1862.1
- Magic beauty bestowed by saint. D1862.2
- Sleeping Beauty. Magic sleep for definite period (e.g., a hundred years). D1960.3
- Blighted garden magically restored to beauty. D2195
Tale types
- ATU 1562A 'The Barn is Burning!' A master has instructed his farmhand (a traveler) to use peculiar names for everything, for example, Purity for the cat, Beauty for the fire, High for the roof (and punishes the farmhand when he does not)
- ATU 410 Sleeping Beauty (Dornr'schen, La bella addormentata
- ATU 425C Beauty and the Beast
- ATU 8 False Beauty Treatment (previously 'Painting' on the Haycock)