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Motifs — first 20 of 28
- Beetle as creator. A13.3.2
- Creation of beetle. A2021
- Beetle's special sacredness. A2021.1
- Beetle cursed for betraying Holy Family on way to Egypt; beetle now has its eyes always on the ground. A2231.7.1.1
- Beetle demands return of gold from God: must hum. In his overweening pride he hits fence and ever afterward has hummed. (Cf. A2426.3.1.) A2231.11
- Beetle makes immoderate request; ant moderate: inverse awards. Creator hears wishes of animals. Beetle wants strong, noble appearance. Ant is modest. Beetle punished by being made to creep on ground. Ant is given own castle. (Cf. A2441.3.1.) A2232.3
- Beetle's hum. (Cf. A2231.11.) A2426.3.1
- Why beetles live in manure. A2433.5.4
- Why beetle creeps on ground. (Cf. A2232.3.) A2441.3.1
- Friendship between grasshopper and dungbeetle. A2493.21
- Enmity between hen, beetle, and duck. A2494.13.10.2
- Helpful dungbeetle. B482.2
- Swallowed blackbeetle reproduces inside person's body. B784.1.5
- Transformation: man to beetle. D184.1
- Soul in form of beetle. E734.6
- Witch in form of beetle. G211.5.3
- Witch recognized by seeing wasp (beetle) enter her mouth while asleep. Only when it enters can she be awakened. G251.1
- Dungbeetle thought to be bee. "I know you well enough, you have put on a blue coat." J1751
- Living toad or beetles thought to be lost food and therefore eaten by numskulls. J1761.7
- Fool mistakes dung-beetles for fruit: eats them. J1761.11
Tale types
- ATU 1319J* Fool Eats Beetle Thinking It is a Blueberry with Wings [J1761
- ATU 224 Bird (Beetle) Wedding (previously Wedding of the Turkey and the Peacock)
- ATU 283H* The Dungbeetle Keeps Destroying Eagle's Eggs
- ATU 288B* The Over-hasty Toad (Beetle)
- ATU 559 Dungbeetle
- ATU 65* The Fox Catches a Beetle (previously The Fox Fries a Beetle by the River)