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Motifs — first 20 of 26
- Creator from below. God rises from beneath (the center of the spiritual world) and creates the world. A25
- Spirit of deity animates earthen jar when it is placed beneath banyan tree. A199.1
- Creator lives in lowest sky beneath us. A651.2.0.1
- Goddess in moon beating tapa beneath tree. A751.8.6
- Origin of shining patches beneath sea. A925.7
- Springs from beneath magic (holy) object. A941.7
- Spring from beneath world-tree. A941.7.1
- Subsidence of earth beneath flood. A1019.1
- Formerly men could go safely beneath the sea. A1101.2.4
- Dragon's home beneath waterfall. (Cf. F426.) B11.3.1.2
- Dragons live beneath castle. B11.3.4
- Dragon lives beneath tree. B11.3.7
- Dwarf home is underground, beneath cow stable. (Cf. F451.4.4.3.) F451.4.1.5
- Giant's home beneath waterfall in lake. F531.6.2.2.3
- Ancient homeland sinks beneath the waves. F944.2
- Tree's branches turn upward when idolators rest beneath it. F979.20
- Demon drags beneath the water any person whose shadow falls on surface of water. G336.1
- Man asked to kill thousands, press hundreds beneath his arm, etc. (To shave his head, put some hairs under his arm, etc.) H599.4
- Dupe sleeps on the "king's bed": falls into well beneath and dies. K1078
- Wife takes lover beneath tree where she has told husband to hide. When he begins to kiss her, husband shouts "Keep a little for me." Lover, shamefaced, runs away. K1218.10