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- God with body of stream of blood. A123.1.6
- Gods have ichor, not blood: can be wounded but not killed. A139.9.2
- Why gods only accept blood. A153.6
- Culture hero has blood brother. A515.3
- Fire in hell. Christ created fire in hell from his blood; formerly hell was cold. A671.0.2.1
- Rivers of blood in hell. A671.2.2
- Wooden circles that were the sun and moon animated after human sacrifice of blood. A714.8
- Hero makes sun and moon from tree and vivifies them with blood of creator's son. A717.1
- Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset. A736.5.2
- Stars as drops of the moon's blood. A764.2
- Gods create the earth from their dead victim's blood and bones. A831.8
- Ground, previously all wet, dries up when first woman cuts her little finger and blood drips on ground. A856.2
- Ocean made from blood. A922
- Spring from innocent king's blood. A941.5.8
- Flood from blood. A1012.3
- Flood from slain giant's blood. A1012.3.1
- Horse shall wade in blood at Armageddon. A1080.1
- Origin of red sky (blood). A1147.1
- Man from dirt mixed with creator's blood. A1211.1
- Man made from earth reddened with blood of human sacrifice. A1241.4
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 129 Two Sheep Kill a Fox who licked up the blood they spilled in a fight [J624
- ATU 1364 The Blood-brother's Wife
- ATU 3 Simulated Injury (previously Sham Blood and Brains)
- ATU 303 The Twins or Blood-Brothers
- ATU 305 The Dragon's Heart-blood as Remedy [D1500
- ATU 650C The Youth who Bathed himself in the Blood of a Dragon