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Motifs — first 20 of 72
- Bringing deluge to end. A1028
- Deity rewards animal for bringing him water: cause of present characteristics. A2221.11
- Elephants have power of bringing rain. B791
- Tabu: bringing arms to capital after sunset. C752.1.1
- Tabu: bringing head of slain enemy within village walls. C845.1
- Means of bringing about magic forgetfulness. D2004
- Door to otherworld island sounds sleep-bringing music. F156.1
- Suitor test: bringing leg that fits into dragon claw left by the beloved of the princess. H322.3
- Suitor test: bringing maiden's lost shoe. H322.4
- Suitor test: bringing dumb princess to speak. H343
- Suitor test: bringing marvelous tree. H355.3
- Man marries girl bringing his clothes soonest. H375.2
- Task: bringing quantity of mosquito bones within month; countertask: furnishing scales with wind as beams and heat as pans. (Cf. H951.) H1022.9
- Task: hatching eggs immediately; countertask: sowing seeds and bringing in crop next morning. (Cf. H951, H952.) H1023.1.2
- Task: bringing berries (fruit, roses) in winter. H1023.3
- Task: bringing berries in winter. Reductio ad absurdum: father is sick from snake-bite (impossible in winter). (Cf. H952.) H1023.3.1
- Task: sowing rye and bringing crop next morning. (Cf. H1023.1.2.) H1023.17
- Task: bringing bundle of faggots without rope to tie them. Helpful snake coils himself about them. H1023.19
- Task: bringing a well (pond, lake) to king. Hero asks for another lake to tie to it and overawes king. H1023.25
- Task: bringing well to king; countertask: sending his own well to accompany it. (Cf. H951.) H1023.25.1
Tale types
- ATU 1091 Bringing an Unknown Animal (previously Who Can Bring an Unheard-of Riding-Horse)
- ATU 1250 The Human Chain (previously Bringing Water from the Well)
- ATU 56B The Fox (Jackal) as Schoolmaster (previously The Fox Persuades the Magpies into Bringing their Young into his House)
- ATU 739* The Luck-bringing Animal (previously The Luckless Son and His Wizard Father)
- ATU 844 The Luck-bringing Shirt