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Motifs — first 20 of 21
- Introduction of broad-headed spears into Leinster. A1459.1.2
- Bat, diver, and thornbush shipwrecked. Bat brought money, bush put on clothes, and diver brought leather. All shipwrecked. Diver is looking for his leather. Bush looks for his clothers and holds fast to all passers-by. Bat is abroad only at night to escape creditors. (Cf. A2471.4, A2491.1.) A2275.5.3
- Why water-hen has broad back. A2356.2.5
- Tabu: going abroad on Hallowe'en. C632
- Tabu: supernatural creatures being abroad after sunrise. C752.2.1
- Wild hunt abroad until cockcrow. E501.11.1.2
- Broad path to hell. F95.2
- Broad and narrow road in otherworld. F171.2
- Giant with very broad teeth. F531.1.6.2.2
- Giantess is more broad than tall. F531.2.5.1
- Baby giants four months old "two feet broad in the chest and twelve feet high." F531.2.14
- Remarkably broad man. F532
- Breast broad and made of glittering metal. F546.1
- Gigantic sword. Sword eight elbow-lengths long and two spans broad. F833.8
- Spear so broad that its owner by swinging it puts the light out. F834.2
- "Do not marry a girl from abroad": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.4
- Robbers commiserated. A buffoon says to robbers in his house, "You can't find anything here in the dark, for I can find nothing in broad daylight." J1392.2
- Same air at home as abroad. Because the stars are the same. J2274.2
- Same climate at home and abroad. Because his members look the same in the two places. J2274.3
- The cave call. ("Hello, house!") An animal suspecting the presence of an enemy in his cave (house), calls and receives no answer. He then says, "Don't you know, O cave, that we have agreed that I must call you when I come from abroad and that you in turn must answer me?" The hiding animal answers and the other flees. K607.1