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Motifs — first 20 of 34
- Culture hero with different colored eyes, one brown, one green. A526.5.1
- Dark brown patches on soil mark place where marvelous cow (Glas) and her calf lay. A989.1
- Why eagle's back is brown. A2356.3.1
- Mermaid has brown skin. B81.9.5.2
- Cooked part of white cow is brown after resuscitation. E33.1
- Staff of life and death. Black staff kills; brown one restores to life. E64.1.1
- Brown horse in wild hunt. E501.4.2.3
- Fairies are brown and hairy. (Cf. F232.5.) F233.8
- Brownie (Redcap, Redcomb, Bloody Cap) murders travelers, catches their blood in his cap. F363.2
- Dwarf clad in brown. F451.2.7.8
- Brownie (nisse). F482
- Appearance of brownie. F482.1
- Brownie with red hair. F482.1.1
- Clothing of brownie. F482.2
- Brownie dressed in green. F482.2.1
- Home of brownies. F482.3
- Brownies live in house. Move when persons move. (Cf. F481.3.) F482.3.1
- Farmer is so bothered by brownie that he decides he must move to get rid of the annoyance. He piles all furniture on wagon and starts for new home, meets acquaintance who remarks: "I see you're flitting." Brownie sticks his head out of the churn on top of the load, answers: "Yes, we're flitting." Farmer goes back to former home. F482.3.1.1
- Brownies live in knoll. F482.3.2
- Possessions of brownies. F482.4