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Motifs — first 20 of 31
- Hill as unfinished tower built in the likeness of Nimrod's tower. A963.8
- First church bell built on model of bluebell. A1466.1
- Why crow's nest is not tightly built. A2431.3.6.2
- Birds indicate the place where a town (castle) is to be built. B155.2.3
- Pursued animal indicates where city is to be built. B155.2.4
- City built by magic. D2178.1
- Soul wanders and demands that a temple be built for him. E419.1
- Giants by night move buildings built by men in day. F531.6.6.1
- Castle built on sea. F771.2.4
- Devil in each stone of church built with ill-gotten wealth. G303.8.4.2
- Devil builds an inn for a man in competition with a church being built. G303.9.1.10
- Devil helps build Halberstadt Cathedral thinking a tavern is being built. G303.9.1.12
- The devil destroys by night what is built by day. G303.14.1
- King orders houses built to keep howling jackals warm in winter. Rascal misappropriates funds. J1873.4
- The pent cuckoo. Fools build an enclosure to keep in the cuckoo. She flies over the hedge. They say that they have not built the hedge high enough. J1904.2
- Nest built in tree for fish. J1904.4
- Ship built with a wooden saw. The ship has no bottom and is so narrow that nothing can get into it. J2171.1.1
- The bathroom in the minaret. The fool can sing in the small bathroom but cannot be heard from the minaret. He wants a bathroom built on the minaret so that his voice will carry. J2237
- Fool thankful that God has built a palace without columns. Else the stones might fall down and kill us. J2565
- How the tower was built. Fool gives three explanations: (1) It was formerly a deep well; dug up and set out; (2) it was built by a very tall man; (3) it was built flat on the ground and then set up. J2711