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Motifs — first 20 of 51
- Origin of rainbow: transformed butterflies (souls of lovers). A791.9
- Creator makes man out of butter first; it would not stand up and melted. A1226.1
- Man creates a woman from melted butter, sour milk, sour cream and curds offered on the waters. A1275.5
- Creation of butterfly. A2041
- Origin of butterflies' marks. A2412.3.2
- Why butterflies haunt urine-impregnated places. A2433.5.6
- Friendship between mouse and butterfly. A2493.28
- Wedding of butterfly. B285.6
- Transformation: man to butterfly. D186.1
- Transformation: butterfly to bamboo. D424.1
- Transformation: dress to butterfly. D444.10.1
- Transformation: butter (milk) to blood. D474.5
- Butter made from nettles. D476.1.5
- Transformation: water to butter and cream. D478.11
- Charms to make butter come. (Cf. D1273, D2084.2.5.) D1573
- Much butter made from little milk by power of saint. D1573.1
- Butter transferred from another by magic. (Cf. D2087.) D2083.4
- Butter magically kept from coming. (Cf. D1573, D2083.) D2084.2
- Reincarnation as butterfly. E616.2
- Soul in form of butterfly. E734.1
Tale types
- ATU 1291B Filling Cracks with Butter
- ATU 1314 Mistaking Harmless Objects for Dangerous Ones (previously The Buttercask Taken for a Dead Man)
- ATU 15 The Theft of Food by Playing Godfather (previously The Theft of Butter [Honey] by Playing Godfather)
- ATU 1525N* Theft of Butter by Companion
- ATU 1566** Butter vs
- ATU 1880 Riding on the Cannonball (previously The Boy has a Hat of Butter)