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Motifs — first 20 of 63
- God makes things and tosses them into the air; what he catches is good for mankind, what opponent catches is bad. A67
- Sun-snarer: burnt mantle. A boy is angered because the sun burned his mantle. He makes a snare and catches the sun and delays him so that everything is burning up. A mouse finally gnaws the snare in two. A728.1
- Earth from nut in devil's mouth. God throws a nut over his left shoulder. The devil catches it in his mouth. The nut grows rapidly and the devil spits it out. A835
- First created man catches woman in his snare. A1275.10
- Caste determined by what kind of tree one catches while crossing a river. A1651.2
- Gull from transformed cat. A cat catches a strong fish with her claws. The fish carries the cat on its back to the sea, where the gull originates from the cat. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.1
- Chipmunk's back scratched: hence his stripes. As he is trying to escape, bear catches him with his claws and marks him permanently. (Cf. A2413.2.) A2217.2
- Bush loses clothes in shipwreck: hence catches passerby looking for clothes. (Cf. A2792.1.) A2741.4
- Magic spider catches pearls. B109.1
- Eagle catches gazelle's young as it is born. B754.7.2
- Magic door catches bear so that he is burned to death. (Cf. D1146.) D1402.9
- Magic object catches animal. D1444
- Magic object catches fish. D1444.1
- Saint's bachall catches fish. (Cf. D1277, V220.) D1444.1.1
- Magic branch catches fish. (Cf. D954.) D1444.1.3
- Magic fishhook catches cats. (Cf. D1257.) D1444.3
- Magic wind catches hero up and transports him across immense sea. (Cf. D906.) D1524.9
- Brownie (Redcap, Redcomb, Bloody Cap) murders travelers, catches their blood in his cap. F363.2
- Strong man bathing and diving in river catches thousands of fishes in his beard. (Cf. X1112.) F634.1
- Strong man catches stones hurled from catapults by enemy and throws them back upon the besiegers. F636.4.2
Tale types
- ATU 1895 A Man Wading in Water Catches Many Fish in his Boots
- ATU 56A* Fox Plays Dead and Catches Bird
- ATU 6* Animal Captor Talks with Booty in his Mouth (previously The Wolf Catches a Goose)
- ATU 65* The Fox Catches a Beetle (previously The Fox Fries a Beetle by the River)
- ATU 853 The Hero Catches the Princess with her Own Words