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Motifs — first 20 of 1,099
- Lucifer causes fall of man. A63.5
- Satan seduces Adam to sin because he is jealous of him. A63.5.1
- God's voice causes thunder. A139.5.2
- God bores hole in Hell to cause great heat on earth. A141.3
- God's throne becomes hot because of activities on earth. A152.9
- Kiss of God causes painless death. A185.6.1.1
- God causes mortals' sin. A185.14.1
- Goddess causes famine. A431.1.3
- Culture hero spares certain evil spirits. Old Age, Cold, Poverty, and Hunger beg the culture hero not to destroy them because of their real usefulness to man. A531.1
- Raising of the sky. Originally the sky is near the earth (usually because of the conjunction of the sky-father and earth-mother). It is raised to its present place. A625.2
- Heavenly music caused by four columns under Lord's chair. A661.0.2.1
- Sky is black because once raised by means of dirty stick. A702.8
- Formerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankind. A720.2
- Sun hidden at night because afraid to wander. A722.6
- 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
- Causes of eclipses (sun or moon). A737
- Eclipse caused by monster devouring sun or moon. A737.1
- Cause of eclipses: mother's curse laid upon her third son. A737.2
- Toad causes eclipses of the sun. A737.3
- Ghosts of the sun's children return to cause eclipse. A737.4
Tale types
- ATU 100 The Wolf is Caught because of his Singing (previously The Wolf as the Dog's Guest Sings)
- ATU 107 Struggle between Dogs and Wolves (previously Dog Leader Fears Defeat Because his Forces are of Different Breeds)
- ATU 122 Animal Loses his Prey because his Victim Can Escape by False Plea (previously The Wolf loses his Prey) [K550]
- ATU 1332* Forgetfulness (Aimlessness) Causes Useless Journey
- ATU 1699 Misunderstanding Because of Ignorance of a Foreign Language (Including the previous Type 1699A)
- ATU 1889M Snakebite Causes Object to Swell
- ATU 1890F Shot causes a Series of Lucky or Unlucky Accidents (previously Lucky Shot: Miscellaneous Forms)
- ATU 2036 A Drop of Honey Causes Chain of Accidents
- ATU 214A Singing Donkey and Dancing Camel (previously Camel and Ass Together Captured because of Ass's Singing)
- ATU 285A* The Adder Poisons the Children's Food because their mother has thrown away her eggs