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Motifs — first 20 of 83
- Original moon changed into sun and sun into moon. A736.8
- Why God changed right hand into left. Man loses hand with which he gives devil a box on ears. A1311.2
- Death comes into the world by treachery of the gods: stick used by man for scratching his back is changed into cobra. A1335.14
- Bad women because of head exchanged with devil. Devil (serpent) and woman fight. St. Peter cuts off their heads and exchanges them. A1371.1
- Why men no longer know time of death. Custom changed when men began to repair fences with stalks when they knew they were to die the next day. A1593
- Foreigners heads exchanged with those of devils in fight. A1610.1.1
- Animals from transformed men according to favorite food. One man asks for flesh, one for blood, etc. They are changed to mice, cats, and bugs. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1715.4
- Animal characteristics changed by stretching. A2213.4
- How caribou got antlers. Exchanged his teeth for walrus's horns. (Cf. A2247.) A2326.1.2
- How ox got horns. Exchanged for horse's teeth. (Cf. A2247.) A2326.1.4
- Why partridge has pretty feet. Exchanged with peacock. (Also told of jay and flamingo.) (Cf. A2241.) A2375.2.1
- Woodcock's ugly voice. Exchanged with thrush. (Cf. A2245.1.) A2423.1.1
- Thrush's beautiful voice. Exchanged with woodcock. (Cf. A2423.1.1, A2245.1.) A2423.2.1
- Frogs formerly were ducks stolen from Eden by Cain. God changed them to frogs; and so frogs sound like ducks in the spring. (Cf. A2162.) A2426.4.1.1
- Ring-dove's nest. Exchanged with gull. (Cf. A2247.) A2431.3.3
- Gull's nest. Exchanged with ringdove. (Cf. A2247.) A2431.3.4
- How tiger formerly cooked its food and why it changed. A2435.1.2
- Food of dog. (Cf. A2247, exchanged with cat.) A2435.3.1
- Food of cat. (Cf. A2247, exchanged with dog.) A2435.3.2
- Dragon from transformed horse. White horse plunges into water and is changed into a dragon. B11.1.2