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Motifs — first 20 of 94
- Deity changes decision. A196.2.1
- Changes in the earth. A850
- Topographical changes or landmarks due to battle between gods. A901.1
- Of ten original men one magically changes sex. A1275.3
- Bad women because of head exchanged with devil. Devil (serpent) and woman fight. St. Peter cuts off their heads and exchanges them. A1371.1
- Rhinoceros exchanges his red hide for hippopotamus's black. (Cf. A2411.1.6.2., A2411.1.6.7.) A2247.3
- God changes color (tails) of devil's cows. Devil makes all animals of same color (or all tailless). When God makes them of different colors (or with tails) devil no longer recognizes them. (Cf. A2378.1.) A2286.2.4
- Origin of magpie's feathers. Exchanges with dove. (Cf. A2247.) A2313.2
- God changes nature of plant to punish wastefulness of man: yield of plant is decreased. A2723.2
- Wedding of fox and hyena. Fox refuses to marry hyena, since, according to belief, hyena yearly changes sex. B281.1
- The courtship of the stork and the crane. Go a-courting one another across the marshes but never come to an understanding, as each time either one or the other changes his mind. (Cf. T91.) B282.23
- Animals grateful for being given appropriate food. Hero finds dog with hay and horse with meat. He changes it about. B392.1
- Cow with changing colors. Changes every four hours: white, red, black. B731.4
- Animal changes sex periodically. B754.1
- Hyena changes sex yearly. B754.1.1
- Hare changes sex periodically. B754.1.2
- Physical changes in person because of broken tabu. C985
- Skin changes color because of broken tabu. (Cf. C94.3.) C985.1
- Girl exchanges form with sorceress in order to visit her brother and get a son by him. D45.4
- Magic changes in man himself. D50