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Motifs — first 20 of 1,150
- Divine child cast out at birth. A112.10
- Child born from union of God with hen. A112.11
- Deity has snake-children. A132.1.1
- God gives name to child. A182.2
- Deity's child becomes fire as soon as he is born. A199.3
- Goddess of childbirth. A477
- Culture hero posthumous child. A511.1.6
- Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars. A700.1
- A woman has four children: sun, moon, fire, and water. A700.3
- Sun, moon, and darkness as god's three children. A700.8
- Sun and moon quarrel when sun eats up all their children but two. A736.1.4.1
- Moon kills sun's children. A736.1.4.1.1
- Children of the sun. A736.5
- Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset. A736.5.2
- Ghosts of the sun's children return to cause eclipse. A737.4
- Moon made from shining fragments. A cap is opened and shining things fall out. Children pick them up and put them into a box. At the end of the month the box is full. The full moon shines when all the fragments are gathered together. A742
- Two children in moon with yoke and bucket. A751.7
- Moon and mortal have child. A753.1.5
- Stars as children of the moon. Cook Zeus I 523 n. 6. A764.1
- Stars as children of sun eaten by their father. Hence no stars in the day. A764.1.1
Episodes
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 24 BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 62 BOOK FIVE: OISIN'S CHILDREN
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 3 3.— OUR LADY'S CHILD.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 85 85.— THE GOLD-CHILDREN.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 113 113.— THE TWO KINGS' CHILDREN.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 117 117.— THE WILFUL CHILD.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 157 157.— THE SPARROW AND HIS FOUR CHILDREN.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 180 180.— EVE'S VAEIOUS CHILDEEK
- Myths of the Cherokee · Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 118 118. BABY SONG, TO PLEASE THE CHILDREN
- Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic · Tale 1 THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR;
- Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic · Tale 2 THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF TURENN;
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 31 XXXI. THE TRICKSTER KILLS THE CHILDREN ”
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 67 LXVII. THE DESERTED CHILDREN *5
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 71 LXXI. THE CHILD AND THE CANNIBAL 7
- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 20 XX. CHILD AND MARRIAGE.
- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 23 XXIII. THE CHILD WITH THE MIRROR.
Tale types
- ATU 101 The Old Dog as Rescuer of the Child (Sheep)
- ATU 1012 Cleaning the Child
- ATU 1012A Seating the Children (previously Cleaning the Children)
- ATU 1119 The Ogre Kills His Mother (Wife) (previously The Ogre Kills his Own Children)
- ATU 1149 Bluff: Children Desire Tiger's Flesh (previously Children Desire Ogre's Flesh)
- ATU 1294A* Child with Head Caught in Jar
- ATU 1319H* Boat Believed to Have Had a Child (previously Boat Believed to Have Had a Colt)
- ATU 1343* The Children Play at Hog-killing
- ATU 1358* Child Unwittingly Betrays his Mother's Adultery
- ATU 1362 The Snow-Child