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Motifs — first 20 of 52
- Flies on the ark. Noah tries to keep them out. Devil says that either the flies go in or he does. Noah chooses the lesser of two evils. Later the devil slips in nevertheless. A2031.2
- Dog chooses between opposing tribes. B134.4
- Ghost chooses own requiem. E545.11
- Mortal chooses to sleep with fairy as boon for saving her life. F304.5
- Jinn can take any human form he chooses. G307.2.1
- Suitor chooses kindly girl. H384.0.1
- Three caskets. Princess offered to man who chooses correctly from three caskets. H511.1
- Prince chooses shorter but more dangerous road. H1561.9
- Philosopher chooses poverty with freedom. J211.1
- Old man chooses to be annoyed by occasional and loud chirp of swallows than by never-ending but soft chirp of sandpipers. J215.1.4
- Saint chooses to die "after pride of youth" and before "misery of old age." J216.6
- King chooses small inconvenience of personal troubles to great troubles for his kingdom. He suffers to help realm. J221.2
- Choice: staying at home with loving wife or going to tavern and having unfaithful wife. Man chooses latter. J229.1
- Better send an ugly woman to the devil than a pretty one. Man chooses ugly mistress. J229.4
- Athena chooses olive tree because of fruitfulness. J241.1
- Man to be reforged chooses present unhappiness. He is in heaven and God is to reforge him, but he chooses not to change. J323
- Children choose father they know rather than real father they do not yet know. Woman confesses that child is not by her husband. Child, however, chooses to keep the father he knows. (Cf. J391, J1279.1.) J325
- Prince chooses exile and honor to foul life at his father's court. J347.3
- Lamb chooses her foster-mother, the she-goat. Owes more to her than to her own mother, who has deserted her. J391.1
- Prince of democratic tastes chosen. King asks three sons what kind of bird they would prefer to be. First: an eagle, because it is ruler of birds; second: a falcon; because it is beloved by the nobles; third: a bird which flies with many others, so as to receive advice. King chooses third. J412.1