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Motifs — first 20 of 343
- Creator clothed in bear-skin (or in leaves). A18.4
- Clothing of gods. A158
- God divests self of earthly raiment and clothes self with lightning. A179.7
- Deity clothes his father the sky after he has separated him from earth. A625.2.4
- Sun-snarer: fast sun. The sun goes too fast to dry clothing. The hero snares the sun's legs with a rope as he is climbing up from the underworld. He releases the sun upon the promise to go more slowly. A728.2
- Earth made by first couple dancing on bit of cloth laid on water. A825
- Cloth from goddess, when spread by holy man over a spot, causes water to spring from earth. A941.5.6
- Mountains from stones dropped from giant's clothes. He carries the stones in his clothes but loses them as he walks. A963.1
- Snow from feathers or clothes of a witch (Frau Holle). A1135.2.1
- First man the result of maid having licked semen-stained loin cloth of creator's teacher. A1211.7
- First man and woman bring in children and clothe them. A1277.4
- Why men are clothed in skin. A1310.3
- Shame for nakedness appears to first woman. (Leaves for clothes). A1383.1
- After Fall first parents fed and clothed from one palm-tree. A1420.5
- Acquisition of clothing. A1437
- Origin of cloth-making. A1453
- Origin of bark-cloth. A1453.5
- Creator paints on clay models of men clothes that they are to wear. A1453.6
- Origin of raffia cloth. A1453.7
- Origin of designs on cloth. A1465.3.2
Tale types
- ATU 1183 Washing Black Wool White (previously Washing Black Cloth White: Task for Devil)
- ATU 123B Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Gains Admission to the Fold
- ATU 1558 Welcome to the Clothes
- ATU 1569** Clothing the Servant
- ATU 1574A The Stolen Piece of Cloth (previously The Oversight of the Thievish Tailor)
- ATU 1593 The Clothesline
- ATU 1620 The Emperor's New Clothes
- ATU 1639* The Royal Order Concerning Clothing (previously King Enriches Clothier)
- ATU 1676B Frightened to Death (previously Clothing Caught in Graveyard)
- ATU 2023 Little Ant Marries (previously Little Ant Finds a Penny, Buys New Clothes with it, and Sits in her Doorway)