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Motifs — first 20 of 110
- Coming of culture hero (demigod). A513
- Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. A788.3
- End of world heralded by coming of Antichrist, a gigantic destructive one-eyed monster. A1075
- Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water. A1614.2
- Worm, thinking that world is coming to end, blinds self so as not to see calamity. (Cf. A2332.6.4.) A2284.3
- Cock helper advises of coming enemy. B122.7
- Dog warns of coming. B134.3.1
- Dog (transformed man) prophesies coming of enemy. B141.4.1
- Crows announce coming of hero to otherworld. B143.0.8.1
- Faithful horse weeps for coming death of saint. B301.4.1.1
- Fish promises to spare man in coming flood. (Cf. B375.1.) B527.1
- Tabu: coming suddenly on supernatural creatures. C52.2
- Tabu: coming to Ireland in time of peace. C755.3
- Disenchantment by overcoming enchanted person in fight (contest). D716
- Three soldiers in the enchanted manor. Curiosity overcoming them they forfeit the power of disenchanting the princesses. Seven seven-year-old boys break the spell and save the princess. D759.10
- Self-returning magic coin. Keeps coming back. (Cf. D1288.) D1602.11
- Means of becoming magician. D1711.0.3
- Saints have foreknowledge of coming of guests. D1812.0.2
- Hero has foreknowledge of coming of guests. D1812.0.2.2
- Fakir has foreknowledge of coming of guests. D1812.0.2.3
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