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Motifs — first 20 of 38
- Heaven and earth originally connected by navel string. Navel string cut. A625.2.1
- Origin of customs connected with birth. A1560
- Tabu connected with puberty. C130
- Tabu connected with menses. C140
- Tabu connected with childbirth. C150
- Tabu connected with marriage. C160
- Tabu connected with marriage – miscellaneous. C169
- Tabu connected with husband's or wife's relatives. C170
- Customs connected with unique compulsion. C650.1
- Tabus connected with other-world journeys. C710
- Life dependent on external object or event. Person's life is mystically connected with something else and comes to an end when that thing is destroyed. E765
- Life-lights in lower world. Each light mystically connected with the life of a person. When light is extinguished, person dies. E765.1.3
- Tabus connected with fairy gifts. F348
- Tabus connected with trip to fairyland. (Cf. F348.5, F361.3.) F378
- Miscellaneous motifs connected with water-spirits. F420.7
- Extraordinary occurrence connected with sea. F931
- Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers. F932
- Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs. F933
- Extraordinary occurrences connected with lakes. F934
- Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank). F935