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Motifs — first 20 of 51
- Wind comes through holes in sky when gut covering is cut. A1122.4
- Origin of animal characteristics: body covering. A2310
- Why certain animals are bare of covering. A2317
- Tabu: consuming feast without discovering a new wonder. C287
- Disenchantment by removing (destroying) covering of enchanted person. D720
- Disenchantment by removing skin (or covering). D721
- Disenchantment by hiding skin (covering). When the enchanted person has temporarily removed the covering, it is stolen and the victim remains disenchanted until it is found. D721.2
- Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering). D721.3
- Disenchantment by covering with cloth. D777.1
- Disenchantment by covering with deliverer's clothing. D789.1
- Resuscitation by laying flesh on pyre and covering with cloth. E134
- Resuscitation by covering body for certain time. E134.1
- Soul hidden in a series of coverings. This motif is combined with several others. Usually the soul will be hidden in an egg, in a duck, in a well, in a church, or a similar series. E713
- Person with unusual covering. F521
- Big ears. One used as mattress and one as a covering, and the like. F542.2
- Task: covering mango tree grove with fruit in a single night. (Cf. H1023.17.) H1103.3
- Task: recovering lost objects. H1132
- Task: recovering lost object from sea. H1132.1
- Task: recovering lost ring from sea. H1132.1.1
- Test: recovering ring from water. H1132.1.1.1
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