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Motifs — first 20 of 72
- Primeval crab pulls first five living creatures out of his side. A1211.8
- Creation of crab. A2171.2
- Crab thrown to ground: breaks into small pieces. Hence crabs are small. A2214.4
- Discourteous answer: why crab has eyes behind. (Cf. A2332.4.1.) A2231.1.3
- Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body. (Cf. A2332.4.2.) A2231.10
- Origin of dents in crab's shell. A2312.3
- Why crab has no head. A2320.4
- Why crab lifts eye out of body or has eye behind. (Cf. A2231.10, A2231.1.3.) A2332.4.2
- How crab got its claws. A2376.4
- Why crab has legs like teeth of a comb. A2376.5
- Why quail has no tail. Tricks crab into pulling out tail instead of killing her. Says that gripping her neck would not hurt but that pulling tail will be fatal. A2378.2.1
- Cross on crab's back. A2412.4.4
- Haunts of crab. A2433.6.3
- Why crabs live in water. A2433.6.3.1
- Why crabs burrow in sand. A2433.6.3.2
- Why common crab lives underground. A2433.6.3.3
- Cause of crab's walk. A2441.4.2
- Friendship between crab and cobra. A2493.19
- Friendship between bird and crab. A2493.27
- Enmity between jackal and crab. A2494.5.3