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Motifs — first 20 of 42
- Angels created on fifth day with other winged creatures. A52.2.5
- Sea creatures as ancestors of goddess. A111.3.2
- Primeval crab pulls first five living creatures out of his side. A1211.8
- Man created by supernatural creature, not deity. A1291
- Bad women from transformed hog and goose. Peter, having only one daughter, foolishly promises her to three men. He asks the Lord to create two others. This request is granted. The first creature he meets on two successive mornings he is to greet, and they will be transformed. He meets a hog and a goose. His two new daughters have these characteristics. A1371.3
- Hoarded game released. Animals are kept imprisoned by malevolent creature. Released by culture hero. A1421
- What creature has sweetest blood: gnat's tongue torn out. Assembly to decide who has the sweetest blood so that it may be the food for the serpent. Gnat discovers that man has the sweetest blood. Rather than let him tell this secret, swallow tears out his tongue. Gnat can only buzz. (Cf. A2344.2, A2426.3.2.) A2236.1
- Creator sends two deities to tatoo all creatures: origin of animal markings. A2412.0.1
- Cobra writes letters on prince's tongue: "Having heard all kinds of creatures talk, you will understand them." B165.1.3
- Obedience of the feathered creatures to the commands of saint. B256.5
- Tabu: coming suddenly on supernatural creatures. C52.2
- Tabu: seeing supernatural creatures. C311.1
- Tabu: uttering name of supernatural creature. C432
- Guessing name of supernatural creature gives power over him. (Tom-Tit-Tot). C432.1
- Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small". C433
- Tabu: not to allow any other creature on raft. C747
- Tabu: supernatural creatures being abroad after sunrise. C752.2.1
- Transformation through greeting: first creature to be greeted will be transformed. (Cf. A1371.3.) D526
- Supernatural creatures change size at will. D631.4
- Creature born from egg changes size at will. D631.4.4