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Motifs — first 20 of 274
- Swastika (hooked cross). A137.3.1.1
- God of cross-roads. A413.1
- Five hundred years travel across universe. A658.2
- Soul-bridge: easy for righteous to cross, more difficult for others. A661.0.5.1
- Charon exacts fee to ferry souls across Styx. A672.1.1
- Charioteer of the sun. Sun drives his horses and chariot across sky. A724.1
- Daily course of sun across sky. A726
- Sun a fat woman walking across sky. A738.1.2
- Origin of the Southern Cross. Analogous legends in the southern hemisphere with those of Ursa Major in the northern. A771.1
- Earth supported on cross of wood. A843.1
- Caste determined by what kind of tree one catches while crossing a river. A1651.2
- Animals from Pharaoh's drowned army. From the army crossing the Red Sea came the various animals. A1715.1
- Blood from cross on robin redbreast: He helps Jesus; rewarded with red breast. (Cf. A2353.2.) A2221.2.2
- Crossbill, attempting to draw thorn from the crown of thorns, twists bill in the attempt. A2221.2.4.2
- Pike helps Christ cross stream: made king of fishes. A2223.4
- Tortoise given hard shell when it ferries rice-goddess across stream. A2223.6
- Swallows torment Christ on cross: lose voice. (Cf. A2422.9.) A2231.2.2
- Animal cursed for refusing to carry holy fugitive across stream. (Cf. A2371.2.1.) A2231.7.2
- Ass has cross on shoulders from being struck by Balaam. (Cf. A2356.2.7.) A2239.6
- Why mouse is crushed whenever she crosses a road: elephant's curse. A2239.9
Tale types
- ATU 1248 Tree-trunks Laid Crosswise on a Sledge [J1964]
- ATU 1323 The Windmill Thought to be a Holy Cross
- ATU 1351G* Bearing his Cross
- ATU 1579 Carrying Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage across Stream
- ATU 1887* Cattle Merchant's Voyage Across the Sea
- ATU 200A The Dog Loses a Certificate (previously Dog Loses his Patent Right) which he had put under his tail to cross a river
- ATU 278 The Frog and the Mouse Tied Together (previously Rat and Frog Tie Paws Together to Cross Marsh)
- ATU 772 Wood for the Holy Cross
- ATU 844** One's Own Cross is Best
- ATU 849* The Cross as Security