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Motifs — first 20 of 122
- Ground, previously all wet, dries up when first woman cuts her little finger and blood drips on ground. A856.2
- Bad women because of head exchanged with devil. Devil (serpent) and woman fight. St. Peter cuts off their heads and exchanges them. A1371.1
- All the kinds of seed in a bamboo that culture hero cuts down. A1425.1
- Birds weep when man cuts off his hand. B299.5.3
- Cutting white thorn tree fatal to man who cuts it. (Cf. C920.) C518.2
- Cat's paw cut off: woman's hand missing. A man spends a night in a haunted mill, where he cuts off a cat's paw. In the morning the miller's wife has lost her hand. (Cf. D142, D621.1.1.) D702.1.1
- Maid cuts off pap to heal man's serpent wound. (Cf. D1009.3.) D1515.4.1
- Magic object splits or cuts things. D1564
- Saint's bachall splits rock, cuts stone, and cleaves ground. (Cf. D1277.) D1564.3
- Magic object cuts down trees. D1564.4
- Magic spear-head cuts down trees. (Cf. D1084.1.) D1564.4.1
- Magic hair cuts down iron tree. (Cf. D991.) D1564.4.2
- Magic sword cuts stone and fells trees. (Cf. D1081.) D1564.6
- Magic weapon (sword, axe) cuts hair (on water, in wind). D1564.7
- Magic axe cuts thousands of trees at a single blow. D1601.14.1
- Magic adze cuts down tree. D1601.14.2
- Magic axe cuts off enemy's head. (Cf. D1080, D1402.) D1601.14.3
- Water-man cuts osier to make wicker basket. F420.3.2.7
- "Cutty" cuts cords by which miners pull tubs full of coal. F456.3.1
- Man cuts off own head and throws it against enemy. F511.0.4.1