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Motifs — first 20 of 316
- Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator. A21.1
- Old man from sky as creator. – Old man with his wife comes from the sky. Are the first couple on earth. Have seven sons and seven daughters. Each son marries a daughter. A21.2
- Creator's daughter. A32.2
- God from father-daughter incest. Adonis. A112.1.1
- Goddess of music and dance born of incestuous union (Brahma and daughter). A112.1.1.1
- Goddess as daughter of giant. A112.4.2
- Twin daughters of a god. A116.2.1
- Waves as girls, daughters or widows of the sea-god. A423
- Demigod son of king's unmarried sister (daughter) by god. A511.1.3.1
- Virgin daughter of culture hero. A592.2
- Daughter of culture hero gives birth to boy. A592.2.1
- Sun and moon as sisters, daughters of sky-god. A736.4
- Earth by sacrifice of son and daughter of first couple. A831.3
- Lakes are daughters of the gods. A920.1.14
- Mountains and hills are former sons, daughters of gods. A962.9
- Mankind from mating of frog and "daughter of fire." A1221.5
- Sun, moon, and stars bring forth first parents. Sun and moon beget son; morning and evening star beget daughter; these, the first parents, are at first without understanding, but it is awakened later by demigods. A1271.1
- 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
- Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
- The owl is a baker's daughter who objected to the size of the dough put into the oven for Jesus when he appeared in her house as a beggar. A1958.0.1
Episodes
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 65 CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE
- Myths of the Cherokee · ( Josmogonic Myths — Myth 5 5. THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN
- The Mabinogion · BRANWEN THE DAUGHTER OF LLYR BRANWEN THE DAUGHTER OF LLYR
- The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) · Visions of the Daughters of Albion
- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 76 LXXVI. AMONG DAUGHTERS OF THE DESERT.
Tale types
- ATU 1373B* Daughter Offers Father her Own Flesh (previously Girl Eats Chicken) [K492]
- ATU 1440 The Substituted Animal (previously The Tenant Promises his Daughter to his Master against her will)
- ATU 1486* The Daughter Talks too Loud
- ATU 1503* The Daughter-in-law and the Real Daughter
- ATU 1545A* 'It's a Man!' A man disguises himself as a pregnant woman and is admitted to a house where a beautiful daughter (wife) lives
- ATU 1807B Sleeping with God's Daughters
- ATU 2031C The Mightiest Being as Husband for the Daughter (previously The Man Seeks the Greatest Being as a Husband for his Daughter)
- ATU 403C The Substituted Bride (previously The Witch Secretly Substitutes her own Daughter)
- ATU 459 The Make-Believe Son (Daughter)
- ATU 706C The Father who Wanted to Marry his Daughter (previously Lecherous Father as Queen's Persecutor)