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- 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
- Twin daughters of a god. A116.2.1
- Waves as girls, daughters or widows of the sea-god. A423
- Sun and moon as sisters, daughters of sky-god. A736.4
- Lakes are daughters of the gods. A920.1.14
- Mountains and hills are former sons, daughters of gods. A962.9
- 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
- Daughters' sickness because of father's breaking tabu. C940.2
- Sons of God and Daughters of men. Before the flood angels have relations with human women: origin of giants. F531.6.1.1
- Amazons cut off left breast of daughters so that they can handle bow. F565.1.1
- The devil and his nine daughters. G303.11.5.1
- Wise carving of the fowl. Clever person divides it symbolically: head to head of house, neck to wife, wings to daughters, legs to sons; keeps rest for himself. H601
- Chief asks another for cutting of yams to complete his yam patch (daughter in marriage). Reply that seed yams for the year are shrivelled and old and it is too early for seedlings (his daughters are too young or too old). H611.3
- Who are really meek? Cows and daughters. H659.21
- Task: pasturing witch's cattle (really her daughters). Grateful animals give help (cf. B571.) H1199.12.2
- Choice: foolish son always with him or four wise daughters who will leave him. Latter chosen. J226.3
- The seven daughters of Humility. J901
- Literal penance: boy outwits pope. For three years not to drink wine, not to lie in bed, nor sleep with a prostitute. He goes to a convent, sleeps on eider down, and sleeps with the nuns. (God's daughters). When the pope condemns him he says he will go to his brother-in-law (Christ: he has wedded God's daughters). (Cf. J1764.5.) J1161.5
- God as a father-in-law. Nuns tell a man that they are daughters of God. "Come and marry me; I should like such a rich father-in-law." J1261.1.1
- Finger-drying contest won by deception. Three daughters are to wet hands; the first to have hands dry is to be the first to marry. The youngest waves her hands, exclaiming, "I don't want a man!" She wins. K95
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