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Motifs
- God of dawn. A270
- Goddess of dawn. A270.1
- At dawn sun comes to play with the moon. A722.9
- Origin of day: son of the night and the dawn. A1171.4
- Origin of dawn. A1179.2
- Dawn reflection of roses of paradise. A1179.2.1
- Animal punished for not heralding dawn. A2236.5
- Bird of dawn. Golden plumage; three feet. B34
- Animal calls the dawn. The sun rises as a result of the animal's call. B755
- Gods flee at approach of dawn. (Cf. E452.) C311.1.8.1
- Bad omen: greeting one before dawn. D1812.5.1.7.1
- Ghost laid at cockcrow (dawn). E452
- Fairy house disappears at dawn. F221.1
- Water-spirits must be in water before dawn; delay is punished with death. (Cf. F451.3.2.1. and cross-references there given.) F420.3.4.2
- Phantom house: disappears at dawn. F771.6
- Obedient husband walks slowly. Arrives home after dawn when wife's lover has gone. J2523.2
- Wolf announces dawn prematurely to collect debt. The contract is to be fulfilled at daybreak. The wolf imitates the cock and crows, but is caught. K494
- Mock sunrise. Contract is to be fulfilled at dawn. Wolf makes fire as mock sunrise. Is caught. K1886.3
- Worship of dawn. (Cf. A270.) V1.5.5
- Series: white cock, red cock, black cock. These crow at dawn and scatter ghosts. (Cf. E452.) Z65.2