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Motifs
- Deity departs for heaven (skies). A192.2.1
- Deity departs for moon. A192.2.1.1
- Divinity departs in boat over sea. A192.2.2
- Divinity departs to submarine home. A192.2.3
- Divinity departs in column of flame. A192.2.4
- Culture hero arrives (and departs) in boat. A513.2
- Magic object departs and returns at formulistic command. D1686
- Thief followed home. A thief ransacks a man's house and departs. The man gathers together the rest of his belongings and tracks the thief. Comes to the thief's door. Thief: "What do you want with me?" "What, isn't this the house we set out for?" J1392.1
- Saint hides fugitive from king underground. When king demand fugitive, saint (who never lies) replies, "Verily, I know not where he is, if he is not under thee even where thou art." The king is satisfied and departs. Later suspects trick and arrests fugitive. K2319.3
- Man must have drinking horn; stumble reveals one as he departs on search. N223
- If host does not return, the house shall belong to the guest. So declares the host as he departs on a mission for the guest. P326