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- Creator's descendants. (Cf. A32.) A7
- God descends from heaven. A171.0.3
- God descends on rainbow. A171.0.3.1
- God descends in form of shooting star. A171.0.3.2
- Demon god lies in wait for spirits descending to underworld. A317
- Demigods descend from heaven. A513.1
- Culture heroes and descendants. A592
- World parents: sky-father and earth-mother as parents of the universe. The sky-father descends upon the earth-mother and begets the world. A625
- Star descends as human being. A762
- Whole tribe descended from lone woman-survivor of doomed city. A1006.7
- Mankind is descended from marriage of human being and animal. A1224.0.1
- Mankind descended from tadpoles. A1224.1
- Mankind descended from worms or larvae. A1224.2
- Mankind descended from fish. A1224.6
- First man descends from sky. A1231
- First man descends on earth, falls in love with and marries a fairy. A1275.9
- Fomorians descended from Ham (or Cain). A1659.1.1
- Why a certain tribe wear clothes like dogs (supposed descendants of a bitch mother). A1683.2
- Animal's seeking attitude from ancient loss. The ancient animal loses something. Its descendants are forever seeking for the lost object. This explains the characteristic bearing of certain animals. (Cf. A2471.) A2275.5
- Human beings descended from seals. B631.2