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Motifs
- 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
- 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
- First man descends from sky. A1231
- First man descends on earth, falls in love with and marries a fairy. A1275.9
- God descends to found royal dynasty. F32.1
- Divine cow descends to earth. F35.1
- King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to learn wisdom from observing fish. J52.2
- Wolf descends into well in one bucket and rescues fox in the other. K651
- King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes. P15.6
- Deity descends and makes king and wronged subject change places. Q7
- Mary-image descends and chastises clerk who scoffs at its rude carving. (Cf. Q225.) Q552.7
- Image of Jesus descends from cross and wounds nun leaving convent. V122.1
- Column of light descends from heaven upon chosen man. V222.1.3
- During a flood the Virgin descends into the streets to save her image from the flood waters. V284