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Motifs — first 20 of 119
- Devil and God create animals. Wolf created as God's dog. The devil creates goats to destroy things. A63.4
- Culture hero spares certain evil spirits. Old Age, Cold, Poverty, and Hunger beg the culture hero not to destroy them because of their real usefulness to man. A531.1
- World catastrophe. The world is destroyed. The incidents are usually the same whether a final destruction is thought of or a destruction which may be overcome by a renewal of the earth. A1000
- Animate and inanimate objects attempt to destroy humanity. A1009.2
- God's promise never to destroy world by water does not apply to local floods. A1011.3
- World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world. A1030
- Rain invoked to destroy world-fire. A1035.1
- Continuous winter destroys the race. Spoken of as "Fimbulwinter". It ushers in the end of the world. A1040
- World destroyed by rain of stones. A1099.1
- God promises never again to destroy world by water. A1113
- Hole of winds: stopper destroyed. The hole is stopped with a wooden stopper, which is destroyed. The country dries up. A1122.1
- Mouse created by Lucifer; cat by Michael to destroy mouse. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1751.1
- Swallows lift Christ's crown of thorns from his brow: why their nests are not destroyed. (Cf. A2431.3.5.) A2221.2.4
- Beasts that destroy vineyards and steal fruit. B16.0.1
- Roc drops rock on ship. Rock is so large that it destroys ship. B31.1.2
- Devastating birds destroy grass. B33.1.2
- Black birds destroy crops. B33.1.3
- Animal's revenge for being criticized by a bird: nest destroyed. B275.4
- Venomous sheep destroy enemy. B776.1
- Tabu: destroying animal skin of enchanted person too soon. C757.1