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Motifs — first 20 of 64
- Three horses from dove's egg on last day. A1091.1
- Creation of dove. A1948
- Dove returns to ark in obedience to Noah: receives sheen of raven. A2221.7
- Raven attempts to imitate dove: punished with awkward gait. A2232.10
- Ring-dove eats man's grain: man may kill him. Similarly francolin and guinea fowl. A2238.2
- Dove and magpie exchange eggs – dove's seven for magpie's two: why dove has two eggs. (Cf. A2486.3.) A2247.4
- Thrush teaches dove to build nest. (Cf. A2431.3.1.) A2271.1
- Origin of magpie's feathers. Exchanges with dove. (Cf. A2247.) A2313.2
- Why dove's head is marked as it is. A2330.7
- Why wooddove has green eyes. A2332.5.6
- Where Jahrvogel (rhytidoceros) got its necklace. Borrowed form dove. (Cf. A2241.) A2351.3
- Magpie is a hybrid of dove and raven; was not baptized by water of the flood in Noah's time. (Cf. A2291.) A2382.1
- Why dove coos. A2426.2.8
- Dove's nest. (Cf. A2271.1.) A2431.3.1
- Ring-dove's nest. Exchanged with gull. (Cf. A2247.) A2431.3.3
- Gull's nest. Exchanged with ringdove. (Cf. A2247.) A2431.3.4
- Graceful step of dove. A2441.2.2
- Why dove lays but two eggs. (Cf. A2247.4.) A2486.3
- Monogamous life of dove. A2497.1
- Why turtle-dove is sad. A2521.1
Tale types
- ATU 1296B Doves in the Letter
- ATU 1837 Holy Ghost in the Church (previously The Parson to Let a Dove Fly in the Church)
- ATU 1837* A Pet Dove Drops Excrements in the Clergyman's Soup
- ATU 231** The Falcon and the Doves (previously The Eagle Wants to Tear the Dove to Pieces)
- ATU 236 The Magpie Teaches the Dove to Build a Nest (previously The Thrush Teaches the Doves (etc
- ATU 238 The Dove and the Frog Boast to Each Other (previously The Keen Sight of the Dove and the Keen Hearing of the Frog)
- ATU 240 The Dove Trades her Eggs (previously The Dove's Egg-substitution)