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Motifs — first 20 of 141
- God does not directly address women; uses interpreter. A182.3.0.4
- Origin of leaf-dress. A1453.4
- Why in addressing anyone the second plural should be used. A1599.5
- Custom of differentiating social classes by color of dress introduced. A1650.2
- Tribal characteristics – dress. A1683
- Tabu: treating scornfully statue and dress of goddess. C51.1.13
- Tabu: touching dress. C545.3
- Transformation: dress to animal. D444.10
- Transformation: dress to butterfly. D444.10.1
- Magic feather dress. D1069.2
- Magic transportation by feather-dress. (Cf. D1069.2.) D1520.35
- Magic head-dress bears person aloft. (Cf. D1067.) D1532.8
- Letter from captive prince asking for help flies through the air to addressee. D1601.32.1
- Image dresses self. (Cf. D1268, V120.) D1623
- Invulnerability only when dressed in certain clothes. (Cf. D1344.) D1845.2
- Magic sleep by hairdressing. Head laid on another's lap. D1962.3
- The Vanishing Hitchhiker. Ghost of young woman asks for ride in automobile, disappears from closed car without the driver's knowledge, after giving him address to which she wishes to be taken. Driver asks person at address about the rider, finds she has been dead for some time. (Often driver finds that ghost has made similar attempts to return, usually on anniversary of death in automobile accident. Often ghost leaves some item such as a scarf or a traveling bag in car.) E332.3.3.1
- Dress of revenant. E422.4
- Revenant in female dress. E422.4.4
- Revenant in male dress. E422.4.5