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Motifs — first 20 of 96
- Eagle as creator of man. A13.2.2
- Eagle as god's bird. A165.1.2
- Wise eagle in the earth-tree. A878.3.4
- Why there is no mist on a certain river: fanned away with a pair of eagle's wings. A937
- Cat from transformed eagle. Eagle mistakes stick of wood for fish and gets feet caught. Wind blows off feathers and makes hair. (Cf. A1710.) A1811.1
- Tortoise dropped by eagle: hence cracks in his shell. (Cf. A2312.1.1.) A2214.5.1
- Eagle's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302.4
- Why eagle-owl's head turns on its neck. A2351.2
- Why eagle's back is brown. A2356.3.1
- Why certain species of eagle cries like a baby: spirit of tortured baby became an eagle. A2426.2.15
- Food of eagle. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 242 (fish). A2435.4.4
- Eagle's flight. A2442.2.8
- Why eagle has long life. A2578.2
- Dragon as modified eagle. B11.2.1.11
- Eagle with twelve wings and three heads. B15.7.16
- Griffin. Half lion, half eagle. B42
- Wise eagle (in Yggdrasil). B122.0.5
- Wise mother eagle distinguishes between stupid and intelligent eaglets. B122.5
- Eagle as prophetic bird. B143.0.7
- Eagle as omen of victory. B147.2.1.2
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 215 A Jackdaw (Crow) Tries to Carry off a Lamb as an Eagle Does
- ATU 220A The Trial of the Crow by the Eagle
- ATU 225A The Tortoise Lets itself be Carried by Birds (previously Tortoise Lets self be Carried by Eagle)
- ATU 231** The Falcon and the Doves (previously The Eagle Wants to Tear the Dove to Pieces)
- ATU 283H* The Dungbeetle Keeps Destroying Eagle's Eggs
- ATU 537 The Flight on the Grateful Eagle (previously The Marvelous Eagle Gives the Hero a Box)