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Motifs — first 20 of 127
- Early period when gods and men lived together, gods ruling men, ordaining how they should live and originating various customs. A189.9
- Succession of creations and cataclysms. From the ruins of each earlier creation a new one is raised. A632
- Earlier universe opposite of present. Everything in the earlier world was the reverse of the present world. Cf. A855. A633
- Why days shorten in autumn: the real sun sets very early because the red cockscomb plant, used to kill his brother sun with, grows to its full height during this time. A1156
- Distribution of noses. The earlier comers receive big noses, the later small. A1316.1
- Origin of death when early people put on new skins. Child fails to recognize mother, who puts old skin back on. A1335.4
- Origin of the Tuatha Dé Danann regarded as an early tribe. A1611.5.4.3
- Origin of pearls. A2827
- Dragon's pearl stolen. B11.6.2.3
- Pearl-dropping cow. B103.1.2.1
- Magic tortoise fed with salt gives pearls. B103.1.6
- Deer with string of pearls around its neck. B105.2
- Magic spider catches pearls. B109.1
- Centipede plays at night with pearl. B109.2
- Wedding of fox and hyena. Fox refuses to marry hyena, since, according to belief, hyena yearly changes sex. B281.1
- Hyena changes sex yearly. B754.1.1
- Swans live on pearls. B768.3
- Tabu: giving child a name lest it die early. C437
- Tabu: boasting of fearlessness. C455
- Compulsion to perform certain task yearly. C684