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Motifs — first 20 of 596
- Gods make earth to have place to rest their feet. A5.1
- Old man from sky as creator. – Old man with his wife comes from the sky. Are the first couple on earth. Have seven sons and seven daughters. Each son marries a daughter. A21.2
- Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth. A75
- Banished devil appears on earth only on day of dark moon. A106.2.1.1
- Demon (opposed to God) allowed to earth four times a year (but must let people know who he is and not deceive them). A106.2.1.2
- God issues from earth. A115.2
- Goddess produced by heat of earth. A119.2
- God with body of earthquake (whirlwind, etc.). A123.1.4
- Heaven as God's throne, earth His footstool. A133.2.2
- God builds temple in heaven and brings it later to earth. A141.2
- God bores hole in Hell to cause great heat on earth. A141.3
- God lays foundations of earth. A141.4
- Home of the gods. Elysium, Avalon, earthly paradise. A151
- God dwells at particular point on earth. A151.10
- God's throne becomes hot because of activities on earth. A152.9
- Demons as watchmen of the gods upon earth. A165.4.1
- God divests self of earthly raiment and clothes self with lightning. A179.7
- God serves as menial on earth. A181
- Goddesses come down to earth by a silken thread, are offended by raja and produce drought. A189.10
- God as fructifier of mankind and the earth. A189.15
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1255 A Hole to Throw the Earth In
- ATU 1833C 'Where Was Christ when he Was Neither in Heaven nor on Earth' The clergyman asks where Christ was, when he was neither in heaven nor on earth (he asks, what does God do)
- ATU 221B Test: who can Go Deepest in Earth The birds agree that whichever of them can go deepest in the earth will be their king