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Motifs — first 20 of 77
- God of carpenters. A451.2
- Sun at night enters fissure between sky and earth. A722.7.1
- Evil inclination enters body at time of conception. A1384.2
- Why carpenters are found everywhere: flood scatters them on raft over world. A1445.2.1
- Christ puts knots in wood. Peter, angry at carpenters wants Christ to have iron knots in wood. Christ does make hard knots but not iron. (Cf. A2755.4.) A2738
- Apples which grow from tree under which murder was done have red centers. (Cf. D981.1.) D1318.18
- Magic drum enters enemy's body and kills him. (Cf. D1211.) D1402.29
- Images at church turn backs as mark of disfavor. Done when abandoned woman or merman enters. (Cf. B82, D1622.) D1639.3
- Death evaded. Person enters on the next life without dying. D1856
- Dead man re-enters body and speaks of experience in heaven. E1.2
- Resuscitation of dead by making image of deceased of breadfruit wood. When spirit enters this, image disappears and person is found alive. E53.2
- Ghostly horse enters house and puts hoofs on breast of sleeper. E281.2
- Soul leaves or enters the body. E720
- Soul of sleeper prevented from returning to his body when soul as bee leaves body and enters hole in wall beside which he is sleeping. (Cf. E734.2.) E721.1.2.4
- Soul leaves one body and enters another. E725
- Soul leaves man's body and enters animal's. E725.1
- Soul enters body and animates it. E726
- Debate of body and soul. Soul having left body enters into debate with the body concerning relative merits of body and soul. (Cf. H500.) E727.1
- Rejoicing at arrival of rich man in heaven. Event so rare as to cause rejoicing. Poor man enters unnoticed. E758
- Spirit enters princess' body and she falls ill. F493.0.1.2
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