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Motifs — first 20 of 60
- Creative mother source of everything. A3
- Earlier universe opposite of present. Everything in the earlier world was the reverse of the present world. Cf. A855. A633
- Universe from pre-existing rocks. Originally rocks are assumed and everything is made from them. A644
- Sun-snarer: burnt mantle. A boy is angered because the sun burned his mantle. He makes a snare and catches the sun and delays him so that everything is burning up. A mouse finally gnaws the snare in two. A728.1
- Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water. A810
- Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition. A855
- Man must labor for a living: at first everything too easy. Full crops produce themselves, trees drop sugar etc. A1346.2
- First people have everything they wish (life without work). A1346.2.2
- Why animals eat everything without salt. A2435.2.1
- Devastating birds wither everything with their breath. B33.1.1
- Man attempts to kill faithful serpent at wife's instigation. Loses everything. B335.1
- Unique prohibition. A person is forbidden to do one particular thing; everything else he is free to do. C600
- Midas' golden touch. Everything touched turns to gold. D565.1
- Magic stone hits everything and returns by itself. (Cf. D931.) D1401.5
- Magic stone turns everything to gold. (Cf. D1470.1.1., D931.) D1466.1
- Magic water furnishes treasure. Everything it touches turns to gold. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1467
- Magic needle makes everything fall to pieces. (Cf. D1181.) D1562.4
- Man with power to make everything freeze. Wears cap over ear. Should he wear it straight everything would freeze. D2144.1.2
- Land of shades. Everything is done by unseen people. E482
- Soul forgets everything at birth. E705
Tale types
- ATU 1387* Woman Must Do Everything like her Neighbors
- ATU 1407A 'Everything!' A miserly man marries a woman who pretends to eat nothing
- ATU 1562A 'The Barn is Burning!' A master has instructed his farmhand (a traveler) to use peculiar names for everything, for example, Purity for the cat, Beauty for the fire, High for the roof (and punishes the farmhand when he does not)
- ATU 322* Magnetic Mountain Draws Everything to It