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Motifs — first 20 of 24
- Tabu: exposure to sunlight. C842
- Evil eye from exposure to magic concoction. D2071.0.2
- Ordeal by exposure. (Cf. S141, S331.) H236
- Exposure in boat as test of sin. H263.1
- Supernaturals tricked into (fatal) exposure to daylight. K839.6
- Lover's gift regained: refusal to leave bed. Woman fearing exposure returns money. K1581.8
- Death caused by elements (exposure, drowning, etc.) as punishment for broken oath. M101.3.1
- Exposure of infant to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. M371
- Exposure (murder) of child to avoid fulfillment of prophecy of future greatness. Parent fears that the child will overcome him. M371.1
- Exposure of child to prevent fulfillment of parricide prophecy. M371.2
- Exposure of pregnant woman to avoid fulfillment of prophecy concerning future child. M376.1
- Punishment: unseemly exposure of body. Q495
- Body of murdered man cannot be moved nor can water be drawn from a well to wash it. Leads to exposure of murderer. Q559.3
- Cruel abandonments and exposures. S140
- Exposure in boat. A person (usually woman or child) set adrift in a boat (chest, basket, cask). S141
- Exposure astride a log of wood floated down river. S141.3
- Exposure in jungle for refusing to marry according to father's wishes. S322.1.2.1
- Circumstances of murder or exposure of children. S330
- Exposure of child in boat (floating chest). See references for S141, nearly all of which refer to this motif. S331
- Exposure prevented. S341