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Motifs
- Tabu: expressing surprise in lower world of dead. C413
- Tabu: expressing astonishment at marvel. (Cf. C411, C423.2.) C491
- Transformation by expressing astonishment at marvel. D512
- Expressing love by throwing little stones. H316.5
- Drowning punishment for turtle (eel, crab). By expressing horror of drowning, he induces his captor to throw him into the water – his home. K581.1
- Briar-patch punishment for rabbit. By expressing horror of being thrown into the briar patch he induces his captor into doing so. He runs off. K581.2
- Church member who has been called to task about his lying habits tells another lie in expressing his concern for his weakness. He says he has shed barrels of tears because of his weakness. X909.1.1
- Never. Various ways of expressing this idea. When black sheep turn white, when a dry branch sprouts, etc. Z61