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Motifs — first 20 of 565
- Grandfather as creator. A1.2
- Father-god. A103
- Goddess rebels against her father for forbidding her marriage. A106.1.1
- Father of the gods. A111.2
- God dwells with his grandfathers. A111.3.1
- God from father-daughter incest. Adonis. A112.1.1
- Sun-father. A221
- Sun father-in-law. A226
- Culture hero son of mortal (half-mortal) father. A511.1.5
- Sun as father of culture hero. A512.4
- Twin culture heroes sired by two fathers. A515.1.1.1
- Father and son as culture heroes. A515.2
- Culture hero (god) slays his grandfather. A525.2
- Universe as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wives. A615
- World parents: sky-father and earth-mother as parents of the universe. The sky-father descends upon the earth-mother and begets the world. A625
- Heaven-mother – earth-father. A625.1
- Raising of the sky. Originally the sky is near the earth (usually because of the conjunction of the sky-father and earth-mother). It is raised to its present place. A625.2
- Deity clothes his father the sky after he has separated him from earth. A625.2.4
- Stars as children of sun eaten by their father. Hence no stars in the day. A764.1.1
- How the earth became oblong. God the Father situated on one side of the earth, the Son on the other. A851
Tale types
- ATU 1071 Wrestling Contest (with Old Grandfather)
- ATU 1347* The Statue's Father
- ATU 1373B* Daughter Offers Father her Own Flesh (previously Girl Eats Chicken) [K492]
- ATU 1418* The Confession (previously The Father Overhears)
- ATU 1441B* Godfather and Godmother
- ATU 15 The Theft of Food by Playing Godfather (previously The Theft of Butter [Honey] by Playing Godfather)
- ATU 1630A* Son Has Only Beaten Father's Cap
- ATU 1832T* 'Who Was the Father of Noah's Sons' A foolish farmer (young man) wants to become a sexton (teacher)
- ATU 1833B 'Where Is the Father' (previously 'Where Did Our Father Stay')
- ATU 1962 My Father's Baptism (Wedding)