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Motifs — first 20 of 101
- God half mortal, half immortal. Hair, skin, flesh, bones and marrow are mortal; mind, voice, breath, eye, and ear are immortal. (prajapati). A122
- Why Birhors eat flesh of monkeys and baboons. A1422.2
- Origin of custom of eating flesh of buffalo. A1515.1
- Animals from transformed men according to favorite food. One man asks for flesh, one for blood, etc. They are changed to mice, cats, and bugs. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1715.4
- Flesh of animal. A2381
- Why hog has good flesh. (Cf. A2221.1.) A2381.1
- Why tigers eat human flesh. A2435.3.9.3
- Food of crow. Why crows peck at flesh of men. A2435.4.7
- Why flesh of animal is good. A2511
- Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees. A2731.1
- Cat devours flesh of man's legs. B16.1.1.3
- Hero feeds own flesh to helpful animal. The hero is carried on the back of an eagle who demands food. The hero finally feeds parts of his own flesh. B322.1
- Animal's skin revolves while flesh and bones remain stationary. B738
- Tabu: eating flesh of certain animal. C221.1
- Tabu: eating flesh of certain beast. C221.1.1
- Tabu: eating human flesh. C227
- Tabu: eating flesh on Maundy Thursday. C235
- Tabu: entering chariot less than three weeks after having eaten horseflesh. C756.4
- Tabu: buying gallows flesh or living flesh. C781.1
- Transformation: flesh to other object. D457.17
Tale types
- ATU 1149 Bluff: Children Desire Tiger's Flesh (previously Children Desire Ogre's Flesh)
- ATU 1373B* Daughter Offers Father her Own Flesh (previously Girl Eats Chicken) [K492]
- ATU 165 'Fish, not Flesh' (previously The Wolf in the Company of Saints)
- ATU 1862C Diagnosis by Observation (previously Imitation of Diagnosis by Observation: Ass's Flesh)
- ATU 673 The White Serpent's Flesh
- ATU 890 A Pound of Flesh