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Motifs — first 20 of 177
- Original creator followed by transformers. These demigods change the original creation into the present forms. A72
- Culture hero returns and aids followers in battle. A581.2
- Sun sister and moon brother. Brother visits sister at night. She marks him to identify him. He flees and she follows with flaming brand. She is sun and he the moon. A736.1.1
- Why dog can follow animal's scent. A2512.1
- Mermaid appears once each year, sings in choir, entices young man to follow her. B81.3.2
- Cleric goes with saint whom his cow follows. B159.3
- Person frightened by animals successively replying to his remarks. Example: Man riding horse and followed by dog tells horse to jump over a hole. Horse says, "I will not." Man turns to dog and says, "Isn't that strange – a horse talking!" The dog says, "Yes, isn't it." Often the man runs, meeting other animals which answer him, until he falls exhausted. B210.1
- Faithful dog follows master's dead body when cast into river. Supports body. B301.1.1
- Faithful horse follows dead master to grave. B301.4
- Faithful lion follows man who saved him. B301.8
- Helpful animal's injunctions disobeyed. Disaster follows. B341
- Fish follow sound of music. B767.1
- Tabus following childbirth. C154
- Food tabus following childbirth. C154.1
- Compulsion to regard hunting cry and follow hounds. C681.1
- Injunction: to give sample of food to dog before eating. Misfortune follows failure to do so. C685
- Tabu: loosing bridle in selling man transformed to horse. Disenchantment follows. C837
- Killing albatross causes misfortune to follow killer. C841.10.1
- Tabu: following three red men to certain place. C863
- Disenchantment by following enchanted woman through lake to underwater castle. D759.5