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Motifs — first 20 of 34
- Tabus following childbirth. C154
- Food tabus following childbirth. C154.1
- Tabu: following three red men to certain place. C863
- Disenchantment by following enchanted woman through lake to underwater castle. D759.5
- Two friars perceive no passing of time from Shrovetide till following Easter while they talk of Christ. D2011.2
- Cure after following instructions received from saint in dream. D2161.4.0.1
- Student revives whole family following instructions given by demon. E181.2
- The unquiet grave. (Cf. D2151.1.2.3.) Dead unable to rest in peace. Aside from the references given in the numbers immediately following, see E200–E399 passim. E410
- Revenant with hat of birch. Note: in the motifs immediately following, it is frequently impossible to tell whether the spectral ghost (E421) or the living corpse (E422) is thought of. E422.4.1
- Skillful marksman throws rushes into a curtain. The first remains and each following one lodges in the one before and remains attached to it. F661.7.1
- Following witch's fire into her power. G451
- Identity tests. Recognition. Elaborate means are employed in folk-literature for the recognition of persons even though they have been separated a very short time. The various means used are detailed in the following discussion. H0
- Task: shepherd in God's service tending sheep and following where they go. On the way, he sees many wonderful things. (Cf. F171.0.1.) H1199.12.1
- Priest walks in the mud. Congregation follows evil ways of priest. He walks in mud but they will not follow him. He thus shows them the folly of following his evil ways. J82
- Palamides, having injured Ulysses, seeks advice from him. Following the advice proves fatal. J646.1
- Beware of following an interested adviser. J758
- Testimony gradually weakened. Witness agrees to the following facts in succession: that the person relating the facts may have been in anger, that he may have misunderstood, that he may not have heard it at all. J1151.3
- Robber innocent because he is merely following traditions of his ancestors. J1179.4
- Disastrous following of misunderstood instructions. (To burn land, then sow seed. Opposite done.) J2460.1
- Literal following of instructions about actions. J2461.1