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Motifs
- Grandfather as creator. A1.2
- God dwells with his grandfathers. A111.3.1
- Culture hero (god) slays his grandfather. A525.2
- How deep is the earth? It is deep: my grandfather went into it (died) years ago and has not yet returned. H681.2.1
- Quest for lost grandfather. H1385.7.1
- The inconvenience of having a father: The numskull to his father: "If you had never been born I would get my grandfather's estate." J2222
- Wrestling match won by deception: bear as "grandfather." A man challenged by an ogre persuades the latter to wrestle with his old grandfather instead. By this he means a bear. (Cf. K11.6, K15.1.) K12.2
- Grandfather. P291
- Grandfather as foster father. P291.1
- Smith as grandfather of king. P447.1
- Boy kills his grandfather. S25.1
- Cruel grandfather. Kills his grandchildren. S42
- Pulling up the turnip. Final formula: The mouse holds onto the cat, the cat holds onto Mary, Mary holds onto Annie, Annie holds onto grandmother, grandmother holds onto grandfather, grandfather holds onto the turnip – they all pull and pull it out. Z49.9