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- Creator's grandmother. Casually mentioned in the course of the creation myth. A31
- Culture hero's grandmother. A512.1
- Pre-existing world of gods above. Such a world is assumed before the real creation of the universe. Though this belief is not explicitly set forth in many mythologies, it seems to be implied in most of the North American Indian systems. See, for example, motif A31, Creator's grandmother. A631
- Hawk (vulture) loses grandmother: still hovers and seeks her. (Cf. A2471.3.) A2275.5.2
- Why hawk (vulture) hovers over camp-fire: seeks grandmother. (Cf. A2275.5.2.) A2471.3
- The devil's grandmother. G303.11.4
- Devil's grandmother keeps house for devil. Is an old wrinkled woman with red eyes who locks up hell. G303.11.4.1
- Devil's grandmother is bleaching when it snows. G303.11.4.2
- Help from ogre's grandmother. G530.4
- Theft by disguise as owner's grandmother. K311.8.5
- Man betrayed into killing his wife or grandmother. K940.2
- Washing the grandmother – in boiling water. K1462
- Woman killed. Disliking early rising, the servant kills devil's mother or grandmother, who crows in place of the cock. K1691.2
- Wolf poses as "grandmother" and kills child. (Red Riding Hood.) K2011
- Grandmother causes grandchildren to be whipped: puts dirt and hairs into cooking pot by stealth and sand in the water they draw. K2175
- Orphan hero lives with grandmother. Avenges slaughtered kin. L111.4.1
- Help from grandmother. N825.3.3
- Grandmother. P292
- Grandmother as foster mother. P292.1
- Cruel grandmother. S41
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