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Motifs — first 20 of 157
- Creator with hammer and chisel in hands. A18.5
- Creator with sun and moon in hands. A18.6
- God makes sword drop from assailant's hands. A185.2.3
- Man originally without hands and feet. Boy steals them from Python, and afterward men have them. A1225.2
- Man given hands, feet, mouth and nose by monkey. A1225.2.1
- Origin of hands and feet. A1311
- Boy borrows python's hands and feet: hence python lacks them. (Cf. A2371.3.1.) A2241.8
- Spider hands box to ant and refuses to take it back: hence ants carry huge loads. A2243.1
- Why mole's "hands" are turned backward. A2375.2.7
- Why baboon's face and hands are black. A2411.1.5.2.1
- Bull with human hands and feet. B15.6.4
- Monster with 100 hands, 100 palms on each hand, and 100 nails on each palm. B15.7.15
- Body and hands human, head and ears those of a horse. B21.2
- Merman lays hands on side of canoe. B82.7
- Birds perch on hands and head of saint. B256.1.1
- Tabu: touching stone image of deity with unwashed hands. C51.7
- Tabu: eating from hands of menstruating women. C143
- Transformation: rich man to tramp. Smears hands and face. D24.4
- Ugly man becomes handsome. D52.2
- Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. D61