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Motifs — first 20 of 778
- Creator with dragon's head. A18.1
- Creator with two horns on head. A18.2
- God monstrous as to head. A123.4
- God with many heads. A123.4.1
- God with three heads. A123.4.1.1
- God with seven heads. A123.4.1.2
- God with eight heads. A123.4.1.3
- God with head of stone. A123.4.2
- God (deity) girdled with snakes; on his forehead shines the moon. A123.10
- Deity with animal's head. A131.3
- Deity with cat's head. A131.3.1
- Goddess with pig's head. A131.3.2
- God with ram's head. (Cf. A132.14.) A131.3.3
- Smoldering fire of volcano as head of goddess. A139.8.3
- Head of god bitten off by shark. A179.4
- Deity ascertains destiny of newborn babe and inscribes it upon his forehead. A189.7
- God of whirlwind. Typhon. He is represented as having serpents' heads on his shoulders, as having a voice like the sound of many beasts and eyes which flash fire. A282.1
- Culture hero has three heads of hair of different colors. A526.4
- Tree in hell made of living heads of the dead. A671.2.3
- Sun and moon as spangle which falls from creator's forehead into his own urine. A714.6
Episodes
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 51 CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 52 CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD
- Myths of the Cherokee · Bird Myths — Myth 46 46. WHY THE BUZZARD'S HEAD IS BARE
- Myths of the Cherokee · Snake. Fish, and Insect Myths — Myth 60 60. WHY THE BULLFROGS HEAD IS STRIPED
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 63 LXIII. THE ROLLING HEAD“
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 78 LXXVIII. THE SEVEN-HEADED DRAGON 729
Tale types
- ATU 1169 Changing Heads (previously Changing Heads with the Devil)
- ATU 1203 The Scythe Cuts a Man's Head off
- ATU 1225 The Man Without a Head (previously The Man Without a Head in the Bear's Den)
- ATU 1225A The Man Without a Head (previously The Man Without a Head in the Bear's Den)
- ATU 1230** Rebuke for Going with Naked Head
- ATU 1247 The Man Sticks his Head into the Hole of the Millstone
- ATU 125 The Wolf Flees from the Wolf-head
- ATU 1293B* Head in the Water
- ATU 1294 Getting the Calf's Head out of the Pot
- ATU 1294A* Child with Head Caught in Jar