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Motifs
- Hearth-god. A411.4
- Stars as fires in the hearths of ghosts. A761.4
- Origin of the domestic hearth. A1455.1
- Tabu: eating from cooking hearth. C219.4
- Magic hearth. D1147
- Hearth cleaned by angel always free of ashes. (Cf. D1147, V230.) D1683
- Needle, placed under hearth, burns and causes death of victim. D2061.2.2.8.1
- Water-spirits have hearth made of three human skulls. F420.2.5
- Extraordinary hearth. F893
- Familiar's abode is hearth of magician. G225.0.5.1
- Fire issues spontaneously from fireless hearth when man approaches. H175.4
- Hearth abode of unpromising hero (heroine). L131
- Persecution by bad luck. Wishing to escape it, the luckless couple build themselves a new home. Scarcely do they establish themselves in the new home, when bad luck addresses them from the hearth: "I have already waited for you here three days." N250.2
- Bride and groom simultaneously touch hearthstones and put one foot down inside threshold as they enter groom's house. T137.2.1
- Angel cleans hearth. V232.9