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Motifs — first 20 of 194
- Household gods speak to explain events. A182.1.1
- Moon-god, overcome in contest with mortal, threatens to withold rain and game. A182.3.6
- God witholds mortal from sinning. A185.14.2
- Household gods. A411
- Seven worlds above and below. An angel upholds the seven worlds on his shoulders. Under him in turn are: rock, bull, fish, vast sea, air, fire, and serpent. A651.3.1
- God of space upholds sky. A665.1
- Son of sun so hot no one can hold it. A736.5.1
- Creator's giant servant puts trees to hold earth together where it slipped. A857.3
- Roots created to hold land firm. A857.3.1
- Tub that drips at high tide but holds water at low tide. A913.4
- Fettered monster questions visitor. He asks "Are lambs still being produced?" or the like; i.e. is nature still normal? He must remain fettered till he hears that nature's laws no longer hold. A1074.3
- Acquisition of household implements. A1446.5
- Buffaloes emerge from earth, the first man holding the tail of last one. A1714.3.1
- Catfish transformed from children still carry marks of children's knife holder. A2261.3.1
- Bat, diver, and thornbush shipwrecked. Bat brought money, bush put on clothes, and diver brought leather. All shipwrecked. Diver is looking for his leather. Bush looks for his clothers and holds fast to all passers-by. Bat is abroad only at night to escape creditors. (Cf. A2471.4, A2491.1.) A2275.5.3
- Why diver (loon) holds legs backward. (Cf. A2215.6.) A2371.2.9
- Why bush holds on to passer-by. (Cf. A2275.5.3, A2741.4.) A2792.1
- Rain-withholding deer killed: rain released. B192.2
- Deer makes its horns available as a bookholder to a saint. B256.3
- Animals hold fairs. B294.4