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Motifs — first 20 of 495
- House of god with pillars made of dead chief's bones. A151.4.4
- Household gods speak to explain events. A182.1.1
- Household gods. A411
- Three fates in house in woods allot destiny to people. A463.1.2
- Primeval woman cut in pieces: houses, etc., made from her body. A642.1
- Moon has house. A753.2
- Moon is hare covered with silver, which lives in crystal house with fifteen windows. It rests on a chariot and travels around Mount Meru. A759.4
- The gods build houses, and fashion tools. A1402
- Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
- Acquisition of guest-houses. A1435.1
- Man learns housebuilding from wasp. A1445.2.2
- Acquisition of household implements. A1446.5
- Why children are not left alone in the house to sleep. A1579.1
- Why a lamp must be lighted in a house at least every fortnight. A1599.14
- The owl is a baker's daughter who objected to the size of the dough put into the oven for Jesus when he appeared in her house as a beggar. A1958.0.1
- Cat helps man build house: may occupy chimney corner. (Cf. A2233.2, A2433.3.1.) A2223.1
- Discourteous answer: tortoise's shell. Zeus celebrates a wedding and invites the animals. Tortoise is late. Why? "I like my house." "May you bear your house always." (Cf. A2312.1.) A2231.1.4
- Dog will not help build house: must remain out of doors. (Cf. A2223.1, A2433.3.2.) A2233.2
- Too cold for hare (dog) to build house in winter, not necessary in summer: must go without house. A2233.2.1
- Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.) A2233.4
Episodes
- Beowulf · PRELUDE OF THE FOUNDER OF THE DANISH HOUSE
- Faust: A Tragedy · First Part, Scene 10 (The Neighbor's House)
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 6 CHAPTER IV. THE HIDDEN HOUSE OF LUGH
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 26 CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 50 CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 67 CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 86 CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE
- Myths of the Cherokee · Wonder Stories — Myth 79 79. THE REMOVED TOWNHOUSES
- Myths of the Cherokee · Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 112 112. the ignorant housekeeper
Tale types
- ATU 1010 Repairing the House
- ATU 124 Blowing the House In [Z81]
- ATU 1245 Sunlight Carried in a Bag (Basket, Sieve) into the Windowless House
- ATU 1282 House Burned Down to Rid it of Insects
- ATU 130A Animals Build Themselves a House
- ATU 1346 The House Without Food or Drink
- ATU 1419A The Husband in the Chicken House
- ATU 1419E Underground Passage to Lover's House
- ATU 1464C* Good Housekeeping
- ATU 1545A* 'It's a Man!' A man disguises himself as a pregnant woman and is admitted to a house where a beautiful daughter (wife) lives