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Motifs — first 20 of 2,584
- God created angels by striking one small stone with another. Lucifer created devils by imitation. A52.0.8
- The making of gods. A104
- Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
- God with good looking and ugly bodies. A123.1.3
- God represented as king, world as his kingdom. A137.10
- King of the gods. See all references to A101 (Supreme god). A161.2
- God in form of fakir visits king and gives him advice. A182.3.4.1
- Demigod son of king's unmarried sister (daughter) by god. A511.1.3.1
- Demigod son of king's unmarried sister by her brother. A511.1.3.2
- Creation: materialization of creator's thinking. Creator "thinks outward in space" and thus produces the universe. A612
- Raising the sky: striking with broom. Old woman's hump strikes clouds as she sweeps. She strikes at sky with broom and thus raises it. A625.2.3
- Sun as king of sky and earth. A731
- Sun a fat woman walking across sky. A738.1.2
- Speaking stars. A769.4
- Rainbow is a transformed king; the lesser rainbow is the king's wife. A791.5
- Rainbow from gods' emptying their drinking cups. A791.6
- Earth from egg breaking on primeval water. (Cf. A1222). A814.9
- Making the earth smaller. Earth made too large. God learns from devil by trickery how to make it smaller. A852
- Making the earth larger. Gradually extended during creation. See references to A812 in which this idea is always involved. A853
- Lake bursts forth where blind king plucks rushes. A920.1.12
Episodes
- Australian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales · 8 Weedah the Mocking Bird
- Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster · Ch. 6 THE HIGH KING OF IRELAND
- Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri · THE TAKING OF JOPPA THE TAKING OF JOPPA
- Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee · King Lear Act 1
- Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee · King Lear Act 2
- Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee · King Lear Act 3
- Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee · King Lear Act 4
- Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee · King Lear Act 5
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 41 CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 42 CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 43 CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 47 CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 65 CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 52 52.— KING THEUSHBEAED.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 113 113.— THE TWO KINGS' CHILDREN.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 121 121.— THE KING'S SON WHO FEAEED NOTHING
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica · THE TAKING OF OECHALIA
- Myths of the Cherokee · Bird Myths — Myth 39 39. HOW THE KINGFISHER GOT HIS BILL
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter I I. The King of the Wood
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter II II. Priestly Kings
Tale types
- ATU 1006* 'Kill the Sheep that is Looking at You
- ATU 103A* The Cat Claims to Be King and Receives Food from Other Animals
- ATU 1064 Making Fire by Stamping on the Ground
- ATU 1084 Screaming or Whistling Contest (previously Contest in Shrieking or Whistling)
- ATU 1085 Making a Hole in a Tree
- ATU 1088 Eating/Drinking Contest
- ATU 1093 Talking Contest (previously Contest in Words)
- ATU 113 The Mice Choose Cat as King
- ATU 1133 Making Strong (previously Making the Ogre Strong by Castration)
- ATU 113A Pan Is Dead (previously King of the Cats Is Dead)