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Motifs — first 20 of 398
- God with long white beard and white moustache. A137.18
- Long-suffering God. A139.12
- God makes man's hand rigid so he can no longer torment captive. A185.2.2
- Thunder god or spirit has very long mouth. A284.3.1
- God (goddess) of longevity. A474.2
- Remarkable longevity of culture heroes. A564
- Beings born in hell have long bodies and cling with long nails to walls. A671.6
- How the earth became oblong. God the Father situated on one side of the earth, the Son on the other. A851
- Why stones no longer grow. Devil sows stones; God sends cold to prevent their growing. A975.1
- Why stones no longer grow: punishment for injuring foot of holy person. A975.1.1
- 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
- Rain kept in waterskin dragged along sky floor. A1131.4.1
- Thunder is noise of waterskin which rain-god drags along sky floor. A1142.8
- Men from long nuts, women from short ones. A1253.2.2
- Why Eve was not made at first along with Adam. A1275.8
- Men and animals readjust span of life. At first, thirty years are given to all animals and to man. For the animals it is too long, for man too short. Man is given a portion of animals' lives. Years 1–30 vigorous (man's own); 30–48 burdens and blows (ass's); 48–60 no teeth (dog's); 60–70 foolish (monkey's). A1321
- Long span of life for first man. A1323
- Why children are helpless for so long. A1361
- Patriarchs because of long life made inventions. A1440.3
- Origin of wishing long life to person who sneezes. A1537.1
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1083 Duel with Long Pole and Cudgel
- ATU 1288** The Long Nose
- ATU 1293 A Long Piss (previously Numskull Stays until he has Finished)
- ATU 1337C The Long Night
- ATU 1541 For the Long Winter
- ATU 1562J* 'Sing It!' A pharmacist's (farmer's) servant who stutters tries to tell his master that the laboratory is burning (that he fell into a canal along with his horse and wagon)
- ATU 1827 'You Shall See me a Little While Longer
- ATU 1833M The Long Sermon
- ATU 1889N The Long Hunt