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Motifs — first 20 of 24
- Creation of louse. A2051
- Louse created to give women work. (Cf. A2032.2.) A2051.1
- Why louse has mark on his back. A2412.3.1
- Friendship between louse and crow. A2493.23
- Giant louse. B873.1
- Magic louse answers for fugitive. D1611.13
- Louse fattened. F983.2
- Husband has friend woo his wife: wife is generous to certain point only. Husband makes her wear dress symbolic of her generosity – blouse of coarse cloth; dress of gold brocade. H492.2.1
- Test: guessing nature of certain skin – louse-skin. Louse (flea) is fattened and its skin made into coat (drum, etc.) H522.1.1
- Riddle: what is that which is neither man nor jinn nor beast nor bird? (Louse and ant.) H862
- Theological questions answered by propounding simple questions in science. Where was God before he made heaven and earth? and the like answered by "Why a louse bite raises a blister, a flee bite raises a swelling, and a gnat bite is unnoticeable?" If you cannot answer such simple questions how can you pry into God's secrets. J1291.2
- Hunter mistakes louse on his eyelash for game. He shoots several times before he notices the trouble. J1759.2
- The louse invites the flea. The flea bites the man and jumps away. The bed is searched and the louse killed. J2137.1
- Picking the louse and the flea. One man rewarded with forty crowns for picking louse from king's robe. Imitator given forty lashes for picking flea. J2415.2
- Escape by pretended lousing. Captive pretends to louse the captor but deceives him by cracking berries in the teeth (or the like). K611.1
- Cormorant's tongue pulled out by putting louse on it. K825.1
- Ape pretends to louse heron, but plucks out his feathers. K874.1
- Covenant of friendship between louse and crow. M246.1.2
- Release from curse by pricking louse and hanging it on wall. M429.5
- The obstinate wife: sign of the louse. She calls her husband a lousy head. He throws her into the stream. As she sinks she makes a sign of cracking a louse. T255.3