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Motifs — first 20 of 876
- God as lover of giantess. A164.6
- Gods and goddesses in love with men. A188
- Sea-queen and hand maidens entice lovers. A421.1.1
- God of love. A475
- Goddess of love. A475.1
- Goddess of love with thousand faces. A475.1.1
- Sun and moon as lovers. (Cf. A736.1.1.) A736.1.3
- Stars as transformed lovers. A761.3
- Origin of rainbow: transformed butterflies (souls of lovers). A791.9
- One mountain in love with another stretches leg out to meet her: origin of a mountain chain. A965.1
- Cliff from lovers' leap. Lovers in despair throw themselves from a high place. This becomes a cliff. A968.2
- Flood from tears of grieving lover. A1012.1.2
- First man descends on earth, falls in love with and marries a fairy. A1275.9
- Origin of love-songs. A1554
- Creation of plover (known as seven whistlers). (Cf. A1715.1.) A1941
- Woodpecker from devil's herdsman transformed. The devil strikes his herdsman so that he turns into a bird who continually calls after his beloved cow. (Cf. A1710.) A1957.1
- Bees work on Sabbath: may not get honey from red clover. (Cf. A2435.5.1.) A2231.3.2
- Why cow has cloven hoof. A2376.1
- Why ass does not have cloven hoof. A2376.1.1
- Why bees may not get honey from red clover. (Cf. A2231.3.2.) A2435.5.1
Episodes
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 64 CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT
- Myths of the Cherokee · Snake. Fish, and Insect Myths — Myth 61 61. THE BULLFROG LOVER
- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 16 XVI. NEIGHBOUR-LOVE.
Tale types
- ATU 1355B 'I Can See the Whole World!' (previously Adulteress Tells her Lover, 'I Can See the Whole World')
- ATU 1357* Wife's Duty to Have Lovers
- ATU 1358 Trickster Surprises Adulteress and Lover
- ATU 1358A Hidden Lover Buys Freedom from Discoverer
- ATU 1358B Husband Carries Off Box Containing Hidden Lover [K443
- ATU 1358C Trickster Discovers Adultery: Food Goes to Husband Instead of Lover [K1571]
- ATU 1359 Husband Outwits Adulteress and Lover
- ATU 1359A Hiding the Lover
- ATU 1359B Husband Meets the Lover in the Wife's Place
- ATU 1360B Flight of the Woman and her Lover from the Stable