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Motifs — first 20 of 146
- Sea-queen and hand maidens entice lovers. A421.1.1
- Valkyries (shield-maidens). Demigoddesses who attend battle. A485.2
- Maiden at the bridge to hell. A672.2
- Star-husband. Star takes mortal maiden as wife. A762.1
- Four maidens as earth-supports. One is at each of the cardinal points. (Cf. A842.) A841.2
- Origin of menstruation – Virgin Mary's garment. She hides her garment and a maiden finds it. A1355.2
- Gull a transformed ravished maiden. While he is sleeping, the maiden the hero has stolen is ravished by another man. The hero thereupon turns her into a gull. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.2
- Poplars from weeping maidens transformed by god. A2681.3
- Dragon keeps maiden tied with golden chain. B11.10.1
- Mermaid captures a maiden. B81.4
- Merman marries maiden. B82.1
- Snake heals mutilated maiden with magic herbs. B511.1.2
- Marriage to swan-maiden. B652.1
- Marriage to dove-maiden. B652.3
- Animal tamed by maiden's beauty. B771.1
- Tabu: killing stork. Bird was once maiden. (Cf. A1715, A1966.) C841.1
- Swan Maiden. A swan transforms herself at will into a maiden. She resumes her swan form by putting on her swan coat. (It is difficult to tell in most Swan Maiden tales whether the primary form is swan or maiden: the incident may belong at D161.) D361.1
- Swan Maiden finds her hidden wings and resumes her form. D361.1.1
- Transformation to be able to woo maiden. D641.1.2
- Disenchantment by maidens walking with lighted candles in procession. D759.6
Episodes
- Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic · Tale 4 CONNLA OF THE GOLDEN HAIR, AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN.
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 76 LXXVI. THE SWAN-MAIDENS 28
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter XLV XLV. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe
Tale types
- ATU 1457 The Lisping Maiden
- ATU 1542** The Maiden's Honor
- ATU 218 A Cat Transformed to a Maiden Runs after a Mouse
- ATU 310 The Maiden in the Tower
- ATU 312 Maiden-killer (Bluebeard) (previously The Giant-killer and his Dog)
- ATU 412 The Maiden (Youth) with a Separable Soul in a Necklace
- ATU 451 The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers
- ATU 653B The Suitors Restore the Maiden to Life
- ATU 706 The Maiden without Hands
- ATU 879 The Basil Maiden