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Motifs — first 20 of 148
- The making of gods. A104
- 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
- Making mountains out of flat earth causes flood. A1016.5
- World-eclipse ended by bat making sun smile. A1046.1
- Devil's unsuccessful attempt to vivify his creations as God has done. Succeeds only in making animal. A1217
- Origin of charcoal making. A1452
- Origin of cloth-making. A1453
- Origin of shoemaking. A1454
- Elder tree is never struck by lightning because it was used in making the cross. A2711.2.1
- Gold-making deer. B103.1.4
- Gold-making bird. B103.1.5
- Tabu: making war against certain tribe. C641
- Tabu: making war against certain tribe on Tuesday. C641.1
- Tabu: making peace with certain tribe. C642
- Tabu: making noise on way to other world. C715.2
- Tabu: making treaty at certain time. C751.5
- Tabu: making unreasonable requests. Given power of fulfilling all wishes, person oversteps moderation and is punished. C773.1
- Tabu: making withershins circuit. (Cf. D1791.2.) C854.2
- Tabu: making use of blood. C893