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Motifs
- Creator's grandmother. Casually mentioned in the course of the creation myth. A31
- Person returns to original form when tabu is broken. A person originally transformed from an animal or an object returns to that form when the origin is mentioned. (Cf. C31.2, C33.1, C35.1, C440, C441.) C963
- Son mentioned as daughter in order to save him from enemy's pursuit. K649.4
- The mouse regains its tail. The cat bites off the mouse's tail and will return it in exchange for milk. The mouse goes to the cow for milk, the farmer for hay, the butcher for meat, the baker for bread. Other persons mentioned are the locksmith and the miner. Z41.4