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- Gods (supernatural beings) have many names. (Cf. C432.) A139.1
- Naming the stars. The "Great Star" names the stars. A765
- All things receive names. A1191
- Origin of personal names. A1577
- How animals received their names. A2571
- Adam names male animals, Eve, female. A2571.0.2
- Names of animals explained by their characteristics. A2571.0.4
- Origin of plant names. A2781
- Eating totem animal (or animal namesake). C221.2
- Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small". C433
- Blinded trickster directed by trees. He asks them their names and by their answers he can tell where he is. (Cf. D950.) D1313.4
- Listening at church door on Halloween to hear the names of those to die in the coming year. (Cf. D1825.6.) D1827.1.1
- Animals summoned by pronouncing their names. D2074.2.4.2
- Names given the soul. E700.1
- Names for otherworld. F0.1
- Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their song and completing it by adding the names of the days of the week. F331.3
- Names for dwarfs. F451.8
- Common names for dwarfs. F451.8.1
- Proper names for dwarfs. F451.8.2
- Trolls may not utter holy names. F455.7.3
Tale types
- ATU 1545 The Boy with Many Names
- ATU 1562A 'The Barn is Burning!' A master has instructed his farmhand (a traveler) to use peculiar names for everything, for example, Purity for the cat, Beauty for the fire, High for the roof (and punishes the farmhand when he does not)
- ATU 1833D The Names of the Persons of the Holy Trinity
- ATU 1940 The Extraordinary Names
- ATU 2010IA The Animals with Peculiar Names (previously The Animals with Queer Names)
- ATU 7 The Three Tree Names (previously The Calling of Three Tree Names)
- ATU 826 List of Sins on Cowhide (previously Devil Writes down Names of Men on Hide in Church) [G303
- ATU 883C The Boys with Extraordinary Names