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Motifs
- Creator with appearance of Negro. A19.2
- Negroes as curse on Ham for laughing at Noah's nakedness. A1614.1
- Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water. A1614.2
- Negroes made from left-over scraps at creation. A1614.5
- Why the negro works. A1671.1
- Transformation: white person to negro. (Cf. D57) D31
- Transformation to cure inconstant husband. He falls in love with another woman: his wife changes him to negro. He then falls in love with negress: wife changes him to ass. He then falls in love with she-ass. Finally restored to his original form. D662
- Negro so black that he makes whole garden somber. F573
- Negro cannibal. G11.4
- Negro tries in vain to be washed white. J511.1
- White man made to believe that he is a negro. Sleeps with a negro. His friends blacken him during the night. When he is waked up, he complains that they have waked the wrong man. J2013.1
- Treacherous negro (Moor). K2261
- Negro takes refuge under princess's throne. R314