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Motifs — first 20 of 33
- Nine nights' riding from heaven (or earth) to hell. A658.1.1
- Cattle and sheep of the sun. 350 of each (= days and nights of the lunar year). A732.1
- Woman in moon's oven seen on clear nights. A751.8.4
- Why some nights are dark and some light. A1174.2
- Tabu: sleeping two nights in the same place until certain result is attained. C735.2.8
- Tabu: staying two nights in one place until certain event is brought to pass. C761.4.1
- Disenchantment by three nights' silence under punishment. D758.1
- Three days and three nights seem one hour as saint preaches. (Cf. Z71.1.1.) D2011.1.2
- Knights in wild hunt. E501.2.1
- Wild hunt appears on stormy nights. E501.11.1.4
- Girl goes to see her fairy lover on certain nights. F301.7
- Knights drink from a huge nine-gallon cup. F531.4.3
- Person sleeps for three days and nights. F564.3.2
- Sun shines for twelve days and nights after death of holy person. F961.1.5.1
- Shower of blood for three days and three nights. F962.4.1
- Saint preaches for three days and three nights. F1086
- Riddle: tree with twelve branches, each with thirty leaves, black and white. Year, month, days and nights. H721.1
- Riddle: tree with leaves white on one side and black on other. Year made up of nights and days. H721.2
- Riddle: why are there more days than nights? (The moon turns some nights into days.) H772
- Test: sleeping by princess three nights without looking at her or disturbing her. H1472