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Motifs — first 20 of 2,541
- Creative mother source of everything. A3
- Brothers as creators. A15.2
- Creator's grandmother. Casually mentioned in the course of the creation myth. A31
- Other animal companions of creator. A33.4
- God created angels by striking one small stone with another. Lucifer created devils by imitation. A52.0.8
- Angels created on fifth day with other winged creatures. A52.2.5
- God and the devil torment each other with their creations. Devil pesters God with gnats. God makes a fire and safeguards himself; God plagues the devil with fleas. Devil is unable to find means of protecting himself. A63.4.1
- Satan attempts to create another world. A63.8
- Supreme god. One god chief of all other gods. (Often not worshipped as other gods are.) A101
- God of the living and the dead in the otherworld. A108
- Goddess as mother of Pacific Ocean. A109.2
- Mother of the gods. (Cf. A116.2.) A111.1
- God born from mother's ear. A112.7.1
- God born from mother's armpit. A112.7.2
- Goddess born from mother's eyes. A112.7.3
- God born of another god's sweat. A114.1.1.1
- Twin gods – one mortal, other immortal. A116.1
- Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south. A133.2
- God carries brothers and sisters on his back in basket. A137.4.1
- Small-pox deity rides nude on an ass with the half of a winnowing fan for an umbrella and with a swing in one hand and a broom in the other. A137.8
Episodes
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 28 CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 9 9.— THE TWELVE BROTHERS.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 24 24.— MOTHER HOLLE.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 60 60.— THE TWO BROTHERS.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 81 81.— BEOTHER LUSTIO.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 100 100.— THE DEVIL'S SOOTY BROTHER.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 124 124.— THE THREE BROTHERS.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 125 125.— THE DEVIL AND HIS GRANDMOTHER.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 129 129.— THE FOUR SKILFUL BEOTHERS.
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica · XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica · XXX. TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL
- Myths of the Cherokee · Wonder Stories — Myth 78 78. THE NUNNE'HI AND OTHER SPIRIT FOLK
- Myths of the Cherokee · Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 117 117. THE MOTHER BEAR'S SONG
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 2 II. SUN SISTER AND MOON BROTHER *
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter XLV XLV. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter XLVI XLVI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands
Tale types
- ATU 1007 Other Means of Killing or Maiming Livestock [K1440]
- ATU 1013 Bathing (Warming) Grandmother
- ATU 103A* The Cat Claims to Be King and Receives Food from Other Animals
- ATU 1119 The Ogre Kills His Mother (Wife) (previously The Ogre Kills his Own Children)
- ATU 1122 The Ogre's Wife Killed Through Other Tricks
- ATU 1143 Ogre Otherwise Injured
- ATU 1147 Thunder (previously Thunder the Rolling of his Brother's Wagon)
- ATU 121 Wolves Climb on Top of One Another (previously Wolves Climb on Top of One Another to Tree)
- ATU 1210 The Cow (Other Domestic Animal) is Taken to the Roof to Graze [J1904
- ATU 1227 Catching the Squirrel (previously One Woman to Catch the Squirrel; Other to Get the Cooking Pot)