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Motifs — first 20 of 24
- Soul weeps when departing from body. (Cf. E551.) E722.2.7
- Parting fairies leave gifts for newborn princess. F340.1
- Departing house. Hero in departing takes his house with him. F1063
- Departing husband assigns his wife tasks. H922
- Task left by departing husband for virgin wife to accomplish: have a son whose real mother she is and whose real father he is. She accomplishes this by disguising as a girl. H1187
- Fool digs holes in edge of road. Only those departing from straight path will fall in. Truth of principle later seen. J95
- Departing animal gives man counsels. J135
- Sharing his wounds. Two men on parting agree to share everything they receive. One returns with much money. His friend reminds him of the pact. He replies that he has also received many wounds. The friend is willing to forego dividing. J1621
- Fool exchanges his wife with ox; thinks something to be wrong with her head (she has been marked with red at the parting of her hair). J2081.3
- Deserted wife chokes departing husband. Asks for one last kiss. K951.0.1
- Hypocritical stepmother weeps as she tells departing husband she will take good care of stepchildren though they beat her (she beats them instead). K2056
- Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curse. L222
- Modest choice for parting gift – money or counsels. Counsels chosen. L222.1
- Modest parting gift best – meat or bones. Bones thrown to pursuing dogs delay them and allow escape; not so with meat. L222.2
- Modest choice for parting gift: when offered money man takes magic stick. L222.3
- Modest choice of parting gift: magic iron measure chosen. L222.4
- The choice of roads. At parting of three roads are equivocal inscriptions telling what will happen if each is chosen. Brothers each choose a different road. N122.0.1
- Secret remedy revealed by departing animal. House spirit (or bird) leaves saying, "If you knew what valerian is good for, the people would not die so fast." N452.2
- Parting at crossroads to go on adventures. N772
- Mother's parting gift to adventuring son: the two loaves of bread. One for hunger, one for overeating. N782