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Motifs — first 20 of 114
- Primeval woman cut in pieces: houses, etc., made from her body. A642.1
- Stars as pieces of the moon. A764
- Falling stars as pieces of the moon. A788.1
- Creator creates earth piecemeal. A837
- Origin of hills and ridges: pieces of shattered god's head. A962.8
- Great fish killed by hero and cut into sixteen pieces: the great stones may still be seen. A972.7
- Origin of emeralds from marvelous vase broken into pieces. A978.3
- Man made from piece of clay thrown on ground. A1241.1
- Crab thrown to ground: breaks into small pieces. Hence crabs are small. A2214.4
- Mermaids tear their mortal lovers to pieces. B81.2.2
- Grateful snake gives gold piece daily. B103.0.4.1
- Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces. B765.7
- Frog is enticed from patient's mouth by offering it a piece of cheese. B784.2.3
- Every piece of shattered cowrie-shell turns into an armed man. D432.2.1
- Transformation: piece of cotton to snake. D441.8
- Transformation: pieces of grass turned into stone steps. D451.5.5
- Transformation: pieces of chalk into tins of oil. D454.13
- Magic transportation on piece of rock. (Cf. D971.4.) D1520.30
- Magic needle makes everything fall to pieces. (Cf. D1181.) D1562.4
- Ruby shatters into half-dozen pieces when it is acquired by greedy lapidary. D1641.14.1