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Motifs — first 20 of 57
- 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
- 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
- Crab thrown to ground: breaks into small pieces. Hence crabs are small. A2214.4
- Mermaids tear their mortal lovers to pieces. B81.2.2
- Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces. B765.7
- Transformation: pieces of grass turned into stone steps. D451.5.5
- Transformation: pieces of chalk into tins of oil. D454.13
- 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
- Saint cut into pieces or decapitated comes back to life. E1.1
- Mother's ghost tries to tear daughter to pieces. E222.1
- "If I were not your next of kin." Ghost tells man that otherwise he would tear him into pieces. E229.1
- Dead tears living to pieces. E267
- Ghost laid by beating body to pieces. E446.3.1
- Fairies steal pieces as mortal plays draughts with fairy woman. F365.5
- Dwarfs turn peas into gold pieces. F451.3.3.1