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Motifs
- Misplaced genitalia. Originally genitals are misplaced. They are properly arranged by the culture hero. A1313.3
- Camrosh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies. B35
- Magic bird collects seeds. Sees that they are properly placed. Also carries off people's enemies. B172.3
- Certain pool to be approached only when properly attired. C615.5
- Ghost returns because corpse was not properly burned. E235.2.2
- Saint's body miraculously moves so that it is laid properly north and south, not northeast and southwest. E411.0.8
- Magician who has sold his soul to the devil hires his servant to bury him properly: the coffin bursts. (Cf. E261.2.1.) E411.9
- Woman's question to her husband disguised as woman, how many men she had in one night. This is properly understood as, how many helpers he had, and answered by lifting ten fingers. H582.3
- Enigmatic counsels of a father. Taken literally bring trouble, but when properly interpreted are valuable. H588
- Enigmatic welcome of host. Sounds very inhospitable but properly interpreted makes guests welcome. H595
- Society is like a dish: must be properly mixed. Plates having salt, pepper, fish, etc. not edible without mixing. J81.1
- Humor of disability. Besides the motifs which follow, the entire series of motifs concerning fools (J1700–J2799) properly belongs here as well as where it is given. X100
- The mother trains the old maid to speak properly. Absurd results. X756