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Motifs — first 20 of 23
- Nature and condition of the moon. Many motifs in A720 to A739 refer to the moon and are not here repeated. A750
- Repeated transformation. Transformation into one form after another. D610
- Goddess repeatedly transforms herself. D610.1
- Repeated transformations to deceive wives. A husband thus makes each of his many wives believe that he is always with her. D616
- Sounds heard before death; the sounds are later repeated in connection with the death or funeral. D1827.1.2
- Repeated resuscitation. A person dies and is resuscitated repeatedly. E151
- Repeated reincarnation. E670
- Man in otherworld kindles fire. It burns out repeatedly while he is gathering more wood. F171.6.5
- Repeated death. (Cf. M341.2.4.2.) F901
- Drops of water make hollow in stone: thus repeated impressions penetrate mind. J67
- Priest's words repeated. Man sent to priest for religious service to repeat priest's words. Keeps repeating "Who are you?" "Where do you come from?" J2498.2
- Animal feigns death repeatedly and then entices owner from goods. K341.2.1
- Bluff: insult repeated as harmless remark. The trickster makes an insulting remark, but when called on to repeat what he said he changes it so as to turn aside wrath. K1775
- Falcon attacks eagle repeatedly and defeats him. L315.9
- Death for repeated adultery. Q411.0.1.4
- Punishment: transformation of lovers into lion and lioness for desecrating temple. They have had sexual relations in the temple. It was believed that lions do not mate with each other; hence their sin could not be repeated. Q551.3.1
- Heroine's three-fold flight from ball. Cinderella (Cap o' Rushes) after meeting the prince at a ball (church) flees before identification is possible. Repeated three times. R221
- Oft-proved fidelity. Repeated attempts to seduce innocent woman. She escapes them all. T320.1
- Pains of woman in childbirth repeated in person of the man. T583.1.1
- Repeated circumambulations with prayer. V58.3
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