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Motifs — first 20 of 63
- Angel of rivers. A425.0.1
- Culture hero regulates rivers. A533
- Doors of heaven guarded by rivers of fire. A661.0.1.1.1
- Rivers of blood in hell. A671.2.2
- Rivers of poison in hell. A671.2.2.1
- Rivers of fire in hell. A671.2.2.3
- Rivers of black water in hell. A671.2.2.4
- Four (three) rivers in hell. A671.2.2.5
- Other rivers in hell. A671.2.2.6
- Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame). A672
- Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition. A855
- Four rivers, rising in paradise, water primitive world. A871.2
- Well in the midst of earth from which eleven rivers originate. (Cf. A871.1.) A875.2
- Creator of rivers. A930.1
- Snake as creator of rivers and lakes. A930.1.1
- Various origins of rivers. A934
- Rivers from digging of primeval ox. (Cf. A920.1.2.) A934.1
- Rivers formed where certain stones are placed. Each of seven children are to go in a different direction, to walk a mile and put down a stone, then another mile and a stone, etc. Thus rivers are formed. A934.2
- Rivers burst forth to commemorate birth, death, battle, etc., of primitive hero. (Cf. A901, A920.1.4.) A934.3
- Rivers where god drags his staff. A934.4