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Motifs — first 20 of 83
- Origin of salt springs. A942.2
- Why the sea is salt. A1115
- Why the sea is salt: because of wrecked salt ship. A1115.1
- Why the sea is salt: magic salt mill. Stolen by sea-captain, who takes it aboard and orders it to grind. It will stop only for its master; ship sinks and mill keeps grinding salt. A1115.2
- Why the sea is salt: heavy rain showers on ashes of wood burnt by primeval fire. A1115.3
- Why salt disappeared from forests. A1196
- Mankind from salty stone (ice block) licked by cow. (Audhumla). A1245.4
- Why women keep washing themselves. St. Andrew, sent to get salt to keep people clean, gets drunk and forgets. There is only enough for men. A1372.10
- Acquisition of salt. A1429.4
- Why oyster lives in salt water. A2433.6.2
- Why animals eat everything without salt. A2435.2.1
- Magic tortoise fed with salt gives pearls. B103.1.6
- Patient fed salt: animal comes out for water. The patient is fed salt or heavily salted food and allowed no water for several days. He then stands with mouth open before a supply of fresh water, often a running brook. The thirsty animal emerges to get fresh water. B784.2.1
- Tabu: eating salt. C229.6
- Transformation to pillar of salt for breaking tabu. (Cf. C331.) – C961.1
- Transformation: man to salt. D241
- Transformation: stone to salt. D452.1.3
- Transformation: salt to stone. D471.5
- Salty water turned into fresh liquid. D478.10
- Magic salt. D1039.2