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- Deity clothes his father the sky after he has separated him from earth. A625.2.4
- Heaven and earth from egg. They are the two halves of an egg shell. Eros escapes as they are separated. A641.1
- Islands originally form continent, later separated. A955.11
- Man at first with two faces, separated at birth of first woman. A1316.0.1
- Two automatic giants fight until separated. D1620.3.1
- Armies separated with illusion that each has won object of contention. D2031.8
- Poison magically separated from drink. D2168.1
- Head of beheaded man separated from body (by walking between them) to prevent return. (Cf. E721.1.2.2.) E431.7.2.1
- Person's fingers not separated from one another. F515.1.1
- Human fingers not separated. F552.1.4
- Armies miraculously separated (kept from coming to battle, etc.). F1097
- Identity tests. Recognition. Elaborate means are employed in folk-literature for the recognition of persons even though they have been separated a very short time. The various means used are detailed in the following discussion. H0
- Chastity index. Objects indicate faithfulness or unfaithfulness of separated lovers (husband or wife). H430
- Riddle: what are the two fixed, the two moving, the two joined, the two separated by jealousy, the two eternal enemies? (Heaven and earth; sun and moon; night and day; soul and body; life and death.) H851
- Sons united make living; separated fail. J1021.1
- Companions separated by illusory city. K1886.5
- Bird carries off ring which lover has taken from sleeping mistress's finger. He searches for the ring and becomes separated from her. N352
- Bird carries off jeweled veil with which girl had covered sleeping lover's face. Lover pursues bird and becomes separated from the girl. N352.1
- Husband and wife become separated in shipwreck. Wife unexpectedly meets husband on street. They are reunited. N741.2
- Lovers treacherously separated. T84