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Motifs — first 20 of 51
- Shepherd-god. A453
- First shepherder. A1443.1
- Origin of shepherd's pipe. A1461.6
- Creation of hoopoe. Transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.) A1952
- Bittern from transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.) A1965.2
- Origin of insects: God throws sand on lazy shepherds. (Cf. A1716.1). A2005
- Shepherd transformed to bird still calls sheep: explanation of bird cries. Usually told of hoopoe and bittern. (Cf. A1952, A1965.2, A2275.3, A2425, A2426.2.3, A2426.2.4.) A2261.1
- Animal as shepherd for man. B292.1
- Baboon as shepherd for man. B292.1.1
- Dog as shepherd for man. B292.1.2
- Shepherd's consecrated staff keeps cow from straying. (Cf. D1254.) D1446.3
- Saint's staff serves as a shepherd. (Cf. D1254.) D1446.4
- Dwarf conducts shepherd to hell to collect debt from nobleman. F451.5.1.14
- Dumb princess brought to speak by shepherd who insults her. H343.1
- What does God do? He brings low the proud and exalts the lowly (said by shepherd masking as bishop to king, who has exchanged places with him). (Cf. H562.) H797.1
- Task: shepherd in God's service tending sheep and following where they go. On the way, he sees many wonderful things. (Cf. F171.0.1.) H1199.12.1
- Question (propounded on quest): Is a poor shepherd known to God? Answer: He had been a very generous god-fearing person in his last birth and God had not forgotten him. H1292.17
- Shipwrecked shepherd distrusts the sea. He had formerly envied sailors. J11
- Escaped lamb delivers himself to shepherd rather than to slaughter. J217.1
- Lion leaves sleeping hare to follow the shepherd. Loses both victims. J321.3
Tale types
- ATU 1333 The Shepherd who Cried 'Wolf!' too often
- ATU 1567F The Hungry Shepherd (previously Hungry Shepherd Attracts Attention)
- ATU 1575* The Clever Shepherd
- ATU 162A* The Wolf Steals and Eats One Sheep, then two, and finally the whole herd and the shepherd
- ATU 314A The Shepherd and the Three Giants
- ATU 515 The Shepherd Boy
- ATU 556F* The Shepherd in the Service of a Witch
- ATU 827 A Pious Innocent Man Knows Nothing of God (previously A Shepherd Knows Nothing of God)
- ATU 922 The Shepherd Substituting for the Clergyman Answers the King's Questions
- ATU 958 The Shepherd Youth in the Robbers' Power