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Motifs — first 20 of 427
- Devil works during God's sleep at creation. A63.1
- Sleepless god. A102.8
- Goddess sleeps on bed of snakes. A155.6
- God rescues sleeping man from attack. A185.2.1
- God of sleep. A472
- Goddess of sleep. A472.1
- Culture hero asleep in mountain. A571
- When wind-spirit is awake it storms; asleep, it is calm. A1128.2
- Purchase of night. Originally no night. Culture hero goes to distant land and buys it. He introduces sleep, etc. Cock to crow for day. (Cf. B755, J2272.1.) A1174.3
- Origin of sleep. A1399.2.1
- Why children are not left alone in the house to sleep. A1579.1
- Gull a transformed ravished maiden. While he is sleeping, the maiden the hero has stolen is ravished by another man. The hero thereupon turns her into a gull. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.2
- Mosquitoes created by goddess to make sleeping outside impossible to men. A2034.1.1
- Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.) A2233.3
- Hare sleeps with open eyes as defense. A2461.1
- Why bat sleeps by day. (Cf. A2236.3.) A2491.1.1
- Sleepless dragon. B11.4.3
- The Bird Gam. Throws sand in a stream and makes a lake. Appears at turn of century. Also carries men. Leaps into the sea and sleeps. B31.2
- Siren's song causes sleep. B53.4
- Mermaid's singing causes sleep. Girl tumbles from boat and drowns. B81.11
Tale types
- ATU 1140 Sleeping with Open Eyes
- ATU 1289 Each Wants to Sleep in the Middle
- ATU 1290B* Sleeping on a Feather
- ATU 1545A Learning to Sleep in Bed
- ATU 1562D* The Boy Goes to Sleep on his Job
- ATU 1691D* Sleep with Baby
- ATU 1807B Sleeping with God's Daughters
- ATU 1833L A Clergyman Wakes his Sleeping Congregation
- ATU 275A The Race between Hare and Tortoise (previously Hare and Tortoise Race: Sleeping Hare)
- ATU 410 Sleeping Beauty (Dornr'schen, La bella addormentata