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Motifs — first 20 of 117
- God rescues sleeping man from attack. A185.2.1
- 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
- Faithful dog kills would-be murderer of sleeping master. B524.7
- Goose brings master sleeping princess. B582.1.1.1
- Cat sucks sleeping child's breath. B766.2
- Tabu: sleeping in saint's bed. C93.1
- Tabu: touching soldiers of enchanted (sleeping) army and their horses. C549.2
- Tabu: sleeping. C735
- Tabu: sleeping during certain time. C735.1
- Tabu: sleeping in certain position during certain time. C735.1.0.1
- Tabu: bearded man sleeping at sunrise. C735.1.1
- Tabu: sleeping before task is finished. C735.1.2
- Tabu: sleeping in certain place. C735.2
- Tabu: sleeping in other world. C735.2.1
- Tabu: sleeping before lapse of seven days in cloudland. C735.2.1.1
- Tabu: sleeping in empty hut. C735.2.2
- Tabu: king (hero) sleeping after sunrise at capital. C735.2.3
- Tabu: sleeping in house lighted after sunset. C735.2.4
- Tabu: sleeping in cemetery. C735.2.5
Tale types
- ATU 1140 Sleeping with Open Eyes
- ATU 1290B* Sleeping on a Feather
- 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
- ATU 861 Sleeping at the Rendezvous