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Motifs — first 20 of 61
- Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
- Goddess standing on her head supports earth. A842.1
- Sun, moon, and stars bring forth first parents. Sun and moon beget son; morning and evening star beget daughter; these, the first parents, are at first without understanding, but it is awakened later by demigods. A1271.1
- Confusion of tongues partly due to lack of understanding of difference between the word for "stick" and the word for "stone." A1333.1
- Stone deity (image of) confers upon man powers of understanding animal language. B217.7
- The courtship of the stork and the crane. Go a-courting one another across the marshes but never come to an understanding, as each time either one or the other changes his mind. (Cf. T91.) B282.23
- Helpful animal killed through misunderstanding. B331
- Faithful falcon killed through misunderstanding. Tries to warn the king against drinking water poisoned by snake. B331.1
- Faithful horse killed through misunderstanding. Tries to warn king against drinking water poisoned by snake. B331.1.1
- Charm chanted standing on one foot with one eye shut, etc. D1273.0.4
- Number of screams from stone indicates number of kings to descend from man standing upon it. D1311.16.1
- Magic sight by standing on certain stone. D1821.5
- Magic sight by standing alone for three days. D1821.10
- Standing stone surrounded by withe as challenge at entrance of otherworld. (Cf. F149.1.) F150.3.2
- Fairies made visible by standing on another's foot. F235.5.1
- Spirit made visible by standing on another's foot. F412.2
- Water-spirits leave trace of water when standing or walking. F420.1.7.3
- Witch power acquired by standing on manure pile, swinging red lantern, looking over shoulder. G224.6
- Suitor test: standing naked in river through a winter night. H328.4
- Understanding poem as test. H509.4.3
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