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Motifs — first 20 of 23
- Culture hero stays current of river. A533.1
- During day moon stays with his mother under the earth. A753.3.3
- Why hyena stays in burrow. (Cf. A2282.) A2433.3.4
- Why squirrel stays hidden in jungle. A2433.3.9.1
- Why lion stays away from settlement. A2433.3.16
- Dog looks for the most powerful master. Stays for good in man's service, since man fears no one. A2513.1.1
- Fig tree stays with the angels: rewarded with sap of all other trees. A2711.7
- Ghost kills man who stays in haunted house. E281.0.1
- Wraith of sweetheart stays in room where lover has died. It disappears only after her death at far distant point twenty years after death of lover. E723.5
- Dwarf stays away from house after maid tries to catch and kiss him. F451.5.19.1
- The giant on the ark. Noah saves a giant on the ark. Cannot enter but stays in the rigging. Noah sends him food through a hole. F531.5.9
- "Do not prolong a friendly visit." Guest stays so long that host gives him black bread instead of white. J21.9.1
- Disciple who stays in a city where everything is sold at one price finds justice is not even there. (Cf. F769.1.) J21.52.1
- Crow flying away says, "A wise man remains not in the place of calamity; but a fool stays there, and sups fear and sorrow." J171.3.1
- In spite of master's advice disciple stays in country where everything has cheap price. Gets into trouble. J342.1.1
- Numskull stays till he has finished. As he is making water he hears a brook flowing and mistakes what it is. He waits for a day and a half. J1814
- Master tells servant (sarcastically) to take a year to do errand. Servant stays away a year and then returns to claim salary. J2461.4
- The obedient husband: the leave of absence. His wife says, "You may go away for a little while." He stays away for days and then sends a messenger to his wife asking if he has been away long enough. J2523
- Troll bluffed away from christening. He is invited but told that guests will include the Virgin Mary, Thor the Thunderer, etc. He stays away but sends the finest present. K1736
- Sham wise man stays alone feigning study. Is really killing flies. K1956.5