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Motifs — first 20 of 181
- Fiery sticks in hell. A671.2.4.8
- Sky is black because once raised by means of dirty stick. A702.8
- Trickster sticks spear in ground and leads water to sea, ending deluge. A1028.1
- Origin of Adam's apple. Forbidden fruit sticks in Adam's throat. A1319.1
- Confusion of tongues partly due to lack of understanding of difference between the word for "stick" and the word for "stone." A1333.1
- Death comes into the world by treachery of the gods: stick used by man for scratching his back is changed into cobra. A1335.14
- Origin of fire – rubbing sticks. A1414.1
- Cat from transformed eagle. Eagle mistakes stick of wood for fish and gets feet caught. Wind blows off feathers and makes hair. (Cf. A1710.) A1811.1
- Stick (leaf) thrown at animal's rump: hence tails. (Cf. A2378.3.3.) A2215.1
- Serpent steals from God's coat a stick for his back. (Cf. A2356.1.1.) A2262.3
- Origin of anteater's proboscis. Transformed digging-stick. (Cf. A2262.) A2335.3.1
- Origin of snake's back. From a stick. (Cf. A2262.3.) A2356.1.1
- Origin of churning stick. A2823
- Stepson cursed to stick in grave mound till pretty girl wants to substitute for him. D5.1.1
- Transformation: man to stick. D217
- Transformation: quails to sticks and pebbles. D423.2
- Transformation: sticks of wood to animal. D441.7
- Transformation: stick (log) to other object. D451.6
- Stick thrust in ground changes into spirit hut. D451.6.2
- Transformation: stick to weapon. D451.6.3