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Motifs — first 20 of 141
- God with body of stream of blood. A123.1.6
- Stream is wife of deity. A425.1.1
- Sun bathes in stream of fire at night. A722.5.1
- Sun led through stream to cool off heat at night; otherwise might consume earth. A722.5.2
- Four streams from four corners of earth. A871.1
- Stream of paradise from roots of world-tree. A878.1
- Other streams from roots of earth-tree. A878.1.1
- Origin of streams. A930
- Stream unexpectedly bursts from side of mountain. A934.9
- Rivers and streams offspring of marriage of Ocean and his sister. A938
- Stream from under holy of holies in temple. A941.7.3
- Origin of insects: released from sack. God places them in a sack and gives it to hare to carry to stream. He must not look in the sack. When he does so the insects escape. The hare laughs and this is the cause of his split lip. A2003
- Pike helps Christ cross stream: made king of fishes. A2223.4
- Tortoise given hard shell when it ferries rice-goddess across stream. A2223.6
- Animal cursed for refusing to carry holy fugitive across stream. (Cf. A2371.2.1.) A2231.7.2
- Why tortoise lives in logs in stream. (Cf. A2282.) A2433.6.1.1
- Why iguana lives in stream. A2433.6.4
- Why hare never drinks from rivers or streams. A2435.3.12.1
- 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
- Demi-coq. A cock is cut in two and is made magic. Carries robbers, foxes, and stream of water under wings. B171.1
Tale types
- ATU 1172 All Stones from the Stream or the Field
- ATU 1273A* Bailing Out the Stream (previously Numskull Bailes Out the Stream)
- ATU 133* The Goat Carries the Snake over a Stream
- ATU 1365A Wife Falls into a Stream
- ATU 1579 Carrying Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage across Stream
- ATU 729 The Merman's Golden Axe (previously The Axe Falls into the Stream)