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Motifs — first 20 of 35
- Heaven and earth originally connected by navel string. Navel string cut. A625.2.1
- Deer with string of pearls around its neck. B105.2
- Transformation by binding with string around neck. D585
- Transformation to ant in order to gnaw bow-strings of enemy. D651.4
- Disenchantment by removing string from neck. D723.2.1
- Magic string. D1184.2
- Magic string protects. (Cf. D1184.2.) D1380.10
- Magic ball of string to which one sticks. (Cf. D1184.2.) D1413.18
- Wild huntsmen with entrails stringing from open bodies. E501.7.5
- Life token: zither string breaks. E761.5.2
- Remarkable bowstring. F836.0.1
- Bowstring (arrow, oar) breaks at angry warrior's grasp. F1041.16.6.9
- Person removes string with thirteen knots from child's mouth. G271.10
- Prince born with bow of gold and string of silver. H71.7.2
- Task: gathering bed-tick full of harp strings. H1129.7
- Wolf tries to eat bowstring. Finds hunter, gazelle, and wild boar dead. Tries first to eat the bowstring, and is mortally wounded. J514.2
- Aesop with the unbent bow. Upbraided when found playing with children, he unstrings a bow and shows how good relaxation is. J553.1
- Rat imagines himself owner of camel. He is attached to camel by string. J953.17
- Literal numskull drags jar (bacon) on string. He has sent a pig home alone. Told that he should have led it by a string. J2461.1.1
- Man is robbed of gold chain while with prostitute. He swallows her string of pearls in revenge. (Cf. K302.1.) K306.3