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Motifs — first 20 of 24
- God in successive animal forms. A132.0.1
- God takes form successively of ants, scorpion, and cobra. A132.0.1.1
- Bad women from transformed hog and goose. Peter, having only one daughter, foolishly promises her to three men. He asks the Lord to create two others. This request is granted. The first creature he meets on two successive mornings he is to greet, and they will be transformed. He meets a hog and a goose. His two new daughters have these characteristics. A1371.3
- Person frightened by animals successively replying to his remarks. Example: Man riding horse and followed by dog tells horse to jump over a hole. Horse says, "I will not." Man turns to dog and says, "Isn't that strange – a horse talking!" The dog says, "Yes, isn't it." Often the man runs, meeting other animals which answer him, until he falls exhausted. B210.1
- Protean beggar: Person assumes successive forms in order to beg. D611
- Protean sale: man sells youth in successive transformations. D612
- Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations. D615
- Disenchantment by holding enchanted person during successive transformations. D757
- Giants meet successively larger giants. F531.6.8.7
- Not to sleep for three successive nights. The sleepy man: "I am just thinking, that on earth there are more crooked trees than straight ones ... more hills than plains ... more water than land ..." The devil goes to ascertain these things, meanwhile the man sleeps. Unsuccessful imitation by another man. K216.3
- Playing godfather. By pretending that he has been invited to be godfather, the trickster makes an opportunity to steal the provisions stored by him and the dupe for the winter. When he returns on successive occasions he reports the name of the child as "Just Begun," "Half Done," etc. K372
- The stolen cow successively pawned. In one night a thief pawns a cow four times, always stealing it immediately and finally delivering it back to its owner. K408
- Escape by successive disguises. K533
- Fugitive disguises successively in different forms and deceives pursuer into self-injury. K533.1
- Multiple disguise: one person disguising successively seems to be many. K1834
- Messengers announce successive misfortunes. N252
- Messengers announce successive misfortunes to warrior as he sets out for war. Tells of death of father, mother, brother, and sister, but he refuses to turn back. N252.1
- Person has successive misfortunes while making plans because he forgets to say, "If God wills." (Cf. G224.1, J1217.1.) N385.1
- Pursuer follows successive night campfires (each brighter than last). R272
- Parents successively bury alive their sons who mention something about smith's, potter's, washerman's, and tom-tom beater's trade, but keep fifth child who says something about being future king. S311.1