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Motifs
- God takes form successively of ants, scorpion, and cobra. A132.0.1.1
- 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
- Giants meet successively larger giants. F531.6.8.7
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Maiden will not give her troth to two brothers successively. T65.1