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Motifs — first 20 of 183
- Birth of culture heroes from human bones swallowed by jaguar's human wife. A511.1.4.3
- Culture hero swallowed and recovered from animal. A535
- Sun swallowed and spit out. In theft of sun, the raven (or devil) thus succeeds. A721.2
- Great darkness due to awk swallowing the sun. A721.2.1
- Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
- Creation of swallow. A1917
- Lizard swallows fish bone: hence head bobs up and down. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2211.9
- Swallow thrown on his tail: cause of split tail. (Cf. A2378.5.1.) A2214.1
- Cow swallows book; cause of maniplies in stomach. A2219.2
- Swallows lift Christ's crown of thorns from his brow: why their nests are not destroyed. (Cf. A2431.3.5.) A2221.2.4
- Swallows put on mourning at crucifixion: have never taken it off. A2221.2.4.1
- Swallows torment Christ on cross: lose voice. (Cf. A2422.9.) A2231.2.2
- What creature has sweetest blood: gnat's tongue torn out. Assembly to decide who has the sweetest blood so that it may be the food for the serpent. Gnat discovers that man has the sweetest blood. Rather than let him tell this secret, swallow tears out his tongue. Gnat can only buzz. (Cf. A2344.2, A2426.3.2.) A2236.1
- Why swallow has no tongue. A2344.2.3
- Why swallow has forked tail. (Cf. A2214.1.) A2378.5.1
- Why swallow has black feathers in tail and only two feathers. A2378.8.6
- Color of swallow. (Cf. A2218, A2219.1, A2221.2.4.1.) A2411.2.1.4
- How night-swallow got voice. A2421.1
- Why swallows lost voice. (Cf. A2231.2.2.) A2422.9
- Meaning of swallow's song. A2426.2.12