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Motifs — first 20 of 326
- God takes form successively of ants, scorpion, and cobra. A132.0.1.1
- Chariot from heaven takes couple to live with sages in the Great Bear. A761.2
- Star-husband. Star takes mortal maiden as wife. A762.1
- Why the sea is salt: magic salt mill. Stolen by sea-captain, who takes it aboard and orders it to grind. It will stop only for its master; ship sinks and mill keeps grinding salt. A1115.2
- Cat from transformed eagle. Eagle mistakes stick of wood for fish and gets feet caught. Wind blows off feathers and makes hair. (Cf. A1710.) A1811.1
- Creation of white horse. Man takes skin of horse and substitutes a white bedspread. A1881.1
- Youth takes service with merman. B82.3
- Mouse makes boat of bread-crust. Takes animals and birds into boat. It capsizes. B295.1
- Animal takes revenge on man. B299.1
- Eagle takes revenge on man. B299.1.1
- Eagle saves man from falling wall. The grateful eagle swoops down and takes the man's hat, and thus gets him away from the wall that is about to fall. B521.2.1
- Snake takes tail in mouth and rolls like wheel. B765.1
- Man commends wife to devil. Devil takes the charge seriously and guards woman's chastity during husband's absence. C12.4
- Man curses and devil fulfills his wish: takes the stone away. C12.5.2
- Man swears he will chastise devil for poaching. The devil appears; the man runs; the devil takes man's wife. C12.5.6
- Man vows he will cross water "in spite of devil." Devil takes him. Origin of place name: En Spuyten Duyvil. C12.5.8
- The offended skull (statue) (Festin de Pierre). A skull (statue) is invited to dinner. Attends the dinner and takes his host off to the other world. C13
- Child threatened with ogre. Latter takes child off. C25.1
- Compulsion: taking back talisman which opened treasure mountain. Hero takes treasure and forgets the talisman. C652
- Injunction: sleep where night overtakes you. Otherwise misfortune will come. C683