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Motifs — first 20 of 916
- Contests among the gods. A163
- Moon-god, overcome in contest with mortal, threatens to withold rain and game. A182.3.6
- God puts mortal to test. A185.13
- Contest between sun and moon. A736.11
- Mountains (hills) from ancient contest (fight). A964
- Fire producing rock result of contest between god of fire and god of rain. A975.2.1
- Devil and man throw stones in contest. A977.2.1
- Why man does not change his skin: ancient contest lost by toad, representing man, won by lizard. A1319.12.1
- Origin of pleasant and unpleasant women. Contest arranged by Virgin Mary – laughter forbidden for some time. A1372.7
- Man rules all animals. God gives greatest strength to lion, but because of man's wisdom lion is in his power. A1421.1.1
- The devil's animals and God's. In the contest between God and the devil, certain animals are made by each. A1751
- 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
- Animal characteristics: result of contest. A2250
- Cock and ptarmigan in contest: winner to live in town. (Cf. A2433.1.1, A2433.4.2, A2433.4.3.) A2250.1
- Man and tiger in contest: winner to live in town. A2250.1.1
- Lizard wins contest with toad: why snakes and lizards change their skins. A2250.2
- Animal characteristics from contest in carrying. A2251
- Animal characteristics from jumping contest. A2253
- Dog burned in jumping contest over fire: enmity between dog and hare. A2253.1
- Bird characteristics from flying contests. A2254
Episodes
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica · OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 39 XXXIX. THE SUN TESTS HIS SON-IN-LAW ™
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 46 XLVI. THE SON-IN-LAW TESTS *°
- The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged · Tract 13: The Testament of Cremer
- Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena · Chapter XVI: The Disciples of Thrice-Greatest Hermes
Tale types
- ATU 1000 Contest Not to Become Angry
- ATU 1052 Carrying a Tree (previously Deceptive Contest in Carrying a Tree)
- ATU 1063 Throwing a Club (previously Throwing Contest with Golden Club)
- ATU 1063A Throwing Contest
- ATU 1070 Wrestling Contest
- ATU 1071 Wrestling Contest (with Old Grandfather)
- ATU 1072 Running Contest (previously Race with Little Son)
- ATU 1073 Climbing Contest
- ATU 1080* Laughing Contest
- ATU 1082A Singing Contest (previously The Soldier Who Rode on Death)