• Hermaphroditic creator. The creator is half man and half woman or is thought of as both male and female. A12
• Gods of darkness and light. Darkness thought of as evil, light as good. A107
• Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-god. A284.2
• Stars thought of as living beings. A761.6
• World catastrophe. The world is destroyed. The incidents are usually the same whether a final destruction is thought of or a destruction which may be overcome by a renewal of the earth. A1000
• Adam's body made of eight (four) things. Body, earth; bones, stones; veins, roots; blood, water; hair, grass; thoughts, wind; spirit, clouds, or warmth, fire; cold, air; dryness, earth; instability, water. A1260.1.3
• Origin of spider. [Note: In folk thought the spider is classed as an insect and not with the other arachnida.] (Cf. A1751.) A2091
• Origin of whale. [Note: In folk thought, a fish.] A2135
• Helpful spider. [Note: In folk thought, an insect.] B489.1
• Why certain animals are thought of as good or bad. B792
• Transformation through thoughtless wish of parent. D521.1
• Magic ring permits owner to learn person's secret thoughts. (Cf. D1076.) D1316.4
• Magic spectacles allow wearer to read others' thoughts. (Cf. D1299.5.) D1316.4.2
• Sleigh as swift as thought. (Cf. D1115.) D1521.3
• Carriage as swift as thought. (Cf. D1111.) D1521.4
• Magic results from power of thought. D1777
• Magic knowledge of another's thoughts. D1819.1
• Chief reads visitor's thoughts. D1819.1.1
• Years thought days. (Cf. F379.5.) Years spent in the other world or asleep seem as days because of magic forgetfulness. D2011
• Moments thought years. In a moment a person seems to experience events of many years. D2012

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• ATU 1190* The Man Thought Hanged
• ATU 1203A The Sickle (Scythe) Thought to Be a Serpent
• ATU 1310* The Crab Is Thought to Be the Devil
• ATU 1313 The Man who Wanted to Commit Suicide (previously The Man who Thought Himself Dead)
• ATU 1315* The Steamship Thought to Be the Devil
• ATU 1315** A White Mare Thought to be a Church
• ATU 1316 Mistaking One Animal for Another (previously Rabbit Thought to be a Cow)
• ATU 1318 Mistaking a Person (Animal, Object) for a Supernatural Being (previously Objects Thought to be Ghosts)
• ATU 1321D* The Ticking of a Clock Thought to be the Gnawing of Mice
• ATU 1322 Words in a Foreign Language Thought to be Insults