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Motifs — first 20 of 56
- Goddesses come down to earth by a silken thread, are offended by raja and produce drought. A189.10
- Cotton at first already spun into threads. A1346.2.1
- Spider steals thread from Christ: has thread in back of body. (Cf. A2356.2.8.) A2231.6
- Why spider has thread in back of body. (Cf. A2231.6.) A2356.2.8
- Transformation: thread to other object. D454.4.1
- Magic needle and thread fall from heaven as result of prayer. (Cf. D1766.1.) D811.2.1
- Magic thread. D1184
- Magic ball of thread. D1184.1
- Magic ball of thread indicates road. Rolls ahead. (Cf. D1184.1) D1313.1.1
- Magic thread protects against demons. (Cf. D1184.) D1385.18
- Thread from jogi's garment when pulled makes fort fall to ground. (Cf. D1052.) D1400.1.18
- Self-tying thread. (Cf. D1184.) D1601.13
- Self-weaving threads. (Cf. D1184.) D1601.13.1
- Speaking ball of thread. (Cf. D1256.) D1610.28
- Thread made to appear as a large log carried by a cock. D2031.2
- Red thread on neck of person who has been decapitated and resuscitated. E12.1
- Escape from lower world by spider's thread. F101.7
- Bridge of thread on way to world of dead. F152.1.7
- Dwarfs suspend large millstone on thin thread over head of mortal, to show what anguish dwarfs felt when mortal endangered their lives. F451.5.4.2
- Giant threads an elephant on a fish-hook. F531.3.12.1