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Motifs — first 20 of 491
- God with single eye, through lid of which passes a polished handle with which lid is lifted. A128.2.2
- Giant god goes with three steps through the world. A133.2.1
- God's chariot goes through the air. A136.3
- Gods ride through air. A171
- God rides through air on wind-swift horse. A171.1
- God rides through air in chariot. A171.1.1
- Valkyries ride through air and water. A171.1.2
- Culture hero incarnated through birth from virgin. A511.1.3
- Sun led through stream to cool off heat at night; otherwise might consume earth. A722.5.2
- Mountain where sun goes through. A722.7
- Sun does not set for a year through power of saint. A725.1
- Sun and moon carried through sky by animals. Speed depends upon hour and season. A728.4
- Stars are men peering through holes in sky. A761.5
- Lake of milk formed through virtue of saint. A920.1.13
- Rivers originate through saint's prayer during drought. A934.5
- Spring breaks forth through power of saint. A941.5
- Fountain breaks forth through power of Virgin Mary. A941.5.0.1
- Spring breaks forth through power of saint at place where leper pulls out clump of rushes. A941.5.3
- Mountain from accident to primeval lizard. Lizard passing through a mountain is broken; his fore and hinder parts become mountains. A961.3
- Mountains from breaking of God's sieve. He is sifting stones and the bottom of the sieve breaks, letting huge stones and mountains fall through. (Cf. A971.) A963.2
Tale types
- ATU 1122 The Ogre's Wife Killed Through Other Tricks
- ATU 166A* The Wolf Puts his Tail through the Window of the stable and alarms the sheep
- ATU 1881 The Man Carried through the Air by Geese
- ATU 332C* Immortality Won through Betrayal of Death
- ATU 513A Six Go through the Whole World
- ATU 56 The Fox through Sleight Steals the Young Magpies
- ATU 910A The Father's Precepts Disregarded (previously Wise Through Experience)