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Motifs — first 20 of 127
- Early period when gods and men lived together, gods ruling men, ordaining how they should live and originating various customs. A189.9
- Each of sun brothers works for a month and plays for the other eleven; were they to work all together, the world would be burned up by the heat. A739.3
- Moon made from shining fragments. A cap is opened and shining things fall out. Children pick them up and put them into a box. At the end of the month the box is full. The full moon shines when all the fragments are gathered together. A742
- Stars sing together. A767
- God and Devil fly together over primeval water. A810.1
- Creator's giant servant puts trees to hold earth together where it slipped. A857.3
- Mountains pressed together by God. A962.4
- Mountains fall together at end of world. A1062
- Origin of fire – children strike rocks together, accidentally produce fire. A1414.3
- Why Bhuiya yoke the cow and the bullock together to the plough. A1689.1
- Two animals learn songs together – one successfully, the other unsuccessfully. (Cf. A2425.) A2283
- Why mountain-sheep's horns are close together. A2326.3.5
- Why animals crowd together seasonally. A2484
- Dragon develops from small worm placed on gold. It grows together with the gold. B11.1.3.1.1
- Faithful horse dies together with its master. B301.4.7
- Faithful horse fights together with its master. B301.4.8
- Man falls in hole with horse; buzzards gather; he lassoes a number of buzzards, ties them together, frightens them; all fly at once, carry him from hole. (Tall tale.) B547.2.1
- Animals fight together with their master. B571.3
- Snake grows back together after it has been severed. B765.7.2
- Tabu: plowing with ass and ox together. C886
Tale types
- ATU 1045 Pulling the Lake Together
- ATU 1562A* Deceptive Bargain: Fasting Together
- ATU 168A The Old Woman and the Wolf Fall into the Pit Together
- ATU 214A Singing Donkey and Dancing Camel (previously Camel and Ass Together Captured because of Ass's Singing)
- ATU 278 The Frog and the Mouse Tied Together (previously Rat and Frog Tie Paws Together to Cross Marsh)
- ATU 571 'All Stick Together'
- ATU 61B Cat, Rooster and Fox (previously Cat, Cock, and Fox live together)