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Motifs — first 20 of 93
- God of the upper world. A200
- Witch-woman of upper world. A205
- Goddess divides time between upper and lower worlds. Persephone spends six months on earth and six in Hades. A316
- Culture hero returns to upper world. A566
- Demigod and witch woman of upper world have son. A592.1
- Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
- Series of upper worlds. A651.1
- Seven heavens. A series of seven upper worlds. A651.1.4
- Series of upper worlds – miscellaneous. A651.1.8
- Tree hanging from sky. A tree hangs upside down in the sky. By its branches men pass back and forth to the upper world. A652.2
- Tree in upper world. A652.3
- River connecting earth and upper and lower worlds. A657
- Nature of the upper world. A660
- Heaven. A blissful upper world. A661
- Upper world (heaven) as a mountain. The sky is the hollowed under side of the mountain. A662
- Nature of the upper world – miscellaneous. A669
- Judges in the upper world. A669.1
- Rain from sea in upper world. A1131.3
- Where horse got his upper teeth. Borrowed them from buffalo. (Cf. A2241.) A2345.1
- Why cow has no upper teeth. A2345.7.1