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Motifs
- Gods create the earth from their dead victim's blood and bones. A831.8
- Resuscitation by biting victim's bone. E29.1
- Resuscitation by rubbing victim's bones on ground. E29.2
- Water-spirit returns kidnapped man in return for release of his long hair. Victim's father has wound the hair around his fingers. F420.5.2.2.1
- Murderer caused to eat victim's flesh unwittingly. Sickens and dies. G62
- Ogre sucks victim's finger and drinks all his blood. G332.1
- Thief feigns illness to be taken in victim's house. (Cf. K341.2.2.1.) Ransacks it while "recovering." K325
- Prostitute claims to be intended victim's daughter. Robs him. K347.1
- Ferocious animal (ogre) misunderstands victim's remark: flees in fright. K547.5
- Capture by closing entrance to victim's home. K737
- Victim's arrows made harmless. K818.3
- Fatal deception by pretended combing of victim's hair. K875
- Murder by throwing hot fruit into victim's mouth. K951.1.3
- Murder by putting mouth of pot over victim's head. K959.1
- Murderer traced through victim's ring. N271.8
- The cadaver arm. Medical students (or student nurses or hospital employees) play trick on one of their number by suspending a cadaver arm or leg from the light cord in the person's room (sometimes the object is placed in the person's bed). Some circumstance keeps them from being on hand to observe the person's reaction; the next day they remember the joke and go to the victim's room to investigate. They have to break down the door. They find the victim sitting on the bed – her hair is snow white – and she is gnawing on the cadaver arm. N384.0.1.1
- Mutilation: crushing victim's limbs. S167.1
- Murderer goes to victim's son and asks to be killed. The son aids him to escape. W15.1