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Motifs — first 20 of 124
- God half mortal, half immortal. Hair, skin, flesh, bones and marrow are mortal; mind, voice, breath, eye, and ear are immortal. (prajapati). A122
- God's voice. A139.5
- God's voice shatters mountain. A139.5.1
- God's voice causes thunder. A139.5.2
- God of whirlwind. Typhon. He is represented as having serpents' heads on his shoulders, as having a voice like the sound of many beasts and eyes which flash fire. A282.1
- Creator's (deity's) voice makes thunder. A1142.1
- Why women have a treble voice. A1372.4
- Swallows torment Christ on cross: lose voice. (Cf. A2422.9.) A2231.2.2
- Peacock has snake carry devil into paradise: cursed with ugly voice and feet. (Cf. A2375.2.2, A2423.1.2.) A2236.2.2
- Partridge's voice borrowed from tortoise. A2241.3
- Sparrow taught to sing by lark but not sufficiently: where sparrow got voice. A2271.2
- Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. A2420
- How animal got voice. A2421
- How night-swallow got voice. A2421.1
- How woodcock got voice. Traded with turkey. (Cf. A2247). A2421.2
- Where crow got voice. Traded with thunder-bird. (Cf. A2247). A2421.3
- How partridge got voice. Borrowed from tortoise. (Cf. A2241). A2421.4
- How quail got voice. A2421.4.1
- How nkundak got voice. (Cf. A2223.2.) A2421.5
- Voice of peewit. A2421.7