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Motifs — first 20 of 328
- Deity arises from shell of darkness where he has been for million ages. A115.6
- Home of god where he is the only living one. A151.0.1
- River's source where sky and earth meet. A659.3
- Mountain where sun goes through. A722.7
- Creation of the moon. (Cf. A710 to A719, where many of the motifs refer to the moon). A740
- Condition and nature of the moon – miscellaneous. For eclipse of the moon see A737, where both eclipses of the sun and moon are handled. A759
- Creator's giant servant puts a valley where earth's crust is heavy and a mountain where it is light so as to stabilize it. A857.2
- Creator's giant servant puts trees to hold earth together where it slipped. A857.3
- Lake bursts forth where island is plowed out. (Cf. A951.) A920.1.9
- Lake bursts forth where blind king plucks rushes. A920.1.12
- Rivers formed where certain stones are placed. Each of seven children are to go in a different direction, to walk a mile and put down a stone, then another mile and a stone, etc. Thus rivers are formed. A934.2
- Rivers where god drags his staff. A934.4
- Spring breaks forth where fairy horse lies down. A941.1.2
- Spring breaks forth where magic spear strikes ground. (Cf. A941.5.1.) A941.3.1
- Spring where god throws his staff or spear. A941.3.2
- Spring breaks forth where saint smites rock. (Cf. A941.3.1.) A941.5.1
- Many-colored fountain breaks forth where saint strikes earth with his foot. A941.5.2
- Spring breaks forth through power of saint at place where leper pulls out clump of rushes. A941.5.3
- Spring breaks forth where animal delivers book left behind by saint. A941.5.4
- Spring breaks forth where saint's stolen cow is found. A941.5.5
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1545A* 'It's a Man!' A man disguises himself as a pregnant woman and is admitted to a house where a beautiful daughter (wife) lives
- ATU 1833B 'Where Is the Father' (previously 'Where Did Our Father Stay')
- ATU 1833C 'Where Was Christ when he Was Neither in Heaven nor on Earth' The clergyman asks where Christ was, when he was neither in heaven nor on earth (he asks, what does God do)
- ATU 2011 'Where Have you Been, Goose' Facetious questions and answers built upon the anatomy of an animal
- ATU 2043 'Where is the Warehouse' (previously A game, song, or rhyme composed of questions and answers that lead to the next question
- ATU 470B The Land where No One Dies [F116]
- ATU 910E 'Find the Treasure in our Vineyard!' (previously Father's Counsel: Where Treasure Is)