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Motifs — first 20 of 3,322
- Old man with staff as creator. (Cf. A1.2.) A15.3.1
- Creator with dragon's head. A18.1
- Creator with two horns on head. A18.2
- Creator with hammer and chisel in hands. A18.5
- Creator with sun and moon in hands. A18.6
- Creator with appearance of Negro. A19.2
- Old man from sky as creator. – Old man with his wife comes from the sky. Are the first couple on earth. Have seven sons and seven daughters. Each son marries a daughter. A21.2
- God created angels by striking one small stone with another. Lucifer created devils by imitation. A52.0.8
- Angels created on fifth day with other winged creatures. A52.2.5
- God and the devil torment each other with their creations. Devil pesters God with gnats. God makes a fire and safeguards himself; God plagues the devil with fleas. Devil is unable to find means of protecting himself. A63.4.1
- God of double sex carries within him seed of gods. A111.3.0.1
- God dwells with his grandfathers. A111.3.1
- Child born from union of God with hen. A112.11
- Totemistic gods. Gods which have animal associations; e.g., Athena with the owl, Venus with the sparrow. A113
- First men created with eternal life become gods. A117.1
- God with two joined bodies. A123.1.2
- God with good looking and ugly bodies. A123.1.3
- God with body of earthquake (whirlwind, etc.). A123.1.4
- God with body of caterpillars. A123.1.5
- God with body of stream of blood. A123.1.6
Episodes
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 1 CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 79 CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 29 29.— THE DEYIL WITH THE THREE GOLDEN
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 31 31.— THE GIRL WITHOUT HANDS.
- Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes · 30 HIIAKA'S BATTLE WITH DEMONS
- Myths of the Cherokee · Historical Traditions — Myth 88 88. first contact with whites
- The Epic of Gilgamish · Tablet V OF THE FIGHT WITH HUMBABA.
- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 23 XXIII. THE CHILD WITH THE MIRROR.
- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 63 LXIII. TALK WITH THE KINGS.
Tale types
- ATU 1017 Covering the Whole Wagon with Tar
- ATU 1036 Hogs with Curly Tails
- ATU 1063 Throwing a Club (previously Throwing Contest with Golden Club)
- ATU 1071 Wrestling Contest (with Old Grandfather)
- ATU 1072 Running Contest (previously Race with Little Son)
- ATU 1083 Duel with Long Pole and Cudgel
- ATU 1083A Duel with Bayonet and Pitchfork
- ATU 1115 Attempted Murder with a Hatchet
- ATU 1132 Flight of the Ogre with his Goods in the Bag
- ATU 1140 Sleeping with Open Eyes