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Motifs — first 20 of 291
- Culture hero fights with (encounters) son without recognizing him. A515.5
- Man originally without hands and feet. Boy steals them from Python, and afterward men have them. A1225.2
- Sun, moon, and stars bring forth first parents. Sun and moon beget son; morning and evening star beget daughter; these, the first parents, are at first without understanding, but it is awakened later by demigods. A1271.1
- First people have everything they wish (life without work). A1346.2.2
- Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner. A1415
- Food originally obtained without effort. A1420.4
- First men without beards: Cain, Abel. A1597.1
- Devil produces animals only in God's name. He tries unsuccessfully without using God's name. A1756
- Too cold for hare (dog) to build house in winter, not necessary in summer: must go without house. A2233.2.1
- Bird neglects to build nest: goes without. (Cf. A2431.2.) A2233.4.1
- Why rat's tail is round and without any hair. (Cf. A2378.9.5.) A2317.12.3
- Why the elephant lives without a hut. A2432.10
- Why animals eat everything without salt. A2435.2.1
- Horses travel between clerics without guidance. B151.1.1.0.1
- Peacock pregnant without intercourse. Male spits up semen and female eats it. This as a curse. (Cf. A2236.5.) B754.6
- Patient sits before tempting meal without eating; animal emerges. B784.2.2
- Girl removes dog from lion's claws without being harmed. B848.2
- Tabu: landing on floating island of the gods without invitation. C93.8
- Sex tabu broken: child born without bones. C101
- Grave (of man) upon which no women can look without foolish laugh or "sine crepitu ventris eius." C181.7
Tale types
- ATU 1199 Prayer Without End (previously The Lord's Prayer)
- ATU 1225 The Man Without a Head (previously The Man Without a Head in the Bear's Den)
- ATU 1225A The Man Without a Head (previously The Man Without a Head in the Bear's Den)
- ATU 1276 Rowing without Going Forward
- ATU 1346 The House Without Food or Drink
- ATU 1543* The Man without a Member
- ATU 1682 The Horse Learns Not to Eat (previously The Groom Teaches his Horse to Live without Food)
- ATU 1835D* Wager: Clergyman to Read Prayer Without Thinking of Anything Else
- ATU 1963 Boat without Bottom Sails Sea
- ATU 52 The Donkey without a Heart