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Motifs — first 20 of 1,278
- Stone-woman as creator. A1.3
- Hermaphroditic creator. The creator is half man and half woman or is thought of as both male and female. A12
- Old woman as creator. A15.1.1
- Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator. A21.1
- Devil in serpent form tempts first woman (Satan and Eve). A63.6
- Gods borne by human woman. A112.9
- Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
- Goddess of war in shape of (red) woman. A125.1.1
- God reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (Cf. A179.5.) A162.5
- Witch-woman of upper world. A205
- Culture hero offspring of woman and jaguar. A511.1.8.2
- Demigod and witch woman of upper world have son. A592.1
- Why the sky receded upward: it was struck by a woman's pestle. A625.2.2
- Raising the sky: striking with broom. Old woman's hump strikes clouds as she sweeps. She strikes at sky with broom and thus raises it. A625.2.3
- Primeval woman cut in pieces: houses, etc., made from her body. A642.1
- A woman has four children: sun, moon, fire, and water. A700.3
- Clouds as tapa beaten out by woman in moon. A705.1.2
- Sun and moon born from a woman. A715.1
- Sun and moon as man and woman. A736.1
- Sun as woman. A736.2
Episodes
- Australian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales · 23 Goonur, the Woman-Doctor
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 58 CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 123 123.— THE OLD WOMAN IN THE WOOD.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 150 150.— THE OLD BEGGAE-WOMAN.
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 5 V. THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY ”
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 58 LVIII. BEAR-WOMAN AND DEER-WOMAN 7%
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 61 LXI. THE FOX-WOMAN 3
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 62 LXII. THE WOMAN STOLEN BY KILLER-.
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 64 LXIV. THE BEAR-WOMAN 4
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 70 LXX. THE SKIN-SHIFTING OLD WOMAN *s
Tale types
- ATU 1029 The Woman as Cuckoo in the Tree
- ATU 1164 The Devil and the Evil Woman (previously The Evil Woman Thrown into the Pit)
- ATU 1168C The Virgin Mary Saves a Woman Sold to the Devil
- ATU 1170 The Unsalable Woman (previously The Evil Woman in the Glass Case as Last Commodity)
- ATU 1177** Fetching the Woman's Grindstone
- ATU 1211 The Cow Chewing its Cud (previously The Peasant Woman Thinks the Cow Chewing her Cud is Mimicking Her)
- ATU 1227 Catching the Squirrel (previously One Woman to Catch the Squirrel; Other to Get the Cooking Pot)
- ATU 1293A* Woman Breaks All her Dishes
- ATU 1339C Woman is Unacquainted with Tea (Coffee)
- ATU 1353 The Old Woman as Trouble Maker