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- Creation of woodpecker. A1957
- Woodpecker from devil's herdsman transformed. The devil strikes his herdsman so that he turns into a bird who continually calls after his beloved cow. (Cf. A1710.) A1957.1
- Woodpecker punished for stinginess. A2239.4
- Woodpecker transformed from stingy woman: therefore stingy. A2261.4
- Origin of woodpecker's crest. A2321.3
- Origin of woodpecker's crest. A2321.11
- Why woodpecker has sharp beak. A2343.3.2
- Color of woodpecker. A2411.2.4.1
- Why woodpecker bores in wood. A2456.1
- Friendship between antelope, woodpecker and tortoise. A2493.32
- Enmity between woodpecker and weaver-bird. A2494.13.8
- Wedding of lark and spotted woodpecker. B282.3.5
- Wedding of woodpecker with another bird. B282.13
- Helpful woodpecker. B461.1
- Marriage to woodpecker in human form. B652.4
- Transformation: man to woodpecker. D153.1
- Transformation: woodpecker to person. D353.1