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Folklore Motifs

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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h
Myth index number 43211 Fox spoils his food rather than divide with ape.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h
Myth index number 43274 Whales rescue drowning king who planned to kill them.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h
Myth index number 16552 Return from the dead to warn thief that he will be punished.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h
Myth index number 17502 Ghost of domestic beast.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Myth index number 22120 Spring with water lighter than wood and with scent of violets.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Myth index number 6281  Camel determines road to be taken.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Myth index number 18621 Hero takes a mare to ride to land of no return: mare has just foaled and brings him back in her anxiety over her foal.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Myth index number 33657 Cleaning the horse.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Myth index number 19468 Fairy borrows comb from Christian maid to comb hair of changeling bride.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Myth index number 11200 Magic barley.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Myth index number 11877 Arrow shot to determine burial place.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Myth index number 13053 Magic garment tames animals.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Myth index number 37438 Four brothers.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Myth index number 4390  Color of horse.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Myth index number 36077 Thief cursed.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Myth index number 32659 Escape from captor by throwing objects to great distance which captor tries to procure.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Myth index number 39293 Girl‘s hand withers as punishment for broken oath to God.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Myth index number 13996 Magic object assures going to heaven.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Myth index number 7824  Purple wether.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Myth index number 26850 Task: sewing a shirt from flower petals.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Myth index number 28438 Bodily member(s) sacrificed to save life.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Myth index number 21954 Skillful fencer keeps sword dry in rain.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Myth index number 3169  Brother-sister marriage of children of first parents.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Myth index number 21519 Long sleep, long waking.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Myth index number 19836 Spirit (devil) sent by druids cause death of Christian king.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Myth index number 16084 Only one person possesses power to heal certain wound.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Myth index number 22523 Gourds with seven rooms in each.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Myth index number 33978 Bluff: millstones said to be pearls of hero‘s mother.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Myth index number 6334  Magic bird.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Myth index number 28290 Don‘t set a hungry guard over food.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Myth index number 27639 Enigmatical quests.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Myth index number 28316 Man rebukes servants for telling him of his wife’s unfaithfulness.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Myth index number 30668 Blind leading blind falls into pit.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Myth index number 6894  Wedding of toad.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Myth index number 4104  Why blindworm has no eyes.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Myth index number 25474 Recognition by hole burned in hand when woman removes glove.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Myth index number 18077 Wraith rides horse.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Myth index number 37990 Reward for remitting tribute.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
Myth index number 1225  Universe from body of slain giant.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
Myth index number 40358 Exposed child carried off by wild beast.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
Myth index number 28279 Choice: free poverty or enslaved wealth.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
Myth index number 35170 Famous poet does not speak until he is fourteen (four, seven) years old.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Myth index number 21828 Remarkable thrower of chips.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Myth index number 9138  Animals escape when forbidden calabash is opened.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Myth index number 35977 Father throws boy of boy-girl twin birth into river to avoid evil effects of twin birth.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Myth index number 38635 Treachery punished by banishment to desert isle.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Myth index number 9818  Transformation: elephant to stone.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Myth index number 16240 Supernatural agency moves new church foundation (or building materials) to another site, at night.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Myth index number 31815 Thief takes form of animal.
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Folklore Motifs @folklore-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Myth index number 4177  Why frog has no teeth.
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