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• Goddess of thousand eyes discovered by lousing. A475.1.1.1
• Five great roads of Ireland "discovered" on night of king's birth. A994
• Liquor discovered when birds get drunk. A1427.0.1
• Liquor discovered by rain-god. A1427.0.2
• Solution to problem is discovered in dream. D1810.8.4
• Lost object discovered by magic. D1816.2
• Treasure magically discovered. D2101
• Resuscitation when murder is discovered. E185
• Gigantic skull of ancient king discovered. F511.0.8
• Chilli plant so hot it causes dumb man to speak: thus discovered for eating. F954.4
• Illegitimacy of child discovered by urinalysis. F956.2
• Witch followed by husband; dies when discovered. (Cf. G252.) G249.6
• Witch's horns discovered by lousing her. G253
• Missing female poet discovered through test of poetic ability. H12.1
• Heroine in menial disguise discovered in her beautiful clothes: recognition follows. H151.6
• Disguised hero's golden hair discovered by spying princess. H151.13
• Hidden goat discovered by his horn protruding above ground. J582.1
• Hidden stag discovered when he begins to eat grapevine too soon after hunters have passed. J582.2
• Improvident mouse eats grain stored for famine. Loss is discovered and grain placed elsewhere. Mouse, who has saved nothing, starves. J711.2
• Cheaters examined apart; first made to repeat paternoster. Others think that he has confessed and truth is discovered. J1141.3
• Detection of theft by finding bag-repairer. Two men are in a lawsuit and before witnesses seal the documents in a bag to await arrival of the king. One of the men cuts the bag open, changes the documents, and has a repairer sew it up again. On the king's arrival the change is discovered. By having a fine carpet repaired the expert repairer is discovered. Confession follows. J1141.5
• Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caught. J1143
• Cheater discovered by fishing in the street. Man arouses the curiosity of the rascal who has swindled his wife. J1149.2
• Talkative wife discredited. Husband tells his talkative wife about treasure he has discovered. To discredit her report he tells her also of impossible things (woodcock in the fish net, fish in the bird trap, etc.). She repeats it all and whole story is disbelieved. Husband may keep his treasure. J1151.1.1
• Solomon's judgment: the divided bride. Three suitors dispute over a woman. When it is proposed to divide her, true lover is discovered. J1171.2
• True husband of woman determined by assigning superhuman task. Thus god masking as husband is discovered. J1176.5
• Error was in the honey. Trickster takes jar filled with earth but with honey on top as bribe to the judge. He takes the decision in writing. Cheat is discovered and judge sends message that an error has been made. Reply: the decision was right; the error is in the honey. (Cf. J1176.3.) J1192.2
• Sleep-walker thought to be a ghost until discovered. J1782.7
• Guessing name of devil's secret plant. The man's wife in tar and feathers overhears the devil tell the secret name of the crop he has discovered (tobacco). The devil says to the supposed animal, "Get out of my tobacco!" K216.2.1
• Contraband gold discovered when king offers large price for gold. K447
• Dividing the discovered oyster. The umpire takes the oyster itself as fee and gives each contestant half the shell. K452.1
• Secret of strength treacherously discovered. K975
• Lover hidden in hen-coop discovered by husband. K1555.1
• Substituted arrows. Hero given arrows with soft points and sent after dangerous enemies. The deception discovered and the enemy discomfited. K1617
• Thief climbing rope discovered and rope cut. He has tricked the guardian of the food-supply in the tree (by imitation of the owner's voice or the discovered pass-word) to let down the rope. K1622
• Man wins girl's love by pretending to wealth and nobility. Deception is discovered and impostor is banished. K1917.5
• Murder discovered through knowledge of bird languages. Birds point out the murder. N271.4
• Murderer through miracle suspected of theft; murder thus discovered. N271.5
• Murder discovered on digging foundations of house. House burns. Diggers discover body. N271.7
• [First Edition: N276. Thief finally discovered when he pawns stolen goods.] N276[1st ed.]
• Boy is hanged for cattle theft; the strayed cattle are discovered later. N347.3
• Lover's wound breaks while he is in bed with mistress. He bleeds to death (or is discovered because of the blood). N386
• Secret physical peculiarity discovered by barber. (Midas.) N465
• Secret of person's sleeplessness discovered by trickery. N465.1
• Treasure discovered through dream. N531
• Treasure discovered by magic object. N533
• Treasure discovered by clairvoyant vase. (Cf. D1323.2.) N533.1
• Treasure discovered by hand of unborn child. N533.3
• Treasure discovered by accident. N534
• Treasure discovered at the Nativity of Christ. N541.4
• Rich mine discovered through dream. (Cf. N531.) N596.1
• Rich mine discovered by accidental breaking off of rock. N596.2
• Pools of underground oil discovered through dreams. (Cf. N531.) N597.1
• Man scolds his ass and frightens robber away. While the man is absent from his ass the robber steals the man's coat. The ass brays and the man scolds him. The robber thinking he is discovered flees and leaves the coat. N612.1
• At execution block condemned man discovered to be king's unknown son. N731.4
• Deserted daughter's good fortune discovered by accident. N732.2
• Daughter's good fortune accidentally discovered by father who has become a beggar. N732.2.1
• Abandoned children accidentally discovered by villainess. N768
• Fugitive discovered by reflection in water. R351
• Girl sleeps in garden to meet lover. Discovered next morning and married. T36
• Object stolen (left) as token that infidelity has been discovered. T247
• Unknown paramour discovered by string clue. T475.1
• False repentance of the sick, rich man. After his death it was discovered that he had intended to retrieve his money from church if he recovered. U236.1
• Swallowed person is discovered in animal's stomach still alive. X1723.1