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• God does not reveal himself; men unable to endure his glory. A182.0.1
• God does not directly address women; uses interpreter. A182.3.0.4
• Sun does not set for a year through power of saint. A725.1
• God's promise never to destroy world by water does not apply to local floods. A1011.3
• World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world. A1030
• Origin of tornado sunsets; i.e., peculiar sunsets foreboding tornadoes. A1148
• Origin of hair around mouth and eyes. Original dispute between Hair and Stomach. Stomach compelled to stay on inside of man. Hair stands on guard at mouth and eyes to see that Stomach does not escape. A1315.4
• Why man does not change his skin: ancient contest lost by toad, representing man, won by lizard. A1319.12.1
• Origin of insects: released from sack. God places them in a sack and gives it to hare to carry to stream. He must not look in the sack. When he does so the insects escape. The hare laughs and this is the cause of his split lip. A2003
• Flies on the ark. Noah tries to keep them out. Devil says that either the flies go in or he does. Noah chooses the lesser of two evils. Later the devil slips in nevertheless. A2031.2
• Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.) A2233.3
• Raven does not return to Noah: must suffer thirst and break bill. (Cf. A2231.2.1, A2411.2.1.5, A2435.4.3.) Variant: he is cursed to be black or to eat carrion. A2234.1
• Raven does not return to ark in obedience to Noah: black color is resulting punishment. A2234.1.1
• Why tiger does not attack wild boar until latter is old: result of duel. A2257.1
• Why ass does not have cloven hoof. A2376.1.1
• Why cock does not speak. A2422.10
• Why swallow does not like green trees for her nest. A2431.3.5.1
• Why elephant does not live in town. A2433.3.15
• Why bear lives where he does. A2433.3.17
• Why leopard lives where he does. A2433.3.18
• Why owl lives where he does. (Cf. A2229.3, steeple.) A2433.4.1
• Why snake does not go on the road. (Cf. A2233.1.2.) A2441.4.1
• Why hen does not know how to steal. A2455.4
• Why mouse does not defend self against cat. A2462.3
• Why animal does not attack. A2464
• Why lion does not attack dog. A2464.1
• Why wren does not migrate. A2482.3
• Christ puts knots in wood. Peter, angry at carpenters wants Christ to have iron knots in wood. Christ does make hard knots but not iron. (Cf. A2755.4.) A2738
• Why corn does not yield in the middle. A2793.5.1
• Faithful animal doesn't allow anybody to come near to master's corpse. B301.1.3
• Wolf fetches a man to remove thorn from his children's paws. Does not attack the man's livestock. B381.1
• Does, tigresses, she-wolves milked into pond, which becomes a pond of milk. B531.2.1
• Snake does not die before sunset. B752.2
• King snake: kills and eats any snake that does not accept his authority. B765.22
• Oath: "May the devil take me if.". Devil does. C12.2
• Wife curses wicked husband: "May devil take you!" Devil does. (Cf. M432.) C12.5.7
• Tabu: eating of magic catch before mother does. C231.3.1
• Tabu: looking into jug. Woman does so and finds mouse in it. C324
• Tabu: lying under tree. Girl who does so carried off by fairies. (Cf. C520.) C516
• The one compulsory thing. Unless one does this one thing, misfortune comes. (Sometimes one is under magic compulsion.) C650
• Disenchantment by proper person waking from magic sleep. The enchanted person appears three times and if the sleeper does not wake by the third time the enchantment must last. D762
• Magic mirror renders invisible. Does so when owner looks into it. (Cf. D1163.) D1361.28
• Magic fire does not burn one. (Cf. D1271.) D1382.5
• Flaming shield does not burn owner. (Cf. D1101.1.) D1382.5.1
• Magic object does not awaken sleepers. D1575
• Hand-of-glory does not awaken sleepers. The hand is lighted as a candle. D1575.1
• Garden that has not bloomed for twelve years does so when girl steps into it. (Cf. D961.) D1667.4
• Manna does not fall on Sabbath. (Cf. D1031.0.1.) D1676.1
• Power over monster (wizard, king) obtained by reversing orders. Hero does exact opposite of the command. D1783.4
• Man is able to tell king dream which king himself does not remember. D1819.7
• Bath in boiling oil, pitch, or melted lead does not hurt a saint. D1841.2.2
• Fire does not injure a saint. D1841.3.2
• Sacred book or manuscript does not burn in fire. D1841.3.3
• Death can be postponed if man does not break tabu for forty days. D1855.4
• Enemy's last arrow made to appear crooked so that he does not use it, and adversary gets time to kill him. D2031.9
• Flesh magically does not regrow. D2062.3
• Elves get stones from fairies who get them from mermaids. The devil does the finishing work on the stones. D2066.1
• Magic power to make does give milk. (Cf. B188.) D2156.1
• Dead lover sets tasks. If girl does not perform them (or answer his questions) he will carry her off. E212
• Ghosts punish failure to provide for their wants. Haunt man because he does not leave food and drink for them. E245
• Ghost asks alms (from one who does not know that asker has died) at usual place and time. E599.4
• Grass does not grow on murderer's grave. (Cf. H271.) E631.2
• Wraith does what person wishes to do but is unable to do in the flesh. E723.4
• Life bound up with calabash. As calabash grows, so does girl. E765.3.2
• Fairies must trade whenever it is demanded of them. It does not matter how uneven the trade may be. F255.1
• Tabu: drinking from certain well in fairyland. Person does, finds himself alone on hillside. (Cf. C260.) F378.4
• Dwarfs curse weapons and treasures which they are forced to give (or which the receiver does not appreciate). F451.5.2.13
• Giant does not grow until another giant causes him to do so. F531.6.8.8
• Person does not sleep for many months (years). F564.3
• Strong man sent to kill lions: does so and frightens king. F615.2.2
• Skillful surgeon removes speck from midge's eye. Does it with one stroke without injuring midge. F668.2
• Runner runs so swiftly that he does not snap the ears of wheat (bend grass). F681.12
• Diamond does not break when struck with sledge hammer; penetrates iron instead. F826.3
• Dashing sea does not touch saint's cowl. (Cf. D1067.3.1, F931.3.) F930.1.0.1
• Sea does not encroach on burial place of saint. (Cf. F930.1.0.1.) F931.3
• Well rises so holy person does not have to draw from it. F933.1.3
• Sun does not set. F961.1.5.3
• Sun does not shine on island of druidry. F961.1.6
• Sun does not rise at death of hero. F965.2.1
• Bough miraculously does not burn. (Cf. F964.1.) F979.5
• Man puts his horse in his sleeve when he does not need it. F1016.1
• Chief beheads sentinel who does not recognize him. F1041.16.9
• Man senseless from grief at hearing of father's death; one doesn't feel that he cuts himself with his knife, the other presses dice so that he bleeds. F1041.21.5
• Food does not spoil saint's clothing. F1091
• Witch's body does not bleed when stuck with sharp object. (Cf. G225.0.1, G273.6.) G229.4.3
• Witch powerless when person speaks before she does. G273.2
• Devil is blamed by monk for taking what does not belong to him. Devil denies accusation. G303.25.10
• Test of wife's obedience: the one command. Upon his wife's insistence that he test her by giving one command the husband tells her not to go into the oven while he is away. She does so and oven falls on her. H473.2
• Test of wife's obedience: not to eat leeks. Although she does not like them, she immediately begins to want them. H473.3
• Man leaving home warns wife not to wash face in puddle in dunghill. She does. He cannot understand why; she cannot explain. H473.4
• Test of resourcefulness: carrying wolf, goat, and cabbage across stream. Man is to set across a stream, in a boat that will hold himself and only one other object, a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He must do this so that the wolf doesn't eat the goat, nor the goat the cabbage. Two solutions: (1) (a) take goat over, (b) take wolf over and goat back, (c) take cabbage over, (d) take goat over; (2) (a) take goat over, (b) take cabbage over and goat back, (c) take wolf over, (d) take goat over. H506.3
• King: What is your brother doing? Youth: He hunts; he throws away what he catches and what he does not catch he carries with him. (Hunts for lice on his body.) H583.3
• King: What is your mother doing? Youth: She does for another what the latter cannot do for her. (Lays out a corpse.) H583.4
• Enigmatic statement: the tank (pond) does not belong to you. (Else you would have given the beggar fish to eat.) H594.2
• Skillful companions create woman: to whom does she belong? Woodcarver carves a doll, tailor clothes her, gardener gives her speech (or the like). (Answer sometimes given: her father, her mother, or her husband). H621
• Skillful companions resuscitate girl: to whom does she belong? H621.1
• Girl rescued by skillful companions: to whom does she belong? H621.2
• Riddle: how much does the moon weigh? H691.1
• How much does the moon weigh? A pound, for it has four quarters. H691.1.1
• How much does the moon weigh? So and so much, and if you don't believe it go and weigh it yourself. H691.1.2