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• Culture hero has knowledge-giving member (thumb, tooth). A527.2
• Sun at the edge of the sky. A739.1
• Moon's phases caused by animals gnawing at edge. A755.4.3
• Hedgehog's skin reward for good deed. (Cf. A2311.4.) A2220.1
• Nit tries to bore through man's head: must remain at edge of hair. (Cf. A2433.5.1.) A2236.6
• Origin of hedgehog's skin. (Cf. A2210, A2220.1.) A2311.4
• The hedgehog's cry. A2426.1.4
• Why nit lives at edge of hair. (Cf. A2236.6.) A2433.5.1
• Why the hedgehog draws himself up: shame at sight of a good man. A2479.4
• Man-hedgehog. Upper half of body like hedgehog. B29.8
• Serpent's wisdom from eating from tree of knowledge. B123.1.1
• Salmon of knowledge. B124.1.1
• Amphibian with magic knowledge. B126
• Frog with magic knowledge. B126.1
• Supernatural knowledge from eating magic fish. (Cf. B175.) B162.1
• Hedgehog builds castle. B191.5
• Knowledge of animal languages. Person understands them. B216
• Helpful hedgehog. B449.1
• Helpful hedgehog forces snake to suck out poison from bitten raja. B511.1.3
• Marriage to person in hedgehog form. B641.5
• Tabu: revealing knowledge of animal languages. C425
• Tree of knowledge forbidden. C621.1
• Tabu: giving arms in pledge. C835.2.6
• Disenchantment of monster when his mother acknowledges him as son. D741.1
• Magic hedge. D945
• Magic charm gives knowledge. (Cf. D1273.) D1310.6
• Magic water gives knowledge. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1310.9
• Magic fruit gives supernatural knowledge. D1310.10
• Magic apple gives supernatural knowledge. (Cf. D981.1.) D1310.10.1
• Magic fig gives supernatural knowledge. (Cf. D981.5.) D1310.10.2
• Magic grape gives supernatural knowledge. (Cf. D981.8.) D1310.10.3
• Magic nut gives supernatural knowledge. (Cf. D985.) D1310.11
• Sight of magic twigs gives foreknowledge of day's events. D1311.4.0.1.1
• Magic two-edged knife indicates direction. Points in proper direction; bends downward to indicate wrong direction. (Cf. D1083.) D1313.8
• Druid's hedge prevents attack. (Cf. D945, D1282.1.1, D1361.1.) D1381.1
• Magic cranberry opens wedge and frees hero. (Cf. D981.10.1.) D1564.5
• Possession of magic knowledge and witchcraft from having eaten of father-of-man's corpse. D1735.4
• Magic knowledge. (Cf. D1310.) D1810
• Magic knowledge of magician. (Cf. D1711, D1814.1.) D1810.0.2
• Magic knowledge of saints and holy men. D1810.0.3
• Magic knowledge of fairies. D1810.0.4
• Magic knowledge of witches. D1810.0.5
• Magic knowledge of angels. (Cf. D1810.5.) D1810.0.6
• Magic knowledge of superman. D1810.0.7
• Magic knowledge of druid. (Cf. D1711.4, D1816.5.) D1810.0.8
• Magic knowledge of the Pope. D1810.0.9
• Magic knowledge (wisdom) of Solomon. (Cf. L212.2.) D1810.0.10
• Magic knowledge of poet. D1810.0.11
• Magic knowledge about culprit's offense to deity. D1810.0.12
• Magic knowledge of identity of stranger. D1810.0.13
• Magic knowledge from queen of other world. (Cf. D1723.) D1810.1
• Magic knowledge from devil. (Cf. D1721.1.) D1810.2
• Magic knowledge from touching "knowledge tooth" with thumb. (Cf. D1009.2, D1811.1.1.) D1810.3
• Future revealed by "knowledge tooth". (Cf. D1009.) D1810.3.1
• Magic knowledge learned from magician teacher. D1810.4
• Magic knowledge from angel. (Cf. D1725, D1810.0.6.) D1810.5
• Magic knowledge from bathing in holy water. D1810.6
• Magic knowledge from sign of the cross. (Cf. D1766.6, V86.) D1810.7
• Magic knowledge from dream. (Cf. D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2, D1813.1, D1814.2, D1817.2.1, D1819.2.) D1810.8
• Dream warns of danger which will happen in near future. Because of advance knowledge, the danger is averted. D1810.8.3.2
• Magic knowledge from God. D1810.9
• Magic knowledge from goddess. D1810.10
• Magic knowledge from mythical ancestor. D1810.11
• Magic knowledge from guardian spirits. (Cf. E721.9.) D1810.12
• Magic knowledge from the dead. D1810.13
• Thumb of knowledge. Man cooks magic animal and burns thumb. When he puts thumb in mouth he has magic knowledge. (Cf. D1810.3.) D1811.1.1
• Thumb of knowledge from catching thumb in door of fairy. (Cf. F211.1.) D1811.1.1.1
• Foreknowledge of hour of death. D1812.0.1
• Foreknowledge of means of death. D1812.0.1.2
• Saints have foreknowledge of coming of guests. D1812.0.2
• Foreknowledge of unwished guests. D1812.0.2.1
• Hero has foreknowledge of coming of guests. D1812.0.2.2
• Fakir has foreknowledge of coming of guests. D1812.0.2.3
• Foreknowledge of wounding in battle (combat). D1812.0.3
• Foreknowledge of unhappiness of son or sons. D1812.0.4
• Magic knowledge of what is to happen to himself after death. (Cf. G283.1.) D1812.0.5
• Future revealed by presentiment: "knowledge within". D1812.4
• Magic knowledge of events in distant place. D1813
• Fairy has knowledge of how mortals fare. (Cf. D1810.0.4.) D1813.0.2
• "Knowledge tooth" reveals events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.3.) D1813.3
• Magic knowledge of strange tongues. D1815
• Knowledge of ghost language. D1815.1
• Magic knowledge of language of animals. D1815.2
• Magic knowledge of demon language. D1815.3
• Magic knowledge of tree language. D1815.4
• Magic knowledge of vegetable language. D1815.5
• Magic knowledge of language of valleys. D1815.6
• Detection of crime through "knowledge tooth". (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) D1817.3
• Magic knowledge – miscellaneous. D1819
• Magic knowledge of another's thoughts. D1819.1
• Magic knowledge enables man to identify headless body. D1819.3
• Magic knowledge of unborn calf. D1819.8
• Magic sight from thumb of knowledge. Man cooks magic animal and burns thumb. When he puts thumb into mouth he has magic sight. (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) D1821.2
• Person in magic sleep surrounded by protecting hedge. D1967.1
• The Vanishing Hitchhiker. Ghost of young woman asks for ride in automobile, disappears from closed car without the driver's knowledge, after giving him address to which she wishes to be taken. Driver asks person at address about the rider, finds she has been dead for some time. (Often driver finds that ghost has made similar attempts to return, usually on anniversary of death in automobile accident. Often ghost leaves some item such as a scarf or a traveling bag in car.) E332.3.3.1
• Revenant as hedgehog. E423.2.4
• Tree of knowledge of good and evil in otherworld. F162.3.5
• Well containing "salmon of knowledge" in otherworld. F162.5.3
• Fairies lose power of invisibility if mortals gain knowledge of their secret. (Cf. F361.3.) F235.8.1
• Dwarf splits wood using penis as wedge. F451.3.4.10