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• Goddess' throne shakes when some mischance befalls her faithful worshipper. A189.5
• Culture hero has faithful attendant. A515.4
• Shooting stars are unfaithful wives. A788.5
• Animals sources of food because they were once unfaithful, disobedient wives of a visitor from god-country. A1422.0.1
• Faithful animal. B301
• Faithful animal at master's grave dies of hunger. B301.1
• Faithful dog follows master's dead body when cast into river. Supports body. B301.1.1
• Faithful dog helps open mistress' grave – dies on it. [Inadvertant duplication of B301.7.1.] B301.1.2
• Faithful animal doesn't allow anybody to come near to master's corpse. B301.1.3
• Faithful animal at master's grave avenges his murder. B301.2
• Faithful animal plans suicide when it thinks master dead. B301.3
• Faithful horse follows dead master to grave. B301.4
• Faithful horse lays his head on slain master's breast. B301.4.1
• Faithful horse weeps for coming death of saint. B301.4.1.1
• Faithful horse weeps tears of blood for master. B301.4.2
• Faithful horse joins in keen at hero's death. B301.4.3
• Faithful horse lays his head in lap of dead master's wife. B301.4.3.1
• Faithful horse allows only its master to catch and ride it. B301.4.4
• Faithful horse lies down in order that its mutilated master can mount it. B301.4.5
• Faithful horse refuses to go before its master mounts it, even when already loaded with two chests with gold. B301.4.6
• Faithful horse dies together with its master. B301.4.7
• Faithful horse fights together with its master. B301.4.8
• Faithful animals resuscitate master. B301.5
• Faithful cattle fight at master's grave until they cast their horns. B301.6
• Faithful cattle shed horns in grief for death of man. B301.6.1
• Faithful cow refuses to move for grief at master's death. B301.6.2
• Faithful cows lose milk at king's death. B301.6.3
• Faithful lapdog dies when mistress dies. B301.7
• Faithful dog helps open mistress' grave and dies on it. [Inadvertant duplication of B301.1.2.] B301.7.1
• Faithful lion follows man who saved him. B301.8
• Faithful falcon killed through misunderstanding. Tries to warn the king against drinking water poisoned by snake. B331.1
• Faithful horse killed through misunderstanding. Tries to warn king against drinking water poisoned by snake. B331.1.1
• Woman slays faithful mongoose which has saved her child. "A Classical Indian Folk-Tale as a Reported Modern Event: The Brahman and the Mongoose" B331.2.1
• Faithful dog killed by overhasty master: thinks mistakenly he has returned home against orders. (Cf. Llewellyn and his dog.) B331.2.2
• Faithful parrot killed by mistake. B331.3
• Man attempts to kill faithful serpent at wife's instigation. Loses everything. B335.1
• Faithful animal killed in battle. B335.5
• Faithful horse pushes sleep thorn out of its master's head, so that he awakes. B511.3
• Faithful dog kills would-be murderer of sleeping master. B524.7
• Faithful dog is offered as security for a debt. B579.6
• Faithful old dog to be killed. B842
• Faithful old horse to be abandoned. B842.1
• Unfaithful husband loses magic wife. C31.12
• Faithful brother transforms self to deer to seek sister. D647.1
• Disenchantment by faithfulness of others. D750
• Disenchantment of long absent spouse by faithfulness of partner. D755
• Disenchantment by faithfulness of others – miscellaneous. D759
• Dream warns emperor of wife's unfaithfulness. D1813.1.1
• Flower with "ave" on leaves. Crows from tomb as reward for faithful sayings of "Ave Maria". E631.0.2.1
• Demon takes on form of God to deceive faithful. F402.1.4.1
• Iron bands around heart to keep it from breaking. When master is disenchanted, bands around heart of faithful servant snap one by one. F875
• Devil serves knight faithfully. Devil saves his life and that of his wife. G303.22.10
• Faithful hound kills ogre's wife. G519.1.1
• Recognition of wife's ring in friend's possession informs husband of her unfaithfulness. H94.0.1
• Chieftain recognized by faithful swineherd. H173.1
• Suitor test: faithfulness. H338
• Chastity index. Objects indicate faithfulness or unfaithfulness of separated lovers (husband or wife). H430
• Rose as chastity index. Fading rose indicates unfaithfulness. (Cf. D975.2.) H432.1
• Three roses fall as sign of unfaithfulness. H432.1.1
• Ring as chastity index. Indicates faithfulness by color. (Cf. D1076.) H433.1
• Sword as chastity index: will not spot while woman is faithful. (Cf. D1081.) H435.1
• Feigned death to test wife's faithfulness. H466
• Feigned absence to test wife's faithfulness. H466.1
• Other tests of wife's love or faithfulness. H467
• Wife's faithfulness tested by proposal in another's name. H467.2
• Test of faithfulness of husband and wife. H492
• Husband castrates himself to test wife's faithfulness. H492.3
• Traveler says he must look after his net to see if it has taken fish. (He has left his lady seven years before with a pledge of faithfulness. Net has taken fish – lady has had lovers.) H586.2.2
• What is most faithful thing in world? H659.25
• Test of fidelity (loyalty) of guard. (Faithful unto death.) H1556.0.2
• King overlooks wife's unfaithfulness rather than to cause troubles of state. J221.1
• Man rebukes servants for telling him of his wife's unfaithfulness. J221.1.2
• Choice: staying at home with loving wife or going to tavern and having unfaithful wife. Man chooses latter. J229.1
• Man with unfaithful wife comforted. J882
• Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees the queen's unfaithfulness. J882.1
• Man with unfaithful wife comforted when he sees jealous husband who carefully guards wife cuckolded. J882.2
• Husband takes back faithless wife on her oath to be faithful. J2301.1
• Husband refuses to believe that his wife is unfaithful, even when she is caught in the act. J2342.1
• The dog refuses to help the wolf. A farmer plans to kill a faithful old dog. The wolf makes a plan to save the dog. The latter is to rescue the farmer's child from the wolf. The plan succeeds and the dog is rewarded. The wolf in return wants to steal the farmer's sheep. The dog refuses his assistance. K231.1.3
• Cut-off finger proves wife's chastity. A chaste wife substitutes a maidservant for seducer. A finger and ring are cut off as proof of wife's unfaithfulness (chastity wager with husband). Refuted by husband, who knows they are not his wife's. K1512.1
• The animal in the chest. The husband has locked the surprised paramour in a chest while he fetches his family as witness of his wife's unfaithfulness. She frees the lover, substitutes an animal, and discountenances the husband. (Cf. K1542, K1555, K1566, K1574.) K1515
• Husband transformed to goat must witness wife's adultery. The devil has let him see his wife's unfaithfulness in this way. K1531
• Unfaithful wife communicates with lover by pouring milk into stream. K1549.5
• Faithful wife in disguise saves husband from punishment for adultery. K1596
• False tokens of woman's unfaithfulness. Tokens are stolen from the woman, or her secret markings are seen by treachery. K2112.1
• Fingers as false token of wife's unfaithfulness. She has substituted a maid and the gallant has cut off the maid's finger. K2112.1.1
• King's faithful servant falsely accused of familiarity with queen. K2121.2
• Dividing the winnings: presents (favors) from man's own wife. After the agreement to divide all winnings the first man receives favors (presents, kisses) from the second's wife. He faithfully delivers them. M241.2
• Girl bewitched so that no man will remain faithful to her. M438.3
• Prodigal son favored over faithful son. N172.1
• Faithful servant guarding master's wife from danger falsely condemned for betraying his master. N342.1
• Faithful son guarding his father from monster falsely accused by stepmother. N342.1.1
• Friend unfaithful but brother faithful. Brought to test by actions at apparent death of hero. P251.1
• Sister faithful to transformed brother. P253.2
• Brother faithful to persecuted sister. P253.2.1
• Faithful foster brother. P273.1
• Faithful servant. P361
• Faithful servant dies for his master. Puts on his master's clothes so as to be slain in his place. (Cf. P316.) P361.1
• Faithful servant kills his master's murderer and is killed in turn. P361.1.1
• Faithful servant wants to follow on dangerous quest, where he alone is killed. P361.1.2