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• Culture hero is hidden in order to escape enemies. A511.2.3
• Sun hidden at night because afraid to wander. A722.6
• Of first parents husband so hideous he is kept hidden. A1279.1
• Origin of human wisdom. It is kept hidden by monster and is later stolen. It escapes and spreads through the world. (Cf. A1111, A1421.) A1481
• Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.) A1861.1
• Why squirrel stays hidden in jungle. A2433.3.9.1
• Ass alone knows where hidden wind can be found. B133.0.1.1
• Dog indicates hidden treasure. B153
• Dog indicates other hidden objects. B153.1
• Fly warns saint against devil hidden in a cup with liquor. B483.1.0.1
• Man and bear in the rick of hay. The bear, persecuted by wolves, runs onto the hay-rick where the man was hidden, and defends himself from the wolves with bunches of hay. B855
• Swan Maiden finds her hidden wings and resumes her form. D361.1.1
• Magic wand (twig) locates hidden treasure. (Cf. D954, D1254, D1254.2.) D1314.2
• Magic storm protects hidden children. (Cf. D905.) D1393.3
• Magic object tells where it is hidden. D1612.4
• Magic cloth tells where it is hidden. (Cf. D1051.) D1612.4.1
• Dream shows where stolen girl is hidden. D1810.8.2.1
• Ghosts protect hidden treasure. E291
• Return from dead to reveal hidden treasure. (Cf. E276, E291, E419.11.2.) E371
• Return from the dead to seek hidden treasure. E372
• Pot jumps in house to indicate money hidden underneath it. E539.2
• Ghost directs man to hidden treasure. E545.12
• Hidden soul (life). E712
• Soul hidden in tree. E712.1
• Soul hidden in safe. E712.2
• Soul hidden in urn. E712.3
• Soul hidden in box. E712.4
• Soul hidden in pillar. E712.5
• Soul hidden in fish basket. E712.6
• Soul hidden in water bottle. E712.7
• Soul hidden in a series of coverings. This motif is combined with several others. Usually the soul will be hidden in an egg, in a duck, in a well, in a church, or a similar series. E713
• Soul hidden in apple (ball) in a salmon which appears every seven years in certain fountain. (Cf. D1651.10.) E713.1
• Fairy fetches mortals to remove treasure hidden by ghosts in their lifetimes. (Cf. N510.) F244.3
• Abducted bride hidden in fairyland. F322.4
• Man's genitals hidden in his body. F547.3.5
• Well hidden in sea. (Cf. D926.) F711.4.2
• Garment hidden in hole cut in thigh. F1034.3.3
• Jewell hidden in wound cut in thigh. F1034.3.4
• Devil appears in shape of a dead man while hidden in his corpse or skin. G303.3.1.20
• Devil hidden in a corpse. G303.8.15
• Rakshasa hidden in deer's head swallows men. G369.1.6
• Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood. G532
• Suitor test: finding object hidden by princess. H322.1
• Riddle solved with aid of hidden informant. H573.1
• Question (propounded on quest): Why does not a certain tree flourish? Answer: Gold is hidden under it (or a serpent is under its roots). H1292.2
• Quest for princess hidden by father. H1381.3.7
• Test: food with thorns. Hero given food in which thorns are hidden. H1515.3
• Wisdom of hidden old man saves kingdom. In famine all old men are ordered killed. One man hides his father. When all goes wrong in the hands of the young rulers, the old man comes forth, performs assigned tasks, and aids with his wisdom. J151.1
• 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
• Unwelcome guest tells about the hidden food. Having seen his hostess hide it, he tells about it in the form of a tale. J1344
• Overheard conversation: "Money hidden in wall (field)." Thieves take box filled with stone (or dig up field). J1517.2
• Hidden wolf gives himself away by talking. J2351.2
• Fowl makes another animal believe that he has had his leg cut off. Says that he has received large pay. He has his leg hidden under his wing. The elephant (hippopotamus) cuts his off and bleeds to death. (Cf. J2401.) J2413.4.1
• Fowl makes another animal believe that he has had his neck cut off. He has his neck hidden under his wing. The hare cuts his off and dies. (Cf. J2401.) J2413.4.2
• Trickster persuades girl to reveal hidden gold by promising to make it into ornaments. K283
• Thief disguised as corpse. In the shroud of the supposed dead man is hidden another robber. K311.1
• Thieves hidden in oil casks. In one cask is oil; in the others the robbers are hidden. The girl kills them. K312
• Thief hidden in cage that is carried into house. K312.1
• Robbers frightened from goods by hidden man. K335.1.6
• Thieves steal chest containing hidden paramour. Are frightened away by his outcry. K335.1.6.1
• Man feigns sickness in order to go back to steal hidden gold. (Cf. K325.) K341.2.2.1
• Theft by posing as master of the house and learning where goods are hidden. Wife deceived in the dark. K362.4
• Hidden person sees robbers concealing treasure and takes it. K439.10
• Hidden paramour buys freedom from discoverer. K443.1
• Concealed confederate as unjust witness. A rascal who has hidden with a simple man a treasure found by them carries it away secretly, trying to have his associate condemned on the witness of a tree in which his father is concealed. K451.3
• Children hidden to avoid their execution (death). K515.1
• Mare is allowed to dance before being killed; it dashes off to jungle with persecuted boy hidden in belly. K551.3.6.2
• Pretended friend puts food on far side of hidden ditch, victim falls in and is killed. K811.5
• Drug introduced into half of fruit from enemy's fingernail where it has been hidden. K873.4
• Animals hidden in various parts of a house attack owner with their characteristic powers and kill him when he enters. K1161
• Hidden paramour taken to his own wife. He hides in a chest. The chest is taken by a creditor who unwittingly delivers it to the paramour's wife. K1216
• Lover hidden by wife in room made to fall into deep pit of treacle. K1218.1.3.2
• Man hidden in roof sees girl and lover and falls: they flee and leave him in possession. K1271.1.4
• Man hidden in roof (or elsewhere) sees girl and lover: blows horn. They flee and leave him in possession. K1271.1.4.2
• Adulteress tells lover "I can see the whole world." Hidden shepherd asks "Can you see my lost calves (ass)?" K1271.4
• Man carried into woman's room hidden in basket. (Cf. K1343.1.) K1342.0.1
• Adulteress locks up hidden husband and meets lovers. K1514.6
• Lover hidden in chest with feathers. Husband believes he is a devil. (Cf. K1218.1.) K1517.4
• Paramour successfully hidden from husband. K1521
• Paramour successfully hidden in chimney (fireplace). K1521.1
• Paramour successfully hidden in chest. K1521.2
• Paramour hidden under the wash. K1521.3
• Paramour hidden in the bed. K1521.4
• Paramour hidden behind a screen. K1521.5
• Husband frightened by wife's paramour in hog pen. The husband sees the paramour who has hidden in the pen and says, "Who are you?" "I am a miserable hog." The husband thinks that his hogs are possessed. (Cf. K1515, K1555, K1566, K1574.) K1542
• Husband deceived as to noise made by hidden paramour. K1549.7
• The husband sets house afire and ousts hidden paramour. K1554
• Trickster sets fire to barrel of tow in which paramour is hidden. The paramour, naked, runs out carrying wisps of burning tow. The trickster tells the husband that he has raised the devil. K1554.1
• Husband carries off box containing hidden paramour. Latter exposed (otherwise discomfited). K1555
• Lover hidden in hen-coop discovered by husband. K1555.1
• Old Hildebrand. Hidden cuckold reveals his presence by rhymes. He responds to the rhymes made by the wife and paramour concerning their entertainment. K1556
• Cuckold unwittingly lies with wife on chest containing her hidden paramour. K1566.1
• Trickster as sham magician makes adulteress produce hidden food for her husband. K1571.1
• Trickster as sham magician buys chest containing hidden paramour. (Cf. K1515, K1542, K1555, K1556.) K1574
• Love letter hidden in apple. K1872.3
• Sham wise man sees jewel hidden and is rewarded for finding it. K1956.2.1
• Hidden man behind image gives unwelcome answer to suppliant: image blamed. K1971.8
• Man hidden behind idol in temple tells robbers they will have good booty but should leave half of it in the temple. K1971.14
• Peasant betrays fox by pointing. The peasant has hidden the fox in a basket and promised not to tell. When the hunters come, he says, "The fox just went over the hill," but points to the basket. K2315