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- Indentions on rocks from head of infant hero (saint). A972.5.1
- Animals blessed for honoring infant Jesus. (Cf. A2231.4, A2356.2.7, A2381.1.) A2221.1
- Frog fails to honor infant Jesus: loses tail. (Cf. A2221.1, A2378.2.3. A2231.4
- Bees (ants) leave honey on lips of infant to show future greatness. B147.3.1.2
- Animals worship infant Jesus. B251.1.1
- Brilliantly white cow comes to be milked for infant saint. B251.2.10.1
- Infants fed by bees. B531.1
- Prayers of nun cause Virgin Mary to show her the infant Jesus. D1766.1.2
- As result of fraud, Saturn swallows stone instead of infant Jove. G11.0.1.1
- Abandoned infant lives by eating corpse of murdered father. (Cf. S350.) G25
- Girl child fed on infant boys' flesh to make her grow faster. G72.3
- Infant picks out his unknown father. H481
- Infant indicates his unknown father by handing him an apple. H481.1
- Infant picks out his unknown mother. H482
- Wisdom from philosopher: give separate greetings to infants, youths, and old people. J152.5
- Man lets his infant son play in river. Son drowns. J2175.4
- Compassionate executioners. Slaves charged with killing (drowning) the infant heroine are touched by her "laughing smile" and put her in a calfshed (hollow tree), where she is found by cowherds, who rear her. K512.0.1
- Exposure of infant to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. M371
- Women, driven mad, devour their infants' flesh. N325.2
- Birth rites confer royalty on infant prince. P37
- Cruel father seeks to kill infant son. S11.4.4
- Infant condemned to death saved by a smile. S350.1
- Exposed infant reared at strange king's court (Joseph, Oedipus). S354
- Infant marriages. T143
- Precocious infant. T585
- Infant born blind immediately drowns self. T585.3
- Infant saint rebukes mother's impiety. T585.4
- Infant bathed in milk. T601
- Saint has two paps – a pap with milk and a pap with honey: with these he suckles two infants. T611.5.1
- Baptism of infants. V81.4
- An apple is offered to a statue of the Virgin and her child. The infant reaches out and takes the fruit. V128.1
- Three (seven) druids come to adore infant Jesus. V211.1.7
- The Infant Jesus. V211.1.8
- Christ in form of an infant nursed by saint. V211.1.8.1
- Christ in form of an infant fondled by nuns. V211.1.8.2
- Christ as infant in mother's arms causes bare hillside to become field of wheat as protection. V211.1.8.3
- Supernaturally bright light marks sleeping infant saint. V222.1.0.1
- "Fair Drop" from. Heaven falls upon infant saint. V222.1.0.2
- Virgin Mary appears to devout nun with infant Jesus. The nun devoutly prayed to see Him. V277.1