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• Home of gods inside of hill. A151.1.1
• 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 ear-wax is inside the ear. A1319.3
• Why dagger must be always cleaned on the inside of the robe. A1599.7
• Lynx views country from mountainside: cause of his squint. (Cf. A2330.2.) A2211.1
• Elephant tricked into eating own testicles. Has them inside. (Cf. A2365.1.1.) A2284.4
• Why elephant has testicles inside. Persuaded to eat them. (Cf. A2284.4.) A2365.1.1
• Animal characteristics: inside of body. A2367
• Why grizzly bears have three stripes on inside of stomach. A2367.2.1
• Animal with treasure inside it. B107
• Fish with ingot of gold inside it. B107.1
• Girl swallows frog spawn; an octopus grows inside her with tentacles reaching to every part of her body. B784.1.4
• Swallowed blackbeetle reproduces inside person's body. B784.1.5
• Girl eats plums and maggots in them; maggots multiply inside her body. B784.1.6
• Woman charms stick of wood so she can hide inside it. (Cf. D956.) D1393.1.1
• Magic sheepskin, shaken inside and outside shed, showers gold and silver. (Cf. D1225.8.) D1469.11
• Diamond speaks from inside statue. (Cf. D1071.) D1610.27.3
• Eaten object speaks from inside person's body. D1619.2
• Magic sight by turning clothes inside out. D1821.9
• Ghost laid and confined inside building. E437.6
• Ogre with life in parrot, speaks from inside parrot. E715.1.3.2
• Journey inside the earth. F114
• Trolls' riches inside mountain. F455.4.1.1
• Person led astray by Will-o'-the-Wisp turns garment inside out. Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. (Cf. F369.7, F385.1.) F491.3.1
• Serpent damsel. Woman has serpent inside which comes out and kills her bridegrooms. F582.1
• City inside a tree. (Cf. F811.) F765
• House inside mountain. F771.3.5.1
• Series of enclosed coffins. Coffins of gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, and wood, each inside the other. (Cf. F852.1.1.) F852.4
• Raven dwells inside a whale. F911.2.1
• All-swallowing monster. Has whole towns of people and buildings, etc. inside. F911.6
• Witch killed by placing salt or pepper inside skin while it is laid aside. (Cf. G229.1.1.) G275.8.1
• Serpent inside man's body eats all his food. G328.1
• Thief detected by psalter and key. Closed Bible with key inside at magic text loosely held by diviner and client. Name of suspected thief on end of key. As verse is spoken, if name is that of thief, book and key will turn around. H251.3.2
• Princess defeated in repartee by means of objects accidentally picked up. E. g., Hero: What red lips you have! Princess: There is fire inside. – Hero: Then boil this egg (producing egg). H507.1.0.1
• Riddle: deaths from sleepiness, anger, and greed. Elephant sleeps before snake's hole. Snake bites elephant and kills it. Jackal eats hole in elephant and is caught inside. Snake can't get out of its hole. H803
• Task: standing neither inside nor outside of gate. (Forefeet of horse inside, hind feet outside.) H1052
• Quest for marvelous fruit with princess inside. H1333.3.0.2
• Quest for flower of a tree inside the seventh of a series of forts. H1333.5.0.2
• Bought behind the village. Lawyer declares unjustly that stolen horse has been bought and paid for. Angry farmer: "Yes, behind the village he bought and paid for it" (meaning that he stole it from the pasture). Lawyer pleads successfully that it is as well to buy a horse outside as inside the village. J1169.2
• Three unlawful acts in killing one sheep: two lambs were inside. J1169.9
• Stingy innkeeper cured of serving weak beer. She always gives the servants a pitcher of weak beer before meals so as to fill them up. One of them: "I wash out my insides so as to have more room for food." She changes her practice. J1341.7
• Safe since no white man is near. White man asks Indian if he can safely leave some of his belongings inside the Indian's lodge. The Indian assures him that he can: "There is no white man within a hundred miles of here." (Cf. X600.) J1373
• Officer disarmed by sentry. Army major approaches sentry, takes away his rifle, and reproaches him for allowing himself to be disarmed. Sentry draws pistol from inside shirt, demands return of unloaded rifle. J1526.1
• Deduction: insect inside precious stone. The jewel is warm. J1661.1.6
• Fool unacquainted with sausage. He squeezes the inside out and takes the covering for a sack. J1732.1
• Money from the broken statue. Fool sells goods to a statue and when it will not pay him knocks it to pieces. He finds a treasure inside. (Cf. J1852.1.) J1853.1.1
• Fools try to fight with man inside of drum who seems to make the noise. Are really pounding each other. J2026
• Fool roofs his house on the inside. J2171.2.2
• Literal fool strangles the hawk. On last trip he has lost the gloves and has been told that he should have put them in his bosom. He puts the hawk inside his shirt. J2461.1.5
• Guess what I have in my hand and I will give it to you to make egg-cake with. What does it look like? What outside and yellow inside. It is a hollowed turnip filled with carrots. J2712.1
• Deceptive nut and olive division: inside and outside. The clever man chooses the kernel of the nuts and the outside of the olive. K171.3
• Deceptive sacrifice of nuts and dates. Trickster sacrifices only the shells of the nuts and the inside of the dates. K171.3.1
• Devil is to get soul of man whether he is buried "inside or outside of church, above or below ground." The man has himself buried in the wall of the church, partly in and partly out of the ground. (Cf. H1052.) K219.4
• Child's curiosity exposes thief. Thief steals pig. Slaughters it together with one of his own and takes both to market. Puts little pig inside large one to avoid paying tax on two. Boy notices three hind legs. Thief is caught. K433
• Conqueror of robber discovers his money-stick. Thinking that he has killed the robber, the man takes his stick or knife with big handle. The robber recovers and, disguised as a beggar, inquisitively looks at the stick. The man is suspicious and by examining finds much money inside it. K437.4
• Ungrateful river passenger kills carrier from within. Crawls inside during the passage. (Porcupine and buffalo.) K952.1
• Man kills giant bear by crawling inside and cutting his way out. K952.2.1
• Entrance to woman's room in golden ram. Princess's curiosity aroused and the golden ram carried into the room. The youth is concealed inside. K1341.1
• Lion frightened away by stabbing at it from inside iron cage. K1715.11
• Sham physician: using the flea powder. Catch the flea, open its mouth, and place the powder inside. K1955.4
• Jackal inside carcass of bullock makes people think his voice is God's. Demands gifts. K1973
• Heaven entered by trick: permission to pick up cap. Trickster throws a cap or leather apron inside the gate. K2371.1.1
• Vow to marry queen of fairies and not to eat or drink inside kingdom until this is done. M146.1
• Spiked-cask punishment. Rolling down hill in a cask with spikes on inside. Q463
• Cast-forth wife must sit at horse-block of palace and tell story to each newcomer and offer to carry him inside. Q482.4
• House (hostel) burned with all inside. S112.0.2
• Bride and groom simultaneously touch hearthstones and put one foot down inside threshold as they enter groom's house. T137.2.1
• Oversight of the thievish tailor. Sews the stolen piece of cloth on the outside of his coat, thinking that it is on the inside. X221
• Hunter turns animal inside out. He reaches down animal's throat, grasps his tail, and turns him inside out. X1124.2
• Man catches fish with larger fish inside. X1154.1.1
• Large mosquitoes fly off with kettle. They have drilled through kettle. Their bills are clinched inside like nails. X1286.1.4
• Lie: animals live inside great vegetable, usually feeding from it. X1401.1