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• Animal characteristics from jumping contest. A2253
• Dog burned in jumping contest over fire: enmity between dog and hare. A2253.1
• Why hyena has short left hind foot. Deceived into jumping by jackal. (Cf. A2284.6.) A2375.2.5
• Magic horse wins jumping contest for man. B587.1
• Transformation by jumping over. The person, animal, or object jumped over is transformed. D561
• Transformation by jumping three times. D561.3
• Magic power by jumping into fire. D1733.1
• Rejuvenation by jumping over cliff. D1889.11
• Resuscitation by jumping (stepping) over. E13
• Jumping over a ditch which is really an ocean. F1071.2
• Suitor contest: jumping horse over palace. H331.1.2.1
• Suitor test: jumping over high hedge. H331.1.3.1
• Suitor contest: jumping river on horseback. H331.1.6
• Suitor contest: jumping ditches and hedges of spears. H331.1.6.1
• Chastity ordeal: jumping. H412.7
• Chastity ordeal: jumping over magic thread. H412.7.1
• Chastity ordeal: jumping over pit. H412.7.2
• Task: jumping across river in one bound. H1149.10
• Task: jumping over fire. H1199.10
• Test of sex of man masking as girl: jumping over pit (only man succeeds). H1578.1.4.2
• Frogs decide not to jump into the well. Their spring having dried up, they consider jumping into a well. They decide that the well may also dry up. J752.1
• Jumping into the river after their comrade. Through misunderstanding one of the men jumps into the river. He calls out; the others think that he wants them to follow, and all jump in and are drowned. J1832
• Jumping into the breeches. Trying to draw both legs on at once. J2161.1
• Imitation of jumping into fire without injury: dupe burned up. J2411.6
• Jumping contest won by deception. K17
• Contest: jumping into the ground. A hole is already dug and covered with boughs. K17.1
• Contest in jumping from the church tower. The devil is not to look behind him. The man runs downstairs (or otherwise cheats). K17.2
• Contest in jumping into a trap. K17.3
• Jumping frog contest. Frog filled with shot. K17.4
• Victim tricked into jumping in a box by making him think he is going to heaven. (Cf. K842.) K714.2.1
• Dupe tricked into jumping to his death. K891
• Intruding wolf tricked into jumping down chimney and killing himself. K891.1
• Ape tricked into jumping on to stakes and killing himself. K891.2
• Monkey tricked into jumping in water and drowning self. Jackal hides in reeds which screen water. K891.3
• Dupe tricked into jumping on supposed funeral pyre of beloved. K891.4
• False bride fails when husband tests her. Uses slipper test, jumping test, or the like. K1911.3.3
• Hedgehog defeats tiger by jumping into tiger's mouth and tormenting him. L315.13
• Game killed by jumping on it from above. N622
• Escape from ship by jumping into the sea. R216.1
• Escape from nest of giant bird by seizing two young birds and jumping. R253