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• Making the earth smaller. Earth made too large. God learns from devil by trickery how to make it smaller. A852
• Making the earth larger. Gradually extended during creation. See references to A812 in which this idea is always involved. A853
• Large stone falls from sky killing all but one couple. A1009.3
• Men at first as large as giants. A1301
• Why the posterior of man is large. A1319.4
• Origin of death from unwise choice. Choice between two bundles, one containing tempting articles, the other everlasting life. People choose the large bundle and lose everlasting life. A1335.3
• Origin of the potlatch. A feast of the Indians of the Northwest Coast of America in which large amounts of property are given away to the guests. These feasts must be returned. A1535.1
• Spider carries large stone on head and drops it: hence spiders under stones. (Cf. A2433.5.3.) A2211.6
• Animal's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301
• Mouse's body made larger. A2301.1
• Spider's body made larger. A2301.2
• Coyote's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301.3
• Bat's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301.4
• Flying-squirrel's body made larger. (Cf. A2213.3.) A2301.5
• Why bird's head is so large. A2320.5
• Why animal's mouth is large. A2341.2
• Why opossum's mouth is large. A2341.2.1
• Why zebra's mouth is large. A2341.2.2
• Why gorilla and chimpanzee have large teeth in mouth: punishment for neglecting possessions. A2345.9
• Why animal's penis is large (long). A2365.2.1
• Why elephant's penis is large. A2365.2.1.2
• Why donkey's penis is large. A2365.2.1.3
• Haunts of spider. (Cf. A2211.6, large stones, A2261.2, dusty corners.) A2433.5.3
• Why ants carry large bundles. (Cf. A2221.4.) A2451.1
• Roc drops rock on ship. Rock is so large that it destroys ship. B31.1.2
• Mermaid has large breasts. B81.9.2
• Large reward given for return of helpful animal. B343
• Small animal released from jaws of large one: grateful. B371
• Bandicoot (large rat) as nurse. Cares for children. B535.0.2
• Giant boar with hinder part as large as can be carried by nine men. B871.1.2.0.1
• Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small". C433
• Tabu: chief to be in large company without wolf-hounds. C564.3
• Tabu: building too large a structure. C771
• Wicked man constructs tower neither too large nor too high. (Santa Barbara.) C771.1.1
• Person becomes magically larger. D55.1
• Tomb gate magically enlarged. D482.5.2
• Person becomes larger. D486
• Demon becomes larger. D486.1
• Animal becomes larger. D487
• Houses magically made larger. D488
• Objects made larger – miscellaneous. D489
• Small leaves become larger. D489.1
• Amulet enlarged to become cloak. D489.2
• Saint confined a large quantity of water in a small ditch. D491.3
• Dogs large or small at will. D631.2.1
• Compressible tent. Large or small at will. D631.3.2
• Sword large or small at will. (Cf. D1081.) D631.3.3
• Cloth large or small at will. D631.3.6
• Bed large or small at will. D631.3.7
• Spear large or small at will. D631.3.8
• Magic comb. See references to D672; in a large proportion of the occurrences of that motif (Obstacle flight) the comb is one of the magic objects thrown. D1072.1
• Thread made to appear as a large log carried by a cock. D2031.2
• Animal becomes magically larger. D2038
• Centipede becomes large enough to kill demon. D2038.1
• Coyote calls the largest fish. D2074.1.2.1
• Saint's prayer brings large flight of birds carrying stones in talons. These missiles dropped upon enemies cause terror. D2163.5.1
• Revenant as a very large man (giant). (Cf. F531.) E422.3.2
• Fairies with unusually large ears. F232.3
• Dwarf with small body and large head. F451.2.1.3
• Dwarf cave has large square room with little doors leading to all sides. F451.4.3.2
• Dwarfs suspend large millstone on thin thread over head of mortal, to show what anguish dwarfs felt when mortal endangered their lives. F451.5.4.2
• Exceptionally large or small men. F530
• Giant with large gleaming eyes. F531.1.1.2
• Giant with feet so large they cannot be moved. F531.1.3.6
• Giant's skull so large fowl can pass through eye-hole. F531.2.3.1
• Giant's large footprints. (Cf. F531.2.1.2.) F531.2.4
• Giant so large he cannot be carried by a horse. F531.2.7
• Giant with club as large as wheelshaft of mill. F531.4.4
• Giants repay loan with large interest. Cask of gold for ale, etc. F531.5.5
• Giant maidens grind gold, peace, soldiers, salt, etc., on large stone mill. F531.5.10.2
• Giants large or small at will. F531.6.5.2
• Giants meet successively larger giants. F531.6.8.7
• Remarkably large nose. F543.2
• Remarkably large mouth. F544.0.1
• Strong man lifts large stone. F624.2
• Strong man lifts large stone with one hand. F624.2.2
• Skillful carpenter constructs large palace overnight. F675.4
• Tree so large that it darkens whole world. F811.14.1
• Extraordinarily large fruit. F813.0.3
• Banana large as tooth of elephant. F813.6.1
• Sapphire so large two tables of law hewn out of it. F826.4
• Remarkably large club. F835.2
• Extraordinarily large bow. F836.3
• Extraordinarily large vessel. F881.1
• Hailstones, each as large as a crabapple. F962.5.1.1
• Raindrops as large as man's hand. F962.13
• Cat grows as large as a cow in a minute. F983.3
• Giant ogre. Polyphemus. (For motifs concerning giants who are not malevolent but merely large, see F531.) G100
• The devil as a large, strong man. G303.3.1.1
• [First Edition: G303.3.3.5.1. A man rides horse which is the devil. As he rides, it becomes larger and larger and finally throws him over his head.] G303.3.3.5.1[1st ed.]
• Devil becomes larger and larger. G303.3.5.1
• Devil tries to wall in too large a piece of ground in a night and fails. G303.13.3
• The devil has two books – one book small for sins of clerics, erased by confession; the other large for unconfessed sins of lay folks. G303.24.1.9
• Large tusks grown from ogre's mouth. G363.2
• Large price exacted for curing ogre after wounding him. G682
• Chief in disguise carries bundle so large that rank is recognized. H41.10
• Recognition by large breasts that woman in bed is not husband's wife. H79.6
• Recognition of monk by his large organ. H79.7
• Bridegroom-to-be has to have three pecks, three quarts of gold and an animal with a horn on his head pointing to the sky, and a large red hair. H312.8
• In large family father unwilling but mother willing to sell children. H491.1