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• Gods live in cloudland. A151.1.4
• Gods live in spring. A151.3.1
• Deity lives in forest. A151.7
• Early period when gods and men lived together, gods ruling men, ordaining how they should live and originating various customs. A189.9
• Thunder spirit lives in world below earth. A284.3.2
• Rain-god and wind-god brought back in order to make liveable weather. Have been banished by sun-god. A287.0.1
• Culture hero still lives. A570
• Culture hero still alive in hollow hill. A571.1
• Culture hero still alive on mysterious island. A571.2
• Creator lives in lowest sky beneath us. A651.2.0.1
• Moon is hare covered with silver, which lives in crystal house with fifteen windows. It rests on a chariot and travels around Mount Meru. A759.4
• Chariot from heaven takes couple to live with sages in the Great Bear. A761.2
• Rainbow lives in a hole. A791.8.1
• Spring breaks forth where animal delivers book left behind by saint. A941.5.4
• Former age: spirits and ogres lived with men, and gods appeared in human guise. A1101.1.3
• Primeval human pair live in innocence. A1270.1
• Origin of the liver. A1319.5
• Men and animals readjust span of life. At first, thirty years are given to all animals and to man. For the animals it is too long, for man too short. Man is given a portion of animals' lives. Years 1–30 vigorous (man's own); 30–48 burdens and blows (ass's); 48–60 no teeth (dog's); 60–70 foolish (monkey's). A1321
• Men live by the breath of the gods. (Cf. A1241.3.) A1394
• Origin of race colors from eating of ox. Those who eat livers are black; those who eat lungs and blood are red. A1614.4.1.1
• Horse lives from time of Adam on. A1881.0.1
• Owl will not betray curate: therefore may live in steeple. (Cf. A2433.4.1.) A2229.3
• Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young. A2229.5
• Squirrel borrows coney's tail. When coney's tail is not returned, he goes in shame to live among rocks. (Cf. A2378.1.5, A2433.3.5.) A2241.7
• Cock and ptarmigan in contest: winner to live in town. (Cf. A2433.1.1, A2433.4.2, A2433.4.3.) A2250.1
• Man and tiger in contest: winner to live in town. A2250.1.1
• Race of animals to see where each shall live. (Cf. A2433.1.1.) A2252.1
• Why deer's tail tastes like liver. A2378.9.4
• Why ant lives in ant-hill. A2432.1
• Why fly lives on dung heap. A2432.9
• Why the elephant lives without a hut. A2432.10
• Place to live given as patent right to dog. A2433.1.3
• Animals that live in woods. A2433.2.1
• Why small ants live in houses while driver ants must live in bush. A2433.2.1.1
• Why gorilla and chimpanzee live in forests: punishment for neglecting their possessions. A2433.2.1.2
• Animals that live alone. A2433.2.3
• Animals that live with men. A2433.2.4
• Why the chimpanzee lives with men. A2433.2.4.1
• [First Edition: A2433.2.5. Animals privileged to live anywhere.] A2433.2.5[1st ed.]
• Why hare lives in bush. (Cf. A2282.) A2433.3.3
• Why coney lives among rocks. (Cf. A2241.7.) A2433.3.5
• Why hog lives in sty. A2433.3.6
• Why rams live at home. A2433.3.7
• Why goat lives with men. A2433.3.8
• Why squirrel lives in tree. A2433.3.9
• Why muskrats live in water. A2433.3.10
• Why porcupine lives in high places in mountains. A2433.3.11
• Why beaver lives along rivers. A2433.3.12
• Why elk lives in woods. A2433.3.13
• Why wolf lives in woods. A2433.3.14
• Why elephant does not live in town. A2433.3.15
• Why bear lives where he does. A2433.3.17
• Why leopard lives where he does. A2433.3.18
• Why monkey lives in tree. A2433.3.19
• Why mole lives underground. A2433.3.20
• Why tiger lives in jungle. A2433.3.21
• Why owl lives where he does. (Cf. A2229.3, steeple.) A2433.4.1
• Why cock lives in town. (Cf. A2250.1.) A2433.4.2
• Why ptarmigan lives in country. (Cf. A2250.1.) A2433.4.3
• Why parrot lives in tree. A2433.4.4
• Why kingfisher lives in the air. A2433.4.5
• Why nit lives at edge of hair. (Cf. A2236.6.) A2433.5.1
• Why fly lives amid filth. (Cf. A2239.2.) A2433.5.2
• Why spider lives under stones. A2433.5.3.1
• Why beetles live in manure. A2433.5.4
• Why cockroaches live in houses. A2433.5.7
• Why tortoise lives in logs in stream. (Cf. A2282.) A2433.6.1.1
• Why oyster lives in salt water. A2433.6.2
• Why crabs live in water. A2433.6.3.1
• Why common crab lives underground. A2433.6.3.3
• Why iguana lives in stream. A2433.6.4
• Why leeches live in water. A2433.6.5
• Why toad lives in cold place. A2433.6.7
• Why porcupines and skunks do not live on Cape Breton Island. A2434.2.1
• Why foxes do not live on a certain island: driven out by a god. A2434.2.2
• Why animals live in certain countries. A2434.3
• Why locusts live in certain Pueblo towns. A2434.3.1
• Why elephant lives in Nigeria. A2434.3.3
• Why birds do not live in societies. A2492.2
• Why goat lives with man. A2513.4
• Why ants no longer live on the back of the hare. A2584.2
• Why olive is bitter. A2771.8.1
• Dragon lives in lake. B11.3.1.1
• Dragons live beneath castle. B11.3.4
• Dragon lives under the ground. By his movements a building or village will be dislodged. (Cf. A1070.) B11.3.5
• Dragons live in hell. B11.3.6
• Dragon lives beneath tree. B11.3.7
• Dragon lives in isolated island. B11.3.8
• Horned armadillo lives underground. B15.3.4.2
• Cow with tallow liver. B15.7.9
• Mermaid. Woman with tail of fish. Lives in sea. B81
• Mermaid lives for three hundred years under lake. B81.13.12
• Vegetable lamb. Generated from ground. Umbilical cord is in the ground and the lambs will die if it is forcibly severed. They are frightened into severing it themselves and then live. Vertebrae of the neck planted to produce new ones. B95
• Fly, wren, fox live with cleric. B256.10
• Thief lives alone with 20 cats that help him keep intruders away. B292.6.1
• Wolf fetches a man to remove thorn from his children's paws. Does not attack the man's livestock. B381.1
• Grateful fox fetches fox liver as remedy. B514.1
• Tortoise has no liver or teeth. B723
• Swans live on pearls. B768.3
• Animal lives in person's stomach. B784