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• God with long white beard and white moustache. A137.18
• Long-suffering God. A139.12
• God makes man's hand rigid so he can no longer torment captive. A185.2.2
• Thunder god or spirit has very long mouth. A284.3.1
• God (goddess) of longevity. A474.2
• Remarkable longevity of culture heroes. A564
• Beings born in hell have long bodies and cling with long nails to walls. A671.6
• How the earth became oblong. God the Father situated on one side of the earth, the Son on the other. A851
• Why stones no longer grow. Devil sows stones; God sends cold to prevent their growing. A975.1
• Why stones no longer grow: punishment for injuring foot of holy person. A975.1.1
• Fettered monster questions visitor. He asks "Are lambs still being produced?" or the like; i.e. is nature still normal? He must remain fettered till he hears that nature's laws no longer hold. A1074.3
• Rain kept in waterskin dragged along sky floor. A1131.4.1
• Thunder is noise of waterskin which rain-god drags along sky floor. A1142.8
• Men from long nuts, women from short ones. A1253.2.2
• Why Eve was not made at first along with Adam. A1275.8
• 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
• Long span of life for first man. A1323
• Why children are helpless for so long. A1361
• Patriarchs because of long life made inventions. A1440.3
• Origin of wishing long life to person who sneezes. A1537.1
• Why men no longer know time of death. Custom changed when men began to repair fences with stalks when they knew they were to die the next day. A1593
• Coyote's muzzle pulled out long. (Cf. A2335.4.4.) A2213.4.1
• Fox's tail pulled out long. (Cf. A2378.3.4.) A2213.4.2
• Mouse's nose pulled out long. A2213.4.3
• Unicorn thrown from ark and drowned: hence no longer exists. A2214.3
• Magpie tells man he is to die next day: no tongue and long tail. God pulls out his tongue and makes his tail long for doing this forbidden thing. (Cf. A2344.2.6, A2378.3.1.) A2236.4
• God changes color (tails) of devil's cows. Devil makes all animals of same color (or all tailless). When God makes them of different colors (or with tails) devil no longer recognizes them. (Cf. A2378.1.) A2286.2.4
• Why rabbit has long ears. A2325.1
• Why ass has long ears. A2325.3
• Why zebra has long ears. A2325.5
• How stag got long antlers. A2326.3.2
• Why tapir has long nose. A2335.3.2
• Why coyote has long muzzle. (Cf. A2213.4.1.) A2335.4.4
• Why rat has long snout. A2335.4.6
• Origin of bird's long beak. A2343.1
• Where kingfisher got his long beak. A2343.1.1
• Where snipe got his long beak. A2343.1.2
• Where coyote got his long teeth. A2345.2
• Why bee's sting is no longer fatal to man. A2346.2
• Origin of animal's long neck. A2351.4
• Origin of stork's long neck. A2351.4.1
• Why magpie has long neck. A2351.4.2
• Origin of antelope's long neck. A2351.4.3
• Why animal's penis is large (long). A2365.2.1
• Why horse's penis is long. A2365.2.1.1
• Why daddy-long-legs has long legs. A2371.2.12
• Why animal has long tail. A2378.3
• How magpie got long tail. (Cf. A2236.4.) A2378.3.1
• How muskrat got long, thin tail. A2378.3.2
• How wolf got long tail. (Cf. A2215.1; Cf. A2262.) A2378.3.3
• Why fox has long tail. (Cf. A2213.4.2.) A2378.3.4
• Why beaver lives along rivers. A2433.3.12
• Why animal has long life. A2578
• Why daddy-long-legs has long life. A2578.1
• Why eagle has long life. A2578.2
• Why ants no longer live on the back of the hare. A2584.2
• Why khijur leaves are long and narrow: split with an arrow. A2741.5
• Plant characteristic because plant belongs to the devil. A2743
• Fuschia belongs to devil: hence ball and red petals. A2743.1
• Why plants no longer reach sky. A2775.0.1
• Mythical horse belonging to water-spirit. B19.3.2
• Long-lived animals. B841
• Tabu: striking tree which belongs to deity. C51.1.12
• Tabu: contact with things belonging to a king. C501
• Tabu: picking up comb from ground. It belongs to fairy (witch) who will avenge insult. C543
• Tabu: staying too long in other world. C712
• Tabu: staying too long in fairyland. (Cf. C713.3.) C712.1
• Tabu: wife of merman staying too long at home (on visit). (Cf. C712.1.) C713.3
• Tabu: beast-husband staying too long at home: becomes sick. C713.3.1
• Tabu: doing thing too long. C761
• Tabu: remaining on journey too long. C761.1
• Tabu: staying too long at home. C761.2
• Tabu: staying too long at ball. Must leave before certain hour. C761.3
• Tabu: staying too long in certain place. C761.4
• Tabu: staying too long in meadow of otherworld. C761.4.2
• Swan Maiden. A swan transforms herself at will into a maiden. She resumes her swan form by putting on her swan coat. (It is difficult to tell in most Swan Maiden tales whether the primary form is swan or maiden: the incident may belong at D161.) D361.1
• Stretching sepulchre. Magically becomes longer. D482.5
• Ox-demon becomes 10,000 feet long. D487.3
• Disenchantment of long absent spouse by faithfulness of partner. D755
• Failure to disenchant by not watching sleeping princess long enough. D759.9
• Children disenchanted after long period are aged. D799.1
• Extraordinary flower preserves its freshness so long as it remains unperceived by anyone other than owner. D877.2
• Food supplied by magic. Most of the references in D1030 also belong here. D1030.1
• Bathing hair in buffalo milk makes it unusually long. D1337.1.3.1
• Magic object gives longevity. D1345
• Serpent's water gives longevity. (Cf. D1027.1.) D1345.1
• Magic statue of dragon gives longevity. (Cf. B11, D1268.) D1345.2
• Water of life destroyed to prevent immortality: too long life would become tiresome. D1346.1.1
• Magic object causes longing. D1374
• Magic music causes longing. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1374.1
• Magic object causes members to grow long or short. D1376
• Magic object makes nose long (restores it.) D1376.1
• Magic fruit makes nose long (restores it.) D1376.1.1
• Magic apple makes nose long (restores it). (Cf. D981.1.) D1376.1.1.1
• Magic cherry makes nose long (restores it). (Cf. D981.4.) D1376.1.1.2
• Magic ring makes nose grow long (restores it). (Cf. D1076.) D1376.1.2
• By means of magic bag it is possible to stay as long on the bottom of the sea as one wants. (Cf. D1193.) D1388.0.5
• By means of magic helmet it is possible to stay on the bottom of the sea as long as one wants. (Cf. D1101.4.) D1388.0.6
• Magic ball flight. Man throws ball and is carried along with it. (Cf. D1256.) D1526.2
• Well rises or sinks to indicate long or short life. (Cf. D926.) D1663.5