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- Tabu: listening to princess's counsel. C815.1
- Princess's secret sickness from breaking tabu. (Cf. C55.) C940.1
- Paste (smeared on princess's body) turns to gold. D475.1.11
- Spirit enters princess' body and she falls ill. F493.0.1.2
- Princess' weight that of five flowers. F584.1
- Flea (magic) enters princess' throat and helps hero make her speak. F954.4.1
- Calumniated princess' dead body fails to rot; accuser repudiated. H251.3.14
- Inspection test for suitors. Suitors for princess's hand must present themselves for public inspection. (Cf. H362, T55.7.) H311
- Suitor test: apple thrown indicates princess's choice. (Often golden apple.) H316
- Orange (lemon) thrown to indicate princess's choice. H316.1
- Flowers thrown to indicate princess's choice. H316.2
- Ball (goblet) thrown indicates princess's choice. H316.3
- Suitor task: to kill treasure-guarding snake lying around the princess's chamber. H335.3.4
- Suitor test: keeping princess's secret. H338.1
- Suitor test: entering princess's chamber. H344
- Suitor test: lifting strong princess's giant weapon. H345.1
- Suitor test: riding strong princess's horse. H345.2
- Test: guessing princess's birthmarks. H525
- What is sweeter than sugar? The princess's speech. H633.5
- Girl masked as man wins princess's love. K1322
- 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
- Man disguised as woman carried into princess's room: marries her. (Cf. K1321.1.) K1343.2
- Lover disguised as porter gains access to princess's room. (Cf. K1816.7.) K1349.1.1
- Menial disguise of princess's lover. K1816.0.3
- Impostor claims to be father of princess's child. K1936
- Man puts donkey's foal under princess's bed-cover and accuses her of lying with it. K2112.2.1
- Hero attempting to escape from tiger plays music and tiger follows. People marvel and give him money and he is rewarded with princess's hand. N691.1.1
- Courtier rewarded for resisting princess's advances. When her father learns of the affair he rewards the courtier and has him marry his daughter. Q87.2
- Negro takes refuge under princess's throne. R314
- King wooes through his daughter and the princess's maiden. T51.2
- Princess's husband selected by elephant bowing to him. (Cf. H171.1.) T63
- Grateful dead man kills princess's monster husband. (Or otherwise renders her innocuous to the bridegroom.) T172.2.1