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• Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south. A133.2
• God rides unusual animal. A136.1
• Deity rides boar. A136.1.1
• God rides unusual horse. A136.1.2
• God rides a bull. A136.1.3
• God rides bird. A136.1.4
• God rides swan. A136.1.4.1
• God rides flying elephant. A136.1.5
• Deity rides a buffalo. A136.1.6
• Deity rides a lion. A136.1.7
• Small-pox deity rides nude on an ass with the half of a winnowing fan for an umbrella and with a swing in one hand and a broom in the other. A137.8
• God rides through air on wind-swift horse. A171.1
• God rides through air in chariot. A171.1.1
• Coyote rides with sun. A724.1.0.1
• Hero rides on animated wax elephant. B557.11.1
• Hero rides on winged elephant. B557.11.2
• Hare rides on winged elephant. B557.11.3
• Jackal rides on fox. B557.13
• Magic apple from Garden of the Hesperides. D981.1.1
• Saint spreads his cloak (or other clothes) upon the water and rides to his desired destination. (Cf. D1053.) D1524.1.3
• Saint rides on thorn tree and drags its roots through earth to dig out canal. D2121.14
• Saint rides blessed wave. D2125.1.1.1
• Ghost rides on man's back. E262
• Ghost rides in cart. Horse can scarcely pull cart, later dies or goes mad. (Cf. D1654.9, E332, E411.0.3.) E272.1
• Ghost rides behind rider on horse. (Cf. E215.) E272.2
• Ghost rides on horseback with rider. (Cf. E215.) E332.3.1
• Ghost rides in carriage, disappears suddenly at certain spot. E332.3.2
• Headless ghost rides horse. E422.1.1.3.1
• Dead person rides. E581
• Ghost rides horse. E581.2
• Ghost rides cow. E581.3
• Ghost rides bus. E581.4
• Ghost rides on bus, disappears before it crosses bridge. E581.4.1
• Ghost rides heavy iron chest. E581.5
• Ghost rides giant demijohn. E581.6
• Spectre rides to castle every seven years. E585.2
• Wraith rides horse. (Cf. E922.1.1.3.1.) E723.7.7
• Hebrides, Isle of Man (Falga) as otherworld. F134.1
• Fairy chariot rides waves. F242.1.2
• Fairy grateful for rides on man's back, warns him his cow is choking. F339.1
• Fairy rides behind man on horse. F366.2.2
• Dwarf rides. F451.6.2
• Dwarf rides on a hare. F451.6.2.1
• Dwarf rides through air on wooden horse. F451.6.2.2
• Troll rides on dog. F455.3.3.1
• Troll rides in whirlwind. (Cf. F455.2.9.) F455.3.3.2
• Alp rides horse sweaty at night. F471.1.1.1
• Spirit rides horses and mules at night, wears them out. (Cf. F366.2, F471.1.1.1, G265.3.) F473.4.1
• Brownie rides for midwife when needed. F482.5.4.1
• Giant astride a church-roof. Rides it like a horse. F531.3.3
• Giant bestrides mountain. F531.3.5.1
• Man so small that he rides on an ant. Ant treads him underfoot. F535.2.5
• Nine hundred horses draw chariot in which strong man rides. F639.12
• Man rides on back of fleeing wild boar. (Cf. B557.) F989.4
• Witch rides. G241
• Witch rides on unusual animal. G241.1
• Witch rides on wolf. G241.1.1
• Witch rides on goat. G241.1.2
• Witch rides on dog. G241.1.3
• Witch rides on cat. G241.1.4
• Witch rides on black cat. G241.1.4.1
• Witch rides on whale. G241.1.5
• Witch rides on cattle. G241.1.6
• Witch rides on tiger. G241.1.7
• Witch rides on person. G241.2
• Witch transforms man to horse and rides him. G241.2.1
• Witch rides on horse. (Cf. G241.2.1.) G241.3
• Witch rides on horses transformed from straw. G241.3.1
• Witch rides horses through air. G241.3.2
• Witch rides on object. G241.4
• Witch rides stalk of broom (ragwort). G242.1.2
• Witch rides horse at night. G265.3
• Witch rides man to dance. G269.3.1
• [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 rides horse. G303.7.1
• Devil rides on black horse. G303.7.1.1
• Devil rides horse at night hunting lost souls over the heath. G303.7.1.3
• Devil rides away on an ass. Angered because God has not invited him to his wedding. G303.7.2
• Devil rides on hog, drives another. G303.7.6
• Devil rides cow until she goes mad. G303.7.8
• Devil's mother rides a goat. G303.11.3.1
• Test of unknown father: gold on street. Princess has gold put on street leading to her. The man who rides over the gold-covered street without noticing is the father of her child. H485
• Riddle of the unborn. I am unborn; my horse is unborn; I carry my mother on my hands. (A boy who has been taken from his dead mother's body digs up the body of his mother and makes gloves of her skin. He rides on a colt which has been taken from a dead mare's body.) H792
• Task: stealing king's horse as he rides on it. H1151.2.2
• Bishop and prince. Peasant tells bishop, who rides by with forty horses, that he wonders if St. Kilian at Würzburg is also riding with forty horses. Bishop excuses extravagance by saying that he is also a prince and that it is the prince, not the bishop, who is using the horses. "If the prince should become a fool, what would the bishop do then?" J1289.2
• Age is relative. Young rival derides old one for his age. Oldster: "An ass of twenty is older than a man of seventy." J1352.2
• Fool rides tiger thinking it to be a big male-goat. J1758.1.1
• Lion thought to be donkey: drunkard rides it. J1758.5
• Thief thinks lion is horse. Rides him. J1758.5.1
• Ugly woman sees beautiful woman reflected in water and thinks it is herself. Prides herself on her beauty. J1791.6.1
• Numskull rides backward. "I didn't get on backward but the horse seems to be left-handed." J2024
• Numskull rides on tiger's back. (Cf. J1758.1.1.) Dragged to his death (or injured). J2132.4
• Swift when only a calf. A numskull who rides an ox to a tournament is ridiculed. He says, "He is swifter than a horse. You should have seen him run when he was only a calf." J2212.5
• Couldn't wait to dress. The overzealous visitor rides naked to see his friends. J2517
• Race won by deception: riding on the back. One contestant rides on the other's back. (Cf. K25.1.) K11.2
• Deceptive contest in carrying a tree: riding. The trickster has the dupe carry the branches of a tree while he carries the trunk. He rides on the trunk. K71
• Deceptive contest in carrying a horse. The ogre carries it on his back and soon tires; the man carries it between his legs (rides). K72
• Owner of horse climbs tree after thief, who drops down and rides off on owner's horse. K341.4.1.1
• Thief pretends to show how horse can be stolen; rides it off. K341.8
• Trickster pretends to ride home for tools to perform tricks. Rides away on horse. K341.8.1