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• Culture hero in mother's womb indicates direction to be taken by her. A511.1.2.2
• Moon's phases caused by its being put in box. (Cf. A754). When it is closed up in the box, it is dark; when taken out of the box, light. A755.1
• River taken to sky becomes star. Eridanos. A761.1
• Forming of the nose. Nose was made from clay taken from the posterior of the already created man. A1316.1.1
• Swallows put on mourning at crucifixion: have never taken it off. A2221.2.4.1
• Marine lamb. Wool taken from sea lamb. (Really textiles from shell-fish pinna). B95.2
• Animal determines road to be taken. B151
• Beast determines road to be taken. B151.1
• Horses determine road to be taken. They are left to pick out the road themselves and to stop at the destination. B151.1.1
• Ass determines road to be taken. B151.1.1.2
• Bull determines road to be taken. B151.1.2
• Cow determines road to be taken. B151.1.2.1
• Fox determines road to be taken. B151.1.3
• Elephant determines road to be taken. B151.1.4
• Camel determines road to be taken. B151.1.5
• Dog indicates road to be taken. B151.1.6
• Bird determines road to be taken. B151.2
• Faithful dog killed by overhasty master: thinks mistakenly he has returned home against orders. (Cf. Llewellyn and his dog.) B331.2.2
• Prince invites angel to wedding. Taken to other world. C13.1
• Tabu: eating animal taken under certain circumstances. C221.4
• Forbidden road. All roads may be taken except one. C614
• Magic object taken from ogre's house. D838.2
• Magic object taken in the serpents' country. D838.4
• Magic object taken from barrow. (Cf. E461.1, F352.) D838.5
• Magic helmet taken directly from bystander. D838.8
• Magic object taken from dead enemy. D838.12
• Magic object taken away by force. D862
• Magic sword returned to lake whence it was received. Taken back by lake spirit. (Excalibur). (Cf. D813.1.1.) D878.1
• When bow is taken away from owner, he loses all strength. (Cf. D1091.) D1336.10
• Magic hair draws back quiver from which it has been taken. (Cf. D991.) D1428.1
• Magic gold taken from hill restores speech when it is laid under the tongue of dumb person. D1507.8
• Man killed by accident when ship is pushed into the sea taken as an evil omen. D1812.5.1.23
• Deaf and dumb man can see soul taken to happiness or punishment. D1821.7
• Hero (saint) taken to Paradise (Heaven) alive. D1856.1
• Snow taken away by planting certain root. D2143.6.1
• The Vanishing Hitchhiker. Ghost of young woman asks for ride in automobile, disappears from closed car without the driver's knowledge, after giving him address to which she wishes to be taken. Driver asks person at address about the rider, finds she has been dead for some time. (Often driver finds that ghost has made similar attempts to return, usually on anniversary of death in automobile accident. Often ghost leaves some item such as a scarf or a traveling bag in car.) E332.3.3.1
• Unquiet dead sinner taken to priest for absolution. E411.0.2
• Beggar's ghost laid when pig bought with money taken from him is brought to his grave. Sinks in grave. E451.6
• Ghost asks to be taken to former home. (C.f. all references to E332.3.3.1.) E545.18
• Ghost vanishes when taken home. (Cf. E332.3.3.1.) E599.8
• Roof taken off above sick man who cannot die. This done so that the soul can escape. E722.2.3
• Soul taken away by God (angel). E722.2.10
• Precautions taken with corpse before burial to prevent evil spirits from getting, using body. (Cf. E431.) E752.10
• Man taken to upper world sees all that happens on earth. F10.2
• Grieving mortal taken by god of the dead up to otherworld to identify his son, who has just died. F12.2
• Men taken by Brahma to Siva so they can petition him personally. F12.3
• Mortal taken to heaven by heavenly maidens. F63.1
• Mortal taken to heaven by angel. F63.2
• Mortal taken to heaven by sun. F63.3
• Person swallowed up by earth and taken to lower world. F92.2
• Girl gathering flowers swallowed up by earth and taken to lower world. F92.2.1
• Clerics mistaken for fairies. F234.2.4.1
• Tribute taken from fairies by fiend at stated periods. F257
• Fairy gift not to be taken to earth. F348.1
• Water-women are powerless when their garments are taken. F420.4.6.1
• Dwarfs are taken for hussars because they ride little horses. (Cf. F451.7.5.) F451.6.2.3
• Cobold accidently acquired. A rope or chicken is found and taken home. Found to be a cobold. F481.0.1.4
• Silver not to be taken from mountain of silver on Sabbath. F752.2.1
• Year taken to mount high tower. F772.1.1
• Paunch opened and fat taken out to cure stomach. F959.4
• Devil becomes heavier and heavier. Animal taken into cart becomes so heavy that horses are unable to pull cart. If it is brought home it turns to stone or tree-stump. G303.3.5.3
• Identification by feather taken from hero when he was transformed to bird. H78.2
• Cup taken as proof that one has been present at feast. H84.2
• Articles of clothing with name embroidered on them taken as tokens. H86.2
• Pieces taken from flags serve to identify. H103
• Teeth and fingernails of slain cyclops taken as proof. H105.5.2
• Identification by cut garment. Garment is cut and fragment taken as token. H117
• Oath taken before image. If oath is false the image turns around (or changes color). H251.3.5
• Oath taken on boy's head: boy to die if false. H252.4
• Found mortar taken to king reveals peasant girl's wisdom. Peasant finds mortar in his field and against his daughter's advice takes it to the king, who demands the pestle as well. Peasant laments that he has not followed daughter's advice. King summons her. H561.1.2
• Traveler says he must look after his net to see if it has taken fish. (He has left his lady seven years before with a pledge of faithfulness. Net has taken fish – lady has had lovers.) H586.2.2
• Enigmatic counsels of a father. Taken literally bring trouble, but when properly interpreted are valuable. H588
• Riddle: a fish was my father; a man was my mother. (Man eats magic fish and becomes pregnant; a girl is taken from his knee.) H791
• 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
• What animal which lives in sea-water will drown if taken out of it? (Gním Abraein.) H842.1
• What animal which lives in fire will burn if taken out of it? (Tegillus, now called salamander.) (Cf. B768.2.) H842.2
• Tasks voluntarily undertaken. H945
• Quests voluntarily undertaken. H1220
• Quest undertaken before hero will marry. H1227
• Quest undertaken by hero for vengeance. H1228
• Quest undertaken by hero to avenge his king. H1228.1
• Quests voluntarily undertaken – miscellaneous. H1229
• Quest undertaken by hero to fulfill promises. H1229.1
• Social rank determined according to portion taken from cauldron of food. H1574.0.1
• Young ass avoids food eaten by animals before being slaughtered. Runs to his mother and asks to have all remains of the hog's food taken out. J12
• Don't drive away the flies. Wounded animal (man) refuses to have the flies driven away since they are now sated and their places will be taken by fierce and hungry flies. J215.1
• King orders piece of cloth shown after his death. The measure of all that he has taken with him to the grave. J912.1
• One cock takes glory of another's valor. Victor in cock fight crows over his victory. He is taken off by eagle. A second cock then comes out from hiding and struts about among the hens. J972
• Thief makes it fall out that he has but taken what has been given him (he has followed literal instructions). J1161.11
• Which mare is mother of colt: colt taken in boat to the middle of river; mother will swim to it. J1171.4
• His proper title. A peasant goes to a judge and thinking to gain his favor addresses him with high titles. The judge calls him a fool. "I was mistaken, you swine!" J1286
• If his head is taken off other punishments do not matter. Judge shows criminal mercy: he will not punish him as he deserves, only take off his head. J1293.2
• An oath to break oaths. Village called on to join in war deliberates in meeting. A man says, "We have taken oaths not to go to war. We must now take an oath to break all the oaths we have taken." J1458
• Mistaken identity. A bride slips up behind her husband and kisses him. He is annoyed. She: "Pardon me, I did not know it was you" J1485
• Husband mistaken for lover in bed. Farmer has whiskers shaved off, hair cut short. He gets home late, slips into bed with his wife. She runs her hand over his face, says: "Young man, if you're goin' to do anything, you'd better be agittin' at it, 'cause Old Whiskers'll be here pretty soon." J1485.1
• Two monks renew their appetites. Entertained by a lord, they say that they are going to certain waters to recover their appetites. They are taken to a chamber and locked in for a day They recover their appetites without further journeying. (Cf. K1955.1.1.) J1606
• That which was promised him. A tenant promises his daughter to his master against her will. The master sends for "that which was promised him." The daughter sends the horse, and it is taken into the master's chamber. J1615
• Taking cold in effigy. A traitor is hanged in effigy naked. Later the citizens sue for peace and arrange a meeting. They find him in a hot room swathed with many blankets. He says that he has taken cold when the night wind blew on him as he hung naked from the gallows. J1628
• One animal mistaken for another. J1750
• Tiger (lion, etc.) mistaken for domestic animal. J1758