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- God in tiger's skin. A131.4
- Tiger-god. A132.10
- Tiger as god's messenger. A165.2.1.1.2
- Culture hero cared for by tiger. A511.2.2.2
- Culture hero exterminates race of tigers. A531.3
- Tigers in hell. A671.2.14
- Mark of tiger's paw on moon. A751.5.4
- Son of first human couple murdered by tiger sent by god; his head becomes the sun, his chest the moon, and his blood gives the red earth its color. A1277.3
- Creation of tiger. A1815
- Buffalo helps tiger quench fire: white mark left on buffalo's neck where tiger held on while being ducked in water. A2211.12
- Buffaloes fail to come at god's leavetaking: now are killed by tigers. A2231.12
- Man and tiger in contest: winner to live in town. A2250.1.1
- Why tiger does not attack wild boar until latter is old: result of duel. A2257.1
- Cat garbles message from man to tiger: enmity between man and tiger. A2281.1.1
- Origin of marks on tiger's face. A2330.4
- Where horse got arched neck: arches neck to kick tiger from rear; remains so. A2351.6
- Stripes of tiger. A2413.4
- Why tiger lives in jungle. A2433.3.21
- How tiger formerly cooked its food and why it changed. A2435.1.2
- Food of tiger. A2435.3.9
- Why tigers eat dogs. A2435.3.9.1
- Why tigers eat uncooked food. A2435.3.9.2
- Why tigers eat human flesh. A2435.3.9.3
- Why tiger eats buffalo. A2435.3.9.4
- Tiger cursed with short sight in day time: good sight only at night. A2491.4
- Friendship of tiger and buffalo. A2493.3
- Friendship between jackal and tiger. A2493.11.3
- Jackal and tiger as business partners. A2493.11.3.1
- Friendship between monkey and tiger. A2493.14.1
- Friendship between tiger and deer (fawn). A2493.17
- Friendship between cat and tiger. A2493.18
- Friendship between cow and tiger, calf and cub. A2493.24
- Friendship between tiger and lion. A2493.30
- Enmity between cat and tiger. A2494.1.6
- Enmity between dog and tiger. A2494.4.9
- The tiger's enemies. A2494.10
- Enmity between tiger and man. A2494.10.1
- Enmity between tiger and boar. A2494.10.2
- Enmity between tiger and bear. A2494.10.3
- Enmity between hen and tiger. A2494.13.10.5
- Why tigers do not kill women who run away after quarreling with their husbands. A2499.1
- Why tiger cannot come down a tree head foremost. A2577
- Why tiger lacks some qualities of cats: cat, his teacher, omitted to teach him all he knew. A2581
- Two-headed tiger. B15.1.2.1.2
- Four-eyed tiger. B15.4.1.2
- Devastating tiger. B16.2.2
- Hostile tiger killed. B16.2.2.1
- Mythical tiger. B19.10
- Man-tiger. B26
- Girl with tiger's legs and ears. B26.1
- Treasure received from tiger. B103.0.8
- Magic cock carries great loads in his ear (load of grain, fox, tiger, bees, wasps, etc., also fire and water). B171.1.0.1
- Magic tiger. B181.3
- Tiger as magician. B191.3
- Speaking tiger. B211.2.2.1
- Land of tigers. B221.6
- Village of wer-tigers. B221.6.1
- Tiger as king of animals. B240.13
- King of tigers. B241.2.8
- Newly-born divine twins cared for by mother-of-tigers. B241.2.8.1
- Tiger sweeps temple for saint. B256.7
- Duel of buffalo and tiger. Buffalo arms self. B264.3
- Army of tigers. B268.9
- Tiger plows for man. B292.4.2
- Tiger carries load of wood for saint. B292.11
- Dance of tigers. B293.3
- Tigers build bridge. B299.8.1
- Tiger grateful for woman assisting tigress as midwife. B387
- Helpful tiger. B431.3
- Helpful buffaloes save hero from tiger. B524.1.5.1
- Tiger hides woman from all other tigers. B525.1
- Tiger as nurse for child. B535.0.8
- Person carried by tiger. B557.10
- Tiger guides lost man home; hence men do not eat tigers. B563.4.1.1
- Marriage to tiger. B601.9
- Tiger as suitor. B621.3
- Marriage to tiger in human form. B651.9
- Mythical tiger has family of jaguars. B672
- Giant tiger. B871.2.2
- Why slayers of tigers must not eat certain plants. C226.0.1
- Family dares not discuss tigers, fearing that son in form of tiger will return. C441.1
- Tabu: tiger and lion after having killed a man not to touch certain animals: cow, buffalo, pig, deer, wild goat. C549.1
- Transformation: man to tiger. D112.2
- Wer-tiger. Like werwolf. (Cf. D113.1.) D112.2.1
- When a wer-tiger is injured, similar marks appear on the human body of man who has possessed it. D112.2.1.1
- Village of tiger-men. (Cf. B221.6.1.) D112.2.1.2
- Transformation: tiger to person. D312.2
- Transformation: ox-demon to tiger. D412.2.3
- Transformation: tiger to object. D421.4
- Girl disenchants her tiger-husband by putting a garland around his neck, sprinkling sand and water over him. D789.9
- Dog's urine makes tiger blind. (Cf. D1027.) D1331.2.7
- Magic tiger's hair renders invisible. (Cf. D1023.) D1361.35
- Seeds cast on lions and tigers render them helpless. (Cf. D971.) D1410.1
- Bee in its belly vitalizes tiger. D1594.3
- Blood of twelve buffaloes vitalizes tiger. (Cf. D1016.) D1594.4
- Girl's blood vitalizes axe and it becomes a tiger. (Cf. D444.) D1594.5
- Fate of ghosts of persons eaten by tigers. E419.12
- Revenant in tiger form. E423.2.10
- Coffin with iron band made to keep corpse from returning as tiger. E431.20
- Reincarnation of girl eaten by tiger as bird. E613.0.6