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• Origin of sea from overturned calabash. A924.1
• World turned topsy-turvy and eaten by an earthworm. A1099.3
• Boneless man turned over to produce seasons. A1152
• Origin of the potlatch. A feast of the Indians of the Northwest Coast of America in which large amounts of property are given away to the guests. These feasts must be returned. A1535.1
• Squirrel borrows coney's tail. When coney's tail is not returned, he goes in shame to live among rocks. (Cf. A2378.1.5, A2433.3.5.) A2241.7
• Weeping man turned into owl; still bewails sorrows. A2261.5
• Why mole's "hands" are turned backward. A2375.2.7
• Peter lets key of heaven fall: origin of "Heaven Key" (primrose). Peter hears that duplicate key to heaven has been made. In his excitement he lets his key drop to earth. It is returned by an angel. Where it dropped are the "Heaven Keys". (Cf. A2653.) A2622
• Magic mouse to be flayed. Mouse orders hero to flay him and to use skin for magic purposes. Later the skin is returned to the mouse. B183.1.1
• Faithful dog killed by overhasty master: thinks mistakenly he has returned home against orders. (Cf. Llewellyn and his dog.) B331.2.2
• Insect having fallen on back grateful for being turned over. B364.3
• Fish returned to water: grateful. B375.1
• Frog returned to spring: grateful. Teaches hero animals' language (Cf. B217). B375.2
• Tabu: looking through the upturned sleeve of a fur coat. One sees ghosts. C311.1.1.1
• Person turned to dust. C927.1
• Dog turned into a god. D43.1.1
• Transformation: pieces of grass turned into stone steps. D451.5.5
• White chasuble suddenly turned into red. D454.3.1.1
• Animals turned into stones. D471.8
• Stolen chickens turned to stones in cooking. D471.8.1
• Wood turned into grain. D476.1.3
• Meat miraculously turned into fish on a feast day, and vice versa. D476.3.4
• Salty water turned into fresh liquid. D478.10
• Wax turned into earth. D479.6
• Transformation by eating leaf from a tree. Falcon is returned to form of girl. D551.5
• Magic sword returned to lake whence it was received. Taken back by lake spirit. (Excalibur). (Cf. D813.1.1.) D878.1
• Magic object returned in payment for removal of magic horns. (Cf. D881.1). D895
• Arrows returned upon those who shoot saint. D1093.1.1
• Magic stone turned thrice compels person to return to it. (Cf. D931.) D1429.1
• Magic turned against the makers, so that they are bewildered and kill themselves. D1783.5
• Execution sword turned to wood. D2086.1.1
• Witch causes milk to stay in overturned pail. D2171.8
• Ghostly noises disturb village until stolen church plate is returned. (Cf. E402.) E236.7
• Man who has died and returned to life becomes diviner. E564
• Eyes borrowed by animal. Later returned. E781.3
• Stomach borrowed by animal. Later returned. E787
• When changeling is threatened with burning, child is returned. (Cf. F321.1.4.3.) F321.1.4.5
• Changeling beaten and left outside; the mortal child is returned. F321.1.4.6
• Mortal mother pays no attention to changeling; the mortal child is returned. F321.1.4.7
• Mother treats changeling so well that her own child is returned. F321.1.4.8
• Fairies cause all ewes to have two lambs for owner who has returned fairy child. F339.3.2
• Fairy gift disappears or is turned to something worthless when tabu is broken. F348.0.1
• Kettle borrowed from fairies and not returned. (Cf. F343.17.) F353
• Money borrowed from the fairies and not returned on time. F358
• Spirit with feet turned wrong way. (Cf. F451.2.2.1.) F401.9
• Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings. F526.3
• Pygmies with upturned feet. F535.4.2
• Nose turned upside down. F543.3
• Castle in which inhabitants have been turned to stone. F771.4.6
• Sun turned from one hour to another through the prayer of saint (Moses). F961.1.7
• Animal first to recognize his returned master. H173.3
• Father's counsel: on wishing to drink wine go to the vat and drink it. (Stench in vat so great that desire for wine is turned to loathing.) H588.4
• How deep is the earth? It is deep: my grandfather went into it (died) years ago and has not yet returned. H681.2.1
• Hero sets wife to task of filling water-bottle with spout turned downward. H1023.2.2
• Task: cleaning Augean stable. Stable has not been cleaned in years. Must be done in one night. River turned through it. H1102
• Wisdom from fool: the present returned. Nobleman gives fool a present; he is to give it to no one who is not a greater fool. Master is dying; doctor tells fool that master is going to take long journey. Since master is making no preparation, fool gives him the present. Master thus brought to repentance. J156.3
• Army faces enemy rather than the anger of their king who would kill them if they returned in flight. J216.1
• Ungrateful animal returned to captivity. A man rescues a serpent (bear) who in return seeks to kill his rescuer. Fox as judge advises the man to put the serpent back into captivity. J1172.3
• Parishioner hears preacher say that alms are returned "100 to 1". Chops down crucifix and takes money from box. Is told that such return would take place in other world. "I won't need money then, but I can use it now." J1262.5
• Prayer over the underdone hen. A guest is seen uttering a prayer before an underdone hen at the table. "She must be a goddess turned into a hen, for she has been over the fire and spared." J1342
• The transformed golden pumpkin. Borrower of golden pumpkin returns a brass pumpkin and claims that the gold has turned to brass. The lender takes the borrower's son and returns with an ape. He claims that the boy has turned into an ape. J1531.1
• The wise man and the rain of fools. A wise man is persuaded to taste water which has turned many persons into fools. He also becomes a fool. J1714.2
• Wife wishes to be turned to gold. J2079.1
• Wife persuades husband that she has returned immediately. She goes to a neighbor's to cook a fish. She is gone a week. She gets a new fish and cooks it and returns home with the hot fish. She convinces her husband of her short absence. J2315
• Man cannot recognize his own house which has been turned into a mansion by emperor. J2316.1
• The sledges turned in the direction of the journey. At night turned around by a joker. J2333
• Trickster lends bamboo on condition that it is returned exactly as it is. K196.3
• Devil's magic power turned on himself. The hero who is riding the devil as a horse receives supernatural strength from plucking a hair from the devil's mane. He then spurs the devil until he agrees to forego his bargain for the man's soul. K214
• The debt will be returned to the devil when the pigs walk instead of run home. K226
• Man orders a bottle of beer, then returns it and takes a loaf of bread instead. He refuses to pay for the bread because he has returned the beer undrunk. He refuses to pay for the beer because he has not drunk it. K233.4
• Thief places candles on crabs (bugs). When they are turned loose in the churchyard the parson and the sexton think that they are the souls of the dead. Meanwhile the thief steals from them. K335.0.5.1
• Cows turned into rice field. Later made to disgorge rice. K366.1.4
• Confederate answers for corpse. Man poses as returned heir to dead man; pretends to address corpse for identification. K451.5
• Death cheated by moving bed. The man who has chosen Death as his godfather has his bed turned around when he sees Death standing at the foot of his bed. He thus escapes death. K557
• Importunate suitor has his head shaved and tarred and is put into a sack and returned to his men. K1218.1.7
• Lover's gift regained: borrowing from the husband and returning to the wife. The lover borrows money from the husband with which to corrupt the wife, later telling the husband that the money was returned to the wife during the husband's absence. K1581.3
• Tables turned on procuress by chaste wife. The old woman is enticed into the wife's room, beaten, and driven forth naked. K1683
• The returned box on the ears. At table each gives his neighbor a box on the ears. The soldier is to give it to the king, but he returns it to the courtier from whom he has received it. K2376
• Man goes to well at midnight on Old Christmas to see water turned into wine. Just as it turns into wine the devil takes him, or injures him. M211.1.1
• Fortune's wheel turned by dead king in mountain. N111.3.1
• Man beheaded in place where he turned his back on saint. (Cf. Q227.) Q421.2
• Scoffers turned to stone by saint. (Cf. Q225.) Q551.3.4.1
• Man curses wind; he is turned to stone, along with sack from which he is sowing. (Cf. Q221.) Q551.3.4.2
• Nun breaks her vow. She is turned to stone. (Cf. Q226.) Q551.3.4.3
• Child sacrificed to deity returned to mother alive and whole after the ablution and ceremonial rites in honor of her. S255.2
• Boy turned out of doors by father. S322.1.5
• Adopted child reproaches his foster mother and is returned to his real mother. T672
• List of sins: schedule is returned miraculously cleansed of all his sins. V29.6.1
• "Our Lady's Tumbler." A tumbler, turned monk, dances while others chant psalms. He is praising God in the only way he knows. V92
• Fish in water from certain well: water refuses to boil till fish are returned to well. V134.3
• Virgin Mary aids repentant slayer of priest. Priest is resurrected in order to forgive murderer and then is returned to tomb. V276.3
• Shipman refuses alms: ship turned to stone. V421
• The wry-mouthed family. Each member has mouth turned in a different way. Unavailing attempts to blow out the light. X131
• Mill turned by the water of the grace of God as symbol of saint. Z185
• Ogre vulnerable only when his face is turned away when he is struck. Z315