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- Son of the sun. A225
- Animal characteristics: result of contest. A2250
- Cock and ptarmigan in contest: winner to live in town. (Cf. A2433.1.1, A2433.4.2, A2433.4.3.) A2250.1
- Man and tiger in contest: winner to live in town. A2250.1.1
- Lizard wins contest with toad: why snakes and lizards change their skins. A2250.2
- Animal characteristics from contest in carrying. A2251
- Ant carries load as heavy as himself. Defeats bear, raven (or other bird). Various explanations. (Cf. A2435.3.3, A2486.1.) A2251.1
- Animal characteristics determined by race. A2252
- Race of animals to see where each shall live. (Cf. A2433.1.1.) A2252.1
- Race of ox and horse: ox must labor. Horse wins and ox must serve as draft animal. (Cf. A2515.1.) A2252.2
- Race of culture hero with ostrich: ostrich loses beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2402.2.) A2252.3
- Flounder complains in race: crooked mouth. In race between fish he cries out in jealousy because herring is winning. He is punished with crooked mouth. (Cf. A2341.1.) A2252.4
- Animal characteristics from jumping contest. A2253
- Dog burned in jumping contest over fire: enmity between dog and hare. A2253.1
- Bird characteristics from flying contests. A2254
- Animal characteristics result of lawsuit. A2255
- Wool on his forehead awarded sheep in lawsuit. He is given the privilege of keeping it when the rest of his body is shorn. (Cf. A2322.5.) A2255.1
- Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2255.2
- Animal characteristics from contest in watching. A2256
- Hare and man contest in watching for leaf to fall off tree. First one to succeed may eat other. Hare loses. A2256.1