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- Abandoned culture hero captured by use of net. A511.2.1.1
- Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child. B535
- Abandoned prince grows up in eagle's nest. B535.0.5
- Abandoned child rescued by dog. B549.3
- Faithful old horse to be abandoned. B842.1
- Tabu: touching old clothes. (Abandoned clothes should be thrown away.) C545.1
- Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. D61
- Tree opens its trunk to give shelter to abandoned girls. (Cf. D950.) D1556.2
- Images at church turn backs as mark of disfavor. Done when abandoned woman or merman enters. (Cf. B82, D1622.) D1639.3
- Magic sight given to abandoned child. D1821.6
- Ghost of person abandoned by faithless lover. (Cf. E211ff.) E334.3
- Abandoned souls feed on spiders and night moths. E752.7.1
- Abandoned castle. Has no inhabitants when hero enters. F771.4.3
- Tigress swallows abandoned baby again and again, but it comes out from behind. F914.3
- Abandoned infant lives by eating corpse of murdered father. (Cf. S350.) G25
- Starving woman abandoned in cave eats newborn child. G72.2
- Unique scent of their rice betrays abandoned children. H49.1
- Abandoned son shows claws and tail of tiger to which his parents have exposed him. H105.5.4
- Abandoned child joins parents in game: recognition follows. H151.9
- Abandoned child recognized in game. H151.9.1