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Other stories about stone origins. A979
How people learned about calculating time and the seasons. A1485
Quarrel of dog and cat about which was higher caste. A2281.1.2
Why hare skips about like a leaf. A2479.2
Crab sings about his captivity. B214.1.8.1
A small animal (hare, bitch) gives timely warnings to the hero about the trap prepared by his enemy. Animal warning about trap killed. B335.6
Animals grateful for being given appropriate food. Hero finds dog with hay and horse with meat. He changes it about. B392.1
Eagle saves man from falling wall. The grateful eagle swoops down and takes the man's hat, and thus gets him away from the wall that is about to fall. B521.2.1
Kite steals jewels and thus saves condemned man. Innocent man in possession of stolen jewels, is about to be apprehended. Kite carries off the jewels and saves him. B522.2
Animal spares man he is about to devour. B525
Animal advises about investment. B562.2
Tabu: reproaching supernatural wife about her sisters. C31.11
Tabu: speaking about lost money which is to be regained by witchcraft. The loser cannot refrain from speaking of his loss; the money cannot be recovered. C401.3.1
Tabu: asking about marvels which one sees. (Cf. C423.2, C491.) C411
Tabu: not to speak about a certain happening. C420.2
Tabu: telling children about lake monster. C423.6
Transformation to likeness of another by sleeping with arms about him under the same mantle. D592
Attempt to learn about magic object by spying. D830.1
Boy overhears witches' conversation about magic objects, which he gets possession of. D838.9
Magic yew rod used by druid to discover whereabouts of woman carried off by fairies to underground retreat. D1311.15.1

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Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 105 105.— STOEIES ABOUT SNAKES.

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