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- Tame elephant not accepted by wild brethren. B261.1.1
- Various animals tried out as wives. Only one accepted. B600.1
- Various animals tried out as wives: none accepted. B600.1.1
- Only one certain gift must be accepted. C655
- Only peacock on the steeple of the king's golden temple can be accepted as dowry. C655.1
- Gifts of gold and silver not to be accepted from fairies. F348.4
- Nun claims her child is by the Holy Ghost. Defense accepted. J1264.6
- The pot has a child and dies. A borrower returns a pot along with a small one saying that the pot has had a young one. The pots are accepted. He borrows the pot a second time and keeps it. He sends word that the pot has died. J1531.3
- Fox as shepherd. A woman in search of a shepherd tries the voices of applicants. The wolf and the bear are rejected, the fox accepted. K934
- False daughter: accepted as one's resurrected child. K1926
- Mercenary soldier (exile) accepted lover of princess. L161.3