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- Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory by detaining lovers through magic. Heroine takes up residence near home of her forgetful husband. She is apparently going to permit a lover to sleep with her when she detains him by having him try to place some magic birds on their roost. They continue to fall down throughout the night. (Or the lover is left magically sticking to a calf's tail or other object.) The thwarted lover tells of his experience, and in this way the attention of the husband is gained. D2006.1.1
- Apparently dead persons revived when certain thing happens. Proper prince appears, or the like. E68
- Maiden who has been falsely accused apparently dies of sorrow. She revives on being prepared for burial. F1041.1.3.1
- Enigmatic statements. Apparently senseless remarks (or acts) interpreted figuratively prove wise. H580
- No clothes needed for Day of Judgment. Friends tell a man that the next day is the Day of Judgment and urge him to kill a lamb and give a feast. He apparently consents. He then burns up their clothes. They will not need clothes on the Day of Judgment. J1511.7
- Burial in old grave to deceive angel. Fool thinks that the angel who comes to question him will pass him by since he has apparently been dead a long time. J2212.2
- Letter believed against clear evidence. Fool believes letter apparently reporting his uncle's death, though he has just seen uncle. J2528
- Thief distracts attention by apparently hanging (stabbing) himself. K341.3
- Apparently dead woman revives when thief tries to steal from her grave. K426
- Apparently pious man (sadhu) a thief. K2058.1
- Woman makes vain overtures to stepson and falsely accuses him of murder. She tries to poison him but her own son accidentally takes the beverage and apparently dies. Plot is revealed when doctor states that he had substituted sleeping potion for the poison. K2111.1
- Safety in shadow of wall. After many misfortunes the man is apparently safe. The wall falls on him. N253
- Apparently dead woman revives as she is being prepared for burial. Cf. Type 990. N694
- Apparently dead woman revives when dropped. Had swallowed a bone. Lover exhumes her. Stumbles as he carries her. She revives and later marries him. N694.1
- Berserks scold their father who apparently without reason called their adversary invincible. P233.3
- Lover finds lady in tomb apparently dead. She revives and marries him. T37
- Child born to an apparently dead mother in her grave. T581.2.1
- The skeleton in the closet. An apparently happy man lets another see the actual misery of his existence. U115
- Apparently happy woman discloses the skeleton of her slain paramour. U115.1