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Motifs
- Why thousand-legged worm avoids sun. A2433.6.9
- Why owl avoids daylight. A2491.2
- Snake avoids object. B765.18
- Snake avoids white ash. B765.18.1
- Rain or snow avoids certain places according to the desire of a saint or monk. D1841.4.4
- Girl avoids eating her mother's flesh by spilling the meat and the soup in the pen. G61.1.1
- Devil avoids cockscomb flowers. G303.16.14.5
- Young ass avoids food eaten by animals before being slaughtered. Runs to his mother and asks to have all remains of the hog's food taken out. J12
- Man called a rogue by a nobleman makes a joke of the insult. He thus avoids trouble. J817.1
- One-eyed king has rocks counted on pain of death. Clever man avoids saying "one" (which king considers a curse on his one eye) by saying that first is the rock that must not be called by name. J1675.4
- Thief avoids detection by disguising as a woman. K419.2
- Youngest daughter avoids seducer. Elder sisters have been deceived. L63
- Saint's enemy, wishing to cause saint to violate his oath never to "commit folly and utter lie," induces his daughter to tempt saint. Saint perceives trick and avoids sin. T337.1
- Ascetic cleric avoids listening to music. V462.6