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- Culture hero can turn feet and knees backwards. A526.8
- God throws diver's feet after him; hence his feet reach backward. (Cf. A2371.2.9.) A2215.6
- Why antelope's antlers reach backward. A2326.3.3
- Why diver (loon) holds legs backward. (Cf. A2215.6.) A2371.2.9
- Why mole's "hands" are turned backward. A2375.2.7
- Magic results of reversing a spell. Formula said backward will sometimes undo the work performed by the formula. (Cf. D1273.) D1783.1
- Power of prophecy induced by crawling backward around grave. (Cf. D1791.) D1812.2.1
- Invisibility by reciting formula backwards. D1985.2
- Saint causes mill to turn backwards. D2089.4
- Head of decapitated person is replaced backwards. Later is readjusted. E12.2
- Resuscitation with head on backwards. (Cf. F511.0.6.) E34.1
- Walking around a grave twelve times backward will raise the ghost. E386.4
- Ghost with feet twisted backward. E422.1.6.1
- Ghost will not return if door is removed and hung backwards. (Cf. D1783.) E439.9
- Wild huntsmen with heads on backward. E501.7.3
- Forest-spirits with wings and with backward-pointing fingers and toes. (Cf. F401.9, F451.2.2.1.) F441.4.4
- Dwarf's feet twisted backward. F451.2.2.1
- Person with knees backwards. F517.1.5
- Men whose feet turn backward so that they will not stub toes. F517.1.5.1
- Marvelous runner runs backwards. F681.7