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Motifs
- Mythical horse belonging to water-spirit. B19.3.2
- Tabu: contact with things belonging to a king. C501
- Concern of ghost about belongings of its lifetime. E419.10
- Living smith must repair wagon belonging to wild hunt. E501.15.5
- Subterranean palace at bottom of lake belonging to king of serpents. F127.1.1
- Test: threading needle. Guest of convent is given choice of nuns. On the morrow he is given three opportunities to thread a needle. Success means reward, failure confiscation of his belongings. H509.1
- The cat in the warehouse. One of four companions is left in a warehouse to care for a cat which has a broken leg. Cat scratches self near flame and sets warehouse afire. The three must pay the one left behind. Broken leg could not walk and it was the three legs belonging to the three traders which caused the fire. J1175.1
- Safe since no white man is near. White man asks Indian if he can safely leave some of his belongings inside the Indian's lodge. The Indian assures him that he can: "There is no white man within a hundred miles of here." (Cf. X600.) J1373
- Thief followed home. A thief ransacks a man's house and departs. The man gathers together the rest of his belongings and tracks the thief. Comes to the thief's door. Thief: "What do you want with me?" "What, isn't this the house we set out for?" J1392.1
- The cynic as judge of wine. Asked which wine tastes best, he says, "That belonging to other people." J1442.5
- Thief steals belongings of his wife's paramour while the latter is calling on her. K341.14
- Ignorant steward straightens his master's accounts. The educated stewards have always cheated. The ignorant puts his belongings in one box, his master's in another. Both master and steward gain. L144.1
- Runaway horse carries bride to her lover. Bridegroom unwittingly hires a horse belonging to his rival for his bride to ride to the wedding. A storm arises and the horse carries her to his master. N721
- Love through sight of something belonging to unknown princess. T11.4
- Lazy man's belongings burn. He is too lazy to stop rats from playing with lighted candle. W111.1.1.2