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- Indentations on plants from Christ's biting them at crucifixion. (Cf. A2751.3.1.) A2721.2.2
- [First Edition: A2732. Indentions on plants from biting. (Cf. A2751.3.1.) – See A2721.2.2.] A2732[1st ed.]
- Snake kills itself by biting part of body (when in danger or torture). B752.3
- Disenchantment by biting certain twig. D764.2
- Magic air journey from biting an ear. D2135.2
- Resuscitation by biting victim's bone. E29.1
- Biting fingers to see if one is dreaming. F1041.13
- Testing the evidence by experiment: biting the ear off. The accused pleads that the plaintiff bit his own ear off. The judge takes time for consideration, tries to bite his own ear, but falls down and breaks his head. J2376
- Contest in biting a stone. The ogre bites a stone; the man a nut. K63
- Biting the foot. Fox to bear, who is biting his foot: "You are biting the tree root." Bear lets loose. K543
- Biting on stone given as remedy for toothache. Teeth injured. K1015.1
- Dupe persuaded to pick up biting ants. K1023.2
- Woman mistakenly accused of cannibalism. She is seen biting off finger of corpse to get its ring. N342.6
- Murder by biting the throat. S139.8
- Mutilation: cheek and chin cut off, but held together by biting the beard. S166.2
- Grateful animals; ungrateful man. A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of a princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedy. W154.8
- Biting a grain in half. Final formula: Forester attacks bear, the bear the wolf, the wolf the dog, the dog the cat, the cat the mouse, the mouse the grain – the grain is bitten in two. Z49.8