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- Gods borne by human woman. A112.9
- Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
- Disenchantment by drinking milk of queen who has borne two boys. (Cf. D759.2.) D764.1
- Soul borne away on cloud. (Cf. E754.6.) E722.2.1
- Soul borne away on wind. E722.2.2
- Old woman suckles all babies at son's circumcision to prove she has borne child. H495.3
- One traveler to another (as they see corpse borne by): He is not entirely dead. (Has left good property.) H586.5
- Tasks assigned at suggestion contained in letter borne by the victim. H918
- Reductio ad absurdum: the decision about the colt. A man ties his mare to a second man's wagon. The mare bears a colt which the wagon-owner claims, saying that the wagon has borne a colt. Real owner of the colt shows the absurdity (1) by fishing in the street or (2) by telling that his wife is shooting fish in the garden. Neither of these things are so absurd as the decision. J1191.1
- Man made to believe that he is pregnant (has borne child). J2321
- Parson made to believe that he will bear a calf. In having his urine examined by a doctor, a cow's is substituted by mistake. (Or he dreams that he has borne a calf.) When a calf comes into the house he thinks that he has borne it. (Cf. J1734.1, K1955.2.) J2321.1
- The tailless and earless ass. Just lain down to sleep, a man is awakened by a neighbor announcing that his she-ass has borne a young one without ears or tail. The man lies awake all night wondering how the ass will keep the harness on. J2373
- Queen hiding king disguised as child tells ogress she has borne child with moustache: ogress frightened. K547.10
- Man is made to believe that his married daughter has borne a child. In reality it is a foundling. When the supposed mother dies her father is about to forfeit dowry, when the child's real parents claim him. K1923.2
- Child borne off by tiger, which is caught by griffin, which is killed by lioness, which rears child with her whelps. N215
- Hermit leaving his cell to become robber falls and breaks his neck. He has seen a penitent robber's soul borne to heaven and resolves therefore to be a robber. Q226.1
- Souls tormented in hell alternately borne up to firmament and cast down to depths. Q562.3
- Sign hung out informing brothers whether mother has borne boy or girl. T595