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- Tide caused by breathing of sea-monster. A913.2
- Breathing of deity (spirit) causes winds. A1121
- Fire-breathing dragon. B11.2.11
- Horse with fire-breathing nostrils. (Cf. B19.1.) B15.5.1
- Brazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5) B19.1
- Fire-breathing horses. B742.3
- Fire-breathing dogs. B742.4
- Tabu: breathing on sacred fire. C51.1.3
- Magic results from breathing. (Cf. D1557.) D1784
- Magic power of lighting empty lamp by breathing on it used for divination. (Cf. D1311.) D1933
- Breathing on enemy drives him onto knife. D2061.2.9
- Resuscitation by breathing on corpse. E66
- Fire-breathing spirit. F401.7
- Diving match won by deception: breathing under brush. Trickster comes up and breathes under some floating brush, where he is not detected. K16.1
- Lighted sponge in mouth of dead causes illusory breathing. K1885.1
- Doctor cures palpitation of heart: patient stops breathing. X372.1
- The breathing tree. Hunter cuts down tree packed full of animals. The tree is so full of animals that a crack in tree opens as animals inhale, closes when they exhale. X1116
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