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- Animal born from animal carcass. B713
- Bees born from carcass of ox. B713.1
- Spells to recall dead lover. Boiling dead man's head, bones, or carcass in a pot, or burning a piece of lover's clothing or cat in a hot oven. E218
- Man-eater with two great tusks on which he hangs the carcasses of the dead. G88.2
- Suitor contest: eating one hundred carcasses at a sitting. (Cf. H1141.) H331.17
- Riddle: from the eater came forth meat and from the strong sweetness. (Swarm of bees and honey in lion's carcass.) H804
- What animal has one voice living and seven voices dead? (Ibis, from whose carcass musical instruments are made.) H842.3
- Fear test: staying in haunted house where horse carcass drops down chimney. H1411.1.1
- Animal caught in animal carcass. (Cf. J2131.5.) J2136.6
- Greedy jackal caught in carcass of dead bullock. J2136.6.1
- "Collect goats under tree." Fool piles up their carcasses. J2465.10
- Jackal entrapped in elephant's carcass tells passing God to show his magic power by making it rain. Elephant's hide swells; jackal escapes. K565.2
- Capture by hiding in animal carcass. Animal who comes to eat of carcass caught. K751.1
- Building a bridge of cattle. Ordered to build a bridge not of wood, stone, iron, or earth, the trickster uses the carcasses of cattle. K1441
- Jackal inside carcass of bullock makes people think his voice is God's. Demands gifts. K1973
- Lie: child throws out elephant's carcass. X943.1.1