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- Sun-snarer: fast sun. The sun goes too fast to dry clothing. The hero snares the sun's legs with a rope as he is climbing up from the underworld. He releases the sun upon the promise to go more slowly. A728.2
- Disenchantment by climbing glass mountain. D753.4
- Climbing into air on magic rope. (Cf. D1203.) D1582
- Girdle made of a climbing-vine. F829.2
- Task: climbing glass mountain. H1114
- Task: climbing extraordinary (high, thin) cliff. H1199.14
- Climbing match won by deception. K15
- Climbing match won by deception: squirrel as "child". The ogre agrees to contest against the man's young one, i.e., a squirrel. (Cf. K11.6, K12.2.) K15.1
- Cutting rope to kill ogre who is climbing the rope to reach his victim. K678
- Robber persuaded to climb down moonbeam. A man hearing a robber enter tells his wife aloud that he always makes a prayer and then enters the house by climbing down a moonbeam. The thief tries it and falls. K1054
- Thief climbing rope discovered and rope cut. He has tricked the guardian of the food-supply in the tree (by imitation of the owner's voice or the discovered pass-word) to let down the rope. K1622
- Bluff: climbing the mast. In a contest in climbing the mast the hero falls into the rigging. "You do the same thing," he challenges. The sailors are persuaded of his expertness. K1762
- Deception: climbing silk thread tossed upward in air. K1871.1
- Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder. L472
- Murder revealed to thieves climbing into bank. N615
- Climbing tree to look around leads to adventures. N776.1
- Punishment: climbing red-hot rod. (Cf. S112.2.) Q469.2
- Thief breaks foot climbing wall to rob. Suit against owner for dangerous wall. Z49.11.2