• Wallet containing night and day. A1172.2
• Origin of death from unwise choice. Choice between two bundles, one containing tempting articles, the other everlasting life. People choose the large bundle and lose everlasting life. A1335.3
• Cow with two bags: one containing a one-legged bird; the other, a twelve-legged bird. B15.7.9.1
• Compressible magic box containing many people and objects. East Africa: Frobenius Atlantis IV 134ff. No. 13. D491.2.1.1
• Magic box containing castle. D1174.1
• Charm containing name of God. D1273.0.5
• Apple (or ball) containing man's soul can be split only by man's own sword. (Cf. D981.1.) D1651.10
• Nightly resuscitation of man with external soul. When enemy takes off necklace containing the soul he revives, but dies again when it is put on. E155.3
• Well containing "salmon of knowledge" in otherworld. F162.5.3
• Marvelous stream containing little black fish bursts forth from mountain. (Cf. A934.9.) F715.3.2
• Fruits containing jewels. F813.0.1
• Ogre killed by burning feather containing his life. G512.5.1
• Test of resourcefulness: to eat food without untying cloth containing it; hole torn in cloth. H506.7
• Money in the stick. Before swearing, the cheater hands a stick containing the stolen money to the man he has stolen it from. He then swears that he has repaid it. J1161.4
• Not the same purse as was lost. Finder of a purse containing 800 gulden returns it to owner for reward. Latter says that purse had 900 gulden in it. In court. Decision: The rich man speaks truth. The purse found is not the one he lost. The finder may keep it. J1172.1
• New bags for old! Recovery of the old bag (containing money or having magic power) which the stupid wife has given away. The husband exchanges a new bag for it. K266
• Thieves steal chest containing hidden paramour. Are frightened away by his outcry. K335.1.6.1
• Saint who desires broth containing no butter receives broth into which butter has been poured surreptitiously through hollow mixing-stick. (Cf. K498.) K499.2.1
• Saint who desires pottage of nettles containing no milk receives pottage into which milk has been poured surreptitiously through pipe. The secret is revealed, and the saint blesses the cook's successors. K499.2.2
• Daughter pulls out father's magic life-containing hair. As soon as it is taken out he dies. K976

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• ATU 1358B Husband Carries Off Box Containing Hidden Lover [K443
• ATU 860 Nuts of 'Ay ay ay!' A princess is offered to any man who can bring a glass containing all kinds of water, a bouquet of all the flowers, and nuts of ay, ay, ay! A suitor brings seawater, a beehive, and hazelnuts with thorns so that the king cries, 'Ay, ay, ay!' [H1377