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- Sea-serpent dilates and contracts. B91.5.1
- Dwarf contracts self to enter nostrils of cannibals. D55.2.1
- Magic journey by making distance vanish. The road is contracted or the earth folded up. D2121.4
- Journey to hell to recover devil's contract. F81.2
- Strong man makes labor contract. F613
- Strong man's labor contract: blow at end of year. Blow sends his master to sky. F613.1
- Strong man's labor contract: all grain he can carry. F613.2
- Labor contract: as much money as my companion (strong man) can carry. F613.2.1
- Strong man's labor contract: anger bargain. First to become angry shall receive blow. F613.3
- Identification by indenture. Each of two persons keeps his half of a contract which has been torn in two. Fitting of the halves brings about recognition. H102
- Quest to devil in hell for return of contract. H1273.1
- Quest to hell for return of contract from deceased rich man. H1273.1.1
- Pound of flesh. (Fleischpfand.) Literal pleading frees man from pound of flesh contract. Contract does not give the right to shed blood. Impossible, therefore, to carry out. J1161.2
- Barber paid to change color of woman's face burns her with acid. He has fulfilled contract. J1161.6
- Deceptive bargain: the ogre and the copper coins. Every time the copper coin is paid out, the ogre must make a new one. The man buys an extensive property and pays with a large number of copper coins. He threatens to buy another and the ogre goes back on his contract. K183
- Devil gets another soul instead of one bargained for. The devil bargains with a man for his soul, but the man fulfills his contract and escapes. In envy two persons commit suicide. The devil rejoices that though he lost one he has gained two. K217
- Devil is unable to take man contracted to him when friends pray over the corpse. K218.7
- Literal fulfillment of marriage contract. Man to be released when earth is placed at his head (buried). Dies in grave. K236.4
- Man contracts for load of hay on the road (without making any payment), orders the seller to deliver it at a certain inn. He then goes to the inn, sells the hay to the innkeeper, and pockets the money. The owner of the hay delivers it at the inn, tries to collect at the inn; the trickster absconds. K282.1
- Wolf announces dawn prematurely to collect debt. The contract is to be fulfilled at daybreak. The wolf imitates the cock and crows, but is caught. K494