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- Cotton tree and nettles on moon. A751.6
- Cotton at first already spun into threads. A1346.2.1
- Why hares have cotton tail. Deity rubs cotton on hare. A2378.9.3
- Origin of cotton plant. A2684.3
- Cottonwood cursed for serving as cross. A2721.2.1.3
- Transformation: piece of cotton to snake. D441.8
- Transformation: cotton to leaves. D451.2.4
- Transformation: leaves to cotton. D451.8.1
- Magic cotton-wool. D1299.4
- Magic cotton-wool restores sight. (Cf. D1299.4.) D1505.15
- Which is the best of flowers? Cotton. H659.23
- Quest for roll of cotton driven by the wind. H1355.5
- Cotton put in ears so as not to hear abusive words. J672.2
- Cotton pods knocked off by bullock thought to be lumps of bullock's fat. J1772.8
- Fool tries to purify cotton by burning it (as the goldsmith does with gold). J1974
- Lighting the cat's tail. Woman wishing to punish a cat fastens cotton to its tail and lights it. The whole village is burnt. J2101.1
- Contest in flying with load. One animal chooses cotton; the other, seeing that a rain is coming, chooses salt and wins. K25.2
- Adventures encountered in running after cotton being blown away by wind. N777.1
- Lazy mother given shoes of cotton; son knows that she will not wear them out. W111.5.1