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- Phantom cart driver wanders because of blasphemy. "Peter Rugg the Missing Man." Boasts that he will reach home despite storm or never see his home again. He always travels in hard shower of rain or just ahead of one. E512
- Fairy reveals her true identity when despite heavy rain she remains dry. F259.3
- Giant fleet of foot despite size. F531.1.3.5
- Princess appears before crane (who had demanded her in marriage) and is recognized by him despite loathly disguise. H188
- Stupid husband mistakes tiger-cubs for jungle cats despite wife's judgment. J1758.6
- Man fated to become king becomes so despite fact he breaks his tooth in which his luck resides. (Cf. N113.2.2.) N101.4
- Greedy disciple decides to remain in city despite learned teacher's warning and is condemned to take the place of a thief. N347.7
- Cast-forth wife buried up to the waist for seven years and despitefully used. Q456.1.1
- Blason populaire. Despiteful names used by one city for another. X681
- Louse and crow make covenant of friendship: louse eats crow despite crow saying, "If I strike you once with my beak you will disappear; how then can you talk of eating me?" Likewise louse eats loaf of bread, she-goat, cow, buffalo, five sepoys, wedding procession with one lakh of people, elephant, tank of water. A sepoy cuts louse in two with his sword and rescues all. Z33.4.1