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- Mother of the moon: the most distant star in the sky. A745.2
- Purchase of night. Originally no night. Culture hero goes to distant land and buys it. He introduces sleep, etc. Cock to crow for day. (Cf. B755, J2272.1.) A1174.3
- Magic clairvoyant telescope. Shows distant events. D1323.15
- Transportation by stretching and swaying tree. The tree stretches and bends over so as to land hero in a distant country. (Cf. D482.) D1520.1.1
- Saint casts staffs to distant island. Staff that reaches owner shall have island. (Cf. D1254.) D1524.1.2.1
- Magic knowledge of events in distant place. D1813
- Dream shows events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.) D1813.1
- "Knowledge tooth" reveals events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.3.) D1813.3
- Magic power to see distant objects. (Cf. D1813.3, D1817.0.1, D1825.5.) D1825.2
- Witches have power to see distant sights. D1825.9
- Magic rath always seems distant, never near. D2031.13
- Wraith of sweetheart stays in room where lover has died. It disappears only after her death at far distant point twenty years after death of lover. E723.5
- Remarkable star-gazer. Sees birds in nest in distant tree. F642.1
- Task: bringing documents from distant city in one day. H1107
- Task: bringing water from distant fountain more quickly than a witch. H1109.1
- Quest to distant king for military aid. H1224
- Quest to distant sage for advice. H1393
- Fox in swollen river claims to be swimming to distant town. J873
- Futility of distant travel. J1076
- Frog thinks cattle are distant country. J1772.13