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- Dried root sprouts when planted to indicate spot where holy man should set up his abode. (Cf. D967.) D1314.15
- Laughing fish reveals unjust judgment. A severe judgment is rendered for a small offence. As the convicted man is being led away, a dead (dried) fish is heard to laugh. The fish reveals that he has laughed at the foolishness of the judge who, while he punishes minor offences severely, is unable to see the capital crimes in his own household. (Cf. D1281.) D1318.2.1
- Earth dried up in three years while hero is under earth. D2081.1
- Rice paddies flooded or dried by toad's tears or laughter. D2149.5
- Pond magically dried up. D2151.5.2
- Princess stands in middle of dried-up tank so serpent will release the water, which he had swallowed up completely. F914.1
- Frogs decide not to jump into the well. Their spring having dried up, they consider jumping into a well. They decide that the well may also dry up. J752.1
- Woman gives friend dried comb while she herself eats the honey. K476.7
- Boy teaches giants how to lay a carpet of dried grass and naphtha over the hard ground floor of their cave, sets fire to it and thus suffocates them. K812.1.1
- Pigeon hastily kills his mate for stealing wheat. It has merely dried out and no longer fills the nest. When the dampness later swells the wheat, he sees his mistake and kills himself in remorse. N346
- King buried with immense treasure in the ground of an artificially dried river; later the normal course of the river is restored. V67.3.1
- Accidental cannibalism. A man eats up the dried meat of a Jew on shipboard. It happens that the Jew is carrying his dead father back home for burial in this form. (Cf. G60.) X21
- The man who sold dried snow for salt. X1653.3