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- Sun dries out earth with its heat. A733.5
- Ground, previously all wet, dries up when first woman cuts her little finger and blood drips on ground. A856.2
- Hole of winds: stopper destroyed. The hole is stopped with a wooden stopper, which is destroyed. The country dries up. A1122.1
- Toad refuses to weep over its dead children: dries up when dead. Cursed by Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2234.4, A2468.2.) A2231.8
- Why toad dries up when dead. (Cf. A2231.8.) A2468.2
- Branch which dries up water in great river so person can cross. (Cf. D954.) D1542.3.3
- Magic spell dries up lake. (Cf. D1273.) D1542.3.4
- Fountain magically dries up. (Cf. D925.) D1647
- Magic spear stuck in earth dries up spring. D2143.2.2
- Life token: charm dries. E761.4.6
- River dries up for a day. F932.6.1
- River dries up its waters out of sympathy. F932.6.2
- Man leaves farming for fishing. When water dries up he goes hungry. J345.2
- Jackal eating into elephant's dead body becomes a prisoner when it dries up; is released when storm moistens hide. K1022.1.1
- Oath so heavy it dries up stream; oath so great it splits the rock in twain; oath so violent it makes the tree wither. M115.1.1