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- Bad women because of head exchanged with devil. Devil (serpent) and woman fight. St. Peter cuts off their heads and exchanges them. A1371.1
- Foreigners heads exchanged with those of devils in fight. A1610.1.1
- How caribou got antlers. Exchanged his teeth for walrus's horns. (Cf. A2247.) A2326.1.2
- How ox got horns. Exchanged for horse's teeth. (Cf. A2247.) A2326.1.4
- Why partridge has pretty feet. Exchanged with peacock. (Also told of jay and flamingo.) (Cf. A2241.) A2375.2.1
- Woodcock's ugly voice. Exchanged with thrush. (Cf. A2245.1.) A2423.1.1
- Thrush's beautiful voice. Exchanged with woodcock. (Cf. A2423.1.1, A2245.1.) A2423.2.1
- Ring-dove's nest. Exchanged with gull. (Cf. A2247.) A2431.3.3
- Gull's nest. Exchanged with ringdove. (Cf. A2247.) A2431.3.4
- Food of dog. (Cf. A2247, exchanged with cat.) A2435.3.1
- Food of cat. (Cf. A2247, exchanged with dog.) A2435.3.2
- Magic object exchanged for worthless. Foolish brother (wife) exchanges old object for new. D871.1
- Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die. D1853
- Immortality exchanged for death on alternate days. D1853.1
- Organs exchanged with those of animal. E789.1
- Changeling is sickly (often the fairy exchanged for a baby is an elderly, infirm member of the fairy clan whom the fairies are tired of caring for). F321.1.2.3
- What does God do? He brings low the proud and exalts the lowly (said by shepherd masking as bishop to king, who has exchanged places with him). (Cf. H562.) H797.1
- One eye exchanged for wisdom. (Odin.) J163.3
- Plowing contest won by deception: hare exchanged for horse. God and the devil contest in plowing. The devil plows with a horse, God with a hare. While the devil is asleep, God takes the devil's horse and plows the field. When he wakes, the devil thinks the hare has plowed so much and gladly trades his horse for the hare. K41.1
- Animals made by magic exchanged for real ones. The magic animals disappear. K139.1