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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
- Rhinoceros exchanges his red hide for hippopotamus's black. (Cf. A2411.1.6.2., A2411.1.6.7.) A2247.3
- Origin of magpie's feathers. Exchanges with dove. (Cf. A2247.) A2313.2
- Girl exchanges form with sorceress in order to visit her brother and get a son by him. D45.4
- Magic object exchanged for worthless. Foolish brother (wife) exchanges old object for new. D871.1
- Substituted hand. Man exchanges his hand for that of another. E782.1.1
- Fool exchanges his wife with ox; thinks something to be wrong with her head (she has been marked with red at the parting of her hair). J2081.3
- Woman exchanges a horse for a sack of bones. She has been falsely told that the sack is filled with gold. J2099.1
- Trickster, as watchman, exchanges worthless bag for bag of gold at night. K126
- New bags for old! Recovery of the old bag (containing money or having magic power) which the stupid wife has given away. The husband exchanges a new bag for it. K266
- Blind beggar overheard telling that his money is kept in a stick. Thief exchanges sticks. K333.4
- While swimming with the lizard, toad exchanges own ugly daughter for lizard's pretty one. K476.5
- Trickster exchanges master's tame horse for vicious bullock. K1456
- Ogre's own moccasins burned. The ogre plans to burn the hero's moccasins while they are camping together, but the hero exchanges the moccasins. K1615
- Woman substitutes child for her own and sells it. Exchanges sleeping places. K1922
- Nurse exchanges children so that the preferred child will be assured of wealth. K1923.1
- Money (treasure) unwittingly given away. Unlucky man given a loaf which is filled with gold exchanges it for another loaf. N351
- Mistress expecting lover accidentally exchanges places with her maidservant. N391.1
- Saint exchanges coat with beggar: gold sleeves miraculously appear. V411.2
- Bishop exchanges places with prisoner so as to have him return to his mother. W16