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- Names of animals explained by their characteristics. A2571.0.4
- Soul wanders from body in sleep. Dreams explained as experiences of the soul on these wanderings. E721.1
- Enigmatic happenings in otherworld, which are later explained. F171.0.1
- Enigmatic letter of king must be explained on pain of death. H587.0.1
- Extraordinary actions explained. H591
- Roots and branches of World-tree explained symbolically. H619.3
- Dream explained as a dead father's demand for horses. Dupe gives them to trickster. J2326.2
- Quarrel between husband and wife explained by their having been previously a tiger and a dog. T256.0.1
- The wolf who wanted to make bread. The farmer explained to him how bread is made. He keeps on asking: "Shall I then be able to eat?" Decides he will not have enough patience to make bread. (Cf. K555.1.2.) Z49.5.2