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- Marriage of person to animal. Extremely common. Only a few references are given. B600
- Glass mountain at borders of otherworld. Mountain is extremely slippery. F145.1
- Extremely tall giant. (Cf. F533.) F531.2.1
- Extremely fat giant. (Cf. F532.) F531.2.5
- Extremely old person. F571
- Extremely deep water. Axe seven years reaching bottom. F713.2.1
- Tasks imposed. A person's prowess is tested by assigning him certain tasks (usually impossible or extremely difficult) to be performed either to escape punishment or to receive a valuable reward. H900