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- Deity cares for favorite individuals. A185
- Animals from transformed men according to favorite food. One man asks for flesh, one for blood, etc. They are changed to mice, cats, and bugs. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1715.4
- Woman as leader of wild hunt. Favorites are Herodias, Diana, Frau Holle. E501.1.8
- Ogress bathes in pool, is transformed into beautiful maiden, and becomes king's favorite wife. G264.0.1
- King asks favorite minister to show him a trick that he has never seen before. H1182.2
- Monotony of restriction to one's favorite food. Counselor refuses to arrange extramarital pleasures for his lord. Ruler feeds him only his favorite food until the counselor protests the monotony. Ruler drives home his point. J81.0.1
- To follow the king. In order to test a favorite, a king says that he is going to retire from the world and offers the regency to the favorite. On advice from his philosopher, the favorite says that he is going to accompany the king into retirement. J1634
- Animal "punished" by being placed in favorite environment. K581
- Ruler has favorite perform tasks so that he may himself win a bride. K1848.2
- The complaint about bad breath: trouble for the king's favorite. A steward advises the courtier to hold his head away when serving the king, since the king objects to his bad breath. He then tells the king that the courtier holds his head back to avoid the king's bad breath. K2135
- Favorite youngest son. L12
- Favorite youngest daughter. L51
- Heroes sons of wife not favorite of king. L111.8
- Heroine daughter of wife not favorite of king. L111.8.1
- Neglected surpasses favorite child. L146
- Ape tries to flee with favorite child; neglected child saves himself. The favorite child is killed through the mother's overanxiety. L146.1
- Prodigal as favorite of fortune. N172
- Disagreeable and disliked youth as favorite of Fortune. N173
- Prostitute has favorite lover. T450.4
- Virgin Mary designates favorite for election for office. V261