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- Sun sister and moon brother. Brother visits sister at night. She marks him to identify him. He flees and she follows with flaming brand. She is sun and he the moon. A736.1.1
- Cleric goes with saint whom his cow follows. B159.3
- Faithful dog follows master's dead body when cast into river. Supports body. B301.1.1
- Faithful horse follows dead master to grave. B301.4
- Faithful lion follows man who saved him. B301.8
- Helpful animal's injunctions disobeyed. Disaster follows. B341
- Injunction: to give sample of food to dog before eating. Misfortune follows failure to do so. C685
- Tabu: loosing bridle in selling man transformed to horse. Disenchantment follows. C837
- Spring follows saint to his country. D927.4
- Person follows magic receding well. (Cf. D926.) D1420.2
- Saint's flagstone follows him. D1641.2.1
- Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.) E30
- Dead sweetheart in the form of a white rabbit follows seducer. E211.1
- Empty shoe follows wild hunt. E501.10.1
- Ghost light follows ghost. E530.1.1
- Ghost watches (follows) its own corpse. E599.3
- Hero shoots monster (or animal) and follows it into lower world. F102.1
- Boy follows nut into lower world. F102.4
- Dwarf follows countess around like a little dog. F451.5.8.1
- Devil follows corpse when a lawyer is buried. G303.25.8
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