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- Goddess with body full of fire. A124.3
- Sun as grindstone full of fire. A714.5
- Moon made from shining fragments. A cap is opened and shining things fall out. Children pick them up and put them into a box. At the end of the month the box is full. The full moon shines when all the fragments are gathered together. A742
- Why days shorten in autumn: the real sun sets very early because the red cockscomb plant, used to kill his brother sun with, grows to its full height during this time. A1156
- Man must labor for a living: at first everything too easy. Full crops produce themselves, trees drop sugar etc. A1346.2
- Devil produces animals only in God's name. He tries unsuccessfully without using God's name. A1756
- Two animals learn songs together – one successfully, the other unsuccessfully. (Cf. A2425.) A2283
- When destructive bird is killed, barn is found full of gold. B103.7.1
- Wasp released from vase full of honey: grateful. B376
- Fancifully colored deer. B731.7
- Tabu: treating scornfully statue and dress of goddess. C51.1.13
- Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. D61
- Store, fully supplied, produced by magic. D1149.1
- Magic bag full at high tide, empty at ebb tide. (Cf. D1193.) D1324.1
- Magic banana skin always full of fruit. D1652.1.7.2
- Vineyard in full fruit and blooming palm found in winter on the night of Christ's Nativity. (Cf. V211.1.) D2145.2.2.1
- Ghosts walk at full moon. E587.6
- Corpse must be watched carefully before burial. E752.10.1
- Life token: leaves full from tree. (Cf. D955.) E761.7.3
- Eyes successfully replaced. E781