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- God given dominion over floating island. A179.2
- Man in the moon. A man is said to be seen in the moon. Various explanations are given as to how he came to be there. A751
- Man given hands, feet, mouth and nose by monkey. A1225.2.1
- Men and animals readjust span of life. At first, thirty years are given to all animals and to man. For the animals it is too long, for man too short. Man is given a portion of animals' lives. Years 1–30 vigorous (man's own); 30–48 burdens and blows (ass's); 48–60 no teeth (dog's); 60–70 foolish (monkey's). A1321
- Origin of death: serpent given immortality instead of man. Renews his skin. A1335.5
- Theft of fire – trick exchange. Child of fire-owner is stolen and then given back in exchange for fire. A1415.3
- Man given dominion over beasts. A1421.1
- Origin of the potlatch. A feast of the Indians of the Northwest Coast of America in which large amounts of property are given away to the guests. These feasts must be returned. A1535.1
- Laws given directly by deity. A1580.2
- Insects from devil's post-hole. Devil is given enough land to dig a post-hole. From this come all kinds of insects. To stop them a burning log is put in the hole. Insects therefore hate smoke. A2004
- Thrush's hospitality to peacock rewarded by being given motley coat of feathers. (Cf. A2411.2.1.1.) A2222.1
- Bird carries deity (his daughter) home from land of skulls: given brilliant plumage. (Cf. A2313.4, A2321.6, A2421.5.) A2223.2
- Tortoise given hard shell when it ferries rice-goddess across stream. A2223.6
- Beetle makes immoderate request; ant moderate: inverse awards. Creator hears wishes of animals. Beetle wants strong, noble appearance. Ant is modest. Beetle punished by being made to creep on ground. Ant is given own castle. (Cf. A2441.3.1.) A2232.3
- Peacock given ugly feet so as to prevent too great arrogance. (Cf. A2375.2.2.) A2232.7
- Wool on his forehead awarded sheep in lawsuit. He is given the privilege of keeping it when the rest of his body is shorn. (Cf. A2322.5.) A2255.1
- Cat loses dog's certificate: enmity between cats and dogs. Dog is given a certificate of nobility. Through cat's carelessness it is lost. (Cf. A2275.5, A2494.1.2.) A2281.1
- Place to live given as patent right to dog. A2433.1.3
- Animal given certain privilege. A2545
- Discontented pine-tree: cause of pine needles. Pine tree given silk leaves, glass leaves, etc. Always discontented. Finally has needles again. (Cf. A2767.1.) A2723.1