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- The seven grain sisters. A433.2
- Rabbit (frog) eats seed-grain from fields: nose closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2335.2.4.) A2238.1
- Ring-dove eats man's grain: man may kill him. Similarly francolin and guinea fowl. A2238.2
- Son accidentally kills father, who returns to life as cuckoo and tells people when to sow grain. A2275.6
- Dog's claws as grains under paws. In the great famine, God leaves the dog grain under his paws. From this grows new seed. A2376.2
- Why owl eats no grain. A2435.4.9.1
- Origin of straw. Formerly whole blade became grain. Straw left for dog. A2685.2
- Blood from wizard becomes red grain of cedar. Bleeding head of wizard who tries to kill the sun placed on top of a tree. (Cf. A2755.1.) A2731.3
- Origin of red grain of cedar. (Cf. A2731.3.) A2755.1
- Sundry characteristics of grains and vegetables. A2793
- Why grain of wheat is divided. A2793.2
- Why grain grows only at top of stalk (punishment for men's sinfulness). A2793.5
- Origin of shapes of grain. A2793.6
- Horse lies down when grain of wheat falls from load. B159.2
- Magic cock carries great loads in his ear (load of grain, fox, tiger, bees, wasps, etc., also fire and water). B171.1.0.1
- Grain as damages for injury to cat. B271.2
- Tabu: plucking ear of grain. C512
- Tabu: using grain to clean child. C851.1.2
- Transformation to grain. D214
- Transformation: man to rice-grain. D214.1