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- Man rules all animals. God gives greatest strength to lion, but because of man's wisdom lion is in his power. A1421.1.1
- Riddle: what is greatest? H659.7
- What is greatest? Fame. H659.7.1
- What is the greatest? A sense of shame. H659.7.2
- What is the greatest? Charity. H659.7.3
- What is the greatest villainy? Stealing. H659.7.4
- Task: bringing best friend, worst enemy, best servant, greatest pleasure-giver. (Brings dog, wife, ass, little son respectively.) H1065
- Quest for the greatest of fools. H1312
- Heroes seek judgment as to which is greatest. (Cf. H1311.1.) H1395
- Loudest mourners not greatest sorrowers. J261
- Fortune, Intellect, Knowledge, and Health dispute as to which is the greatest. J461.1.2
- Experiment in gravity. Which has greatest attraction to earth, cup or contents? Father shows great attraction of fool's back and a stick. J2391
- Greatest liar to get his supper free. Wager. Each lie is corroborated by a confederate, who poses as a newly arrived stranger. K455.7
- Wolf punished by being married. After debate it is decided that marriage is the greatest punishment. K583
- King chosen by contest: princes finding greatest fault with their father. Youngest can find no fault and is chosen. P11.2.1
- The one of two giant brothers who performs the greatest feat and procures the wildest dog elected as king. P11.2.2.1
- Three envoys debate as to which of them should be received with the greatest honor. W161.1
- Greatest liar made king of Schlaraffenland. (Cf. X1503.) X905.2
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