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- Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame). A672
- Color of heron. (Cf. A2218.) A2411.2.5.2
- Why heron has no nest. A2431.2.2
- Friendship between turtle and heron. A2493.12
- Heron as messenger. B291.1.7
- Helpful heron. B463.2
- Hearing heron's cry a good omen. D1812.5.2.5.2
- Reincarnation as heron. E613.9
- Crab takes hold of heron's neck and fearing attack cuts neck and kills him. J631
- Deceptive drinking contest: rising and falling tide. Buffalo and heron wager as to which can drink the sea until the water falls. The buffalo drinks as the tide is coming in; the heron drinks in the falling tide and wins. K82.1.1
- Ape pretends to louse heron, but plucks out his feathers. K874.1
- Heron (crane) loses interest in heaven if there are no snails. U125.1
- Ungrateful ape plucks feathers from heron who has carried him across water. W154.5.1.3
- Falcon and heron eaten by wild boar recovered alive from his body. X1723.2