• God and the devil torment each other with their creations. Devil pesters God with gnats. God makes a fire and safeguards himself; God plagues the devil with fleas. Devil is unable to find means of protecting himself. A63.4.1
• God reveals himself to mortals. A182
• God does not reveal himself; men unable to endure his glory. A182.0.1
• Dying culture hero. The culture hero teaches people how to die by dying himself. A565
• Fettered monster's escape at end of world. Giant, or monster, is fettered in depths of the earth. His movement causes earthquakes. When he succeeds in freeing himself from the fetters and escapes, the world will end. A1070
• Monster fettered with sword just out of reach. If he reaches it he will free himself. A1074.1
• Night caused by deity wrapping himself in dark mantle. A1174.4
• Originally man rejuvenated himself by snake-like change of skin. A1319.12
• Disease to prevent man enjoying himself too much. A1337.0.6
• Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
• Why elephant hurts himself when running through the grass: mouse's curse. A2239.10
• Ant carries load as heavy as himself. Defeats bear, raven (or other bird). Various explanations. (Cf. A2435.3.3, A2486.1.) A2251.1
• Why the hedgehog draws himself up: shame at sight of a good man. A2479.4
• Tree on which Judas hanged himself cursed. A2721.5
• Magic snake can compress himself to minute size and expand to giant size. B176.1.2
• Prince awakened by fly on his nose in time to save himself from enemy. B521.3.3.1
• Serpent shows condemned man how to save prince's life. Bites the prince and then shows the man the proper remedy (cf. B512). By thus ingratiating himself the man is freed from false accusation. B522.1
• The musician in the wolf-trap: meets wolf already trapped, and saves himself by playing music. (Cf. K551.3.1.) B848.1
• Man and bear in the rick of hay. The bear, persecuted by wolves, runs onto the hay-rick where the man was hidden, and defends himself from the wolves with bunches of hay. B855
• Devil called on for help. When the devil appears man excuses himself. C12.1

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• Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 34 XXXIV. COYOTE PROVES HIMSELF A

• ATU 1284 Person Does Not Know Himself
• ATU 1284B Man Needs Patch on Pants to Recognize Himself
• ATU 1313 The Man who Wanted to Commit Suicide (previously The Man who Thought Himself Dead)
• ATU 132 The Goat Admires his Horns in the Water, and says to himself that he does not have to fear the wolf
• ATU 1545A* 'It's a Man!' A man disguises himself as a pregnant woman and is admitted to a house where a beautiful daughter (wife) lives
• ATU 1641B Physician in Spite of Himself
• ATU 1833K The Thief Betrays Himself
• ATU 23* The Fox (Man) Induces the Wolf (Bear) to Impale Himself
• ATU 279* The Snake Trying to Surround the Crab Refuses to Straighten himself Out
• ATU 280 The Ant Carries a Load as Large as Himself