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- Springs originate from horse's hoof-prints. (Cf. A901.) A941.1
- How ox got horns. Exchanged for horse's teeth. (Cf. A2247.) A2326.1.4
- Why horse's penis is long. A2365.2.1.1
- Man with horse's mouth. B21.3
- Straw on horse's back restrains him. (Cf. D1276.) D1442.2
- King asleep in mountain will awake when his horse's shoes are worn down. Every seven years the horse goes around the castle. He must wear his half-inch silver shoes to thinness of cat's ear before the king awakes. D1960.2.1
- Sounds of driving cattle: horse's hoofs, whip-popping, calling to cattle, rattle of spurs: ghost of slain cowboy. E337.1.4
- Revenant as man with horse's head. E425.2.2
- Soul as black or white spirit over coffin. Black if condemned. Can be seen by peeping between horse's ears. E722.1.1
- Horse's leg cut off and replaced. E782.4
- Person with horse's head. F511.0.9.1
- Person with ass's (horse's) ears. Midas. F511.2.2
- Person with horse's hoofs. F517.1.6
- Thumbling drives wagon by sitting in horse's ear. F535.1.1.1
- Person with horse's foot. F551.1.2
- Horse's head for extraordinary use. F874
- Horse's head nailed over gate (door). F874.1
- Horse's forehead as golden chair. F874.2
- Horse's skull used as pillow. F874.2.1
- Horse's tremendous leap. F989.1.1
Tale types
- ATU 117 The Bear Riding the Horse lets his claws sink into the horse's flanks
- ATU 119B* Horse's Defense against Wolves
- ATU 1624C* The Horse's Fault
- ATU 1911A Horse's New Backbone
- ATU 47A The Fox Hangs onto the Horse's Tail (previously The Fox [Bear, etc
- ATU 927C* The Ground is Measured with a Horse's Skin (Ox Hide)