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- Doubling size of the earth. Increase of population necessitates change. A853.1
- Animals' size increased by stretching. (Cf. A2312.1, A2301.) A2213.3
- Cake magically increases. (Cf. D1031.2.) D1652.1.2
- Silver in chain increases in fire. (Cf. D1078.) D1671
- Flow of cow's milk increased by licking saint's garment. (Cf. D1052, D1652.3.) D2182
- Flow of cow's milk increased by saint. D2182.1
- Flow of cow's milk increased by song (music). (Cf. D1275.) D2182.2
- Culture hero gambles with ruler of the afterworld: result, death or increase in game. E489.6
- Fury in battle causes warrior to increase in size. F1041.16.6.2
- Task: bringing something ever-increasing (ambition); something ever-decreasing (life); something which neither increases nor decreases (one's fated lot); and something which both increases and decreases (universe). H1075
- Wolf tries in vain to be doctor. Only increases patient's suffering. J512.5
- Frogs fear increase of sun's power which will dry up all their puddles. J613.1
- The lazy ass repaid in kind. Loaded with salt, he falls down in the river and lightens his burden. His master then loads him with sponges so that the next time the ass tries the trick he increases his load. J1612
- Woman makes trouble between man and wife: the hair from his beard. She tells the wife to increase her husband's love by cutting a hair from his beard. Also tells the husband that his wife will try to cut his throat. He kills his wife. K1085
- Rats cause cats to be killed. The rats unite and all go to houses together, increasing or decreasing their ravages with the increase or decrease in the number of cats. Thus the cats are suspected of the damage and are killed. K2172
- Four duties of king to subjects: devotion, protection of subjects, justice, and increase of his kingdom. P12.6.1
- Ascetic faster increases his sufferings by placing food and drink before himself. V462.2.1
- Prayer that overbearing knight's illness be increased. A little sickness has made him kind; more may make him kinder. W185.2