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- Why days lengthen in spring. A1155
- Determination of night and day. After much discussion, the relative length of these divisions is determined. A1172
- Grave equals five times length of any person's foot. D482.5.1
- Snake grows to 300 leagues length. D487.1
- Summer magically lengthened. (Cf. F162.1.1, F971.5.) D2145.2.1
- Day magically lengthened. D2146.1.1
- Night magically lengthened. D2146.2.2
- Resuscitation impossible after certain length of time. E162
- Resuscitation after great length of time. (Cf. D1857.) E162.0.1
- Giant girl's face is an elbow length wide. F531.2.2.1
- Blue, protruding teeth of one and a half elbow-length. F544.3.3.1
- Holy man's hair of enormous length, so long has he remained praying at one spot. F555.3.2
- Strong men knock on door with beam of twenty elbow-lengths. F631.6.1
- Man carries a beam eighteen feet in length and cuts path through jungle at same time. F631.6.2
- Man can lengthen swords by twirling them between his fingers. F679.2
- Gigantic sword. Sword eight elbow-lengths long and two spans broad. F833.8
- How far from earth to heaven? A leg's length, for it is written, Heaven is my throne and earth my footstool. H682.1.8
- Pigeons cover the sun's rays with their outstretched wings and lengthen night to six months so that hero's task can be completed in one night. H982.1
- Task: making shawl-cloth one hundred cubits in length out of one cocoon of silk. H1022.4.3
- How many priests should one have in one place? How many fox tails will reach to heaven? All depends on the length of the tails. J1291.3