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- Causes of eclipses (sun or moon). A737
- Origin of eclipse of moon. A737.0.1
- Eclipse caused by monster devouring sun or moon. A737.1
- Cause of eclipses: mother's curse laid upon her third son. A737.2
- Toad causes eclipses of the sun. A737.3
- Ghosts of the sun's children return to cause eclipse. A737.4
- Moon's eclipse caused by moon's interfering between attacker and person attacked. A737.5
- Eclipses caused by animal hiding sun behind his body. A737.6
- Eclipses from quarrels between moon and sun. A737.7
- Eclipses when sun smears his face on account of mourning. A737.8
- Sun hides face in shame: eclipse. A737.8.1
- Eclipse as punishment by deity. A737.9
- Eclipses because sun cannot endure tragic happenings of history. A737.10
- Partial eclipses because of ailments of sun or moon. A737.11
- Condition and nature of the moon – miscellaneous. For eclipse of the moon see A737, where both eclipses of the sun and moon are handled. A759
- Continuous world-eclipse. A1046
- World-eclipse ended by bat making sun smile. A1046.1
- Flies on the ark. Noah tries to keep them out. Devil says that either the flies go in or he does. Noah chooses the lesser of two evils. Later the devil slips in nevertheless. A2031.2
- Ox helps patriarch who in joy kisses him on the lips: hence no hair on ox's lips. A2221.5.1
- Origin and nature of animal's lips. A2342
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