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- Owl advises old man where to plant his crops after listening in to council of gods concerning rainfall distribution for the year. B569.2
- Tabu: listening to mother's counsel. C815
- Tabu: listening to princess's counsel. C815.1
- Tabu: hearing or listening. C885
- Tabu: listening to fluttering of birds after sunset. C885.1
- Tabu: listening to groans of women being violated. C885.2
- Tabu: listening to certain lute. C885.3
- Listening at church door on Halloween to hear the names of those to die in the coming year. (Cf. D1825.6.) D1827.1.1
- Fairy music – person listening is without food or sleep for a year. F262.5
- Elephants become lean from listening too much to fairy music; cannot graze. F369.8
- Riddle solved by listening to propounder talk in his sleep. H573.3
- Truth detected by spies listening to reactions of defendants at night. J1149.10
- Listening to the debate. A lazy youth explains his late rising by saying that he lay abed to hear the argument between industry and laziness. J1486
- Deception into listening to speaker. He secures the audience's attention by beginning a tale. He then launches into his speech. K477.2
- Dragon deceived into listening to tale: hero cuts off its head. K835
- Jealous husband kills bird which wife falsely says she has been listening to. She has really been conversing with her lover. (Laüstic.) Q587
- Ascetic cleric avoids listening to music. V462.6