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- Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
- God with good looking and ugly bodies. A123.1.3
- Why some women are good-looking. A1372.6
- Why good-looking but soft, useless women attract men. A1373.1
- Bat, diver, and thornbush shipwrecked. Bat brought money, bush put on clothes, and diver brought leather. All shipwrecked. Diver is looking for his leather. Bush looks for his clothers and holds fast to all passers-by. Bat is abroad only at night to escape creditors. (Cf. A2471.4, A2491.1.) A2275.5.3
- Why tortoise's neck is outstretched toward the sky: is looking for his wife, the star. A2351.5
- Why lynx squints: is looking afar at view. A2471.5
- Why dog is always looking. A2471.6
- Why dogs howl, looking at sky. A2471.6.2
- What hawks are looking for. A2471.7
- Bush loses clothes in shipwreck: hence catches passerby looking for clothes. (Cf. A2792.1.) A2741.4
- Tabu: looking at supernatural wife. C31.1
- Tabu: looking at supernatural wife too soon. C31.1.1
- Tabu: looking at supernatural wife on certain occasion. (Mélusine). The husband must not see the wife when she is transformed to an animal. C31.1.2
- Tabu: looking at supernatural wife naked. C31.1.3
- Tabu: husband looking at supernatural wife in childbirth. (Cf. C151.) C31.1.4
- Tabu: looking at supernatural husband. C32.1
- Looking tabu. C300
- Tabu: looking at certain person or thing. C310
- Tabu: looking at ghosts. C311.1.1