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- Sun-snarer: fast sun. The sun goes too fast to dry clothing. The hero snares the sun's legs with a rope as he is climbing up from the underworld. He releases the sun upon the promise to go more slowly. A728.2
- What does God do? He brings low the proud and exalts the lowly (said by shepherd masking as bishop to king, who has exchanged places with him). (Cf. H562.) H797.1
- Grains slowly munched in order to keep from sleeping. (Cf. H1471.) H1483
- Pine and thornbush dispute as to their usefulness. Beauty of form does not give worth; pine grows slowly but it will withstand storms. J242.2
- Great refuse to associate with lowly. J411
- Boar refuses to fight with lowly ass. J411.1
- Noble poets refuse to associate with truly good poet because of his lowly birth. J411.3.1
- Profitable association of great and lowly. J412
- Presumption of the lowly. J950
- Lowly masks as great. J951
- Lowly animal tries to move among his superiors. Detected. J952
- Self-deception of the lowly. J953
- Foolish boast of ancestry by lowly. J954
- Lowly tries in vain to be greater than he is. J955
- Hired men sing of displeasure with food; change song when food is improved (cante fable). The Westmoreland text follows: (Mowers sing this very slowly, mow in tempo)|Curds and whey, Iv-ve-ry day,|(After the food is improved they sing and work in tempo)|Ham and eggs, mind thy legs. (Cf. K1546.) J1341.11
- Fool writes letter very slowly: recipient cannot read fast. J2242.2
- Obedient husband walks slowly. Arrives home after dawn when wife's lover has gone. J2523.2
- Lowly hero overcomes proud rivals. L156.1
- Lowly hero marries princess. L161
- Lowly heroine marries prince (king). L162