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- Sun-snarer: burnt mantle. A boy is angered because the sun burned his mantle. He makes a snare and catches the sun and delays him so that everything is burning up. A mouse finally gnaws the snare in two. A728.1
- Mouse created by Lucifer; cat by Michael to destroy mouse. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1751.1
- Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse. A1811.2
- Creation of mouse. A1853
- Creation of mouse by devil in ark. (Cf. A1811.2.) A1853.1
- Creation of titmouse. (Cf. A1710.) A1918
- Mouse's nose pulled out long. A2213.4.3
- Mouse gathers rice for man: may eat a little of his rice daily. A2223.3
- Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.) A2233.3
- Why mouse is crushed whenever she crosses a road: elephant's curse. A2239.9
- Why elephant hurts himself when running through the grass: mouse's curse. A2239.10
- Mouse's body made larger. A2301.1
- Mouse's body made smaller. A2302.1
- How mouse got his eyes. A2332.1.1
- Why titmouse has no tongue. A2344.2.4
- Food of mouse. A2435.3.7
- Why mouse does not defend self against cat. A2462.3
- Friendship of cat and mouse. A2493.9
- Friendship of fox and titmouse. A2493.10
- Friendship between mouse and butterfly. A2493.28
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 111 The Cat and the Mouse Converse
- ATU 112 Country Mouse Visits Town Mouse
- ATU 135* The Mouse Makes a Boat of a Bread-crust
- ATU 1416 The Mouse in the Silver Jug
- ATU 2022B The Broken Egg (previously The Hen Lays an Egg, the Mouse Breaks it)
- ATU 2034 The Mouse Regains its Tail
- ATU 218 A Cat Transformed to a Maiden Runs after a Mouse
- ATU 222B Quarrel between Mouse and Sparrow (previously War between Mouse and Sparrow)
- ATU 228 A Little Bird Tries to be Bigger (previously The Titmouse Tries to be as Big as a Bear)
- ATU 278 The Frog and the Mouse Tied Together (previously Rat and Frog Tie Paws Together to Cross Marsh)