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- Too cold for hare (dog) to build house in winter, not necessary in summer: must go without house. A2233.2.1
- Daily beating of men transformed to dogs. Necessary unless hero himself is to be transformed. D691
- Wraith takes place of person unable to do duty at the necessary time. E723.3
- Quest assigned because of feigned illness. Lion's milk (or the like) said to be necessary as cure; hero therefore sent on dangerous quest. H1212
- Unnecessary choices. J460
- Unnecessary choices of belief. J462
- Unnecessary choice of gods. King's sons each choose a god: Jupiter for power, Saturn for wisdom, etc. Father says that a god of all combined would be better. J462.1
- Unnecessary choice of philosophies. Aristotle drinks both red and white wine to show that all philosophies are good. J462.2
- Unnecessary choice of religion. J462.3
- Unnecessary choice: to go uphill or downhill. Camel prefers the level. J463
- Unnecessary choice: praying or reading. Both are good. J465
- Hostess says that she has no spoons. Otherwise she would be glad to give something to eat. A joker brings along the necessary spoons. J1561.4.1
- King's presence necessary for army's victory. P19.1
- Relative's consent to marriage necessary. T131.1
- Father's consent to son's (daughter's) marriage necessary. T131.1.2
- Unnecessary for husband to confess as his wife has already done it for him. V29.5
- Blind man and the bull. Man asks bull if he is on the right road. Bull butts him and knocks him down. The man says that all that was not necessary, simply to say yes or no. X123
- Seven masses necessary to free soul from hell. Z71.5.6.6