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- Origin of noblemen. A1656
- Origin of Polish noblemen: from wheat dough that a bitch devours. A1656.1
- Beetle makes immoderate request; ant moderate: inverse awards. Creator hears wishes of animals. Beetle wants strong, noble appearance. Ant is modest. Beetle punished by being made to creep on ground. Ant is given own castle. (Cf. A2441.3.1.) A2232.3
- Tabu: eating special food of noble girl. C246.2
- Nobleman as wild huntsman. E501.1.2
- Dwarf conducts shepherd to hell to collect debt from nobleman. F451.5.1.14
- Blind man able to recognize real pearls by their smell, diamonds by touch, a good horse by screwing its ears, and raja of noble birth by his generosity. F655.1
- Disguised king (noble) recognized by habitual speech. H38.1
- Vindication by champion. Usually noble lady or king accused. H218.0.1
- Conflict between peasant and nobleman decided so that each must answer riddles: peasant's daughter solves them. H561.1.1
- Riddle: the king is surrounded by his nobles; what is this like? (The idol Bel surrounded by the priests of the god.) H825
- Test of valor: rousing servant's anger. Nobleman, when examining servants for hire, bids each stand before him and comb his long beard. Occasionally he snaps at them as if to bite them. Those who dodge he lets go; those who offer fight he employs. H1561.4
- Tests for noble blood. H1574.1
- Wisdom from fool: the present returned. Nobleman gives fool a present; he is to give it to no one who is not a greater fool. Master is dying; doctor tells fool that master is going to take long journey. Since master is making no preparation, fool gives him the present. Master thus brought to repentance. J156.3
- Noble poets refuse to associate with truly good poet because of his lowly birth. J411.3.1
- Prince of democratic tastes chosen. King asks three sons what kind of bird they would prefer to be. First: an eagle, because it is ruler of birds; second: a falcon; because it is beloved by the nobles; third: a bird which flies with many others, so as to receive advice. King chooses third. J412.1
- Noblemen who quarreled over a device. Wiser of the two shows foolishness of such a fight. J552.1
- Noblemen being ruined by long lawsuit decide wisely to join their families in marriage and save their fortunes. J552.2
- Helmet left for woman to quarrel with. Woman insists upon quarreling with a nobleman. He says, "If you wish to quarrel, I shall leave my helmet here. You can talk to it." J552.4
- Man called a rogue by a nobleman makes a joke of the insult. He thus avoids trouble. J817.1