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- Dog chooses between opposing tribes. B134.4
- Helpful bees (hornets) sting opposing army. B524.2.1
- Virgin Mary's shift as banner causes blindness to opposing army. (Cf. D1058.1.) D1331.2.3
- Saint causes great forest to spring up between opposing forces. D2163.6.1
- Saint causes wall of cakes to spring up between opposing armies. D2163.6.2
- Disposing of a changeling. F321.1.4
- Fairy recovers stolen cup by posing as a beggar. F361.2.1
- Opposing wise men humble themselves and become friends. J917
- Thief posing as corpse detected by pricking soles of his feet. J1149.7
- The falcon not so good as represented. A nobleman praises his falcon. His fool, supposing they were praising the falcon as food, kills the bird, but is disappointed in the taste. J1826
- Three brothers take turns using mule. None of them feeds him, supposing that the others have. The mule dies. J1914.2
- Devil cheated by imposing an impossible task. K211
- Theft by posing as doctor. Trickster advises wife to slaughter pig and have the trickster eat it all. K352
- Theft by posing as magician. Trickster claims to be working magic spell over food and eats it. K353
- Theft by posing as master of the house and learning where goods are hidden. Wife deceived in the dark. K362.4
- Escape by posing as member of murderer's family or tribe. K601
- Escape by posing as preceptor of tiger's deceased father. K601.1
- Wolf tries to cheat ewe by posing as ram. K828.3
- Hermit (deceived by the devil) kills his own father, supposing him to be the devil. K943
- Opposing witnesses's pockets filled with dung. Discredited. K1291