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- Precious properties of the gods. A156
- Culture hero's (divinity's) expected return. Divinity or hero is expected to return at the proper time and rescue his people from their misfortunes. Often joined with A571. A580
- Misplaced genitalia. Originally genitals are misplaced. They are properly arranged by the culture hero. A1313.3
- Original fire property of one person (animal). A1415.0.2
- Origin of the potlatch. A feast of the Indians of the Northwest Coast of America in which large amounts of property are given away to the guests. These feasts must be returned. A1535.1
- Origin of laws: division of property in a family. A1585
- Dog granted proper food. A2545.4
- Why agar-tree has magic properties. A transformed magician. A2731.4
- Origin of combustible property of wood. A2782
- Medicinal properties of trees. A2783
- Camrosh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies. B35
- Magic bird collects seeds. Sees that they are properly placed. Also carries off people's enemies. B172.3
- Parrot and sparrow argue right to inherit property left by man. Sparrow says his interests are the same as man's; parrot says that he caused all man's wealth, since man sold his feathers. People's decision for parrot. B271.1
- Serpent shows condemned man how to save prince's life. Bites the prince and then shows the man the proper remedy (cf. B512). By thus ingratiating himself the man is freed from false accusation. B522.1
- Felled tree restored for failure to make proper offerings to tree-spirit. C43.3
- Tabu: eating fish caught with fish-hook made without proper incantations. C221.4.2
- Certain pool to be approached only when properly attired. C615.5
- Transformation to destroy enemy's property. D651.3
- Disenchantment by proper person waking from magic sleep. The enchanted person appears three times and if the sleeper does not wake by the third time the enchantment must last. D762
- Disenchantment by being wakened from magic sleep by proper agent. D762.2