• Sun sets and refuses to rise: must be coaxed back from underworld. A739.6
• Why women never have leisure. Because they refused to show God the way, saying they had no time. A1372.8
• Toad refuses to weep over its dead children: dries up when dead. Cursed by Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2234.4, A2468.2.) A2231.8
• Loris refuse to look at sun who comes out when they are dancing: hence never looks at sun. A2231.13
• Animals refuse to help dig well (make road) and are punished. A2233.1
• Animals refuse to help dig well: may not drink from river or spring. (Cf. A2435.1.1.) A2233.1.1
• Snake refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2441.4.1.) A2233.1.2
• Shrew refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2468.1.) A2233.1.3
• Sloth refuses to help make road: may not look upon sun. A2233.1.4
• Animal characteristics: borrowing and not returning. Animal borrows a member (or quality) from another and refuses to return it. (Cf. A2242, A2313.3, A2345.1, A2351.3, A2375.2.1, A2421.4, A2435.4.1.) A2241
• Monkey borrows tail from deer and refuses to return it. A2241.11
• Spider hands box to ant and refuses to take it back: hence ants carry huge loads. A2243.1
• Magpie refuses to get into ark, sits around outside, jabbering over drowned world, is unlucky. (Cf. A2232.4.) A2542.1.1
• Horse refuses to carry one who speaks falsehood. B133.4
• Horses refuse to remain with owner who has been cursed by clerics. B133.4.1
• Talking animal or object refuses to talk on demand. Discoverer is unable to prove his claims: is beaten. B210.2
• Formerly animals and man spoke the same language. God took the power of speech from the animals because men refused to kill speaking beasts. B210.3
• Ass insists upon payment of tithes. When stolen by thieves, the ass refuses to eat for three days because the thieves' provender has not been tithed. B259.1
• Sabbath-keeping cow. Refuses to work on Sabbath. B259.2
• Wedding of fox and hyena. Fox refuses to marry hyena, since, according to belief, hyena yearly changes sex. B281.1

all 278 in the index →

• ATU 1306 Miser Refuses to Give his Hand
• ATU 1621A* Donkey Refuses to Drink after it Has Had Enough
• ATU 1807A 'The Owner Has Refused to Accept It
• ATU 279* The Snake Trying to Surround the Crab Refuses to Straighten himself Out
• ATU 51A The Fox Has the Sniffles (previously Fox Refuses to be Mediator)