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Motifs
- Tabu: resting. C730
- Tabu: resting on journey. C731
- The Sleeping Army. Soldiers killed in battle come forth on occasions from their resting place (hill, grave, grotto) and march about or send their leader to do so. E502
- Soul leaves possessions on road to final resting place. E750.4
- The valuable neglected for the interesting. J345
- Tailor caught resting his head on royal robe while he rests tells king there is no better resting place for king's robe, for "the head is the king of the body." J1289.19
- A man without a stomach. The man complains that he is a mere slave of his stomach. His wish is granted and the stomach taken away from him. He discovers soon that life has become very uninteresting to him, and recovers his stomach again. J2072.4
- Frog removed from queen's nose by telling such interesting story that she gives quick breath and dislodges him. N641.2