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- Culture hero returns to upper world. A566
- Culture hero (divinity) returns. A581
- Culture hero returns and assists mortals. A581.1
- Culture hero returns and aids followers in battle. A581.2
- Culture hero returns to prove power of saint. A581.3
- Sun's night journey with reversed face. It returns from west to east by the same way that it came, but it turns its light side to the sky and leaves the earth in darkness. A722.2
- Dove returns to ark in obedience to Noah: receives sheen of raven. A2221.7
- Son accidentally kills father, who returns to life as cuckoo and tells people when to sow grain. A2275.6
- Dragon fight: respite granted and dragon returns with renewed strength. B11.11.1
- Dog returns from dead to clear master of murder. B134.5
- Fly habitually buzzes when cleric returns from matins. B251.2.4
- Wolf returns sheep stolen from saint. B256.11
- Person returns to original form when tabu is broken. A person originally transformed from an animal or an object returns to that form when the origin is mentioned. (Cf. C31.2, C33.1, C35.1, C440, C441.) C963
- Person returns to original animal form when tabu is broken. C963.1
- Person returns to original egg form when tabu is broken. C963.2
- Person returns to original vegetable form when tabu is broken. C963.3
- Swine bridegroom. Bride disenchants him by her love. He returns to original form. D733.2
- Magic object returns to original place. D868
- Magic mango returns to tree for broken tabu. D868.1
- Magic stone hits everything and returns by itself. (Cf. D931.) D1401.5