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Motifs
- Repartee concerning runaway horses. J1483
- Where his mule will. A man on a runaway mule is asked, "Where are you going?" "Wherever my mule wants to." J1483.2
- Runaway cavalry-hero. When the sham hero goes to war his horse runs away with him. To save himself he grasps a cross from a graveyard and waves it from side to side, putting the enemy to flight. K1951.2
- Runaway cavalry hero tears out limbs of dead trees. K1951.2.1
- Runaway horse carries bride to her lover. Bridegroom unwittingly hires a horse belonging to his rival for his bride to ride to the wedding. A storm arises and the horse carries her to his master. N721
- Runaway ox leads pursuer to burial place of Adam and Eve. N774.3.1