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- Why elephant hurts himself when running through the grass: mouse's curse. A2239.10
- Mythical bird running before the sun bears inscription of golden letters. B7.3
- Wolf boy (girl) running around with wolf and cubs recovered by parents after six years: recognized by scar. B635.2
- Patient fed salt: animal comes out for water. The patient is fed salt or heavily salted food and allowed no water for several days. He then stands with mouth open before a supply of fresh water, often a running brook. The thirsty animal emerges to get fresh water. B784.2.1
- Tabu: running a race. C865
- Magic by creeping (running, pulling) through a hole. D1795
- Fairy unable to cross running stream. F383.2
- Skillful smith shoes running horse. F663.1
- Skillful flayer skins running rabbit. F664.1
- Woman flays running deer. F664.1.1
- Skillful barber shaves running hare. F665.1
- Marvelous runner keeps leg tied up. To prevent him from running away. F681.1
- Devil hides in clothes of people running from storm. G303.6.2.12
- Devil cannot follow man over running water. (Cf. F383.2, G273.4.) G303.16.19.13
- Giant ogre tricked into running round a tree the branches of which catch the strokes of his iron bar, until he falls down dead. G519.5
- Clever jackal covers up his clumsiness in catching cows by saying he was running to and fro because he was looking for the fattest calf. J873.2
- The dog between the two castles. In castles on opposite hills guards play different tunes during meals. The dog goes toward the music in one castle but when he is about half way up the hill the music begins on the other. He keeps alternating and running up and down until the meals are over and he gets nothing. J2183.1
- Race won by deception: rabbit as "little son" substitute. A man challenged by an ogre to a running race persuades the ogre to race with his little son instead. By this he means a rabbit. (Cf. K12.2, K15.1.) K11.6
- Buying foxes "as they run". Man sells three hundred foxes to buyer who agrees to "take them as they run": reds, silvers, crosses. He gets a large payment to bind the bargain, waves his hand at the woods: "I sold them as they run; and they're running." K196.1
- Abductors tricked into running race while captive escapes. K624