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- Magic saddle. D1209.2
- Magic wishing-saddle. (Cf. D1209.2.) D1470.1.21
- Extraordinary saddle. F868
- Golden saddle. F868.1
- Test of curiosity: the paternoster. Plowman is promised a horse if he can say a paternoster without thinking of anything else. In the midst of the recitation, he asks if he will get the saddle and bridle too. He loses bargain. H1554.3
- All appurtenances included. Butcher buyer demands saddle and ornaments along with camel (or the like). Seller later buys all heads in butcher shop: demands heads of butcher's family. J1293.5
- The ass deprived of his saddle. A man's coat is stolen when he leaves his ass for a moment. He takes the saddle off the ass and says that he will give it back if the ass will return the coat. J1862
- Man puts bag of meal on one side of saddle, balances it on the other side with a rock. J1874.2
- Lost ass, saddle, and bridle offered as reward to the finder. J2085.1
- The philosophical watchman. A master sets his servant to keep watch over his horse at night. He soon asks the servant if he is asleep. "No, I was thinking of who created so many stars in the sky." The second time the servant answers, "No, I was thinking of who dug the sea. Where did he put the soil?" The third time: "I was wondering who would carry the saddle now that the horse is stolen." J2377
- Imitation of diagnosis by observation: ass's flesh. A doctor tells his patient that he has eaten too much chicken, and this the patient confesses. The doctor's son wants to know how the diagnosis was made. The doctor says that as he rode up he observed chicken feathers and made his conclusions. The son imitates. He sees an ass's saddle. Diagnosis: you have eaten too much ass's flesh. J2412.4
- The man helps the horse against the stag. The horse must agree to be saddled and bridled. The man then refuses to release him. K192
- "Old Saddle" granted by the king. This is the name of an estate, which the king unwittingly gives away. K193.1
- Sham miracle: rupees turn to ashes. Cheat tells man rupees carried by horse in sack will turn to ashes if man's tired wife rides on its back. Man promises to pay him back if that should happen. Ashes fall from under saddle when woman does and cheat collects. K1975.2
- Offended rats gnaw saddle girths of king's horses so that he is defeated in battle. L316
- Vow to wed no man who fears to saddle and mount a lion. M145.1
- Fortune from informing foreign king of use of saddle, bridle, and stirrups. N411.3
- Stupid man grabs tiger in the dark, ties it up, and saddles it, believing it to be a horse. It happens to be the tiger for whose capture a reward has been offered. N691.1.2
- Punishment: being saddled and ridden as horse. Q493
- Heads of defeated enemies hung on conqueror's saddle. S139.2.2.1.4