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- Male sun-god while ascending; female while setting. A227.1
- Man controls rising and setting of sun. A725
- Animal helps saint by setting fire to neglected church. B596
- Hearing thunder on setting forth a good omen. D1812.5.2.3
- [First Edition: E164. Dead body caused to speak by setting door ajar.] E164[1st ed.]
- Ghost unties boats, setting them adrift. E299.5
- Witch snared by setting out milk. Witches attracted by milk. G274.1
- Task: setting back sun. (Cf. D2146.1.1.) H1049.3
- Task: setting out vineyard in one night. H1103
- Task: setting fire to brush wood near abode of sacred cobra. H1156.1
- A step-ladder for setting the table. Servant who leaves off the salt is instructed to bring in the step-ladder so as to see what is missing. J1573.1
- Setting sun mistaken for fire. J1806
- Payment evaded by setting countertasks. K248
- Man betrayed into eating his own children and setting the village on fire. (Cf. K941.2, K944.) K940.1.1
- Faithless wife tricks husband into setting lover free. K2213.10
- Enemies defeated by setting forest afire. K2364.1
- Punishment: tying man to horses and setting vicious hounds after him. (Cf. Q416, S117.) Q415.1.2
- Punishment: setting adrift in boat. Q466.0.2
- Penance: ferryman setting people over a stream until relieved by another. Q521.5
- Shrew tamed by setting another shrew against her. T251.2.1