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- God (deity) girdled with snakes; on his forehead shines the moon. A123.10
- Moon made from shining fragments. A cap is opened and shining things fall out. Children pick them up and put them into a box. At the end of the month the box is full. The full moon shines when all the fragments are gathered together. A742
- Why sun shines on Saturday (Friday). A1177
- Magic castle shines from afar. (Cf. D1131, F771.) D1645.3
- Well shines at night. (Cf. D926.) D1645.9
- Well shines at night. F718.5
- Sword shines as fire or as the sun. F833.4.1
- Sun shines but two hours the day of hero's funeral. F960.2.6.1
- Sun shines during night. F961.1.5
- Sun shines for twelve days and nights after death of holy person. F961.1.5.1
- Star shines in day. F961.2.3
- Troll bursts when sun shines on him. Or he may become stone. G304.2.5
- Apple as chastity index: shines as long as woman is chaste. (Cf. D981.1.) H434.1
- Glowworm thinks he shines like stars. J953.12
- Animals each think moon shines for his benefit. J953.15
- Contest in seeing sunrise first: sun on the trees. The fox places himself on a hill facing the east; the hog in a lower place facing the high trees to the west. The sun shines on the top of the trees, and the hog wins. (Sometimes told with human actors.) K52.1
- Star shines through day of Nativity. (Cf. F961.2.) V211.1.2