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- Culture hero (god) slays his grandfather. A525.2
- Woman slays faithful mongoose which has saved her child. "A Classical Indian Folk-Tale as a Reported Modern Event: The Brahman and the Mongoose" B331.2.1
- Magic sword slays a man daily. D1402.7.1.1
- Strong man slays monster. F628.1.0.1
- Strong man slays spectre. F628.3
- Cain slays Abel with bone of a camel. (Cf. A1336.) F839.3
- Satan slays the first born of the Egyptians. G303.20.9
- Boy sends magic spear against six-headed ogre and slays him. (Cf. B11.11.) G512.8.3
- Man slays another in order not to be slain himself. J675
- Son slays father in order not to be slain himself. J675.1
- Rock hurled down hill slays enemy passing below. K914.2
- Man with deformed head slays his barbers. K974
- Woman disguises as man to enter enemy's camp. Slays enemy king. K2357.6
- Rabbit slays rhinoceros. L315.12
- Lucky cast from sling slays hostile queen. N623.4
- Girl comes to brother's aid when he is attacked. She slays the assailant and is eventually acquitted. P253.4
- Thor slays his foster father and takes himself the realm of Thrace. P271.8
- Renegade priest punished by death for allowing heathen to defile the host. A knight slays the priest. Q222.1.1
- Thunder slays people for disregard of him. Q552.1.0.2
- Cruel king slays brother and brother's son. S11.3.5