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- Why animal is slippery. A2306
- Why eel is slippery. A2306.1
- Origin of lady-slipper (calceolaria hybrida). A2658
- Magic slippers. D1065.7
- Magic slippers approve or disapprove judicial decisions. (Cf. D1065.7.) D1326.1
- Magic slipper beats person. (Cf. D1065.2) D1401.7
- Saint kills lion with his slipper. D2156.11
- Resuscitation by removal of poisoned slippers. E21.4
- Glass mountain at borders of otherworld. Mountain is extremely slippery. F145.1
- Extraordinary cliff: thin as a hair, sharp as a blade, slippery as an eel's tail, high as a mast. F808
- Ladder of bones. (Usually bones are stuck in side of steep and slippery mountain.) F848.3
- Slipper test. Identification by fitting of slipper. H36.1
- The king and the cheap slippers. Steward buys the king a pair of slippers. King thinks not enough has been paid for them and refuses them. Steward buys another like the first and charges a good price. Learns that this is the way to deal with kings. J829.1
- Cannibals enticed to climb slippery barricade: fall. K895
- Dupe tricked on to slippery road lined with knives. He kills himself. K897
- Robbers make stairs slippery so that bathing prince falls. K897.3
- False bride fails when husband tests her. Uses slipper test, jumping test, or the like. K1911.3.3
- Unavailing attempt to get rid of slippers; they always return. N211.2
- Murder with poisoned slippers. S111.7
- Love through sight of slipper of unknown princess. T11.4.2