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- Making the earth smaller. Earth made too large. God learns from devil by trickery how to make it smaller. A852
- Animal's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302
- Mouse's body made smaller. A2302.1
- Hazel-cock's body made smaller. (Cf. A2231, A2213.1.) A2302.2
- Squirrel's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302.3
- Eagle's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302.4
- Wolf's body made smaller. (Cf. A2213.1.) A2302.5
- Lice made smaller. A2302.6
- Person becomes magically smaller. D55.2
- Castle magically made smaller. D491.5
- Life in land of dead contrary to ours. People grow younger and smaller till they become nothing and are reborn. E489.2
- Devil becomes smaller and smaller. G303.3.5.2
- Explanation of phenomenon: large pond emptying itself into several smaller pools (man may spend without getting any return). H614.2
- The smaller the evil the better. Therefore choose the smallest woman possible for a bride. J229.10
- King improves kingdom before leaving it to his sons. He leaves it smaller but much stronger and richer. J701.2
- Boy cannot read a book written with smaller letters than those he was reading at school. J2258
- Thief hoping to gain bigger booty, loses smaller. K421.1
- The double-cheating miller. He confesses that he has an oversized measure and agrees to get a smaller one. He measures back the grain in the smaller measure. K486
- Large animal frightened by smaller showing him well rope (for his tail), curds (for spit), winnowing fans (for ears). K1715.12
- Hermes distributes wit. Gives everyone the same measure of wit, so that the smaller are more clever than the large. L301