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- Man in the moon is an old woman busy with her spindle. A751.8.1
- Magic spindle. D1186
- Spindle causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1186.) D1364.17
- Magic spindle brings back prince for heroine. (Cf. D1186.) D1425.1
- King who finds golden bow and arrow (spindle) knows an heir will be born to him. D1812.5.2.9
- Task: making sails for ship from one bundle of linen; countertask: making spindle and loom from one stick of wood. (Cf. H951.) H1022.3
- Task: making boat from splinters of a spindle and shuttle. H1022.7
- Prophecy: death through spindle wound. M341.2.13
- Spindle dropped into well leads to adventures. N777.4
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