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- Demons injure and strangle little children. G302.9.4
- Reductio ad absurdum of riddle: stallions of Babylon. "Why is my mare restless when stallions of Babylon neigh?" Hero beats cat for having strangled a cock last night in Babylon (impossible distance away). H572
- Bear mistaken for a foreigner. The strong man meets a bear in the forest, takes it for a German and struggles with it. Having strangled the bear, fears he has killed a man. J1762.8
- Fairies help forgotten child, but strangle child trying to imitate good luck. J2415.4
- Literal fool strangles the hawk. On last trip he has lost the gloves and has been told that he should have put them in his bosom. He puts the hawk inside his shirt. J2461.1.5
- Hare persuades wolf and fox to put their heads in loops on rope and thus strangles them to death. K713.3
- Tying the cattle: trickster ties them so tightly they are strangled. K1447
- Animal strangled by victim which he tries to eat. K1643
- Death by drowning: man strangles to death on drinking water. M341.2.3.1
- Adventures from trying to strangle oneself in tree. N776.2
- "God has no use for me, and the devil will not take me." On the way home the bold woman is strangled by the devil. (Cf. Q582.5.) Q333.1
- King strangles falcon when it kills eagle. (Cf. Q211.6.) Q424.1
- Man strangles friar for attempting to seduce his wife. (Cf. Q243.2.1.) Q424.3
- Miser dreams that he spends some money. Strangles himself in his sleep. W153.6
- The goat who would not leave the hazel bush. Final formula: The devil goes to strangle the Jew, the Jew to kill the ox, the ox to drink the water, the water to quench the fire, the fire to burn the stone, the stone to blunt the axe, the axe to cut the rope, the rope to tie the hunter, the hunter to shoot the goat – the goat leaves the hazel bush, the wee goat leaves the hazel bush. Z39.1.1