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- Men are monkeys who have lost their tails. A1224.5.1
- Why men lack tails. A1319.2
- Stick (leaf) thrown at animal's rump: hence tails. (Cf. A2378.3.3.) A2215.1
- Hare runs away at creation; almost loses tail. When, as the most timid of all beasts, he runs away, God throws a tail at him from a pile of tails. (Cf. A2378.4.1.) A2215.2
- Devil pulls off goats' tails: hence lack tails. (Cf. A2378.2.2.) A2216.2
- Beaver and muskrat exchange tails. A2247.6
- Pegs driven into backs of baboons become tails. (Cf. A2378.9.2, A2378.1.1.) A2262.2
- God changes color (tails) of devil's cows. Devil makes all animals of same color (or all tailless). When God makes them of different colors (or with tails) devil no longer recognizes them. (Cf. A2378.1.) A2286.2.4
- How goats lost tails. (Cf. A2216.2.) A2378.2.2
- How frogs lost tails. (Cf. A2231.4, A2236.3.) A2378.2.3
- Why baboons have crooked tails. (Cf. A2262.2.) A2378.9.2
- Leopard with nine tails. B15.7.7
- Wolf-tail blankets. Wolves shelter man with their tails. B538.2
- Magic plantain causes four tails to grow. (Cf. D965.11.) D1375.4.1.1
- Forgotten fiancée. Young husband visiting his home breaks tabu and forgets his wife. Later she succeeds in reawakening his memory. (For details of the ways in which the memory is lost and regained see D2004 and D2006. D2003
- Fairies plait manes and tails of horses. F366.2.1
- Huldra-women have cow's tails. (Cf. F232.8, F518, F531.1.6.14.) F460.1.5
- Men with tails on their hands. F515.3
- Persons with tails. F518
- Giantess with a tail (many tails). F531.1.6.14