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- Buffaloes fail to come at god's leavetaking: now are killed by tigers. A2231.12
- Trees fail to come at god's leavetaking, now bear bitter fruit. A2721.7
- Tabu: taking fruit and fish dedicated to goddess. (Cf. C221, C225, C241.) C51.2.2.1
- Tabu: taking the advice of a woman. C195
- Tabu: partaking of certain feast. C286
- Tabu: speaking while taking a bath. C401.6
- Tabu: taking down corpse of hanged man. C541.5
- Tabu: partaking of the one forbidden object. C620
- Compulsion: taking back talisman which opened treasure mountain. Hero takes treasure and forgets the talisman. C652
- Tabu: taking more than one fruit from certain tree. C762.4
- Tabu: taking census. C897.2
- Transformation to swans by taking chains off neck. (Cf. D161.) D536.1
- Disenchantment by taking off bridle. Man transformed to horse (ass) thus released. D722
- Disenchantment by taking key from serpent's mouth at midnight. The disenchanter is to take the key (three keys) from the mouth of the woman in serpent form with his own mouth. D759.1
- Taking tile from witch's house forces her to reveal herself. G257.4
- Taking snuff with the devil. G303.9.9.8
- Devil is blamed by monk for taking what does not belong to him. Devil denies accusation. G303.25.10
- Genie in form of smoke, taking shape with three wings, one on back. G369.2
- Ordeal: taking stone out of bucket. Color indicates guilt or innocence. H233
- Task: taking a stick from the body. (Fingernail.) H1021.7
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