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- Why Santals eat entrails of hare. A1422.1.1
- Hero kills hostile hound (monster) by tearing (forcing) out its entrails (heart). B17.1.2.2.1
- Treasure produced by goat's entrails. B119.2
- Magic entrails of animal. D1015.3
- Magic entrails of bird. D1015.3.1
- Magic entrails of goat. D1015.3.2
- Entrails of live pigeon placed above house door fetch lover to the spot. D1355.3.4
- Faster one walks, longer the trail. The slower, the shorter. D1783.3
- Trail magically closed. D2089.9
- Trail magically covered with thorns. D2089.9.1
- Wild huntsmen with entrails stringing from open bodies. E501.7.5
- Life (soul) in entrails. E714.11
- Dwarf can draw entrails out of elephant. F451.3.4.11
- Man whose entrails are visible when he laughs. F594
- Giant magic boar slain by tearing out entrails from behind. F981.8
- Witch eats person's entrails (heart). G262.2
- Recognition by tokens left as trail. H88
- Thief guards his pursuer's horse while the latter follows a false trail. Steals the horse. K346.1
- Trail of stolen goods made to lead to dupe. The crane in revenge for the loss of her young ones strews pieces of fish from the dwelling of the mongoose to that of the snake. The mongoose follows the trail and kills the snake. K401.1.1
- Entrails substituted for meat. Prometheus divides slain ox so that bones and entrails seem to be choicest part. (Zeus is not deceived.) K476.1
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