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- Animal characteristics: borrowing and not returning. Animal borrows a member (or quality) from another and refuses to return it. (Cf. A2242, A2313.3, A2345.1, A2351.3, A2375.2.1, A2421.4, A2435.4.1.) A2241
- Animal characteristics: obtaining for feast and not returning. (Cf. A2378.1.5, A2378.2.6.) A2242
- Self-returning dragon's head. (Cf. B11.2.3, B11.11.2.) B11.5.5
- Tabu: turning left side of chariot toward certain place. C643
- The one forbidden thing: returning to home country after marrying fairy. C644
- Tabu: turning aside for anyone. C833.2
- Tabu: turning back after beginning a journey. C833.3
- Tabu: turning away from (refusing requests of) poets. C872
- Transformation by turning magic hood. D568
- Magic sod indicates falsehood by turning grassy surface downward, truth by turning it upward. (Cf. D934.1.) D1316.7
- Turning right-handwise insures safe journey. (Cf. D1272.) D1384.3.1
- Magic sphere burns up country. By turning that part of the globe to the sun, one can make any place on earth burn up. (Cf. D1264.) D1408.1
- Self-returning magic object. (Cf. D868.1.) D1602
- Self-returning robe. (Cf. D1052.) D1602.3
- Self-returning moccasins. (Cf. D1005.4.) D1602.4
- Self-returning bangle. (Cf. D1075.) D1602.5
- Self-returning spear. (Cf. D1084.) D1602.6
- Self-returning spear-head. (Cf. D1084.1.) D1602.6.1
- Self-returning wheel. (Cf. D1207.) D1602.7
- Self-returning bell. (Cf. D1213.) D1602.8.0.1