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- Moon is wife to all twelve brothers of the sun and they have her a month at a time because she ate up her sisters. A753.1.4.2
- Twelve iron pillars steady the earth. A841.3
- Hail-storm leaves twelve chief rivers in Ireland. A934.6
- Creator establishes twelve winds, each a different color. A1129.1.1
- Twelve-headed dragon. B11.2.3.5
- Twelve-headed serpent. B15.1.2.10.1
- Twelve-legged bird. B15.6.3.2
- Cow with two bags: one containing a one-legged bird; the other, a twelve-legged bird. B15.7.9.1
- Eagle with twelve wings and three heads. B15.7.16
- Cow gives twelve measures of milk for the twelve apostles of Ireland. B251.2.10
- Tabu: on looking at daughter for twelve years. C312.3
- Twelve stones unite to make one. [Inadvertant duplication of F1009.4.] D491.6
- Disenchantment by naked virgin undergoing frightful journey at midnight. She must come naked and alone on St. John's night between twelve and one, climb the castle walls, and enter the treasure chamber. D759.3
- Disenchantment if twelve men will not leave castle for a year. D759.4
- Twelve as magic number. D1273.1.5
- Magic clairvoyant windows. Twelve, each more powerful than the next. (Cf. D1145.) D1323.3
- Blood of twelve buffaloes vitalizes tiger. (Cf. D1016.) D1594.4
- Spear rushes out of joking raja's hand and pierces his visitor's chest; it is hungry for blood and has had no food for twelve years. D1601.4.2.1
- Garden that has not bloomed for twelve years does so when girl steps into it. (Cf. D961.) D1667.4
- Walking around a grave twelve times backward will raise the ghost. E386.4
Episodes
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 9 9.— THE TWELVE BROTHERS.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 67 67.— THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 2 (2) 2.— THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
- The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged · Tract 11: The Golden Tripod (Basil Valentine, The Twelve Keys)