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- Mortal as umpire of quarrel between gods. A187.2
- Magic objects acquired by acting as umpire for fighting heirs. When hero gets hold of objects he refuses to return it. D832
- Strangers umpire beauty contest. H1596.2
- Laurel and olive tree scorn thornbush as umpire in their dispute as to who is most useful. J411.7
- Brothers compose quarrel and save umpire's fee. J552.5
- Which is coldest season? Rainy season or winter (debate between animals). Solution by man as umpire: neither as cold as windy season. J1664.1
- Thief as umpire in contest. Three men are quarreling over the possession of a rescued girl. The umpire will give her to the one who soonest returns with the arrow he shoots. While they run, he takes the girl. K342
- Umpire awards his own stolen coat to thief. K419.3
- Unjust umpire as trickster's confederate. (Cf. K455.7.) K451
- Unjust umpire decides a religious dispute. His confederate thus wins an absurd wager. K451.1
- The wager that sheep are hogs. A trickster wagers with a sheep driver that the sheep he is driving are hogs. The next man to overtake them will act as umpire. The trickster's confederate now arrives and declares that they are hogs. K451.2
- Unjust umpire misappropriates disputed goods. K452
- Dividing the discovered oyster. The umpire takes the oyster itself as fee and gives each contestant half the shell. K452.1
- Unjust umpire keeps the stakes when contest cannot be decided. K452.2
- Respite while captor acts as umpire between captives. K579.5
- Girl as umpire in suitor test (shooting arrows) escapes. K1227.8
- Man umpires dispute in exchange for guarantee of safety. Disputants, bear and tiger, agree not to eat him. M222
- Wager that falsehood is better than truth. Left to unjust umpire, so that falsehood wins. N61