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- Why the sky receded upward: it was struck by a woman's pestle. A625.2.2
- Raising the sky: striking with broom. Old woman's hump strikes clouds as she sweeps. She strikes at sky with broom and thus raises it. A625.2.3
- Creation of first man's (woman's) mate. A1275
- First woman's mate made from transformed tree. A1275.6
- Origin of knee-caps. A stone that magically joins self to woman's body. A1312.1
- [First Edition: A2102. Fish from Woman's severed fingers. (Cf. A1724.1.)] A2102[1st ed.]
- Bird has red spot on its tail as reward for having moved woman's organ to its present position. A2229.6
- Snake sucks milk from woman's breast. A2435.6.2.1
- Satyr reveals woman's infidelity. B24.1
- Snake body-woman's head. B29.2.3
- Siren. Bird with woman's head. B53
- Bird betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B134.1.) B131.3
- Dog betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B1313.) B134.1
- Snake attaches itself to a woman's breast and draws away her milk while she sleeps. B765.4.1
- Man commends wife to devil. Devil takes the charge seriously and guards woman's chastity during husband's absence. C12.4
- Tabu: man entering woman's quarters in her absence. C182.2
- Woman's breasts dry up because of broken tabu. C942.4
- Petrification when woman's voice is heard. D529.1
- Cat's paw cut off: woman's hand missing. A man spends a night in a haunted mill, where he cuts off a cat's paw. In the morning the miller's wife has lost her hand. (Cf. D142, D621.1.1.) D702.1.1
- Hog's forefoot cut off: woman's hand missing. D702.1.2