• The Prose Edda (The Younger Edda)

• Eldest god born in front, younger at back. (Cf. A112.7.) A161.5
• Old god slain by young god. A192.1.1
• Moon younger brother of the sun. A745.3
• Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young. A2229.5
• Why young ravens have white feathers. A2313.5
• Mermaid appears once each year, sings in choir, entices young man to follow her. B81.3.2
• Helpful bird hatched by hero. Hero holds eagle's egg in hand and hatches it. Young eagle becomes his helper. B317
• Animal grateful for rescue of its young. B365
• Bird grateful for rescue of its young. B365.0.1
• Saint cures the blind young ones of a hyena or wolf by the sign of the cross and the application of his saliva. (Cf. D1500.1.8.1.) The animal mother is grateful. B384
• Snake grateful because man feeds her young snakes milk. B391.1.2
• Hero kills horse to feed young ravens. B391.3
• Female bears have no breasts to nurse their young – suck paws. B725
• Animal's fanciful treatment of their young. B751
• Snake swallows young to protect them. B751.1
• Pelican kills young and revives them with own blood. B751.2
• Animal neglects its young. B751.5
• Male rabbit bears young. Female rabbit escaped Noah on ark and drowned. B754.4
• Eagle catches gazelle's young as it is born. B754.7.2
• Tabu: giving younger daughter in marriage before elder. C169.2

all 196 in the index →

• Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 90 90.— THE YOUNG GIANT.
• Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 147 147._THE OLD MAN MADE YOUNG AGAIN.
• Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 18 XVIII. OLD AND YOUNG WOMEN.

• ATU 1346A* 'Guess how Many Eggs I Have and you shall Get all Seven!' A fool (farmer) says to his companion, 'If you can tell me how many eggs I have in my bag (young pigs my sow brought forth) you will get all seven (four, ten)
• ATU 1623* An Old Hen Instead of a Young One
• ATU 1676D 'That's my Head!' Several young men (at an inn) dare each other to steal a skull from a graveyard
• ATU 171A* The Bear Plays with the Boar's Young
• ATU 1832T* 'Who Was the Father of Noah's Sons' A foolish farmer (young man) wants to become a sexton (teacher)
• ATU 244C* The Raven Drowns his Young who Promise to Aid him when he Becomes Old
• ATU 293B* The Mushroom Reviles the Young Oak for clinging to it
• ATU 514** A Young Woman Disguised as a Man is Wooed by the Queen (previously The Court Physician)
• ATU 56 The Fox through Sleight Steals the Young Magpies
• ATU 56A The Fox Threatens to Cut Down the Tree and Gets Young Birds (previously The Fox Threatens to Push Down the Tree)