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[ In a Norse story the hero on entering a forbidden room in a troll's house finds a horse with a pan of burning coals under his nose and a measure of corn at his tail, and when he removes the coals and substitutes the corn, the horse becomes his friend and adviser.]
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[ M. Dozon does not think that Muslim customs allow of a man's marrying three sisters at once; but we find the king does the same in the modern Arab version.]
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[ This recalls the biblical legend of the widow's cruse, which has its exact counterpart in Singhalese folk-lore.]
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[ This recalls the story of the herd-boy who cried "Wolf! wolf!">[
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[ Again the old notion of maternal and paternal instincts; but the children don't often seem in folk-tales, to have a similar impulsive affection for their unknown parents.]