Marvels

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• Spirits of various kinds of disease. F493.1
• Demon of Consumption. F493.1.1
• Demon of colic. F493.1.2
• Experiences with pestilence spirit. F493.2
• Person who speaks with pestilence dies. F493.2.1
• Two pestilence spirits speak together. F493.2.2
• Protection against pestilence spirit. F493.3
• Upon destruction of pestilence-spirit, plague ceases. F493.3.1
• Pestilence-spirit "bound" by magic. F493.3.2
• Magic protection against pestilence-spirit. F493.3.3
• Demons spread pestilence by means of "heat and fury". F493.4
• Sign of great plague: sky seems afire. F493.5
• Land-spirits. F494
• Guardian spirit of land. F494.1
• Swamp spirit guards buried treasure. F494.1.1
• Spirit of boundaries. F494.2
• Earth spirit. F494.3
• Stone-spirit. F495
• Demon of gluttony. F496
• Saint possessed by demon of gluttony. F496.1
• Fire-spirits. F497
• Conversation of two fire-spirits. Shall house be burned? F497.1
• Sundry other spirits. F499
• Sky-spirit. F499.1
• Spirit of light. F499.1.1
• Nymphs of Paradise (houris). F499.2
• Jinns. F499.3
• Jinns have no bones in their arms: they have only four fingers and no thumbs. F499.3.1
• Jinns entitled to share in fruits of the earth. F499.3.2
• Jinns frequent graveyards, ruined houses, or an altar of sacrifice. F499.3.3
• Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits. F500
• Person consisting only of head. (Cf. F511.) F501
• Monstrous persons. F510
• Monstrous races. F510.1
• Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.) F511
• Headless person. (Cf. F401.4, F531.1.2.1.) F511.0.1
• Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast. F511.0.1.1
• Headless persons cannot smell or hear. F511.0.1.2
• Person with more than one head. F511.0.2
• Two-headed person. F511.0.2.1
• Three-headed person. F511.0.2.2
• Three-headed woman. F511.0.2.2.1
• Four-headed person. F511.0.2.3
• Six-headed man. F511.0.2.4
• Persons whose heads are stone-hammers. F511.0.3
• Person with iron head. F511.0.3.1
• Man carries his head under his arm. F511.0.4
• Man cuts off own head and throws it against enemy. F511.0.4.1
• Man with half a head. F511.0.5
• Beheaded man's head replaced crooked. F511.0.6
• Man with venomous worm in his head. F511.0.7
• Gigantic skull of ancient king discovered. F511.0.8
• Person with animal's head. (Cf. F511.1.3, F526.) F511.0.9
• Person with horse's head. F511.0.9.1
• Person with calf's head. F511.0.9.2
• Person with serpent's head. F511.0.9.3
• Person unusual as to his face. F511.1
• Person without features (with flat face). F511.1.0.1
• Two-faced person. Janus. F511.1.1
• Three-faced person. F511.1.2
• Person with animal face. F511.1.3
• Person with face of ape. F511.1.3.1
• Person with green face. F511.1.4
• Person unusual as to his ears. (Cf. F542.) F511.2
• Person with ears on breast. F511.2.1
• Person with ass's (horse's) ears. Midas. F511.2.2
• Person with cat's ears. F511.2.2.1
• Person with many ears. F511.2.3
• Person without ears. F511.2.4
• Person with horns. F511.3
• Person with horns of silver. F511.3.1
• Person unusual as to his eyes. (Cf. F531.1.1, F541.1.) F512
• Person with one eye. F512.1
• Person with one eye in center of forehead. (Cf. F441.4.1, F531.1.1.1.) F512.1.1
• Three women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.) F512.1.2
• Person with one eye in back of head. F512.1.3
• Doorkeeper with one human eye, one cat's eye. F512.1.4
• Person with many eyes. F512.2
• Persons (animals) with four (six) eyes. F512.2.1
• Three-eyed person. F512.2.1.1
• Eight-eyed person. F512.2.1.2
• Person with twelve eyes. F512.2.1.3
• Argos. Has eyes all over body. F512.2.2
• Person with eyes in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) F512.3
• Person with eyes in back of head. F512.4
• Person without eyes. F512.5
• Person unusual as to his mouth. (Cf. F544.) F513
• Person with mouth in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) F513.0.1
• Person with mouths all over body. F513.0.2
• Mouthless people. F513.0.3
• Person with mouth in breast. F513.0.4
• Person unusual as to his teeth. (Cf. F544.3, F531.1.6.2.) F513.1
• Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.) F513.1.1
• Person with many teeth. F513.1.2
• Person with three rows of teeth. F513.1.2.1
• Person with poisonous tooth. Poison dissolves flesh. F513.1.3
• Person without teeth. F513.1.4
• Person without tongue. F513.2
• People who leave lower jaws at home when they go to market to prevent quarrels. F513.3
• Person unusual as to his nose. (Cf. F531.1.6.6, F543). F514
• Noseless person. F514.1
• Men with birds' beaks. F514.2
• Person with cat's snout. (Cf. F511.2.2.1.) F514.3
• Person with crook(s) on end of the nose. F514.4
• Person grows a second nose. F514.5
• Person unusual as to his hands. (Cf. F552.) F515
• Person without hands. F515.0.1
• Persons with many hands. F515.0.2
• Hundred-handed giants. F515.0.2.1
• Person with unusual fingers. F515.1
• Person's fingers not separated from one another. F515.1.1
• Person with unusual fingernails. F515.2
• Fingernail that can conceal basin-load of food. F515.2.1
• Person with very long fingernails. F515.2.2
• Men with tails on their hands. F515.3
• Boy with seal flippers. F515.4
• Tribe of left-handed people. F515.5
• Person unusual as to his arms. F516
• Armless people. F516.1
• Armless people have legs growing from their shoulders. Use toes in place of fingers. F516.1.1
• People with many arms. F516.2
• Six-armed earthborn men. F516.2.1
• People with four arms. F516.2.2
• Man with a thousand arms. F516.2.3
• Long-armed people. F516.3
• Man with elastic reach. F516.4
• Person unusual as to his legs. F517
• Person with one leg. F517.0.1
• Long-legged people. F517.0.2
• Man with legs so long he can steady boat as he stands in ocean. F517.0.2.1
• Person unusual as to his feet. (Cf. F551.) F517.1
• Person without feet. (Cf. F167.7.) F517.1.1
• Person with one foot. F517.1.1.1
• Person with many feet. F517.1.2
• Four-footed man. F517.1.2.1
• Men with sponge-feet. F517.1.3
• Person with claws on the feet. F517.1.4
• Person with knees backwards. F517.1.5
• Men whose feet turn backward so that they will not stub toes. F517.1.5.1
• Person with horse's hoofs. F517.1.6
• Person with feet like elephant's. F517.1.7
• Soles of man's feet covered with hair. F517.1.8
• Persons with tails. F518
• Person with unusual covering. F521
• Man covered with hair like animal. F521.1
• Woman with animal hair. F521.1.1
• Feathered people. F521.2
• Men of metal. F521.3
• Man of bronze. (Talos). Has single vein from neck to ankle and bronze nail at end of vein. This is the only vulnerable spot. F521.3.1
• Man of iron. F521.3.2
• Person with body of gold. F521.3.3
• Girl's body-dirt is golden. F521.3.3.1
• Person with golden anus. F521.3.3.2
• Person with body of silver. F521.3.4
• Silver king with silver attendants. Is on a silver horse accompanied by silver cock, bird, and dog. F521.3.4.1
• Person with wings. F522
• Person with wings on feet (head). F522.1
• Two persons with bodies joined. Siamese twins. F523
• Person with several bodies. F524
• Person with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighs. F524.1
• Person with half a body. As if body has been split in two. F525
• One-sided man. F525.1
• Man with one side of stone (iron). F525.1.1
• Man splits into two parts. F525.2
• Tribe of one-eyed, one-footed, one-handed men. F525.3
• Person with one foot (one hand, and one eye). F525.3.1
• Person (Antichrist) with flat body. F525.4
• Giant with limbs and organs only on his left side. F525.5
• Person without back. F525.6
• Person with compound body. F526
• Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains. F526.1
• Scylla. Breast and face of woman. From flanks has six heads and twelve feet of dogs. F526.2
• Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings. F526.3
• Beast-like anchorite. Walks on all fours; covered with hair like beast; has horns like beast. (Cf. F521.1.) F526.4
• Men with two faces, three legs, and seven arms (or other such combinations). F526.5
• Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent. F526.6
• Person of unusual color. F527
• Red person. F527.1
• Red knight. F527.1.1
• Green knight. F527.2
• Blue man. F527.3
• Brown man with white back. F527.4
• Black man. (Cf. F548.1, F573.) F527.5
• Half red and half blue strong man. F527.6
• Other monstrous persons. F529
• Persons with punctured bodies. May be carried on a pole put through the orifice; may be hung up on a peg. F529.1
• People without anuses. F529.2
• People without anuses make them by sitting on pegs. F529.2.1
• Man with grass growing from his joints. F529.3
• Person has small animal within his body. F529.4
• Person with transparent body. F529.5
• Person with enormous belly. F529.6
• Boneless person. F529.7
• Person without joints. F529.7.1
• Monkey-like little people. F529.8
• Exceptionally large or small men. F530
• Giant. A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400–G599.) F531
• Biblical worthy as giant. F531.0.1
• Giant as Creator's servant. F531.0.2
• Generation of men at the Deluge gigantic. F531.0.3