Marvels

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• Golden bridge. F842.1.4
• Bridge of straw. F842.1.5
• Extraordinary bridge miscellaneous. F842.2
• Perilous trap bridge. High in center. One end rises when one steps on it and throws him backwards. F842.2.1
• Perilous trap-gate. F842.2.1.1
• Bridge which falls when mounted. F842.2.2
• Extraordinary span of bridge. F842.2.3
• Bridge of boats across sea. F842.2.3.1
• Under-water bridge. F842.2.3.2
• Under-water causeway (to otherworld). (Cf. F93.) F842.2.4
• Extraordinary rope. F843
• Rope made of person's hair. F843.1
• Extraordinary nail. (Cf. F841.1.7.) F844
• Extraordinary bed. F846
• Perilous bed. F846.1
• Golden bed. F846.2
• Extraordinary web (of guts). F847
• Extraordinary ladder (stair). F848
• Girl's long hair as ladder into tower. Rapunzel. F848.1
• Ladder of fingers (toes). F848.2
• Ladder of bones. (Usually bones are stuck in side of steep and slippery mountain.) F848.3
• Ladder of fire. F848.4
• Staircase of glass. F848.5
• Extraordinary food. F851
• Extraordinary coffin. F852
• Glass coffin. F852.1
• Series of glass coffins. (Cf. F852.4.) F852.1.1
• Golden coffin. F852.2
• Silver coffin. F852.3
• Series of enclosed coffins. Coffins of gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, and wood, each inside the other. (Cf. F852.1.1.) F852.4
• Extraordinary image. F855
• Image with pointing finger. Inscription says, "Dig here." Treasure etc. found when directions are followed. F855.1
• Statues animated by water or wind. F855.2
• Gold (silver) statue of animal. F855.3
• Peacocks of gold. F855.3.1
• Dogs of gold and silver. F855.3.2
• Golden dove. F855.3.3
• Image takes thousand men to carry it. F855.4
• Extraordinary loom. F856
• Loom made of woman's breasts with vagina as shuttle. F856.1
• Extraordinary broom (besom). F857
• Golden besom (broom). F857.1
• Golden plow. F858
• Extraordinary wagon (cart, carriage, etc.) F861
• Golden wagon (chariot). F861.1
• Golden wagon drawn by moles. F861.1.1
• Golden wagon drawn by four golden elephants. F861.1.2
• Winged chariot. F861.2
• Flying carts. F861.2.1
• Scythed chariot. F861.2.2
• Wagon of jewels. F861.3
• Cart of lapis lazuli and gold with golden wheels. F861.3.1
• Carriage from extraordinary material. F861.4
• Carriage made from turnip. F861.4.1
• Wagon made from nutshell, drawn by duck. F861.4.2
• Carriage from pumpkin. F861.4.3
• Chariots of fire. F861.4.4
• Extraordinary horseshoe. F862
• Golden horseshoe. F862.1
• Extraordinary chain. F863
• Unbreakable chain. F863.1
• Chains of fire. F863.2
• Extraordinary fetter. F864
• Fetter for Fenris wolf. Made of sound caused by the footfall of cats, beards of women, roots of mountains, sinews of bears, breath of fish, and spittle of birds. F864.1
• Fetter for Loki. F864.2
• Extraordinary pavement. F865
• Pavement of pearl. F865.1
• Extraordinary cup. F866
• Cup of three hundred colors. F866.1
• Gigantic cup. F866.2
• Gigantic drinking horn. F866.2.1
• Golden cup. F866.3
• Golden drinking horn. F866.3.1
• Cup made of skulls. F866.4
• Cup of Gam's egg shell. (Cf. B31.2.) F866.5
• Extraordinarily costly drinking horn. F866.6
• Extraordinary container used for fluids. F866.7
• Hood holds wine as drinking horn. F866.7.1
• Saint able to carry fluid (water, wine, or oil) in broken container, bottomless jar, etc. F866.7.2
• Boy Jesus carries water in his cloak when water bottle is broken. F866.7.2.1
• Extraordinary reel. F867
• Golden reel. F867.1
• Extraordinary saddle. F868
• Golden saddle. F868.1
• Sampo. One side flour mill; one, salt mill; one, mill for coining money. F871
• Extraordinary bath. F872
• Bath of milk. F872.1
• Bath of boiling oil. F872.2
• Bath of blood. (Cf. F955.1.) F872.3
• Bath of blood of dragons, lions, adders, etc. F872.3.1
• Bath of marrow. F872.4
• Bath of molten lead (iron). F872.5
• Bath of fire. F872.5.1
• Bath which makes one insensible for three days. F872.6
• Bath of balsam. (Cf. F162.2.5.) F872.7
• Extraordinary army. F873
• Battle rage. Makes army unconquerable. F873.0.1
• Troops of black, white, and red soldiers. One-third of an army of each. F873.1
• Enormous army camp. F873.2
• Horse's head for extraordinary use. F874
• Horse's head nailed over gate (door). F874.1
• Horse's forehead as golden chair. F874.2
• Horse's skull used as pillow. F874.2.1
• Iron bands around heart to keep it from breaking. When master is disenchanted, bands around heart of faithful servant snap one by one. F875
• Golden spinning-wheel. F876
• Extraordinary threads. F877
• Gold (silver, copper) thread. F877.1
• Egg used as shinny ball. F878
• Extraordinary vessel. F881
• Extraordinarily large vessel. F881.1
• Gigantic cauldron. F881.1.1
• Gigantic ladle. F881.1.2
• Vessel of human bones. F881.2
• Extraordinary fire. F882
• Extraordinary funeral pyre. F882.1
• Multicolored fires. F882.2
• Extraordinary writings (book, letter). F883
• Extraordinary book. F883.1
• Book of glass. F883.1.1
• Book written with black fire on white fire (in God's lap). F883.1.2
• Words of Decalogue legible on both sides. F883.1.3
• Books unscathed by water and fire. F883.1.4
• Book made of sapphires. F883.1.5
• Heavenly books. F883.1.6
• Extraordinary letter (written on human skin). F883.2
• Letter shot into sky. F883.2.1
• Extraordinary field. F885
• Extraordinary key. F886
• Golden key. F886.1
• Extraordinary implements. F887
• Extraordinary plow (made of snakes and drawn by tigers). F887.1
• Extraordinary still (with the beads of crocodiles, owls, and parrots as pots). F891
• Woman's body used as still. F891.1
• Extraordinary hearth. F893
• Extraordinary seat, covered with skins of lice. F894
• Golden swing. F895
• Extraordinary threshing-floor. F896
• Other extraordinary objects. F899
• Extraordinary standard. F899.1
• Extraordinary game-board. F899.2
• Golden game-board. F899.2.1
• Enormous cage. F899.3
• Extraordinary occurrences. F900
• Miracles at certain times. F900.1
• Wonders occur on Hallowe'en. F900.1.1
• Miracles on first night of Passover. F900.1.2
• All miracles created by God at creation. F900.2
• Miracles cease. F900.3
• Miracles in the desert come to an end with death of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. F900.3.1
• Repeated death. (Cf. M341.2.4.2.) F901
• Extraordinary threefold death: falling from rock and tree, drowning. F901.1
• Extraordinary threefold death: wounding, burning, drowning. F901.1.1
• Extraordinary twofold death: burning, drowning. F901.2
• Extraordinary swallowings. F910
• Person (animal) swallowed without killing. F911
• Men swallow men. F911.1
• God swallows his wife and incorporates her into his own being. (Cf. F1034.2.) F911.1.1
• Animals swallow animals. F911.2
• Raven dwells inside a whale. F911.2.1
• Animal swallows man (not fatally). F911.3
• Thumbling swallowed by animals. (Cf. F914.2.) F911.3.1
• Winged serpent as boat: passengers within. F911.3.2
• Animal with men in its belly playing cards, etc. F911.3.3
• Frog eats a rat, a baker, a man, and a horse. F911.3.4
• Jonah. Fish (or water monster) swallows a man. F911.4
• Fish swallows ship. F911.4.1
• Party in canoe swallowed by great clam. F911.4.1.1
• Serpent swallows canoe and occupant. F911.4.1.2
• Giant swallows man. F911.5
• Man builds boat and sails about in giant's belly. F911.5.1
• All-swallowing monster. Has whole towns of people and buildings, etc. inside. F911.6
• Toad (as man) swallows all women's earthenware. F911.6.1
• Serpent swallows man. F911.7
• Victim kills swallower from within. F912
• Victim kills swallower from within by burning. F912.1
• Victim kills swallower from within by cutting. F912.2
• Swallowed person eats on swallower's liver (heart) until disgorged. (Cf. F914, F915.1.) F912.3
• Swallowed person tickles serpent's throat and is disgorged. F912.3.1
• Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) F913
• Smith swallowed by water-monster and rescued by saint. F913.1
• Deity lights a great fire, and all the children ogress has devoured come out of it. F913.2
• Person swallowed and disgorged. F914
• Princess stands in middle of dried-up tank so serpent will release the water, which he had swallowed up completely. F914.1
• Buffalo sucks hero with water it is drinking and throws him up again in game of hide-and-seek. (Cf. F911.3.1.) F914.2
• Tigress swallows abandoned baby again and again, but it comes out from behind. F914.3
• Victim speaks from swallower's body. F915
• Victim pecks on swallower's stomach. (Cf. F912.3.) Bird eaten by king pecks on his stomach. King vomits and bird escapes. F915.1
• One animal jumps through body of another. F916
• Monkey jumps through body of tiger. F916.1
• Whelp leaps through body of hound. F916.2
• Monster swallows people through anus. F917
• Swallowed person becomes bald. F921
• Swallowed person becomes boneless. F921.1
• Swallowed person bereft of clothing. F922
• Tent-house folded and swallowed as means of carrying it. F923
• Extraordinary swallowings – miscellaneous. F929
• Elephant allows jackal to quench his thirst by entering through his mouth to his stomach. F929.1
• Man swallows reptiles. F929.2
• Person unwittingly swallows snake, which kills him. F929.2.1
• Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. F930