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• Creator with appearance of Negro. A19.2
• Banished devil appears on earth only on day of dark moon. A106.2.1.1
• Nature and appearance of the gods. (Cf. A18f.) A120
• Nature and appearance of the gods – miscellaneous. A139
• God appears as an object. A139.8
• Goddess appears as coral reef. A139.8.2
• Deity appears before human being after prayers. A189.6
• Appearance of thunder-spirit. A284.3
• After world catastrophe, new sun reappears and starts new epoch. A719.2
• China first land to appear in our world. A802
• End of world when four (seven) suns appear in sky. A1052.3
• Former age: spirits and ogres lived with men, and gods appeared in human guise. A1101.1.3
• Why salt disappeared from forests. A1196
• Shame for nakedness appears to first woman. (Leaves for clothes). A1383.1
• How God distributed professions: according to the bodily appearance of men. A1650.3.2
• Characteristics of various peoples – in personal appearance. A1660
• The owl is a baker's daughter who objected to the size of the dough put into the oven for Jesus when he appeared in her house as a beggar. A1958.0.1
• All qualities of animals appear with their creation. A2201
• Appearance of animal from marking or painting. A2217
• Beetle makes immoderate request; ant moderate: inverse awards. Creator hears wishes of animals. Beetle wants strong, noble appearance. Ant is modest. Beetle punished by being made to creep on ground. Ant is given own castle. (Cf. A2441.3.1.) A2232.3
• Animal characteristics: general appearance. A2400
• Will-o'-the-wisp is girl cursed by her mother for gathering plants for dyestuffs on Sunday. Will-o'-the-wisp is seen where girl disappeared. A2817.2
• The Bird Gam. Throws sand in a stream and makes a lake. Appears at turn of century. Also carries men. Leaps into the sea and sleeps. B31.2
• Mermaid appears at midnight, entices people into water. B81.3.1
• Mermaid appears once each year, sings in choir, entices young man to follow her. B81.3.2
• Appearance of mermaid. B81.9
• When mermaid appears. B81.12
• Mermaid appears at midnight. B81.12.1
• Mermaid appears once each year. B81.12.2
• Mermaid appears as omen of catastrophe. B81.13.7
• Magic swine disappear underground. B184.3.0.2
• Helpful animal reincarnation of parent. The dead mother appears to the heroine in the form of an animal. B313.1
• The Old Man and Death. Weary old man wishes for death. When Death appears at the summons he asks for help with the load. C11
• Devil invoked: appears unexpectedly. C12
• Devil called on for help. When the devil appears man excuses himself. C12.1
• Mother wishes lazy daughter may marry devil. Devil appears and marries her. C12.4.1
• Devil's name used in curse. Appears. C12.5
• Lost parson says he would rather have devil for guide than clerk who is with him. Devil appears, causes death of both. C12.5.4
• Man swears he will chastise devil for poaching. The devil appears; the man runs; the devil takes man's wife. C12.5.6
• "Adversity" summoned: king says he has heard people speak of adversity but has never seen it; genius of adversity appears. C14
• "Ah me!": ogre's name uttered. He appears. C21
• Wish for animal husband realized. Girl says she will marry a certain animal. Latter appears and carries her off. (Cf. C15.) C26
• Tabu: looking at princess on public appearance. C312.2.1
• Tabu: appearing before king without having been summoned. C563.5
• Object magically appears when tabu is broken. C917
• Tabued pot broken: town appears. C917.1
• Mare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes. C918
• Marvelous cow offended disappears. C918.1
• Helpful animal disappears when tabu is broken. C935
• Transformation: man of low caste takes on prince's appearance, and transforms prince to take on his. D22.2
• Magic change to different appearance. D52
• Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. D61
• When a wer-tiger is injured, similar marks appear on the human body of man who has possessed it. D112.2.1.1
• Person changes appearance at will. D631.1.1
• Disenchantment by proper person waking from magic sleep. The enchanted person appears three times and if the sleeper does not wake by the third time the enchantment must last. D762
• Disenchantment when superhuman task is finished. Enchanted person appears every seven years in human form and puts one stitch in a smock. When it is finished, she will be delivered. D791.1.2
• Magic object mysteriously disappears. D863
• Magic object mysteriously disappears. D867
• Magic object disappears at owner's death. D867.1
• Magic skin makes person appear ugly. (Cf. D1005.) D1337.2.5
• Magic object causes humps to appear on back. (Cf. F344.1.) D1375.5
• "Milk-medicine" causes milk to appear in woman's breast. (Cf. D1241.) D1379.5
• Magic object causes person to disappear. D1405
• Magic ring causes person to disappear. D1405.1
• Magic sack contains soldiers which appear when it is struck. (Cf. D1193.) D1421.5.3
• Reading from magic book causes road to appear. (Cf. D1266.) D1484.2
• Jewelry intended by groom for prospective bride strangely disappears and a slip of paper alone is left in box. (Cf. D1071.) D1641.14
• Lotus disappears whenever anyone tries to pluck it. (Cf. D975.1.) D1641.15
• Washers at the ford. Appearance of female figure washing bloody armor, chariot cushions, or human limb (at ford) as sign of coming disaster in battle. (Cf. A485.1, E761.1, M301.6.1, Z129.2.2.) D1812.5.1.1.6
• Food and drink appear and disappear in otherworld. (Cf. D1030, D1040.) D1982.4
• Thread made to appear as a large log carried by a cock. D2031.2
• Druid makes self appear ugly on one side, beautiful on other. (Cf. D2031.0.4.) D2031.4.1
• Magician appears as swineherd, dwarf, and giant in order to seduce queen and scorns her later in the same shapes. D2031.4.2
• Magician appears as beggar or old man in order to free prisoners. D2031.4.3
• Man made to appear to pursuers as woman carrying babe. D2031.6.1
• Son made to appear to pursuers as spinning wheel, buck, and hog. D2031.6.2
• Lonesome wife scares robbers by making it appear that her husband is at home. D2031.6.3
• Horse made to appear as tree-trunk. D2031.7
• Enemy's last arrow made to appear crooked so that he does not use it, and adversary gets time to kill him. D2031.9
• Spear made to appear as a reed in order to kill treacherously. D2031.10
• Goat appears to be two every time man aims. D2031.15
• Storm appears to be island. D2031.17
• Person appears to be in several places at once. D2031.18
• Thirst magically caused to disappear. (Cf. D1349.1.) D2033
• Person killed by spike magically made to appear on chair. D2061.2.6
• Sheep or cattle disappear every night. D2087.3
• Cow and cowherd disappear every New Year's night. D2087.3.1
• Men disappear every night. D2087.4
• Man makes all of iron in enemy's storehouse disappear so weapons cannot be made. D2089.1
• Magic disappearance. D2095
• Magic village and people disappear by magic. D2095.1
• Magic journey: man left on land appears in ship. D2121.11
• Cloud magically appears. D2147.2
• Sea appears like flowery plain. (Cf. F931.3.1.) D2151.1.4
• Stream magically appears. D2151.2.5
• River appears at prayer of desert travelers. D2151.2.5.1
• Magic disappearance. (Cf. D1641.) D2188
• Ability to disappear or appear at will. D2188.1
• Garment appears and disappears in reply to command. D2188.1.1
• Man disappears, leaving only his ring. D2188.2.1