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• Creator with appearance of Negro. A19.2
• Nature and appearance of the gods. (Cf. A18f.) A120
• Nature and appearance of the gods – miscellaneous. A139
• Appearance of thunder-spirit. A284.3
• How God distributed professions: according to the bodily appearance of men. A1650.3.2
• Characteristics of various peoples – in personal appearance. A1660
• 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
• Appearance of mermaid. B81.9
• Tabu: looking at princess on public appearance. C312.2.1
• 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
• Person changes appearance at will. D631.1.1
• 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
• Magic disappearance. D2095
• Magic disappearance. (Cf. D1641.) D2188
• Appearance of revenant. E420
• Ghost seen by two or more persons; they corroborate the appearance. E421.5
• Personal appearance of wild huntsmen. E501.7
• Time of appearance of wild hunt. E501.11
• Place of appearance of wild hunt. E501.12
• Phenomena at appearance of wild hunt. E501.13
• Phenomena at disappearance of wild hunt. E501.16
• Ghost leaves evidence of his appearance. (Cf. E322.3.3.1, E542. 1ff.) E544
• Ghost leaves object after appearance. E544.1
• Appearance of ghost serves as death omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.1, E265.3, E501.20.) E574
• Appearance of his wraith as announcement of person's death. (Cf. E723.2.) E723.6
• Appearance of wraith as calamity omen. E723.8
• Appearance of fairies. F230
• Appearance of fairies – miscellaneous. F239
• Appearance of spirits. F401
• Form and appearance of water-spirits. See F420.5.2.7. F420.1
• Appearance of dwarf. F451.2
• Appearance of trolls. (Cf. G304.1.) F455.2
• Appearance of mountain men. F460.1
• Appearance of brownie. F482.1
• Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits. F500
• Appearance of giant. F531.1
• Disappearance or death of giants. F531.6.12
• Disappearance of giants. F531.6.12.1
• Persons identical in appearance. (Cf. F1072.) F577
• Friends identical in appearance. F577.1
• Brothers identical in appearance. F577.2
• King and fool identical in appearance. F577.3
• Lovers identical in appearance. F577.4
• All people in certain place identical in appearance. F577.5
• Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance. F940
• Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance – miscellaneous. F949
• Bird controls sex and appearance of offspring. Hatches seven eggs – three under each wing and one under breast. The right wing hatches three red males, the left three green females. The egg under the breast shares the characteristics of both sex and color – but dies. F987.1
• Circumstances of demons' appearance. G302.6
• Circumstances of the devil's appearance. G303.6
• Natural phenomena accompanying the devil's appearance. G303.6.3
• The devil's disappearance from the world. G303.17
• Physical circumstances of devil's disappearance. G303.17.2
• Appearance of troll (ogre). (Cf. F455.2.) G304.1
• Choice between worth and appearance. J260
• Change of bodily appearance so as to escape. K521.2
• Disguise by changing bodily appearance. K1821
• Girl marries lover who thought her dead. On reviving she changes her name and disguises her appearance. Eventually marries her former lover. K1839.2
• Girls keep up appearances to deceive suitors as to their desirability. K1984
• Appearance of Death exposes hypocrisy. K2065
• Hero (heroine) of unpromising appearance. L112
• Vows concerning personal appearance. M120
• Appearance of Fortuna. N111.2
• Punishment: disappearance of ill-gotten gains. (Cf. Q585, Q595.) Q552.18
• Fitting destruction (disappearance) of property as punishment. (Cf. Q552.18, Q595.) Q585
• Destruction (disappearance) of property got through immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.) Q585.2
• Appearances deceive. U110
• Other ways in which appearances deceive. U119
• Incredulity as to sacredness of host confounded by miraculous appearance. V33.1
• Incredulity of true transformation of host banished by actual appearance of Jesus's body and blood. V33.1.1
• Appearance of angel. V231
• Appearance of the Apostles. V292.1
• Conversion to Christianity through appearance of the cross and angels. V331.1.2
• Temple about to be taken over by pagans saved by appearance of a Sign of the Cross (image of the Virgin). V344