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• Banished devil appears on earth only on day of dark moon. A106.2.1.1
• God appears as an object. A139.8
• Goddess appears as coral reef. A139.8.2
• Deity appears before human being after prayers. A189.6
• After world catastrophe, new sun reappears and starts new epoch. A719.2
• Shame for nakedness appears to first woman. (Leaves for clothes). A1383.1
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Garment appears and disappears in reply to command. D2188.1.1
• Man disappears, leaving only his ring. D2188.2.1
• Resuscitation of dead by making image of deceased of breadfruit wood. When spirit enters this, image disappears and person is found alive. E53.2
• Apparently dead persons revived when certain thing happens. Proper prince appears, or the like. E68
• Dead sweetheart appears to seducer every evening, even after he has married another woman. E211.2
• Ghost appears at time of death, foils lawyer who is counterfeiting a will for the newly-deceased. E236.4.1
• Ghost appears to remind his brother of the terms of his will. E236.4.2
• Ghost appears often to wife and daughter. E321.5
• Ghost appears at road and stream. E332.1
• Ghost rides in carriage, disappears suddenly at certain spot. E332.3.2
• The Vanishing Hitchhiker. Ghost of young woman asks for ride in automobile, disappears from closed car without the driver's knowledge, after giving him address to which she wishes to be taken. Driver asks person at address about the rider, finds she has been dead for some time. (Often driver finds that ghost has made similar attempts to return, usually on anniversary of death in automobile accident. Often ghost leaves some item such as a scarf or a traveling bag in car.) E332.3.3.1
• Ghost of murdered girl appears and lends jewels needed for a ball in exchange for flowers. E363.5.1
• Ghost must be summoned by king else he appears head downward. E389.1
• Pilate appears periodically at Mt. Pilatus and washes his hands. E411.8
• Judas Iscariot appears in midst of sea on rock washed alternately by fiery and icy waves. (Cf. Q560.2.3.) E489.7
• Wild hunt appears at night. E501.11.1
• Wild hunt appears at midnight. E501.11.1.1
• Wild hunt appears on St. John's Night. E501.11.1.3
• Wild hunt appears on stormy nights. E501.11.1.4
• Wild hunt appears at certain seasons. E501.11.2
• Wild hunt appears in winter. E501.11.2.1
• Wild hunt appears between Christmas and Twelfth Night. E501.11.2.2
• Wild hunt appears on feast-days. E501.11.2.3
• Wild hunt appears periodically. E501.11.3
• Wild hunt appears every seven years. E501.11.3.1
• Wild hunt appears yearly at same moment. E501.11.3.2
• Wild hunt appears in woods. E501.12.1
• Wild hunt appears in churchyard. E501.12.2
• Wild hunt appears at crossroads. E501.12.3
• Wild hunt appears by body of water. E501.12.4
• Wild hunt appears by hill or mountain. E501.12.5
• Wild hunt appears in a field. E501.12.6
• Wild hunt appears in old battlefield. E501.12.6.1
• Wild hunt appears at desert spot. E501.12.7
• Wild hunt appears at castle. E501.12.8
• Wild hunt appears over city. E501.12.9
• Wild hunt appears at old mill. E501.12.10
• Wild hunt disappears with loud noise. E501.16.1
• Wild hunt disappears with movement of tree tops. E501.16.2
• Wild hunt disappears with blast of wind. E501.16.3
• Wild hunt disappears in column of fire. E501.16.4
• Wild hunt disappears during storm. E501.16.5
• Ghostly rope of suicide appears. E538.2
• Ghost rides on bus, disappears before it crosses bridge. E581.4.1
• Soul hidden in apple (ball) in a salmon which appears every seven years in certain fountain. (Cf. D1651.10.) E713.1
• Wraith of sweetheart stays in room where lover has died. It disappears only after her death at far distant point twenty years after death of lover. E723.5
• Wraith appears before mine disaster. E723.8.1
• Soul as will-o-the-wisp. Appears as a ball or fire or a figure in a fiery garment. E742.2
• Ash pole appears at doorway several times on day owner's daughter dies. (It is used for coffin rests. The pole has previously mysteriously escaped being used for other purposes.) E767.1
• Otherworld island disappears leaving voyagers in boat at sea. F134.2
• Rainbow of honey appears regularly in otherworld. F162.7
• Fairy house disappears at dawn. F221.1
• Fairy disappears in form of a cloud. F234.3.1
• Bonga girl (fairy) appears as flame. F234.3.2