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• God rescues sleeping man from attack. A185.2.1
• Moon's eclipse caused by moon's interfering between attacker and person attacked. A737.5
• Crocodile is punished for trying to attack man he is carrying: has only half tongue. A2239.7
• Why tiger does not attack wild boar until latter is old: result of duel. A2257.1
• Animal characteristics: attack and defense. A2460
• Animal's habits when attacked. A2462
• Why squirrel barks when attacked. A2462.1
• Why beaver splashes his tail in water and dives when attacked. A2462.2
• Animal's means of attack. A2463
• Why animal does not attack. A2464
• Why lion does not attack dog. A2464.1
• Why bears attack men. A2524.3
• Why fish attack anything they find. A2524.4
• Dragon combats attack with showers of fiery spines. B11.11.3
• Ferocious animals loosed against attackers. B17.1.1
• Hostile eel attacks hero. B17.2.1.2
• Merman attacked by putting steel in the water. B82.5
• Golden cock warns against attack. B143.1.5
• Bird grateful for being saved from attacking serpent. B364.4
• Wolf fetches a man to remove thorn from his children's paws. Does not attack the man's livestock. B381.1
• Animals warn against attack. B521.3
• Dogs kill attacking cannibal (dragon). B524.1.1
• Dogs break bonds and kill master's attacker. B524.1.2.1
• Cat kills attacking rat. B524.1.3
• Helpful bird kills snake attacking master's wife and child. B524.1.6
• Horse kills master's attacking enemies. B524.1.7
• Grateful hawk attacks hero's enemies. B524.1.9
• Helpful snake protects man from attack. B524.3
• Chicken picks out one of attacker's eyes. B524.8
• Monkeys attack by throwing coconuts. B762
• Animal attacks by throwing pebbles. B762.1
• Wild animal will not attack royal person. B771.3
• Giant water monster attacks man. B877.1.1
• Tabu: attacking deity (sacred person). C63
• Arrow shot to discover direction of attacking army. D1314.1.7
• Magic object protects from attack. D1381
• Druid's hedge prevents attack. (Cf. D945, D1282.1.1, D1361.1.) D1381.1
• Saint's spittle protects fugitive from attack. (Cf. D1001.) D1381.2
• Magic garment protects against attack. (Cf. D1052, D1053.) D1381.3
• Magic unpierceable (horn) skin protects against attack. (Cf. D1025.) D1381.3.2
• Magic coat protects against attack. (Cf. D1053.) D1381.4
• Magic shirt protects against attack. (Cf. D1056, D1344.9, D1389.7.) D1381.5
• Stone necklace protects from attack. (Cf. D1073.) D1381.6
• Magic ring protects from attack. (Cf. D1076.) D1381.7
• Arms that protect from attack. (Cf. D1080.) D1381.8
• Dagger protects owner from attack. (Cf. D1083.1.) D1381.9
• Magic armor protects from attack. (Cf. D1101.) D1381.10
• Magic letters (amulets) guard against attack by wild animals or men. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1381.16
• Magic chain protects from attack. (Cf. D1078.) D1381.19
• Sacred relics protect against attack. (Cf. D1296.) D1381.20
• Magic fan protects against attack. (Cf. D1077.) D1381.21
• Magic mist protects against attack. (Cf. D902.1.) D1381.22
• Magic letter protects against attack. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1381.24
• Reading letter written by Christ protects against attack. D1381.24.1
• Magic veil protects from attack. (Cf. D1061.) D1381.26
• Magic tree protects from attack. D1381.28
• Staff protects from attack. (Cf. D1254.) D1381.32
• Magic thorn-tree attacks pursuer and helps fugitive. D1393.5
• Magic attack against enemy. D2091
• Ghosts attack bishop who has suspended priest for singing for all Christian souls. E243
• Wandering ghost makes attack. Unprovoked and usually unmotivated. E261
• Ghost's flying head attacks slayer. E261.1.1
• Hero attacked by revenant with half a head, carrying man with half a body. (Cf. E461, E422.1.1, F511.0.5.) E261.1.3
• Man attacked on Christmas night by dancing ghosts. E261.3
• Vital body: kills attacking enemies. E780.1
• Transformed fairy warriors disenchanted when attacked. F383.5
• Dwarfs attack soldier. F451.5.2.11
• Strong hero attacked with millstone puts it on as collar. Sent to dig a well. Master throws the millstone on him. F615.3.1
• Cannibal breaks wind as means of attack. G93
• Witch cannot be hurt if she looks attacker in the face. G221.4
• Demons attack men. G302.9.1
• Devils have only one leg. They broke one leg when trying to run away from God's attack to protect himself from them. G303.4.5.1
• Satan attacks saints. G303.9.6.2
• Rakshasa. Dog or ape-shaped; red hair and eyes; mouth reaching from ear to ear; ears pointed like spears; shape-changers; cannibals; three heads, five feet, four eyes, no fingers, bear-neck, horns. Attack women. G369.1
• Ogre attacks intruders. G475
• Ogre attacks intruders in house in woods. G475.1
• Ogre attacks intruders on bridge. G475.2
• Test of valor: attack by warrior and hound. H1561.7
• "Never attack anyone before unsheathing and returning sword three times": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.2.1
• "Do not go alone on journey": counsel proved wise by experience. Helpful crab saves from attack by crocodile. J21.36
• "When a man attacks you, kill him whether he be king or prince": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.52.6
• Woman will not follow donkey on safe path: attacked by robbers. J133.4
• Wise man considers whom he is attacking. J612
• Flea and fever exchange night-lodgings. Flea had attacked abbess and been chased all night; fever, a washerwoman who nearly froze it to death by going to the river and washing clothes. They exchange and succeed. J612.1
• Crab takes hold of heron's neck and fearing attack cuts neck and kills him. J631
• Hector warns Trojans against attacking the stronger Greeks. Warning disregarded. Disastrous defeat. J652.4.1
• Man decides to make himself strong in peaceful times rather than wait until attacked. J674.2
• Foolishness of attacking real allies. J683
• Murderer detected by actions of murdered man's dog. Attacks murderer whenever possible. J1145.1
• Robbers' false plea admitted: counteraccusation. Robbers claim a man's knife. In court: "The knife may indeed be theirs. I and my father were attacked yesterday by robbers. I fled. On returning I found my father killed and this knife in his body." Robbers condemned. J1162.2
• When royal mace-bearer is attacked he throws away mace: attackers accuse him of insult to king. J1166.2
• Their assistance not asked. Knight attacks enemy contrary to orders. Part of army helps him and is killed. He disclaims responsibility since he had not asked their aid. J1169.3
• Eating cure becomes epidemic. A woman feigns periodic attacks of a sickness that can be cured only by eating a great number of delicacies. The husband feigns the same disease. J1511.3
• Fools do not know what an owl is and attack it. J1736.2
• The bear mistaken for a saint. The godless man is cheated and attacks a bear thinking it is a saint, and barely escapes with his life. J1762.2.1
• Cat mistaken for devil. Fool in the dark mistakes cat's eyes for embers. Is attacked by the cat and he thinks it is the devil. J1785.5
• Monkey seeing tiger attack his shadow is frightened so that he falls from tree. J1790.3
• Preliminary drawing of swords. Travelers say they will not have time to do so when attacked. J2255
• Father tells son that he has been scratched by "hairy rascals" (monkeys). Son attacks hairy ascetics. J2484
• The attack on the hare (crayfish). Seven men make strenuous plans for the attack on the fierce animal. One screams with fright and the animal runs away. (Cf. J1736.1.) J2612