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• Created beings rebel against God. A106.3
• Gods (supernatural beings) have many names. (Cf. C432.) A139.1
• Accountants of god keep lists of good and bad acts of human beings. A189.8
• Beings born in hell have long bodies and cling with long nails to walls. A671.6
• Stars thought of as living beings. A761.6
• Flood caused by gods or other superior beings. (Cf. A1018.) A1015
• Pairs of animals in ark. Seed of all beings put into ark to escape destruction. A1021.1
• Why peasant is always busy: he is eager to produce food for all living beings. A1655.1
• Human beings descended from seals. B631.2
• Ages of animals (birds, fish) compared with age of human beings. B841.2
• Tabu: offending other sacred beings. C70
• Other tabus in connection with sacred beings. C90
• Tabu: killing sacred beings. C92
• Other tabus in connection with sacred beings – miscellaneous. C99
• Tabu: sexual intercourse with unearthly beings. (Cf. C122.) C112
• Divine beings assume their own shape in sleep. D796
• Ability to see heavenly beings. D1825.3.4
• Ghost eats living human beings. E541.2
• Vulture eats only those who will be reborn as human beings in their next birth. E697
• Souls of human beings seen in dream. E720.1
• Beings born in otherworld suffer from excessive heat. F167.16
• Animals in otherworld pass in and out of church and become human beings. F171.5
• Malevolent or hostile beings in otherworld. F360.0.1
• Human beings as game in fairy hunt. F368
• Geniti (geilti) glinne, bánánaig, bocánaig, and other supernatural beings associated with confusion or strife. F400.1
• Water-spirits appearing like human beings are recognized by traces of water. F420.1.7
• Water-spirits have likings and occupations like human beings. F420.3.2
• Dwarfs and human beings. F451.5
• Dwarfs help human beings with spinning. F451.5.1.19
• Dwarfs steal from human beings. F451.5.2.2
• Dwarfs and other supernatural beings. F451.10
• Dwarfs in love with other supernatural beings. (Cf. F531.7.2.) F451.10.3
• Relation of mountain-men and human beings. F460.4
• Giants and giantesses dressed as human beings. F531.1.11
• Giants marry human beings. (Cf. F420.6.1, F460.4, and cross references.) F531.5.7
• Giants and supernatural beings. F531.6.15
• Love relations between giants and other supernatural beings. (Cf. F531.6.8.1.) F531.6.15.2
• Other extraordinary human beings. F570
• Firelike waters of river used by strange beings to cook flesh. F932.11
• Devils in guise of human beings require remarkable quantity of food. G303.3.1.0.1
• The devil advises human beings. G303.9.7
• Bargains and promises between mortals and supernatural beings. (Cf. M221, M222, M223.) M242
• Treasure placed in ground by supernatural beings. N511.3
• Treasure placed in old fortifications by supernatural beings. N511.3.2
• Abandoned child reared by supernatural beings. S353