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• Brahma cursed by other gods: now has no temples. A162.4
• Sun cursed by moon. A736.9
• Cause of eclipses: mother's curse laid upon her third son. A737.2
• Flood caused by curse. A1017.3
• Negroes as curse on Ham for laughing at Noah's nakedness. A1614.1
• Origin of luchrupain (leprechauns, dwarfs, pygmies) from curses of Ham. A1614.1.1
• Origin of "goat-heads" from curse of Ham. A1614.1.2
• Discourteous answer: why cow (horse) is always eating. When God (Peter) wants to use the cow (horse) the excuse is made that she (he) is eating. Curse: "May you always be eating!" (Cf. A2472.1, A2478.) A2231.1.1
• Spider vies with Virgin Mary in spinning: cursed. A2231.5
• Animal harmful to holy person cursed. A2231.7
• Animal cursed for betraying holy fugitive. (Cf. A2221.5.) A2231.7.1
• Beetle cursed for betraying Holy Family on way to Egypt; beetle now has its eyes always on the ground. A2231.7.1.1
• Animal cursed for refusing to carry holy fugitive across stream. (Cf. A2371.2.1.) A2231.7.2
• Tortoise cursed for going under water while ferrying rice-goddess: people will be able to kill it with iron-made spears. A2231.7.3
• Toad refuses to weep over its dead children: dries up when dead. Cursed by Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2234.4, A2468.2.) A2231.8
• Raven does not return to Noah: must suffer thirst and break bill. (Cf. A2231.2.1, A2411.2.1.5, A2435.4.3.) Variant: he is cursed to be black or to eat carrion. A2234.1
• Peacock has snake carry devil into paradise: cursed with ugly voice and feet. (Cf. A2375.2.2, A2423.1.2.) A2236.2.2
• Why mouse is crushed whenever she crosses a road: elephant's curse. A2239.9
• Why elephant hurts himself when running through the grass: mouse's curse. A2239.10
• Why sheep do not speak. Curse of Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2231). A2422.2
• Tiger cursed with short sight in day time: good sight only at night. A2491.4
• Why animal is cursed. A2542
• Why magpie is cursed. (Cf. A2231.) A2542.1
• Why spider is cursed. (Cf. A2231.5.) A2542.2
• Plant cursed for impious act. A2721
• Plant cursed for disservice to child Jesus. (Cf. A2772.2.) A2721.1
• Plant cursed for disservice at crucifixion. (Cf. A2711.2.) A2721.2
• Tree cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2751.3.1, A2751.3.2, A2755.2, A2762.1, A2775.) A2721.2.1
• Aspen cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2762.1.) A2721.2.1.1
• Poplar cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2762.2.) A2721.2.1.2
• Cottonwood cursed for serving as cross. A2721.2.1.3
• Elder cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2766.1.) A2721.2.1.4
• Plant cursed for betraying holy fugitive. A2721.4
• Tree on which Judas hanged himself cursed. A2721.5
• Why the mogli flower and the lime are cursed by gods. A2721.6
• Curse of tale-telling banana affects all others. A2726.1
• Why certain plants are cursed. A2776
• Why birch is cursed. A2776.1
• Why weeping-willow is cursed. A2776.2
• 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
• Curse by mermaid. B81.13.8
• Horses refuse to remain with owner who has been cursed by clerics. B133.4.1
• Peacock pregnant without intercourse. Male spits up semen and female eats it. This as a curse. (Cf. A2236.5.) B754.6
• Devil's name used in curse. Appears. C12.5
• Noah's curse admits devil to ark. Devil persuades Noah's wife to stay out of ark till Noah shall call devil in. Noah at last loses patience and calls out, "The devil! Come in!" The devil comes in and turns himself into a mouse. C12.5.1
• Man curses and devil fulfills his wish: takes the stone away. C12.5.2
• Wife curses wicked husband: "May devil take you!" Devil does. (Cf. M432.) C12.5.7
• The cursed dancers. Dancers rude to holy man (Jesus) cursed and must keep dancing till Judgment Day. C94.1.1
• Curse laid upon man by stories he fails to tell: they creep out of his belly when he is asleep and talk. C672.1
• "Take, but only twice." Man to take money from cursed chest only twice. C762.5
• Curse as punishment for breaking tabu. C987
• Stepson cursed to stick in grave mound till pretty girl wants to substitute for him. D5.1.1
• Transformation through curse. D525
• Despondent mother curses herself and children into trees. D525.1
• Runes protect from the curse of a dead Christian woman. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1385.20
• Magic results from curse. D1792
• Saint's curse splits rocks. D1792.1
• Magic weakness as result of fairy's (goddess's) curse. (Cf. D1837.1.1.) D1837.3
• Love by curse. D1905.3
• Magic sleep through curse. D1962.1
• Curse of forgetfulness. D2004.1
• Dumbness as curse. D2021.1
• Curse of clergy causes man to die of wound. D2061.2.4.2
• Blinding by curse. (Cf. M431.1.) D2062.2.1
• Person suffers from "crookedness in his eye" as result of curse. D2062.2.1.1
• Magic sickness from curse. D2064.5
• Insanity from curse. D2065.7
• Magic paralysis by curse. D2072.2
• Saint magically causes druids to bless instead of curse. D2076
• Curse (by saint) makes river (lake) barren of fish. D2085.1
• Curse makes stones useless. D2089.2
• Books illegible as result of curse. (Cf. D1266.) D2089.5
• Army stopped by saint's curse. D2091.13
• Person burned through magic wishing (curse). D2144.4.1
• Magic satire (magic song) as curse. D2175.3
• Curse magically changed to blessing. D2175.5
• Dead mother returns to invoke curse on murderer-son. E222.3
• Child cursed by father cannot rest in grave. E412.4
• Bad woman cursed to be reborn as bat. E692.1
• Soul curses body. (Cf. M400.) E727.1.1
• Fairies are Welsh women cursed by St. Patrick for rebuking him because he left Wales for Ireland. F251.13
• Fairy lays curse on child. (Cf. F312.1.1.) F316
• Fairy's curse partially overcome by another fairy's amendment. F316.1
• Fairy's curse partially overcome by her own amendment after being appeased. F316.2
• Dwarfs curse weapons and treasures which they are forced to give (or which the receiver does not appreciate). F451.5.2.13
• Dwarfs emigrate because mortals curse. F451.9.1.10
• Giant cursed. F531.6.12.1.2
• Illness caused by curse of witch. G263.4.0.1
• Curse by disappointed witch. G269.4
• Curse by other angry ogres or ogresses. G269.4.1
• Act of truth: cursed church clock never runs correctly. H252.6
• Curse evaded by guessing names in magic writing. H517
• What are the most accursed things? H659.18
• What are the most accursed things? A thriftless wife, a baldheaded daughter, a sour-faced daughter-in-law, a crooked axle, and a field which lies across the village road. H659.18.1
• Choice: a big piece of cake with my curse or a small piece with my blessing. J229.3
• Husband and wife burn their mouths. A wife served overhot soup, forgets and burns herself so that tears come to her eyes She says that her departed father liked soup so much that she weeps when she eats it. The husband is also burned and weeps: "I am weeping because your accursed mother didn't take you with her when she died." J1478
• One-eyed king has rocks counted on pain of death. Clever man avoids saying "one" (which king considers a curse on his one eye) by saying that first is the rock that must not be called by name. J1675.4
• Cursing contest. Arrow sent as a curse. K91
• Sham miracle: wallet (bee-hive) changes to wasps. Tricksters put a wasp nest in the wallet (bee-hive). When the master claims it they give it to him with the curse, "May it turn to wasps!" It does. K1975.1
• Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curse. L222