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- Meat takes on taste of any dainty desired. D476.3.1
- Magic object indicates desired place. D1314
- Magic arrow indicates desired place. (Cf. D1092.) D1314.1
- Saint spreads his cloak (or other clothes) upon the water and rides to his desired destination. (Cf. D1053.) D1524.1.3
- Food has taste of any dainty desired. (Cf. D1030, D1359.4.) D1665
- Drink has taste of any liquor desired. (Cf. D1040.) D1665.1
- Fruit has any taste desired. (Cf. D980.) D1665.3
- Sympathetic magic. Magic results obtained by imitating desired action. D1782
- Magic results obtained by imitating desired action. D1782.1
- Reverse magic. Magic results obtained by imitating reverse of desired results. D1783
- Magic discovery of desired place. (Cf. D1314.) D1816
- Fountain of any temperature desired in otherworld. F162.8.1
- Automatic service in otherworld: any sort of food desired furnished. F183.1
- Fountain hot or cold as desired. F716.3
- Earl throws jar of water after undesired messenger. F1041.16.11
- Any boon desired. Stingy king insists on trickster asking any boon desired. By asking king to perform disgusting act, trickster compels king to give expensive gift. J1593
- Illness feigned to escape rendezvous with undesired mistress. K523.0.1.1
- Girl asks undesired lover to take off his boots. She pulls off one partway and escapes. K1227.4
- Girl asks undesired lover to follow her but not to step on her shadow. K1227.6
- Escape from undesired lover by alleging menstrual period. K1227.10
- Princess made to speak desired words when hero threatens to report (falsely) her amorous conduct. K1271.1.2
- Undesired combat between sworn (blood) brothers (foster brothers). N731.2.2
- Undesired suitor hiding under girl's bed is killed. Q411.2
- Undesired suitor killed asleep in his tent. Q411.2.1
- Undesired suitor's messengers imprisoned. Q433.11
- Princess rescued from undesired suitor. R111.1.9
- Lovers elope to prevent girl's marriage to undesired fiancé. R225.2
- Escape from undesired lover. T320
- Virginity saved in spite of torture. Undesired suitors give up task. T320.1.1
- Wife sets fire to house to escape undesired lover. T320.6
- Escape from undesired lover by miracle. T321
- Undesired lover drugged and carried out. T322.3
- Escape from undesired lover by strategy. T323
- Princess escapes from undesired lover by fleeing disguised as a bishop. T323.1
- Girl escapes from undesired lover by cutting off her plaits of hair. T327.7