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• Why salt disappeared from forests. A1196
• 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
• Magic swine disappear underground. B184.3.0.2
• 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
• Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. D61
• Magic object mysteriously disappears. D863
• Magic object mysteriously disappears. D867
• Magic object disappears at owner's death. D867.1
• Magic object causes person to disappear. D1405
• Magic ring causes person to disappear. D1405.1
• 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
• Food and drink appear and disappear in otherworld. (Cf. D1030, D1040.) D1982.4
• Thirst magically caused to disappear. (Cf. D1349.1.) D2033
• Sheep or cattle disappear every night. D2087.3
• Cow and cowherd disappear every New Year's night. D2087.3.1
• Men disappear every night. D2087.4
• Man makes all of iron in enemy's storehouse disappear so weapons cannot be made. D2089.1
• Magic disappearance. D2095
• Magic village and people disappear by magic. D2095.1
• Magic disappearance. (Cf. D1641.) D2188
• Ability to disappear or appear at will. D2188.1
• 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
• 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
• Phenomena at disappearance of wild hunt. E501.16
• 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
• Ghost rides on bus, disappears before it crosses bridge. E581.4.1
• Ghostly corpses seen on floor of house, disappear when coroner comes. E599.2
• 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
• Otherworld island disappears leaving voyagers in boat at sea. F134.2
• Fairy house disappears at dawn. F221.1
• Fairy disappears in form of a cloud. F234.3.1
• Fairy gift disappears or is turned to something worthless when tabu is broken. F348.0.1
• Exorcising fairies. Fairies disappear when some name or ceremony of the Christian Church is used. F382
• Asking grace at fairy banquet causes fairies and banquet to disappear. (Cf. G271.2.3.) F382.6
• Man captures spirit by hiding his stick and leg-wrappers of copper. When spirit gets them back by trickery he disappears. F405.13
• Water-spirits work as servants for mortal but disappear when compensation is offered or origin suspected. F420.5.1.5
• Disappearance or death of giants. F531.6.12
• Disappearance of giants. F531.6.12.1
• Giant disappears in mist. (Cf. F531.6.5.1.) F531.6.12.1.1
• Wandering island. Moves about at will and sometimes appears and disappears from sea. F737
• Phantom house: disappears at dawn. F771.6
• Men disappear at revolving bleeding rock. F809.4.1
• Trees disappear at sunset. F811.11
• Disappearing sword. F833.9
• Fish disappear from sea. Punishment for woman's having washed a child with a fish. F931.2
• Lake disappears. F934.4
• Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance. F940
• Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance – miscellaneous. F949
• Animal dives into lake and disappears. F989.13
• Familiar comes at nightfall and disappears at cockcrow. (Cf. E452.) G225.0.6
• Devils disappear when priest blesses bread. G303.16.2.3.3
• Devil made to disappear by making sign of the cross. G303.16.3.4
• Devil disappears when offered host. G303.16.5.2
• Devil disappears because he is frightened. G303.16.19.17
• The devil's disappearance from the world. G303.17
• When the devil disappears. G303.17.1
• Devil disappears when cock crows. (Cf. G303.16.19.4.) G303.17.1.1
• Devil rebels and disappears on last day. G303.17.1.2
• Devil disappears after erection of Tabernacle. G303.17.1.3
• Physical circumstances of devil's disappearance. G303.17.2
• Devil disappears in a whirlpool. G303.17.2.2
• Devil and sinful priest disappear amid blaze of fire in the river. G303.17.2.4
• Devil disappears in a puddle. G303.17.2.6
• Devil disappears amid terrible rattle. G303.17.2.7
• Devil disappears amid terrible stench. (Cf. G303.4.8.1.) G303.17.2.8
• Devil disappears in carriage drawn by four black horses. G303.17.2.9
• Why the devil has disappeared from the world. G303.17.3
• Husband's (wife's) willingness to die for mate disappears when Death seems to arrive. H1556.4.5
• Old woman's willingness to die for daughter disappears when Death seems to arrive. H1556.4.5.1
• Holy man's prayer reforms rich man. Holy man prays, "May God bless everything here that is good but cause to disappear all that is bad." Everything disappears. J153.1
• Animals made by magic exchanged for real ones. The magic animals disappear. K139.1
• Thief borrows cloak so to carry food. Disappears with it. K351.2
• Stealing the platter for the intended gift. Thief asks for silver platter saying that it is needed for an intended gift of confections. Servant carrying platter is told to wait until it is filled. Thief disappears with it. K362.3.1
• Tortoise asks greedy man to give him first ruby it has given him to be sure second one will be perfect match: disappears into water with it. K439.7.1
• Princess has brought ill luck to bridegroom. When palace and retainers disappear after wedding and only humble hut remains, clever fox tells king his daughter's feet have brought ill luck to the groom, his master. King gives half his kingdom in compensation. K443.12
• Devil tries to pass for Jesus. Forbids man to cut wood on Sunday. Disappears when man demands to see the wounds on his hands and feet. K1992
• Queen's jewel-box thrown into tank floats to top during first week of new moon; light or large jewel on top reveals it to passersby. It disappears when someone tries to get it. N513.6
• Treasure disappears after being uncovered. N557
• Dam builder remarks that God Almighty could not sweep completed dam away. The whole structure gives away, disappears. Q221.4.1
• Food magically disappears. Q552.3.4
• Punishment: disappearance of ill-gotten gains. (Cf. Q585, Q595.) Q552.18
• Gold and silver demanded of saint disappear. (Cf. Q227.) Q552.18.1
• Drink refused saint disappears. (Cf. Q227.) Q552.18.2
• Payment for ransom disappears when prisoner is not released. Q552.18.3
• Fitting destruction (disappearance) of property as punishment. (Cf. Q552.18, Q595.) Q585
• Man refuses to give to charity: his property disappears. (Cf. Q286, Q595.3.) Q585.1
• Destruction (disappearance) of property got through immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.) Q585.2
• Food disappears because of wastefulness. Q585.4
• Stone bridge appears for fugitives. Disappears and drowns pursuers. R246.1
• One man disappears each night. S262.0.1