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• Household gods speak to explain events. A182.1.1
• Moon-god, overcome in contest with mortal, threatens to withold rain and game. A182.3.6
• God witholds mortal from sinning. A185.14.2
• Household gods. A411
• Seven worlds above and below. An angel upholds the seven worlds on his shoulders. Under him in turn are: rock, bull, fish, vast sea, air, fire, and serpent. A651.3.1
• God of space upholds sky. A665.1
• Son of sun so hot no one can hold it. A736.5.1
• Creator's giant servant puts trees to hold earth together where it slipped. A857.3
• Roots created to hold land firm. A857.3.1
• Tub that drips at high tide but holds water at low tide. A913.4
• Fettered monster questions visitor. He asks "Are lambs still being produced?" or the like; i.e. is nature still normal? He must remain fettered till he hears that nature's laws no longer hold. A1074.3
• Acquisition of household implements. A1446.5
• Buffaloes emerge from earth, the first man holding the tail of last one. A1714.3.1
• Catfish transformed from children still carry marks of children's knife holder. A2261.3.1
• Bat, diver, and thornbush shipwrecked. Bat brought money, bush put on clothes, and diver brought leather. All shipwrecked. Diver is looking for his leather. Bush looks for his clothers and holds fast to all passers-by. Bat is abroad only at night to escape creditors. (Cf. A2471.4, A2491.1.) A2275.5.3
• Why diver (loon) holds legs backward. (Cf. A2215.6.) A2371.2.9
• Why bush holds on to passer-by. (Cf. A2275.5.3, A2741.4.) A2792.1
• Rain-withholding deer killed: rain released. B192.2
• Deer makes its horns available as a bookholder to a saint. B256.3
• Animals hold fairs. B294.4
• Helpful bird hatched by hero. Hero holds eagle's egg in hand and hatches it. Young eagle becomes his helper. B317
• Fox holds in its mouth a beautiful flower which he gives to hero. B584.1
• Turtle holds with jaws till it thunders. B761
• Compulsion to hold festival at certain intervals. C684.4
• Tabu: holding meeting at certain place. C853.1
• Disenchantment by holding temporarily disenchanted person. D721.4
• Disenchantment by holding enchanted person during successive transformations. D757
• Disenchantment made permanent by holding to a hair. D793.1
• Magic objects acquired by acting as umpire for fighting heirs. When hero gets hold of objects he refuses to return it. D832
• Laughing fish reveals unjust judgment. A severe judgment is rendered for a small offence. As the convicted man is being led away, a dead (dried) fish is heard to laugh. The fish reveals that he has laughed at the foolishness of the judge who, while he punishes minor offences severely, is unable to see the capital crimes in his own household. (Cf. D1281.) D1318.2.1
• Solomon's power to hold kingdom dependent on ring; drops it in water. D1335.5.2
• Magic olive branch makes woman master in household. (Cf. D954.) D1359.1.1
• "Hand of glory" renders light invisible. Candles of human fat from dead man's hand make light invisible except to man holding it. (Cf. D1162.2.1.) D1361.7
• Magic whip holds person fast. (Cf. D1208.) D1411.2
• Magic grass holds person fast. (Cf. D965.12.) D1411.3
• Magic object holds person fast. D1413
• Sleigh makes person magically hold on. (Cf. D1115.) D1413.3
• Sack holds person who puts hand into it. (Cf. D1193.) D1413.9
• Magic stick holds person fast. (Cf. D1254.) D1413.13
• Magic window holds person fast. (Cf. D1145.) D1413.15
• Magic door holds person fast. (Cf. D1146.) D1413.16
• Magic earth-mould holds person fast. (Cf. D935.) D1413.20
• Magic grass holds person fast. (Cf. D965.12.) D1413.21
• Magic cloth holds person fast. (Cf. D1413.0.1.) D1413.22
• Magic drinking-tube holds person fast. (Cf. D1255.) D1413.23
• Grave holds person fast. (Cf. D1299.1.) D1413.24
• Magic pumpkin holds streams of oil. (Cf. D981.11.) D1482.2
• Magic calabash holding bones raises storm. (Cf. D965.2) D1541.1.7
• Fish bone holds back water in river. (Cf. D1013.) D1549.3.5
• Household articles act at command. (Cf. D1170.) D1601.9
• Magic household articles answer for fugitive. (Cf. D1170.) D1611.9
• Woman cries out on beholding man her unborn child is destined to slay. (Cf. T575.1.) D1812.4.1
• Evil spirit holds back water. D2151.2.3.1
• Fire turns aside and refuses to catch hold of holy garments, wooden altars and similar sacred things. D2158.1.3.2
• Bottomless tub (vat) holds water through power of saint. (Cf. H1023.2.1.) D2199.1
• Wild huntsman asks people to hold his dogs. E501.15.6.1
• Wild hunt avoided by holding bread. (Cf. D1031.1.) E501.17.5.6
• Wild hunt avoided by holding certain plant. (Cf. D965.) E501.17.5.7
• Ascent to upper world by holding on to morning star. F63.4
• Ascent to heaven by holding on to elephant's tail. F75
• Stronghold in otherworld. F163.6
• Magic revolving wheel at door of otherworld dun (stronghold). F165.1.0.2
• Fairy stronghold. F222.2
• Fairies hold a fair. F258.1
• Fairies take revenge on mortals who hold their king captive. F361.7
• Demons hold horse-race. F419.1
• Water-spirit holds ship back. F420.5.2.7.4
• Dwarfs hold church services. F451.6.3.6
• Knockers hold midnight mass deep in mines on Christmas Eve. (Cf. E492.) F456.1.2.3.1
• Poltergeist. Invisible spirit (sometimes identified as ghost or witch) responsible for all sorts of mischief in or around a household. F473
• Thieving household-spirit. Steals things for its master. F480.3
• House to make household-spirit (cobold) surrender his booty. F480.3.1
• Helpful deeds of brownie or other household spirit. (Cf. F403.2.) F482.5.4
• Origin of household spirits. F482.6
• Household spirit herds sheep, has great trouble coralling the lambs (rabbits). (Cf. J1757.) F488.1
• Mowing contest with household spirit. Farmer puts harrow teeth in plot spirit is to mow. Spirit mows through them, thinking they are dock weeds. F488.2
• Giant's skull holds a man seated. F531.2.3
• Giant's skull holds three hounds. F531.2.3.2
• Giant holds back water of river with his foot. F531.3.1.2.1
• Long ears. People must hold them up so as not to impede walking. F542.1
• Giant cane for strong man. Cane holds fifty cattle. F612.3.1
• Strong man holds up mountain. F623
• Strong man holds back ship. F637
• Man can outstrip wild mare, hold her, and bridle her. F681.6.1
• Giants uphold castle. F771.2.3
• Giant pomegranate rind holds 13 men. F813.8.2
• Hood holds wine as drinking horn. F866.7.1
• Death on beholding hell. F1041.1.8
• Entire household dies on same night. F1099.1
• Woman is death of all who behold her. G264.1
• Witch bewitches household articles. (Cf. D2083.3, D2083.4., D2084.1, D2084.2.) G265.8.1
• Breaking spell on cream by holding churn handle hard against bottom of churn. This paralyzes the witch. (Cf. D2084.2.) G271.4.11
• Devil holds molten coin in mouth. G303.4.8.2
• Devil holds fire in his hands. G303.4.8.2.1
• Man protected from devil by holding three-year old child through night. G303.16.19.6
• Chastity ordeal: holding shaven and greased tail of bull. H412.2
• Chastity ordeal: holding hot iron. H412.4.1
• Test of resourcefulness: carrying wolf, goat, and cabbage across stream. Man is to set across a stream, in a boat that will hold himself and only one other object, a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He must do this so that the wolf doesn't eat the goat, nor the goat the cabbage. Two solutions: (1) (a) take goat over, (b) take wolf over and goat back, (c) take cabbage over, (d) take goat over; (2) (a) take goat over, (b) take cabbage over and goat back, (c) take wolf over, (d) take goat over. H506.3
• Arrested man tells who he is: father throws himself into the ranks and holds them (weaver). H581.3
• Is town too full of anchorites? Saint entering holy town is sent cup full to brim of milk by its worldly-minded fakirs that he may know the town can hold no more anchorites. Saint floats a flower on milk and returns cup. H607.4