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• God does not directly address women; uses interpreter. A182.3.0.4
• Interpreter of dreams. D1712.3
• Druid interprets prophetic dream. (Cf. D1711.4, D1812.3.3.5.) D1812.3.3.0.1
• Poets interpret dreams. (Cf. P427.7.) D1812.3.3.0.2
• Dream interpreter corrects dream. D1812.3.3.0.3
• Dream interpreted by opposites. D1812.3.3.10
• King and peasant: the plucked fowl. The king gives riddling questions to a peasant, who always interprets them right. The king says that he will send the peasant a fowl which he shall pluck. The king gives the same questions to his courtiers, who cannot interpret them. They pay the peasant good money for the answers. Peasant tells king that he has plucked the fowl. H561.6.1
• Clever prince interprets enigmatic statements. H561.9
• Enigmatic statements. Apparently senseless remarks (or acts) interpreted figuratively prove wise. H580
• Riddling remarks of traveling companion interpreted by girl (man) at end of journey. H586
• Enigmatic counsels of a father. Taken literally bring trouble, but when properly interpreted are valuable. H588
• Enigmatic welcome of host. Sounds very inhospitable but properly interpreted makes guests welcome. H595
• Symbolic interpretations. H600
• Symbolic interpretation of letters. H602.2
• Symbolic interpretation of names. H602.3
• Symbolic interpretation of playing cards. Soldier reproved for playing cards during church says that playing cards are his prayerbook and calendar. Ace: one God, one Faith, one Baptism; 2: old and new Testaments; 3: Trinity; 4: evangelists; 5: wise virgins; 6: days of creation; 7: sabbath; 8. Noah's family; 9: ungrateful lepers; 10: commandments; knave (jack): Judas; queen (of Sheba); king: God; 12 face cards: 12 months; etc. H603
• Angel gives symbolic interpretation of value of work as well as of prayer. Works and prays where monk can see him. (Cf. H604, H606.) H605
• Symbolic interpretation of sin. Priest drags heavy sack of sand behind him to show how men drag sin. (Cf. H604, H605.) H606
• Symbolic interpretation of official robes. H608
• Symbolic interpretation of points on a bishop's hat. H608.1
• Sign message sent by girl to enamored prince; interpreted by prince's friend. H611.2
• Symbolic interpretations of dreams. H617
• Other symbolic interpretations. H619
• Symbolic interpretation of chairs in heaven. H619.1
• Symbolic interpretation of church and image therein. H619.2
• Symbolic interpretation of ineffectual thatching of house and building of fire in otherworld. (Cf. F171.6.5, F171.6.6.) H619.4
• Symbolical interpretation of fight between one-legged bird and twelve-legged bird. One-legged bird symbolizes innocence; twelve-legged bird, guilt. (Cf. B15.6.3.3.2.) H619.5
• Wit interprets unfavorable decision of court as doing him great honor. J835
• Clever interpretation of judge's statement. J1193
• Dream answered by dream. Priests misinterpret raja's dream and get his horses. Trickster advises raja to announce dream demanding cauterization of the priests. They return horses. J1527
• "Agnus dei" as a prayer for money. An ignorant schoolmaster interprets many of the texts of scripture as commands for the priests to live lives of luxury. J1741.2
• Wash Bee Day. Woman misinterprets calendar notation "February 22, Wash. B'day." Washes their bee-hives. J1743.3
• Rooster's crow interpreted. J1811.4
• Foolish interpretation of omens. J2285
• Metaphors literally interpreted. J2470
• Metaphors literally interpreted – miscellaneous. J2489
• Fool interprets metaphors (or slang expressions) about drink. J2489.1
• "Keep locks of everyone in your hand" (keep control of them). Fool interprets literally. J2489.2
• "Bite the ear" (speak secretly). Fool interprets literally. J2489.3
• Names of dogs literally interpreted. The names are "The Shepherd" and "Get the stick". When the man calls his dogs to dinner, the thief thinks that he is telling the shepherd to get a stick. J2493
• Religious words or exercises interpreted with absurd literalness. J2495
• Two jars full of live black wasps sold as interpreters of foreign language. K137.1
• Dancers given one coin instead of ten and have this taken away. Interpreter says they are complaining that the coin is bad. K231.2.1
• Payment of the egg-white. A man dreams of an egg hanging under his bed. An interpreter demands half of what he finds as his fee for interpreting the dream. The man finds that the egg is a silver cup filled with gold crowns. He gives the interpreter part of the cup but none of the gold. The interpreter says, "He gave me some of the egg-white but none of the yolk." K249.2
• Friar undertakes to awaken girl. He follows her mother's order according to his own interpretation. K1354.3.1
• Sham wise man (girl's confederate) interprets pretended dream for girl. Insists she be allowed to marry man of her own choice. K1956.6
• Mistake in interpreting prophecy (oracle) brings misfortune. N398
• Vision in which swineherd sees yew tree upon a rock, with an oratory in front of it and angels ascending from it. Vision interpreted by druid as symbolizing founding of Cashel and the royal line of Munster. V515.1.3.2