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- Miraculous growth of culture hero. A511.4.1
- Dragon's miraculous vision. Can see a fly miles away. B11.5.3
- Dragon's miraculous speed. B11.5.4
- Wild animal miraculously tamed. B771
- Tabu: offending devil. A smith or priest continually insults the devil's statue or picture (cf. C13). The devil brings the offender into dangerous situation (suspicion of theft or murder), and saves him miraculously when he promises never again to abuse the devil's likeness. C45
- Meat miraculously turned into fish on a feast day, and vice versa. D476.3.4
- Wine miraculously changed into other object. D477.0.1
- Things miraculously stretched or shortened if needed by a saint. D480.0.1
- Stretching lily plant. Miraculously quick growing. D482.2
- Miraculous well yielding milk, beer or wine. D925.0.2
- Miraculous rain extinguishes fire used at stake. (Cf. D902.) D1391.1
- Fountain miraculously supports life. (Cf. D925.) D1472.1.1
- Magic object affords miraculous transportation. D1520
- Miraculous speed from magic object. D1521
- Seven-league boots. Boots with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1065.1.) D1521.1
- Ship with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1123, D1520.15.) D1521.2
- Jewel gives miraculous speed. (Cf. D1071.) D1521.5
- Turquoise gives miraculous speed. D1521.5.1
- Magic object miraculously opens and closes. D1550
- Magic object confers miraculous powers (luck). D1561
- Magic object confers miraculous powers. D1561.2
- Magic treasure gives miraculous powers. D1561.2.2
- Saint's bell when stolen miraculously returns. (Cf. D1213.) D1602.8
- Miraculous increasing of small quantity of victuals or drinks to feed a great number of people. D1652.1.0.1
- Lime (for building church) miraculously renewed by power of saint. D1652.16
- Animals miraculously multiplied. D2106.1.2
- Miraculous increasing of milk from one cow. (Cf. D1440.1, D2106.) D2156.2
- Miraculous speedy growth of a tree. D2157.4
- Ghost prevents removal of box from abbey. The box takes on miraculous weight. E299.2
- Saint's body miraculously moves so that it is laid properly north and south, not northeast and southwest. E411.0.8
- Soul of gambler won by saint in dice game. Dice miraculously split to make higher score for saint. E756.4.1
- Escape from lower world on miraculously growing tree. F101.5
- Skull has words miraculously written on it. F559.4.1
- Old woman gives miraculous amount of milk. F598
- Follower of a saint is miraculously made a famous preacher. F660.2.1
- Miraculous ability to learn to read and to write foreign language in short time. F695.3.1
- Tree grows miraculously fast from seed. F811.19
- Vegetables (plants) which mature in miraculously short time. (Cf. F811.13.) F815.1
- Miraculous sword of Angel of Death. F833.11
- Miraculous spring bursts forth for holy person. F933.1
- Spring miraculously breaks forth against wrongdoer. F933.6
- Blindness miraculously cured. F952
- Sight miraculously restored while poet writes hymn (poem). F952.0.1
- Miraculous cure for leprosy. Rage at hearing for first time of Christ's passion causes cure. (Cf. F950.3.) F955
- Madness miraculously cured. F959.1
- Miraculous cure of wound. F959.3
- Weapon (missile) miraculously removed. F959.3.4
- Extraordinary nature phenomena at prisoner's miraculous release. F960.5
- Miraculous blossoming and bearing of fruit. F971
- Plants and trees miraculously unbent. F973
- Bough miraculously does not burn. (Cf. F964.1.) F979.5
- Flower from otherworld (Land of Promise) miraculously appears to persons (saints). F979.10
- Shoes miraculously worn out. F1015.1
- Barrel filled miraculously with penitent's tears. F1051.1
- Miraculously loud noise of mourning for hero. F1051.2
- Flame as miraculous index. F1061
- Stake miraculously bent during night. F1093
- Armies miraculously separated (kept from coming to battle, etc.). F1097
- Object miraculously mended. F1098
- Object miraculously broken. F1098.0.1
- Roads miraculously appear on Hallowe'en. (Cf. F900.1.) F1099.2
- Roads miraculously appear on day of hero's birth. F1099.2.1
- Recognition by miraculous sight of seer (saint). H184
- Tasks requiring miraculous speed. H1090
- Other tasks requiring miraculous speed. H1109
- Saint's horse miraculously preserved as proof of power of Christianity before fairy. H1573.3.2
- Imitation of miraculous horse-shoeing unsuccessful. Christ takes off a horse's foot to shoe it and then successfully replaces it. (Cf. J2401.) J2411.2
- Pious pilgrim dies unknown in his father's house. (Miraculous manifestations.) K1815.1.1
- False miraculous relic. K1976
- Prophecy: miraculous removal of saint's bones. M364.8
- Reward for faith: boy doomed to die saved (miraculously). Q27
- Miraculous or magic rewards. Q140
- Miraculously long life as reward. (Cf. Q151.) Q145
- Miraculously long life as reward for hospitality. (Cf. Q45.1.) Q145.1
- Miraculously long life as reward for integrity. (Cf. Q68.) Q145.2
- Body of saint miraculously rolls over to make room in his grave for pious man. Q147.1
- Miraculous or magic reward – miscellaneous. Q149
- Humble man miraculously saved from drowning. (Cf. Q4.) Q151.5
- Escape of hostages miraculously prevented as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Q157
- Miraculous flow of blood from desecrated building or object. Q222.0.2
- Thieves who attempt to steal from churches or shrines are miraculously rendered powerless to get out, and walk in a circle. Q222.5.4
- Knight who ravished nun captured when she miraculously appears before him on his horse and holds reins until he is taken. Q244.2
- Ungrateful king raises old woman's rent; miraculous punishment. (Cf. W154.2.) Q281.4
- Vain woman has her cheeks miraculously burned. (Cf. Q550.) Q331.2.1.2
- Ravisher's grave and body miraculously burnt. Q414.0.4.1
- Miraculous blindness as punishment. (Cf. Q559.2.) Q451.7.0.2
- Miraculous blindness as punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q227, Q571.1.) Q451.7.0.2.1
- Miraculous blindness as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.) Q451.7.0.2.2
- Miraculous blindness as punishment for disobedience. (Cf. Q325.) Q451.7.0.2.3
- Miraculous blindness as punishment for criminal intent. (Cf. Q210.1.) Q451.7.0.2.4
- Miraculous blindness as punishment for spying (on druids, fairies, witches, etc.). Q451.7.0.2.5
- Miraculous punishments. Q550
- Miraculous adhesion of objects to human hand as punishment for working on holy day. (Cf. Q223.6.) Q551.2.2
- Miraculous burning as punishment. (Cf. Q414.) Q551.9
- Miraculous burning as punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q227.) Q551.9.1
- Person miraculously lifted into air and dashed to death as punishment for blasphemy. (Cf. Q221.3, Q417.) Q551.10
- Person miraculously lifted into air and dashed to death as punishment for scoffing at church teachings. (Cf. Q225.) Q551.10.1
- City of king who opposed saint miraculously burned. (Cf. Q227.) Q552.13.2.1
- Church which refused to bury saint miraculously burned. (Cf. Q227.) Q552.13.2.2
- Food and drink refused saint miraculously become putrid. (Cf. D2096, Q227.) Q552.16