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• Spirit of deity animates earthen jar when it is placed beneath banyan tree. A199.1
• Sun and moon placed for eyes in the sky. A714.1
• Sun and moon placed in top of tree. Hero makes the sun and moon and fastens them to the top of the "World Tree" (cf. A652), but they give no light at first. A714.2
• Earth from lotus seed placed on water. A814.8
• Earth made by cups of earth placed on spider's web. A823
• Rivers formed where certain stones are placed. Each of seven children are to go in a different direction, to walk a mile and put down a stone, then another mile and a stone, etc. Thus rivers are formed. A934.2
• Origin of sacred post (placed there by ancestral culture hero). A992.1
• Misplaced genitalia. Originally genitals are misplaced. They are properly arranged by the culture hero. A1313.3
• Couples placed to establish tribes. A1610.2
• Bowl placed on turtle's back: hence his shell. (Cf. A2312.1.) A2215.3
• Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.) A2233.3
• Blood from wizard becomes red grain of cedar. Bleeding head of wizard who tries to kill the sun placed on top of a tree. (Cf. A2755.1.) A2731.3
• Dragon develops from small worm placed on gold. It grows together with the gold. B11.1.3.1.1
• Camrosh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies. B35
• Speaking horse-head. The helpful magic horse (B181) is killed (B330). The head is preserved and placed on the wall. It speaks and reveals the treachery practiced against the heroine. B133.3
• Magic bird collects seeds. Sees that they are properly placed. Also carries off people's enemies. B172.3
• Lions placed in city to prevent entrance. B847
• Tabu: calling profanely on God. Daughter of Emperor says to Rabbi: "Your God is a builder; so let him build a tent here." She becomes leprous and must be placed in a tent. (Cf. C51.3.1.) C94.4
• Turf from church roof gives clairvoyance. Placed on head in order to see witches. (Cf. D934.) D1323.7
• Churchyard mould gives clairvoyance. Placed in pocket in order to see witches. (Cf. D1278, G250.) D1323.8
• Entrails of live pigeon placed above house door fetch lover to the spot. D1355.3.4
• Charm placed on cheeks of hag causes love. D1355.13.1
• Magic fruit from Yggdrasil placed in fire makes childbirth easy. (Cf. D981.) D1501.4
• Magic object cannot be replaced. D1661
• Talking statue, when destroyed, cannot be replaced for thirty thousand years. (Cf. D1268, D1620.) D1661.1
• Saint placed in boiling oil but uninjured. D1841.2.2.1
• Needle, placed under hearth, burns and causes death of victim. D2061.2.2.8.1
• Eyes torn out magically replaced. D2161.3.1.1
• Severed limbs replaced by Virgin Mary. (Cf. D2161.3.) D2161.5.2.4
• Head of decapitated person is replaced backwards. Later is readjusted. E12.2
• Resuscitation with misplaced head. (Cf. M221.) In restoration of several persons simultaneously through reassembling of members, the heads are placed on the wrong bodies. Sometimes the damage is repaired, sometimes not. E34
• Body placed in building and worshipped until it comes to life. (Cf. E62.) E63.1
• Constant replacement of fighters. In contest between gods and demons, latter are constantly slain and replaced. E155.1.1
• Coin placed in mouth of dead to prevent return. E431.11
• Food placed out for returning souls of dead. E541.1
• Shooting star signifies a birth. Stars are the dead. When they fall they are being reborn. At death they are replaced in the sky. E741.1.2
• Eyes successfully replaced. E781
• Substituted eyes. Lost eyes are replaced by those of another person or animal. (Cf. F512.1.4.) E781.1
• Eyes bought back and replaced. E781.2
• Limbs successfully replaced. E782
• Substituted arm. Injured arm replaced by another. (Cf. A128.4.1.) E782.3.1
• Horse's leg cut off and replaced. E782.4
• Substituted leg. Injured leg replaced by another. E782.4.1
• Head cut off and successfully replaced. E783.1
• Heart successfully replaced. E786
• Troublesome bonga (fairy) pegged to ground and placed under stone. F386.3
• Test of troll child. Snake placed in dough she is to knead. She calls it "brother". F455.10.1
• Beheaded man's head replaced crooked. F511.0.6
• Artificial heavens. Placed on pillars of iron. Seven heavens. (1) glass, sun, moon, stars, (2) iron with lake in it, (3) tin with precious stones rolling about (thunder), (4) lead, (5) copper, (6) silver, (7) gold. F792
• Boy in ogre's house sees many human heads placed in rows: heads smile and weep. G461.1
• Recognition by cup in sack: alleged stolen goods. Cup is placed in the sack of Joseph's brethren, they are accused of theft; this gives occasion for recognition. H151.4
• Ordeal: names of suspected persons are placed in chalice on altar: the one to whom the lot falls is guilty. H233.1
• Heads placed on stakes for failure in performance of task. Unsuccessful youths are beheaded and heads exposed. Hero sees them when he sets out to accomplish his task. H901.1
• Test of valor worthy for kingship: taking possession of royal insignia placed between two ferocious lions. H1561.5
• Test of sex of man masking as girl: arms placed among baskets and war-trumpet sounded. Man snatches arms. H1578.2
• Don't set a hungry guard over food. Parrot set to guard figs eats his fill. When replaced he calls attention to the fact that he is now full and therefore safer than another hungry parrot. J215.1.1
• Improvident mouse eats grain stored for famine. Loss is discovered and grain placed elsewhere. Mouse, who has saved nothing, starves. J711.2
• Consolation by thought of others worse placed. J880
• King has earthen vessels placed on table among the golden ones. He had formerly been a potter and prefers the vessels which he had made to the ones now molding him. J913
• Earthen cups replaced by golden. Emperor: "God is a thief; he threw Adam into a sleep and then stole a rib from him." Emperor's daughter: "Would you call a man a thief who stole two earthen cups from you and replaced them by golden ones?" J1262.1
• A fool objects to fools as companions. Leaves when placed between two fools at table. J1715
• Literal fulfillment of marriage contract. Man to be released when earth is placed at his head (buried). Dies in grave. K236.4
• Husks replaced in granary so theft of grain is unnoticed. K419.6
• Thief tricked into robbing himself. He has placed a coat on the goods to be stolen. His associate changes the place of the coat. K439.3
• Animal "punished" by being placed in favorite environment. K581
• Paramour unwittingly drinks sleeping potion. Is thought dead and placed in a chest. Chest is stolen. When he escapes he is accused of being a robber. He is saved by his mistress's maid who explains all, transferring the role played by her mistress to herself. K675.1
• Pit placed under a bed. K735.4.1
• Seduction by having maiden placed in floating chest. K1333
• Paramour placed in chest and covered with clothing. K1521.2.1
• Forged letter: god of death replaced by another. K1851.1
• False abortion placed in innocent woman's bed. K2112.2.4
• Proud king displaced by angel. (King in the bath.) While the king is in the bath (or hunting) an angel in his form takes his place. The king is repulsed on all sides until he repents of his haughtiness. L411
• Dagger in wall above bed falls and kills girl. Has been placed there by her lover. N331.1
• The cadaver arm. Medical students (or student nurses or hospital employees) play trick on one of their number by suspending a cadaver arm or leg from the light cord in the person's room (sometimes the object is placed in the person's bed). Some circumstance keeps them from being on hand to observe the person's reaction; the next day they remember the joke and go to the victim's room to investigate. They have to break down the door. They find the victim sitting on the bed – her hair is snow white – and she is gnawing on the cadaver arm. N384.0.1.1
• Treasure placed in ground by supernatural beings. N511.3
• Treasure placed in old fortifications by supernatural beings. N511.3.2
• The rich man's trial in heaven. A piece of bread given to a beggar is placed on the scales. Q172.2.1
• Cobras placed in boxes and given to cruel parents, so that they are bitten. (Cf. Q285.) Q415.3.1
• Queen placed in kitchen and abused by butcher. Q482.2
• Penance: keeping self suspended on two iron hooks placed under armpits. Q541.4
• Tortoise placed in tall tree and left. S143.2.1
• Polygamy so that head wife may be quickly replaced for wrongdoing. T145.8
• Man forbids wife to open chest. Loaded crossbow placed in it. She opens it and is killed. T254.4
• Co-operative birth. Each of two wives bears a half-boy. They are placed together and form a real boy. T589.1
• Newborn boy placed in the lap of bathing queen by vulture. T589.6.1.1
• Prayer said by saint into his right hand restores displaced eye of opponent. V52.15
• Dead placed on boat. V61.1
• Holy water removes mark placed on man's face by the devil. V132.2.1
• Ducks in pool in church: water in which they are placed refuses to boil till ducks are restored to pool. V134.4
• Objects used as firewood for saint miraculously replaced. V224.1
• Food (animals) eaten by saint miraculously replaced. V224.2
• Animals stolen from saint miraculously replaced. V224.3
• Performing fox accidentally killed miraculously replaced for saint. V224.4
• Lie: man's organs replaced with animal's. (Cf. E782.) He acts like animal. X1721.2