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- Saint sees vision of three cities in heaven: a city of gold, a city of silver, a city of glass. A661.1.2
- Moon is hare covered with silver, which lives in crystal house with fifteen windows. It rests on a chariot and travels around Mount Meru. A759.4
- The four ages of the world. A development of the present order through four stages or periods, the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, or the like. A1101
- Origin of silver coins. A1433.2
- Silver coins from pumpkin received from fishes. A1433.2.1
- Animal with a gold (silver) horn. B15.3.2
- Deer with a gold and a silver horn. B15.3.2.1
- Goat with a gold and a silver horn. B15.3.2.2
- Cow with silver horns. B15.3.2.3.1
- Bird with head of gold and wings of silver. B15.7.3
- Bird with wings of silver. B101.1.1
- Treasure-hog. Alternate bristles of gold and silver; at each step a side of pork falls from him. B101.2
- Stag with golden antlers and silver feet. B101.4.1
- Stag with gold and silver on horns and neck, and a silver bell. B101.4.2
- Fish with gold and silver heads. B101.6
- Cow with silver horns. B101.8
- Big ox with gold and silver in the horns. B101.8.1
- Mongoose with golden hair and silver ears. B101.9
- Fish of silver. B102.4.1
- Silver calf. B102.5.1
- Silver and gold run from cod's mouth. B103.4.1.1
- Dog vomits gold and silver. B103.4.3
- Armadillo with silver plate over its forehead. B119.3
- Silver, gold, and diamond birds. B731.5
- Silver fish with gold fins. B731.12
- Transformation: flowers to gold and silver. D475.1.18
- Transformation: objects to silver. D475.3
- Transformation: earth to silver. D475.3.1
- Tin changed into silver. D475.3.2
- Transformation: stone to silver. D475.3.3
- Transformation: iron in axe to silver. D475.3.4
- Transformation: silver dish becomes wooden. D475.3.5
- Silver rods cause magic sleep. (Cf. D1254.2.) D1364.26
- Silver bullet protects against giants, ghosts, and witches. (Cf. D1096.3.) D1385.4
- Gold and silver combed from hair. D1454.1.1
- Tree with silver branches. (Cf. D950, F811.1.2.) D1461.0.2
- Treasure-giving magic flower (gold and silver). (Cf. D975.) D1463.5
- Silver leaps into wine pitcher. (Cf. D1171.4.) D1469.9
- Magic sheepskin, shaken inside and outside shed, showers gold and silver. (Cf. D1225.8.) D1469.11
- Magic formula causes silver to hide itself in mountain. (Cf. D1273.) D1555.3
- Silver cock, sitting on a flower, crows. D1620.2.2.1
- Silver in chain increases in fire. (Cf. D1078.) D1671
- King asleep in mountain will awake when his horse's shoes are worn down. Every seven years the horse goes around the castle. He must wear his half-inch silver shoes to thinness of cat's ear before the king awakes. D1960.2.1
- Silver magically produced. D2103
- Saint scratches surface of earth with his spear and treasures of gold and silver are revealed. D2157.1.1
- Silver stick kills; gold one restores to life. E64.1.1.1
- Reincarnation of slain boy as gold and silver. E645.1
- Life token: silver object turns dark. E761.4.5
- Wall of silver around otherworld. F148.2
- Otherworld surrounded by palisade of gold and silver. F148.3
- Castles of gold and silver in otherworld. F163.1.4
- Castles thatched with silver in otherworld. (Cf. F163.3.2.) F163.1.5
- House of silver in otherworld. (Cf. F163.1.5.) F163.3.2
- Fortress of metal (gold, silver, etc.) in otherworld. F163.5.1
- Floors of silver in otherworld dwelling. F165.3.3
- Wattling of silver in otherworld dwelling. F165.3.4
- "Silver Bowl" (Grail) in otherworld. F166.1.1
- Pillars of silver and glass in otherworld. F169.1
- Four-sided silver column on otherworld island. F169.1.3
- Silver fishnet in otherworld. F169.4
- Silver-colored fairy. F233.2
- Fairies give woman silver spoons. F343.1
- Gifts of gold and silver not to be accepted from fairies. F348.4
- Water-spirits are clad in clothes of gold and silver. F420.1.6.2
- Water-spirit returns to the woodchopper a silver axe in place of the one he has lost. F420.5.1.7.4
- Dwarfs have silvery white hair. F451.2.4.2
- Dwarf king has silver miner's torch bright as the sun. F451.7.4
- Person with horns of silver. F511.3.1
- Person with body of silver. F521.3.4
- Silver king with silver attendants. Is on a silver horse accompanied by silver cock, bird, and dog. F521.3.4.1
- Silver hair. F555.2
- Voice changed by work of silversmith (goldsmith). F556.2
- Kingdom where everything is of silver. F707.2
- Island with rampart of gold and palisade of silver. F731.3
- Mountain of silver. F752.2
- Silver not to be taken from mountain of silver on Sabbath. F752.2.1
- Cave of gold, silver and crystal. F757.1.1
- City with hundred palaces and gardens; in one everything is of gold, in another, silver, etc. F761.1.1
- City paved with seeds of silver. F761.5.2
- Palace of gold and silver bricks. F771.1.1.2
- Silver castle. F771.1.2
- Towers of steel, silver and gold. F772.2.2
- Nimrod's multiple throne. Seven thrones on top of one another. Stone, cedar, iron, copper, silver, gold, precious stones. F785.2
- Chairs of gold and silver. F786.1
- 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
- Silver tree. F811.1.2
- Tree with silver trunk, gold branches, emerald leaves, pearls for fruits. F811.1.7
- Silver apple. F813.1.2
- Silver pear. F813.4
- Marvelous garden with gold and silver flowers, bees. F818.1
- Dress of gold, silver, color of sun, moon and stars. F821.1.5
- Dress with gold, silver, and diamond bells. F821.3
- Silver shoes. F823.4
- Silver weapon. F830.1
- Bow of gold, silver, and copper. F836.1
- Knife with handle half gold and half silver. F838.2
- Silver boat. F841.1.9
- Gold (silver) mast. F841.2.1
- Silver oar. F841.2.3
- Silver coffin. F852.3