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• Spirits become gods. A104.4
• Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
• In extreme old age spirits become gods. A117.3
• Gods are spirits of deified dead. A117.5
• God presides over all male spirits. A161.4
• Demon god lies in wait for spirits descending to underworld. A317
• Culture hero spares certain evil spirits. Old Age, Cold, Poverty, and Hunger beg the culture hero not to destroy them because of their real usefulness to man. A531.1
• In other world one room contains the dead, another contains souls of the unborn waiting to enter the wombs of women, and a third contains all the evil spirits. A678
• Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. A788.3
• Earth in form of raft supported by spirits. A813.1
• Former age: spirits and ogres lived with men, and gods appeared in human guise. A1101.1.3
• Thunder from clashing weapons of warring spirits in sky. A1142.6.1
• Why the center of man's eye is black: blackened by spirits to make themselves invisible. A1319.7
• Why the Kamar offer liquor to gods and spirits. A1689.5
• Jesus drives evil spirits into hogs: hence short snouts. (Cf. A2335.4.1.) A2287.1
• Jesus drives evil spirits into hogs: hence "toes" on back of foreleg. (Cf. A2371.2.2.) A2287.1.1
• Why spirits are invisible. A2862
• Animal languages learned from ghosts (spirits). B217.3
• Animal wards off spirits. B785
• Tabu: offending spirits of the dead. C16
• Tabu: offending spirits of water, mountain, etc. C40
• Tabu: crossing water when spirits are offended. C41.3
• Tabu: skating over water when spirits are offended. C41.3.1
• Tabu: cutting certain trees lest tree-spirits be offended. C43.2
• Tabu: offending guardian spirits. C44
• Tabu: stealing from spirits. (Cf. C51.2.) C91
• Tabu: uttering secrets heard from spirits. C423.4
• Meat received from spirits transformed to banana leaves. D457.5.2
• Transformation by evil spirits. D683.6
• Magic object protects from evil spirits. D1385
• Herbs worn in ears keep off power of evil spirits. (Cf. D965.) D1385.2.1
• Rue, when burned, keeps evil spirits at a distance. (Cf. D965.16.) D1385.2.2
• Roots protect from evil spirits. (Cf. D967.) D1385.2.6
• Mandrake protects from evil spirits. (Cf. D965.1.) D1385.2.7
• Garlic protects from evil spirits. (Cf. D1383.5.) D1385.2.8
• Metal as defense against spirits. (Cf. D1252.) D1385.5
• Magic ring summons air spirits. (Cf. D1076.) D1421.1.13
• Magic power from overheard talk of spirits. D1739.1
• Evil spirits conjured away in name of deity. (Cf. D1385.) D1766.7.1.1
• Magic knowledge from guardian spirits. (Cf. E721.9.) D1810.12
• Storm from calling up spirits to help find buried treasure. (Cf. C401.3.) D2141.0.2
• Evil spirits exorcised by death of saint. D2176.3.3.0.1
• Evil spirits imprisoned in stone. D2177.3
• Evil spirits kept out by stone wall. D2177.4
• Magic control of spirits (angels). D2198
• Ghosts haunt house. (It is sometimes hard to tell whether haunters are supposed to be ghosts or familiar spirits of some kind.) E281
• Wood-spirits pursued in wild hunt. E501.5.3
• Spirits are always in the air. E587.4
• Multiple separable souls: ogre's separable spirits live in a tree (plant), fish, honey bee. E718
• Souls of dead eaten by sky-spirits. E752.8
• Precautions taken with corpse before burial to prevent evil spirits from getting, using body. (Cf. E431.) E752.10
• Light must be kept burning by corpse to keep evil spirits away. E752.10.2
• Path to underworld marked by knots tied in grass by spirits. F95.4
• Journey to world of spirits. F121
• Entrance to otherworld guarded by spirits. F150.2.2
• Fairies (elves). See also F420 (Water Spirits), F451 (Dwarfs) and F460 (Mountain Spirits) for many common motifs. F200
• Spirits and demons (general). F400
• Appearance of spirits. F401
• Spirits dressed in antique clothes. F401.1
• Luminous spirits. F401.2
• Spirits with goose (chicken) feet. F401.3.5
• Spirits in form of snake. F401.3.8
• Spirits without heads (or with heads under arms). F401.4
• Spirits appear horrible. F401.5
• Evil spirits. Demons. See whole chapter "G" for witches and ogres. F402
• Deeds of evil spirits. F402.1
• Spirits tangle up peasant's cows. F402.1.3
• Spirits put corpse into river. F402.1.8
• Spirits live in caves. F402.6.4.1
• Good spirits. F403
• Spirits give money to mortal. F403.1
• Spirits help mortal. Familiar spirits. F403.2
• Angels as familiar spirits. Act as servants about the house of saints and serve them otherwise. F403.2.2.2
• Deeds of familiar spirits. F403.2.3
• Spirits teach boy how to sing. F403.2.3.3
• Army of spirits and ghosts. F403.2.3.7
• Means of summoning spirits. F404
• Conjuring spirits. F404.2
• Means of combating spirits. F405
• Spirits driven off by knife-thrusts and pistol shots. F405.2
• Spirits deceived by drum-beats and hoodwinkings. F405.3
• Dogs protect house from spirits. F405.5.1
• Grain scattered as a means of dispersing spirits. F405.6
• Spirits leave when report is made of fire at their home. Denied readmittance. F405.8
• Spirits propitiated. F406
• Food left out for spirits at night. F406.2
• Spirits allow people with faces to ground to pass. F406.3
• Departure of spirits. F407
• Spirits ascend to heaven by building fire. F407.1.1
• How spirits travel. F411
• Visibility of spirits. F412
• Spirits visible to only one person. F412.1.1
• Origin of spirits. F413
• Spirits set fire to mill. Meet on Christmas (Easter) night. Cease to meet after mortal spies upon them. F416
• Spirits keep mill from working. F416.1
• Spirits receive their share of everything made at certain specified times. F417
• Spirits borrow from mortals at weddings, return goods later. F417.1
• Spirits (demons) hover in air shrieking over battle. (Cf. F411.2.) F418
• Spirits answer war cry. F418.1
• Spirits and demons – miscellaneous. F419