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• God represented on high throne surrounded by angels. A137.15
• Flames surround God's throne. A152.2
• Heavenly curtain surrounds God's throne. A152.5
• Heaven surrounded by seven walls. A661.0.9
• Land of the saints surrounded by fiery circle. A661.0.10
• Midgard Serpent. A serpent surrounds the earth. A876
• The leviathan that surrounds the globe. A876.1
• Mythical animals surround God's throne. B7.2
• Valley disenchanted rises to level of surroundings. D799.2
• Waberlohe. Magic fire surrounds and protects. (Cf. D1271.) D1380.1
• Blood makes tree (and surroundings) poisonous. (Cf. D1016.) D1563.2.2
• Magic fire-moccasins. Set fire to surroundings. (Cf. D1065.4.) D1566.1.2
• Person in magic sleep surrounded by protecting fire. D1967
• Person in magic sleep surrounded by protecting hedge. D1967.1
• Wild huntsmen surrounded by fire. E501.7.6.4
• Otherworld surrounded by palisade of gold and silver. F148.3
• Otherworld surrounded by seven walls and locks of iron and doors of iron. F148.5
• Standing stone surrounded by withe as challenge at entrance of otherworld. (Cf. F149.1.) F150.3.2
• Water-spirits are dressed like people of surroundings. F420.1.6.1
• Lake monster turning over causes lake to overflow surrounding mountains. F713.3
• Island surrounded by wall of fire; water prevents it from being consumed. F744
• Heathen city surrounded by a yellow river, furious and impassable. F767.1
• Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rose-water and honey. F771.2.4.1
• Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey. F771.7
• Witch causes lovers on stile to think they are surrounded by water. G269.23
• Man with fire moccasins. They set fire to surroundings. G345
• Riddle: the king is surrounded by his nobles; what is this like? (The idol Bel surrounded by the priests of the god.) H825
• Consoled by a drop of honey. Man in pit surrounded by perils thus comforts himself. J861.1
• Deceptive land purchase: ox-hide measure. As much land bought as can be surrounded by an ox-hide. The hide is cut into very small strips. K185.1
• Deceptive land purchase: as much land as can be surrounded in a certain time. K185.7
• Land bargain: land surrounded by a horse (cow) in one day. K185.7.1
• Dupe injures self on fence of thorns surrounding food-plants. K1038
• Herdsman threatens invasion with enormous herds: bought off. He hires himself as herdsman of all his master's flocks for ten years. He then sends notice to surrounding peoples that he is coming with his master's flocks to graze. They bribe him to stay away. K1784
• Patient laughs so at foolish diagnosis of sham physician that his abscess breaks and he gets well. She has been told to examine the floor around the patient's bed for signs of what he has been eating. She finds the patient surrounded with pillows: he has eaten too many pillows. N641
• Girl's virginity spared by knight when he sees her surrounded by the Virgin and her train. In her straits the girl has prayed for help. T321.3
• The hare's last will. Surrounded by hunters and hounds, the hare considers to whom each of his members will be allotted. Succeeds in escaping. U242.1
• Three seas surrounding the earth. Z71.1.9