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- Legless and armless deity supported on animal. A128.3
- Vaginal teeth broken. Women originally had toothed vaginas. Culture hero breaks teeth so that women will be harmless to men. A1313.3.1
- Why animal is harmless. A2531
- Animal usually harmless has horns. B15.3.4
- Magic spear's point harmless, while its shaft inflicts mortal blow. D1402.7.2.3
- Magic writings on sword render it harmless. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1414.2
- Diamond charms serpents into harmlessness. (Cf. D1071.) D1442.11
- Poisoned drink or food made harmless by saint's blessing. D1840.1.2.1
- Armless revenant. E422.1.2
- Salt sprinkled on fairy food renders it harmless. F384.1.2
- Armless people. F516.1
- Armless people have legs growing from their shoulders. Use toes in place of fingers. F516.1.1
- Victim's arrows made harmless. K818.3
- Bluff: insult repeated as harmless remark. The trickster makes an insulting remark, but when called on to repeat what he said he changes it so as to turn aside wrath. K1775
- Salt in food given Death's messengers renders them harmless. Z111.6.2