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- Bible texts as magic spells. D1273.3
- Wizard detects thieves by placing leaf from Bible under doorstep. The guilty ones stumble over doorstep. D1817.0.1.5
- Ghost laid by Bible. E443.8
- Opening Holy Bible in presence of fairies nullifies their spells. F382.4
- Reading Bible backwards causes witch to reveal herself. (Cf. D1985.2.) G257.2
- Bible used in exorcism of witch. G271.2.5
- Devil as dog chews up Bibles, hymnbooks, church accounts in church. G303.24.5
- Scales test: weighing witch against Bible. H234
- Thief detected by psalter and key. Closed Bible with key inside at magic text loosely held by diviner and client. Name of suspected thief on end of key. As verse is spoken, if name is that of thief, book and key will turn around. H251.3.2
- Gold in the Bible. A man professes to be a great Bible reader. King leaves a piece of money in the Bible. On his next visit it is still there. H261
- Riddles based on the Bible or legend. H810
- Removing chance for worry. A king noticing that a student has stolen a capon, asks, "Does not the Bible say that you should not worry about tomorrow?" "Exactly. I was trying to remove all chance of worry tomorrow." J1396
- Devil is cheated by giving him task: counting the letters in the church Bible. He is unable to read the holy words. K211.1
- Devil cheated of his victim by boy having a bible under his arm. K218.2
- Bible. V136