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- The various children of Eve. Eve has so many children that she is ashamed when God pays her a visit. She hides some of them and they fail to receive the blessing that God gives those in sight. Thus arises the differences in classes and peoples. A1650.1
- Transformation to obtain blessing. D659.5
- Disenchantment by blessing. D781.1
- Saint's blessing makes stone oracular. D1311.16.0.1
- Poisoned drink or food made harmless by saint's blessing. D1840.1.2.1
- Barrenness removed by saint's blessing. D1925.4
- Apple trees bear as result of saint's blessing. (Cf. D950, D981.1, F971.4.) D2157.3.1
- Fairy wounded by mortal is healed only by obtaining mortal's blessing. (Cf. D659.5.) D2161.4.10.2.1
- Saint's blessing brings victory. D2163.8
- Curse magically changed to blessing. D2175.5
- Saint returns from dead to give blessing. E367.2
- Ghost laid by blessing grave. E443.1
- Unskilled man made skillful by saint's blessing. F660.2
- Devil's power avoided by blessing. G303.16.2.3
- Man escapes devils by reading Lord's blessing. G303.16.2.3.1
- Devil flees at pope's blessing. G303.16.2.3.2
- Blessing reveals seemingly pure stream to be devil's trap which kills whoever drinks from it. G303.16.2.3.5
- Choice: a big piece of cake with my curse or a small piece with my blessing. J229.3
- Imprisoned musician defends himself. Has been imprisoned because the king did not like the way the musician looked at him. After a year the king returns as a conqueror and sees musician. The latter says that he saw the king's conquests in a vision and was blessing him when he looked at him. The musician is honored. J814.1
- Blessing not worth a penny. Beggar woman asks pope for shilling and, being refused, for a penny. Finally asks for his blessing, which he gives. Old woman: "If your blessing had been worth a penny, you wouldn't have given me that." J1261.4