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Motifs
- Creation of bee to provide wax for candles in church. (Cf. B259.4.) A2012.1
- Deer with candles on the tops of their antlers. B253.6
- Disenchantment by maidens walking with lighted candles in procession. D759.6
- "Hand of glory" renders light invisible. Candles of human fat from dead man's hand make light invisible except to man holding it. (Cf. D1162.2.1.) D1361.7
- Remarkable candlestick. F789.2
- Jeweled candlestick. F789.2.1
- The cat and the candle. A man has a cat trained to hold up lighted candles on its head. The king has a mouse let loose. The cat drops the candle and chases the mouse. J1908.1
- "Hang out lanterns." Officer calls to householders to hang out lanterns. One hangs out lantern but does not light it. The next night the officer calls to them to hang out lanterns and candles. He hangs out a lantern with a candle in it but unlighted. The next night the officer calls out to hang out lanterns and candlelight. J2516.5
- Thief places candles on crabs (bugs). When they are turned loose in the churchyard the parson and the sexton think that they are the souls of the dead. Meanwhile the thief steals from them. K335.0.5.1
- Punishment: using fat rendered from daughter's mutilated corpse to cook with and to light candles. Q478.4
- Holy candles. V133