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- Angel of destruction created from hail and fire. A52.1.5
- God of destruction. A488
- World catastrophe. The world is destroyed. The incidents are usually the same whether a final destruction is thought of or a destruction which may be overcome by a renewal of the earth. A1000
- Pairs of animals in ark. Seed of all beings put into ark to escape destruction. A1021.1
- World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world. A1030
- Animal grateful to hero for preventing destruction of nest. B365.2
- Ant grateful for preventing destruction of nest. B365.2.1
- Murder by abuse or destruction of image. D2061.2.2.3
- Destruction of an alp. F471.1.2.2
- Upon destruction of pestilence-spirit, plague ceases. F493.3.1
- Nature's lament at the Temple's destruction. F960.3.1
- Task: destruction of iron castle. H1562.12
- Destruction of enemy's weapons. J621
- Swallow advises hen against hatching out serpent's eggs. She is hatching her own destruction. J622.1.1
- Eye of king's foster-son damaged by sting of bee. Boy's friends demand eye of king's son in forfeit; king decrees instead destruction of swarm of bees so that guilty one may perish. J1179.14
- Poet goes to king to complain of destruction of his dwelling. King requires story. Poet recites list, ending with account of the destruction of his dun. Reparation granted. J1675.6
- Gradual murder by piecemeal destruction of separable soul. K956.1
- Mortal fosters fairy child to prevent destruction of crops. M242.1
- Prophecy: destruction of fortress. M356.1.4
- Destruction and rebuilding of church foreseen by saint. M364.10