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Motifs — first 20 of 28
- Origin of physical defects. Wicked people entering heaven on rope fall to earth and are injured. St. Peter misunderstands what God says and lets them fall. A1338
- Tabu: man entering woman's quarters in her absence. C182.2
- Tabu: single person entering one's house after sunset. C752.1.3
- Tabu: entering chariot less than three weeks after having eaten horseflesh. C756.4
- Bedstead at doorway prevents spirit from entering. (Cf. D1154.1.) D1385.22
- Resuscitation by demon's entering corpse. E121.6.1
- Thumbling steals by entering keyhole. F535.1.1.11.1
- Barbed lance. Causes one wound on entering and nine on retiring. F832.1
- Elephant allows jackal to quench his thirst by entering through his mouth to his stomach. F929.1
- Witch who is out of skin is prevented from reentering it when person salts or peppers skin. (Cf. G275.8.1.) G229.1.1
- Suitor test: entering princess's chamber. H344
- Is town too full of anchorites? Saint entering holy town is sent cup full to brim of milk by its worldly-minded fakirs that he may know the town can hold no more anchorites. Saint floats a flower on milk and returns cup. H607.4
- Rocks falling together and thread entering needle's eye suggest sexual intercourse: hence its beginning. J86
- Wise man before entering a quarrel considers how it will end. J611
- Unjust claimant of woman duped into entering jar. Jackal as judge declares that real husband shall enter jar woman carries on her head. J1172.3.1
- Man sleeping in stable (abandoned cabin) thinks entering animals are ghosts: kills them. J1782.4
- Means of entering house or treasury. K310
- Deception into entering bag. K711
- Deception into entering box (or prison). K714
- Victim tricked into entering box. K714.2