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- Guardian animals evaded. B576.1.1
- Burning magically evaded. (Cf. D1656.) D1841.3
- Death evaded. Person enters on the next life without dying. D1856
- Wild hunt's power evaded. E501.17.4
- Power of wild hunt evaded by prayer. E501.17.4.1
- Power of wild hunt evaded by formula. (Cf. D1273.) E501.17.4.2
- Power of wild hunt evaded by sacrificing to huntsman's dogs. E501.17.4.3
- Power of wild hunt evaded by silence. E501.17.4.4
- Curse evaded by guessing names in magic writing. H517
- Task evaded by subterfuge. H950
- Execution evaded by using three wishes. King ordains that guest who turns his plate shall be executed, but orders that anyone so condemned shall have three wishes granted. One of the wishes: to have all blinded who saw him turn the plate. He is freed. J1181.1
- Execution evaded by having three wishes granted: to be emperor, judge and the emperor's son-in-law during the last week of his life. As judge he frees himself and is in reality freed. J1181.2
- You lead and I will follow: hard command thus evaded. J1515
- Payment evaded by setting countertasks. K248
- Death order evaded. K510
- Death evaded by persuading executioner that another victim was ordered. (E.g., boy has been ordered to kill hare. Hare persuades the boy that the father said, "Kill the rooster for the hare.") K511.1
- Curse on everybody on earth who listens to the fatal mentioning of trolls' names, is evaded by person in cave, because he is in the earth. M427
- Unwitting bargain with devil evaded by driving dog over bridge first. The child has been unwittingly promised (the first thing that goes over the bridge). S241.1