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Motifs
- Magic boat is rowed by two wooden figures as soon as it is put on water. (Cf. D1524, D1620.) D1523.2.8
- Automatic figures on harp – birds, serpents, hounds. D1620.2.5
- Instrument's ornamental figures climb down and run about as harper plays. D1627.1
- Magic spring detects perjury: disfigures perjurer. H251.3.9
- Woman puts figures of paramour and herself in bed. Husband attacks them. Woman uses it as a lesson to "reform" husband. K525.1.1
- Dancer stabs spectator. Uses one of the figures of the dance as a ruse. K916
- Lovers converse in figures of speech not understood by others. T42.2
- Man disfigures his face to remove temptation. T333.3
- Symbolism: not to fight alone. Various figures employed to show it is not good for one warrior alone to fight the battles of a host. Z161