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- Treacherous wife forces husband to kill helpful dog. B335.1.1
- Helpful hedgehog forces snake to suck out poison from bitten raja. B511.1.3
- Magic pistol forces one to run behind the ball. (Cf. D1096.2.) D1526.3
- Saint forces a beast (leopard, wolf) to bring back stolen child (domestic animal) to his mother (owner). D2156.3
- Saint causes great forest to spring up between opposing forces. D2163.6.1
- Hero forces otherworld person's wife to tell him way to otherworld. F174.1
- Man binds fairy and forces her to marry him. F302.4.4
- Blinded prince forces goddess to give him back his sight. F952.0.2
- Burning object forces witch to reveal herself: sympathetic magic. G257.1
- Taking tile from witch's house forces her to reveal herself. G257.4
- Enemy horses captured by lion join forces and become friends. J891
- Dog leader fears defeat because his forces are of different breeds. Wolves are all of one kind. J1023
- [First Edition (Additions and Corrections): J1085.1[b]. Priest with crucifix and club. Orders church thieves to replace stolen goods. When crucifix does not bring obedience he forces them with club.] J1085.1[b][1st ed.]
- Guests make impossible demands of host: host's representative forces guests to leave by sending them on difficult quest. J1563.2
- Ignorant priest forces rolls of cloth instead of bread down a dying man's throat. J1738.1
- The goose without a leg. Accused of eating the goose's leg, the thief maintains that it had no leg, and cleverly enforces his point by showing geese standing on one leg. (Usually the master confounds the rascal by frightening the geese so that they use both legs) K402.1
- Reward offered for stolen object (princess). Thief (abductor) returns and enforces reward. K442.1
- The entrapped suitors: the chaste wife has them caught. Forces them to work for her. K1218.1.2
- Guest to be killed suspects plot and forces host to sleep in his bed. Brothers come home and kill their father. K1611.2
- Wife poisons husband who in turn poisons her. Before he dies he forces her to drink from the same cup. K1613.2