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- Return from dead to ask forgiveness. E365
- Return of the dead to grant forgiveness. E365.1
- Dry bone smells as sign of forgiveness. F991.2.1
- Forgiveness the reward of successful quest. H1244
- Vanquished ruler in disguise gets audience with victor. "What would you do if your enemy were to kneel before you and beg forgiveness?" "I would forgive him." Reveals identity and is pardoned. J829.3
- Guests strike man who tries to interfere in their quarrel. It is their host in old clothes. Guests are humiliated but forgiven. J1072.1
- Plenty of holy water. A fool hearing of the effectiveness of holy water for the forgiveness of sins pours the whole supply over himself. J2513
- Wife confesses to disguised husband. She suspects the fraud and persuades him that she knew the ruse and was testing him. He begs forgiveness. K1528
- Incognito king in victor's court. Asks forgiveness. K1812.5
- Forgiveness of sin for acts of charity. Q171.1
- Husband forgiven for having killed jealous wife: builds monastery and becomes monk in it. Q171.1.1
- Punishment for finding fault with God's forgiveness of sin. Q312.3
- Mother guilty of incest with son forgiven by Pope (Virgin Mary). T412.1
- Ass punished for stealing mouthful of grass; lion and wolf forgiven for eating sheep. U11.1
- Animals confess sins to lion holding court. All the powerful animals forgiven. Ass and lamb are punished. U11.1.1.1
- Theft to avoid starvation forgiven. U25
- Confession brings forgiveness of sin. V21
- Sincere confession miraculously obliterated as sign of forgiveness. V21.1
- Confession of monk who intended to rob monastery brings forgiveness. Eventually elected prior. V21.3
- Search for confessor. Great sinner sent from one confessor to another. All say that his sins are too great for forgiveness. Finally he succeeds. V29.1