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- Rubbing charm provides garments. (Cf. D1273.) D1473.2
- Magic shears clip garments from air. D1601.12.1
- Mice gnawing garments as bad omen. D1812.5.1.12.4
- Walking upon water without wetting the soles or garments. D1841.4.3
- Magician makes people lift garments to avoid wetting in imaginary river. D2031.1
- Fire turns aside and refuses to catch hold of holy garments, wooden altars and similar sacred things. D2158.1.3.2
- Water-women are powerless when their garments are taken. F420.4.6.1
- Hair above heart so stiff it rends five garments. F555.8.1
- Woman sews nine garments at a time with one needle. F662.0.1.1
- Glorified white garments. F821.6
- Garments grow with man wearing them. F821.9
- Garments emitting aromatic perfume. F821.10
- Great flock of birds lift grayhound and garments into air. F982.1.1
- Identification by royal garments. H111.1
- Task: coming "neither in softness nor in hardness." (Comes clad in garments of mountain down.) H1054.4
- Woman's garments cut off: does not know herself. J2012.2
- False bride steals true bride's garments in bath. K1911.1.8
- Monster disguises and wins girl. Borrows wedding garments one by one; later returns them one by one and reveals monster form. K1918
- Accustomed rags preferred to new garments. A Brahmin returns home to find a palace instead of a cottage; he recognizes his wife only after she throws off her jewels and ornaments to stand before him in her old rags. L217
- Tearing garments as sign of grief. P678.1