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Motifs
- Hill as unfinished tower built in the likeness of Nimrod's tower. A963.8
- Tabu: offending devil. A smith or priest continually insults the devil's statue or picture (cf. C13). The devil brings the offender into dangerous situation (suspicion of theft or murder), and saves him miraculously when he promises never again to abuse the devil's likeness. C45
- Transformation to likeness of another person. D40
- Transformation to likeness of person whose shield one carries. (Cf. D1101.1). D40.1
- Transformation to likeness of another woman. D40.2
- Transformation to likeness of ruler. Man so uses the last of three wishes granted to him. D41.1
- Transformation to likeness of monster. D47
- Transformation to likeness of another person – miscellaneous. D49
- Transformation to likeness of another by sleeping with arms about him under the same mantle. D592
- Wizard shows man likeness of cock which will win fight. D1814.1.1
- Fairy in likeness of another. (Cf. F239.2.) F234.2.4
- Ruler forbids blacksmith to reveal solution of riddle unless he has seen him 100 times. Smith reveals the solution on receipt of 100 crowns bearing the ruler's likeness. J1161.7
- The devil's likeness. A squire demands somebody to paint a living picture of the devil; when he sees it, he dies. Q338.2
- Preacher criticizes the likeness of Christ exhibited in his church. Says that it is unworthy of the original. V124