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- Hoarded game released. Animals are kept imprisoned by malevolent creature. Released by culture hero. A1421
- Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small". C433
- Werwolf. A man changes periodically into the form of a wolf. He is usually malevolent when in wolf form. D113.1.1
- Water gradually envelops girl filling pitcher and drowns her. Work of malevolent rice-spirit. D1432.1
- Malevolent return from the dead. E200
- Dead lover's malevolent return. E210
- Dead relative's malevolent return. E220
- Dead spouse's malevolent return. Usually to protest with survivor because of evil ways. E221
- Dead mother's malevolent return. E222
- Dead relative's malevolent return – miscellaneous. E229
- Other malevolent revenants. E260
- Malevolent revenants – miscellaneous. E279
- Malevolent return from the dead – miscellaneous. E290
- Miscellaneous acts of malevolent ghosts. E299
- Locations haunted by non-malevolent dead. (Cf. E270–E284 for locations haunted by malevolent ghosts.) E330
- Non-malevolent road ghosts. (Cf. E272, E581, E582.) E332
- Non-malevolent churchyard ghost. (Cf. E273.) E333
- Non-malevolent ghost haunts scene of former misfortune, crime, or tragedy. (C.f. E336, E337, E338, E339.) E334
- Non-malevolent mine ghosts. (Cf. E275.1, E334.5.1, F456.) E336
- Non-malevolent ghost haunts building. See E281, E402. E338