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- Minister of lion-king a crane. B240.4.1
- Ghost laid by priest (minister). E443.2.4
- Ghost laid by group of ministers. By prayer and services, usually with "bell, book, and candle" or some modification of the procedure. E443.2.4.1
- Stolen mother returns from fairyland each Sunday to minister to her children. F322.3
- Devil visible to one who walks in minister's (or minister's wife's) holy shoes (galoshes). G303.6.2.4
- Devil appears to minister's serving man to warn of impending disaster to the house. G303.6.2.6
- Devil wooes woman; she discovers identity in time to escape with aid of minister who swallows candle after getting devil to promise she could live as long as the candle lasted. (Cf. K551.9.) G303.12.5.4
- Administering sacrament destroys devil's power. G303.16.5
- Chaplain administers sacrament and saves woman's soul from devil. G303.16.5.1
- King defeated in repartee by boy, who thus wins girl. Boy: "Who would give a man a bath, feed him his rice, and then bring him the tamal-pan to chew?" King: "No one but a wife." Boy claims minister's daughter. H507.1.0.2
- King and clever minister. King propounds riddles and questions to his clever minister. H561.5
- King gives enigmatic order to minister. H587
- King: Show me a ruby eight for a pice, nectar eight for a pice, and a faithless creature worth one-eighth of a pice. Minister: The lamp sells at eight for a pice and gives more light than any ruby; the water is the real nectar; and the dog is worthless and faithless lover because he follows anyone who feeds him. H587.1
- King asks favorite minister to show him a trick that he has never seen before. H1182.2
- King in quest of his prime minister who has left him in anger. H1385.12
- Contest in generosity. Ruler vies with minister in generosity. Minister declared loser and condemned to die. Pardoned on acknowledging defeat. H1552.2
- Minister taught by parable to make obeisance to the new king. J80.2
- Minister's clever daughter-in-law uses wisdom to defeat Brahmin's wealth. J185.1
- Foolishness of king's taking a washerman for chief minister; washerman makes no preparation for war and kingdom is conquered. [Inadvertant duplication of U129.3.] J677
- Prime minister bribes priest to persuade king that ocean of milk he wishes sought for had curdled. J811.5