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- Opening of creator's eyes creates day. (Cf. A0.) A1171.1
- Tigress grateful for opening of abscess. B386
- Tabu: opening gourd in which star-wife is kept. When curious girls do so, she flies up to sky. C31.1.5
- Tabu: opening too much of magic box at a time. A priest gives a prince a sealed packet which he is to open in time of distress. He must open only one portion at a time. C321.1
- Tabu: opening gift box prematurely. C321.2
- Tabu: opening bag too soon. C322.2
- Tabu: opening corpse-wrapping. C328
- Tabu: opening bottle. C625
- Golden finger as sign of opening forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) C911
- Disenchantment from fruit (flower) by opening it. D721.5
- Opening bottle summons genie. (Cf. D1171.8.) D1421.1.14
- Self-opening tree-trunk. (Cf. D950.) D1556
- Self-opening door. (Cf. D1146.) D1601.37
- Golem. Automatic statue animated by insertion of written magic formula into an opening. D1635
- Opening mouth makes door open wider. D1782.1.1
- Opening in house made by magic so as to escape. D2165.4
- Sky-window. An opening into the sky gives access to upper world. F56
- Visit to lower world through opening rocks. Rocks open with a charm. F92.3
- Opening Holy Bible in presence of fairies nullifies their spells. F382.4
- Not a locksmith. A judge asks a pseudo-prophet to prove his powers by opening a difficult lock. "I am a prophet, not a locksmith." J1289.1