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- Chipmunk's back scratched: hence his stripes. As he is trying to escape, bear catches him with his claws and marks him permanently. (Cf. A2413.2.) A2217.2
- Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu. C910
- Girl destroys crab shape of husband and disenchants him permanently. D719.2
- Disenchantment made permanent. D793
- Disenchantment made permanent by holding to a hair. D793.1
- Disenchantment made permanent by burning cast-off skin. Cf. D721.3. D793.2
- Other permanent magic characteristics. D1920
- Ghost strikes man on face: marks remain permanently. E542.1.4.2
- Mortal beats drum as fairies dance before Indra; is granted fairy wife permanently. F302.6.2.1
- Command would become permanent. A ruler receives gifts from his subjects and later demands them as he due. The fool sets the nobleman's bed on fire. When the nobleman commands him to put the fire out he refuses, since he would ever afterward have to be putting out fires. J1521.3
- The bitten cheek. In payment of a debt, a woman permits a man to kiss her; he bites her cheek so that she has a permanent mark. K2021.1
- Mark of Cain. Permanent mark as curse on a murderer. (Cf. Q211.) Q556.2