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- Choice: small injustice permitted rather than to cause troubles of state. J221
- Solomon, permitted by God to make any request, asks wisdom. Granted wisdom and wealth. J231.1
- The besieged women's dearest possession. (Women of Weinsberg.) Permitted to carry from the city their dearest possession, they take their husbands. J1545.4.1
- Deceptive division of shared wife. Evil takes lower half of wife, Good takes upper half. Child begotten by Evil not permitted to nurse the top half which belongs to Good. K171.7
- Trickster permitted to try on clothes. Goes away with them. K351
- Trickster permitted to try on ornaments. Goes off with them. K351.3
- Man in devils' power makes them believe he will return and is permitted to leave. Deceives them. K611.4
- None permitted to enter hall of king unless he possesses an art. P14.7
- St. Peter's mother dropped from heaven because of hardheartedness. She is permitted to go to heaven on a stalk, but is weighted down by people holding to her skirts. She shakes them off. (Cf. Q172.) Q291.1