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- Dog-headed people. Peasants persecuted by one-eyed and dog-headed savages. B25.1.2
- Man and bear in the rick of hay. The bear, persecuted by wolves, runs onto the hay-rick where the man was hidden, and defends himself from the wolves with bunches of hay. B855
- Dead mother returns to aid persecuted children. E323.2
- Dead mother (in animal form) returns to aid persecuted children. E323.2.1
- After persecuted queen has been driven away from palace, trees do not bear fruits, flowers cease to bloom, and birds do not sing. F975.2
- Ogre schoolmaster. Girl sees schoolmaster eat human flesh. Refuses to tell him what she saw. He persecutes her. G11.9
- Man persecuted by a rakshasa in form of beautiful wench. G369.1.5
- Quest for persecuted woman. H1381.3.6
- Mare is allowed to dance before being killed; it dashes off to jungle with persecuted boy hidden in belly. K551.3.6.2
- Prophecy: saint's monastery will be persecuted. M364.1
- The fourteen lucky daughters. The husband leaves his wife, who has given birth to fourteen girls, thinking he is persecuted by bad luck because of failure to have a son. On the seashore, the girls find precious stones. The wife, now prosperous, finds her husband among beggars. N231
- Brother faithful to persecuted sister. P253.2.1
- Brothers persecute sister's lover and are in return killed by him. P253.7
- Persecuted queen meanly clothed and set where all are commanded to spit on her. Q471.1
- Persecuted wife. S410
- Unfaithful husband and his mistress persecute his wife. S413
- Second wife orders husband to persecute first. S413.2
- Deity appears before persecuted youngest brother and gives him a flock of sheep. S464
- Persecuted sons of co-wife. (Cf. K2222.) S471
- Sun sends shaft of heat to cook meat given persecuted saint. V222.13