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- Why the sky receded upward: it was struck by a woman's pestle. A625.2.2
- Origin of the pestle. A1446.5.2
- Magic pestle. D1254.3
- Magic pestle draws storm away. (Cf. D1254.3.) D1541.2.1
- Marvelous sensitiveness: fainting from noise of wooden pestle and mortar. F647.8
- Cannibal with winnowing tray and pestle. G11.12
- Ogre carrying mortar and pestle. G676
- Found mortar taken to king reveals peasant girl's wisdom. Peasant finds mortar in his field and against his daughter's advice takes it to the king, who demands the pestle as well. Peasant laments that he has not followed daughter's advice. King summons her. H561.1.2
- Youthful fencer yields to infuriated opponent who has picked up a pestle. "Two against me. I surrender." J676
- Wife prepares the pestle. Tells guests husband uses it against guests. They flee. Tells husband they left because she refused to give them pestle. Husband pursues to give them the pestle, but they run the faster. (Cf. K2137.) J1563.5.1
- Obedient woman's pestle remains magically suspended in air. J2411.9