• Transformation by placing pill in mouth. (Cf. D1243.) D551.6.1
• Transformation by placing something on head. D596
• Transformation by placing bewitched flower on head. D596.1
• Disenchantment by placing handkerchief between horns. D777
• Wizard detects thieves by placing leaf from Bible under doorstep. The guilty ones stumble over doorstep. D1817.0.1.5
• Ghost laid by placing stones in throat of the corpse. E441.2
• Cobold acquired by placing food for him in a certain place. He likes scrambled eggs. F481.0.1.3
• Healing by sprinkling water and replacing flesh. F950.9
• Witch killed by placing salt or pepper inside skin while it is laid aside. (Cf. G229.1.1.) G275.8.1
• Placing hand on genitals as test of truth. H252.1
• Task: placing frogs in a tree. H1024.2
• Task: lifting mountain. Countertask: placing it on my shoulders. H1149.9
• Wives prevent war by placing themselves and their children between two armies. J1112.4
• The weighted order-cards. To a man going on a voyage, various people give commissions for purchases, which he writes down on cards. Some give him money; some promise it on his return. On ship he looks the cards over, placing the proper gold on the proper card. A wind blows into the sea those not weighted with gold. J1382.2
• Each of two persons wants to sleep in the middle. (Sometimes solved by placing an object on one side of the bed.) J2213.1
• The eye-juggler. A trickster sees a man throwing his eyes into the air and replacing them. He also receives this power but he must not use the power beyond a specified number of times. When he does so, he loses his eyes. He usually gets animal eyes as substitutes. J2423
• Hero tests the rope on which he is to be pulled to upper world. By placing stones on the rope he discovers his companions' treacherous plan to cut the rope. K677
• Vows taken by placing one's foot on a certain post in the hall. M119.4
• Oath by placing hand on genitals. M119.7
• Heads on stakes. Punishment by beheading and placing the heads on stakes. Q421.1

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