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Motifs
- Fallen trees upraised at saint's request. D1602.2.1
- River grateful for being praised even when ugly. (Cf. D915.) D1658.1.1
- Figs grateful for being praised even when ill-tasting. (Cf. D981.5.) D1658.1.2
- Bitter water grateful for being praised. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1658.1.3
- King ridiculed for inventing trifle of musical instrument but praised for constructing a great mosque. J372
- Friar adds missing nose (fingers) to unborn child: foetus is imperfect and he will substitute for absent husband. Is praised by the latter on his return. K1363.2
- Officers praised in reverse from their real merit: trouble for them and their master. K2136
- Host offers to send his guest a cask of the wine he has praised. Later refuses to send it as it was merely a "verba honoris". M206.1
- Jackal demands to be praised as god: runs with pack of hounds. Q331.2.2
- The deaf parson. The youth answers unintelligibly but is praised nevertheless. X111.12
- One-eyed man as appraiser of horse. Has appraised it at half a mark. "He saw only half a horse; otherwise he would have valued it at a mark." X122
- Cold depreciated and praised. Depreciated, takes revenge by becoming colder; praised, makes reward, gives clothing. Z139.4.1