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- Cat of divine origin; is really praying when he purrs. A1811.3
- Upon praying of a saint, sea or pool is filled with sand so that people are able to cross with dry feet. D1766.1.5
- Holy man's hair of enormous length, so long has he remained praying at one spot. F555.3.2
- Satan stops men from praying. G303.9.4.5.3
- Test: long praying. H1508
- Trickster overhears man praying for death to take him; the trickster appears at man's house, usually in disguise, says he is God (or the devil). The man tells him to take his wife (or he runs away). (Compare C11 for a similar situation in which Death appears.) J217.0.1.1
- Unnecessary choice: praying or reading. Both are good. J465
- Praying before the King of Kings. Man while praying refuses to salute superior. While standing before the King of Kings he could not show respect to inferiors. J1269.7
- Praying to the nearer virgin. One man prays to the Virgin of Aix-la-Chapelle. The other: "That place is too far away; she can't be here in time to help." He prays to the Virgin of a nearer town. J2495.1
- Man murdered while praying. K918
- Sexton behind crucifix tells old maid she will have no husband; she tells Christ Child that he knows nothing about it, she is praying to his mother. K1971.8.1
- Sexton behind statue tells old maid praying for a husband to raise her foot to her neck. K1971.9
- Praying with arms extended so as to form a cross. V86.5