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- Peacock's feathers ruffled in presence of poison. (Cf. B143.1.2.) B131.5
- Tabu: being in presence of god. C52
- Tabu: male presence in girl's puberty-hut. C132
- Tabu: drinking without presence of dead heads. C281
- Inability to transform self in presence of others. D502
- Presence of a person revivifies trees. D1571.2
- Test for presence of demons in corpses. E431.0.1
- Ghost laid by baptizing children in its presence. E443.6
- Opening Holy Bible in presence of fairies nullifies their spells. F382.4
- Marvelous sensitiveness: women blush in presence of male statue. F647.4
- Flame indicates presence of beautiful woman. (Cf. F1041.8.1. and cross references.) F1061.1
- Witch causes person to break wind in presence of others. G269.21.1
- Tears fall on person below and indicate presence of those above (on cliff, tree, etc.). H151.14
- Magic statue as chastity test. Moves eyes in presence of unchaste woman. (Cf. D1268.) H411.9
- Magic idol as chastity test. Turns black in presence of unchaste woman. Lights up in presence of chaste woman. H411.9.1
- Wisdom from continual reminder of foolishness in the past. Unjust judge skinned and his skin stretched over a footstool kept in the presence of judges, so as to remind them to be just. J167
- Son of God to see king. When steadily unable to be admitted to presence of a king, a clever man demands an interview saying he is the son of God come down to earth and will condescend to see the king. When asked to show the king Heaven and the path to it, the pretender retorts that when he was sent down by the Father, he was told to look to matters relating to this earth. J1675.8
- Old man silent in king's presence asks king what he himself does when in company with a fool. [Inadvertant duplication of J1369.5.] J1714.5
- Monkey sneezes in king's presence like rabbit. Killed. J2413.6
- Girl marries man so she will not be ashamed undressed in his presence. J2521.3