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Motifs
- Raising of the sky. Originally the sky is near the earth (usually because of the conjunction of the sky-father and earth-mother). It is raised to its present place. A625.2
- Raising the sky: striking with broom. Old woman's hump strikes clouds as she sweeps. She strikes at sky with broom and thus raises it. A625.2.3
- Raising the sun. Originally low, it is raised little by little by conjurors. A727
- Mermaid prevents raising of sunken church bell. (Cf. C401.4.) B81.13.10
- Animals speak, praising God, on the night of Christ's Nativity. B211.0.1
- Tabu: speaking while raising sunken church bell. C401.4
- Ghost laid by raising a cross. E443.4
- Special power of chaste woman: raising fallen elephant. H413.4
- Task: raising a buried treasure. H1181
- Cheater put out of countenance by raising alarm. Wine seller carries water into his cellar. Man raises alarm pretending that he thought the house must be afire. J1216
- Author believes that his book must be stupid. Stupid people and gossipers are praising it. J1714.4
- The falcon not so good as represented. A nobleman praises his falcon. His fool, supposing they were praising the falcon as food, kills the bird, but is disappointed in the taste. J1826
- Cheating by raising an alarm. K484
- Trickster gets money from a bank by raising an alarm and demanding "what is owing to him." K484.1
- Tabu: looking around while raising treasure. N553.4
- Magic illusion prevents men from raising treasure. N564
- Ghosts prevent men from raising treasure. N576
- "Our Lady's Tumbler." A tumbler, turned monk, dances while others chant psalms. He is praising God in the only way he knows. V92
- Raising sunken church bell. V115.1.2