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- Magic object cannot be replaced. D1661
- Talking statue, when destroyed, cannot be replaced for thirty thousand years. (Cf. D1268, D1620.) D1661.1
- Eyes torn out magically replaced. D2161.3.1.1
- Severed limbs replaced by Virgin Mary. (Cf. D2161.3.) D2161.5.2.4
- Head of decapitated person is replaced backwards. Later is readjusted. E12.2
- Constant replacement of fighters. In contest between gods and demons, latter are constantly slain and replaced. E155.1.1
- Shooting star signifies a birth. Stars are the dead. When they fall they are being reborn. At death they are replaced in the sky. E741.1.2
- Eyes successfully replaced. E781
- Substituted eyes. Lost eyes are replaced by those of another person or animal. (Cf. F512.1.4.) E781.1
- Eyes bought back and replaced. E781.2
- Limbs successfully replaced. E782
- Substituted arm. Injured arm replaced by another. (Cf. A128.4.1.) E782.3.1
- Horse's leg cut off and replaced. E782.4
- Substituted leg. Injured leg replaced by another. E782.4.1
- Head cut off and successfully replaced. E783.1
- Heart successfully replaced. E786
- Beheaded man's head replaced crooked. F511.0.6
- Don't set a hungry guard over food. Parrot set to guard figs eats his fill. When replaced he calls attention to the fact that he is now full and therefore safer than another hungry parrot. J215.1.1
- Earthen cups replaced by golden. Emperor: "God is a thief; he threw Adam into a sleep and then stole a rib from him." Emperor's daughter: "Would you call a man a thief who stole two earthen cups from you and replaced them by golden ones?" J1262.1
- Husks replaced in granary so theft of grain is unnoticed. K419.6