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- Spirits become gods. A104.4
- Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
- In extreme old age spirits become gods. A117.3
- Gods are spirits of deified dead. A117.5
- God presides over all male spirits. A161.4
- Demon god lies in wait for spirits descending to underworld. A317
- Culture hero spares certain evil spirits. Old Age, Cold, Poverty, and Hunger beg the culture hero not to destroy them because of their real usefulness to man. A531.1
- In other world one room contains the dead, another contains souls of the unborn waiting to enter the wombs of women, and a third contains all the evil spirits. A678
- Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. A788.3
- Earth in form of raft supported by spirits. A813.1
- Former age: spirits and ogres lived with men, and gods appeared in human guise. A1101.1.3
- Thunder from clashing weapons of warring spirits in sky. A1142.6.1
- Why the center of man's eye is black: blackened by spirits to make themselves invisible. A1319.7
- Why the Kamar offer liquor to gods and spirits. A1689.5
- Jesus drives evil spirits into hogs: hence short snouts. (Cf. A2335.4.1.) A2287.1
- Jesus drives evil spirits into hogs: hence "toes" on back of foreleg. (Cf. A2371.2.2.) A2287.1.1
- Why spirits are invisible. A2862
- Animal languages learned from ghosts (spirits). B217.3
- Animal wards off spirits. B785
- Tabu: offending spirits of the dead. C16