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Motifs
- Continuous winter destroys the race. Spoken of as "Fimbulwinter". It ushers in the end of the world. A1040
- Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small". C433
- Person obnoxious for his sins spoken of as "the other". C433.1
- The dead cannot speak until spoken to. E545.19.1
- Sword is spoken to as to human being. F997.1
- Devil writes down all idle words spoken in church. His parchment is not long enough and he has to stretch it. G303.24.1.6
- Thief detected by psalter and key. Closed Bible with key inside at magic text loosely held by diviner and client. Name of suspected thief on end of key. As verse is spoken, if name is that of thief, book and key will turn around. H251.3.2
- Ruler angered by evil spoken of him is placated by soft words of speakers. J811.4
- Name of criminal accidentally spoken out (identical with ordinary word in speech). N611.1.1
- Refusal to believe that a friend has spoken ill of one. P317
- Religious exercises weighed in balance. A son doubts whether the words spoken by the priests to whom his father has willed a sum of money is worth so much. The words are put on paper and are found to outweigh the money. V4.1
- The parson sings like a goat. The parson sees an old woman weeping and believes that she is touched by his singing. When spoken to she says that she has been reminded of her old goat which she has lost. X436