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- Hole of winds: stopper destroyed. The hole is stopped with a wooden stopper, which is destroyed. The country dries up. A1122.1
- Emergence of tribe from lower world stopped by fat woman or pregnant woman who becomes lodged in the hole of egress. A1631.1
- Pain stopped by prayer. D1766.1.4
- Army stopped by saint's curse. D2091.13
- Wind stopped by revenant. D2142.2.1
- Flow of blood magically stopped. (Cf. D1504.) D2161.2.2
- Stopped bottle as protection against witches. G272.10
- Ears stopped with wax to avoid enchanting song. Odysseus and the Sirens. J672.1
- Numskull thinks his prayers have stopped milk boiling over. Actually his wife has added cold water. J1813.2.1
- Mouth and ears stopped up lest wisdom escape. J1977
- The bag of lies: threat to tell of queen's adultery. The boy, who is to tell the bag of lies, is stopped and his wishes granted. K1271.1.1
- Murder by luring to feast and suffocating. All holes are stopped and house set afire. S113.2.3
- Sacrifice to river-god who has stopped boat in mid-stream. S263.4
- Flood stopped by sacrifice of boy and girl. S267