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- 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
- Spring breaks forth where magic spear strikes ground. (Cf. A941.5.1.) A941.3.1
- Many-colored fountain breaks forth where saint strikes earth with his foot. A941.5.2
- Woodpecker from devil's herdsman transformed. The devil strikes his herdsman so that he turns into a bird who continually calls after his beloved cow. (Cf. A1710.) A1957.1
- Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.) A2233.4
- Helpful cow strikes at flies, while boy eats. B579.2
- Log of wood animated by spirit of malignant holy man strikes left and right to kill offending villagers. (Cf. D956.) D1401.8
- Magic stone kills person whom it strikes. (Cf. D931.) D1402.21
- Man strikes stone: wine flows. (Cf. D1472.1.23, D1567.6.) D1472.1.2.1
- Rock produces wine. Herder sees resemblance of stone to wine cask. He strikes it and wine flows. (Cf. D931, D1472.1.2.) D1472.1.2.2
- Axe will not cut man, however much he strikes himself. D1841.5.3
- Ghost strikes man in face, making his mouth crooked. E265.1.3
- Ghost strikes man on mouth; leaves his mouth crooked. E542.1.3
- Ghost strikes man on face. E542.1.4
- Ghost strikes man on face: cancer grows there. E542.1.4.1
- Ghost strikes man on face: marks remain permanently. E542.1.4.2
- Fairy ravished by mortal strikes flesh from his ear. F304.4.1
- Fairy mistress strikes her disobedient human lover on the face and predicts death. F361.17.9
- Dwarfs request that cow stable be moved because it is above their home and the seepage strikes their dining table. (Cf. F381.7, F451.4.1.5.) F451.4.4.3
- Giant thinks hammer-blow on head is a nut falling. Man strikes with all his might. F531.5.4