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- God and the devil torment each other with their creations. Devil pesters God with gnats. God makes a fire and safeguards himself; God plagues the devil with fleas. Devil is unable to find means of protecting himself. A63.4.1
- God makes man's hand rigid so he can no longer torment captive. A185.2.2
- Hell. Lower world of torment. A671
- Swallows torment Christ on cross: lose voice. (Cf. A2422.9.) A2231.2.2
- Tormenting beast in man's stomach. B16.0.2
- Tormenting by magic. D2063.1
- Tormenting by sympathetic magic. Person (usually witch) tormented by abusing an animal or object. The usual methods of abuse are burning or sticking with pins. D2063.1.1
- Dead wife torments husband who has let her die of neglect. E221.5
- Devils torment sinners in hell. E755.2.7
- Evil spirit laid after it is tormented by exorciser. F405.14
- Witch torments person by making him act in ridiculous manner. G269.21
- Demons abduct men and torment them. G302.9.2
- Dissuasion from suicide. Man dissuades simpleton from hanging himself by telling him that hell is a place of pain and torments. J628
- How he shall be mourned. Women insist on knowing how a man wants to be mourned when he dies. "Mourn me as a man who was tormented by women talking foolishness." J1301
- God Vishnu in shape of nephew scares and torments his aunt's lover. K1578
- Mouse torments bull who cannot catch him. L315.2
- Hedgehog defeats tiger by jumping into tiger's mouth and tormenting him. L315.13
- Devil torments old man who has laid aside his humility. Q331.1
- Three hours of respite on Sunday for tormented in hell. Q560.2.1.1
- Soul (of Judas) tormented on rock in sea on certain days as respite from pains of hell. Q560.2.3
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