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- Ghost violently brands drunkard with "D". E279.5
- Persons who die violent or accidental deaths cannot rest in grave. E411.10
- Fairies scare treasure-seeker away from hoard. They get bigger and bigger, and cause violent storms until seeker leaves. Cf. D2141.0.2. F244.4
- Blindness cured by striking head violently on tree. F952.4
- Buttons burst as consequence of violent emotion. F1041.6
- Necklace bursts as consequence of violent emotion. F1041.6.1
- Exorcism by violent treatment of the witch in person. G271.5
- Sick child from witchcraft is put on anvil; smith strikes violently but brings hammer down gently, three times. G271.9
- Sick prince's pulse beats violently when his loved one passes by. H175.3
- Suitor task: controlling violent tide. H335.6.1
- Forty wise men foretell violent rainstorm. Failing to convince people, they go into a cave. After the shower they come out. The people call them fools. J1714.3.1
- Taming the bull by cutting off his horns. It makes him the more violent. J2107
- Contest of wind and sun. Sun by warmth causes traveler to remove coat, while wind by violent blowing causes him to pull it closer around him. L351
- Oath so heavy it dries up stream; oath so great it splits the rock in twain; oath so violent it makes the tree wither. M115.1.1
- Descendants of man who endured pain without crying out not to meet violent deaths. (Cf. Q84.) Q154.1