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Motifs
- Punishment for breaking tabu: water withdrawn from lake. C939.1
- Saint orders a serpent which had bitten a man to withdraw its venom. D2156.5.1
- Resuscitation by withdrawal of wounding instrument. E21
- Gae bulga. Barbed lance which cannot be withdrawn. (Cf. A1459.1.4.) F832.1.1
- Quest for person who can withdraw sword. H1313
- Cleverness of men disguised as peasants dissuades rivals from dispute. Wise men of two rival cities engage in dispute. One delegation disguises as peasants and debates with their adversaries. Latter withdraw fearing how clever the educated must be if their peasants are so learned. J31.1
- Series of clever unjust decisions: plaintiff voluntarily withdraws. (1) Man pulls off borrowed horse's tail: he shall keep horse till tail grows on. (2) Man falls out of bed and kills a baby (or causes a miscarriage): he shall beget a new baby for the mother. (3) Man falls from a bridge and kills boatsman's son: shall allow boatsman to fall from bridge and kill him. J1173
- Lion divides slain bullock. The thief who demands half of the bullock driven off; the traveler who modestly withdraws invited to take half. Q3.2
- Divine favor withdrawn as punishment. Q553
- Virgin Mary withdraws the sacrament from a scoffer. (Cf. Q225.) Q553.1