The constellation
M312 Prophecy of future greatness for youth
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Favorable prophecies · M310 entry
beneath it
- Dream of future greatness · M312.0.1 entry
- Prophecy of future greatness given by animals · M312.0.2 entry
- Prophecy of future greatness if boy lives to be eighteen · M312.0.3 entry
- Mother's symbolic dream (vision) about the greatness of her unborn child · M312.0.4 entry
- Prophecy: son will tie father to a horse's leg and strike him fifty blows · M312.0.5 entry
- Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor boy · M312.1 entry
- Prophecy: parents will humble themselves before their son. (Vaticinium.) · M312.2 entry
- Eater of magic bird-heart will become rich (or king) · M312.3 entry
- Prophecy: superb beauty for girl · M312.4 entry
- Prophecy: child will build religious edifice. (Cf. M311.2.) · M312.5 entry
- Prophecy: boys to be fathers of saints · M312.6 entry
- Prophecy of luck for outcast child · M312.7 entry
- Prophecy: man will make sun and moon stand still · M312.8 entry
- Prophecy: no people or king will be able to stand up against hero · M312.9 entry
carried in tale type
- The Prophecy · ATU 930