The constellation
N121 Fate decided before birth
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
- Child born with objects that indicate fate · N121.1 entry
- Death forestalls evil fates. Mother shown what would have been the evil fates of her children if they had not died · N121.2 entry
- Newborn girl fated to be a courtesan · N121.3 entry
- Seventh daughter predestined to be magician. (Cf. Z71.5.) · N121.4 entry
carried in tale type
- Placidas · ATU 938