Ordaining the future

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• Dream of future greatness. M312.0.1
• Prophecy of future greatness given by animals. M312.0.2
• Prophecy of future greatness if boy lives to be eighteen. M312.0.3
• Mother's symbolic dream (vision) about the greatness of her unborn child. M312.0.4
• The dream about a tree which sprouts enormously, indicates the birth of a hero (saint). M312.0.4.1
• Prophecy: son will tie father to a horse's leg and strike him fifty blows. M312.0.5
• Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor boy. M312.1
• Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor girl. M312.1.1
• Prophecy: parents will humble themselves before their son. (Vaticinium.) M312.2
• Prophecy: son to be more powerful than father. M312.2.1
• Prophecy: youngest brother to rule over his brethren. M312.2.2
• Eater of magic bird-heart will become rich (or king). M312.3
• Eater of magic fish will have power to spit up treasure. M312.3.1
• Whoever eats outside of fruit will become a king and whoever eats the seed will drop gems from his mouth every time he laughs. M312.3.2
• Prophecy: superb beauty for girl. M312.4
• Prophecy: child will build religious edifice. (Cf. M311.2.) M312.5
• Prophecy: boys to be fathers of saints. M312.6
• Prophecy of luck for outcast child. M312.7
• Prophecy: man will make sun and moon stand still. M312.8
• Prophecy: no people or king will be able to stand up against hero. M312.9
• Man transformed into swine will regain his human form after third marriage. M313
• Prophecy: man (child) will become king. (Cf. M311.4.) M314
• Prophecy: girl will be queen. M314.0.1
• Prophecy: son who catches certain fawn will become king. M314.1
• Prophecy: king will be succeeded by the son whom he shall see next. Sends for elder son, who delays and is preceded by younger son. Elder son is slain next day; younger son becomes king. M314.2
• Prophecy: younger son will succeed to throne. M314.3
• Prophecy of future empire for fugitive hero. M314.4
• Prophecy: man will eat magic salmon and gain knowledge. M315
• Prophecy: strength to be gained when milk is drunk from hero's skull. M316
• Prophecy: race will never be without an illustrious woman. M317
• Prophecy: no snakes in Ireland. M318
• Prophecy: no snakes in Israel. M318.1
• Prophecy: long life. M321
• Blessing of saint to descend from generation to generation. M321.1
• Prophecy: person will avenge his own death. M322
• Prophecy: victory against great odds. M323
• Prophecy: future Golden Age. M324
• Prophecy: glory and prosperity for a people. M325
• Prophecy: future success as hunter. M326
• Princess to marry prince. M331
• Unfavorable prophecies. M340
• Prophecy of grief fulfilled by death of relative (friend, etc.). M340.1
• Forced prophecies are unfavorable. M340.2
• Prophecy of general misfortune to newborn child. M340.3
• Bridegroom to meet with disaster if he rides a certain elephant which comes to meet him. M340.4
• Prediction of danger. M340.5
• Prophecy of great misfortune. M340.6
• Death prophesied. M341
• Saint prophesies that certain man will have a warning of coming death. M341.0.1
• All forty of man's sons to die at once. M341.0.2
• Prophecy of death not to come true if baby is married to girl of twelve years. M341.0.3
• Prophecy: death at (before, within) certain time. M341.1
• Prophecy: death on wedding day. M341.1.1
• Prophecy: death within year after marriage. M341.1.1.1
• Prophecy: death on seventh day of marriage. M341.1.1.2
• Prophecy of death upon daughter's marriage. M341.1.1.3
• Prophecy: death on entrance to the marriage chamber. M341.1.1.4
• Prophecy: early death. M341.1.2
• Prophecy: death of king (before the morrow). M341.1.2.1
• Prophecy of death on twelfth day after birth. M341.1.2.2
• Prophecy: death within two months. M341.1.2.3
• Prophecy: death in three years and three months. M341.1.2.4
• Prophecy of only seven days' life for baby. M341.1.2.5
• Prophecy: death before certain age. M341.1.3
• Prophecy: child shall hang before fifteen years. M341.1.3.1
• Prophecy: death before eighteen years. M341.1.3.2
• Prophecy: death at certain age. M341.1.4
• Prophecy: death at sixteen. M341.1.4.1
• Prophecy: danger to threatened newborn boy at his eighteenth year. M341.1.4.2
• Prophecy: death when twenty-five years old. M341.1.4.3
• Prophecy: death on twenty-first birthday. M341.1.4.3.1
• Prophecy: man shall hang himself when he is thirty years old. M341.1.4.4
• Prophecy: death at sixty. M341.1.4.5
• Prophecy: death within certain period. M341.1.5
• Prophecy: death in ten years. M341.1.5.1
• Prophecy that hero will not live another eighteen years. M341.1.5.2
• Prophecy: death after certain time. M341.1.6
• Prophecy: death after three life spans. M341.1.6.1
• Prophecy: death after two life spans. M341.1.6.2
• Prophecy: death after three-year dominion. M341.1.6.3
• Prophecy: death at birth of child. M341.1.7
• Death at sight of son before twelve years. M341.1.7.1
• Prophecy: death by particular instrument. In spite of all precautions the prophecy is fulfilled. M341.2
• Prophecy: death by particular weapon. M341.2.0.1
• Prophecy: death by mistletoe. M341.2.1
• Prophecy: death by storm. M341.2.2
• Prophecy: death by drowning. M341.2.3
• Death by drowning: man strangles to death on drinking water. M341.2.3.1
• Prophecy: three-fold death. Child to die from hunger, fire, and water. It so happens. M341.2.4
• Prophecy: death by horse's head. Man is killed in that way. M341.2.5
• Prophecy: death by wolf. Killed by a wolf claw (or by a cat transformed to wolf). M341.2.6
• Prophecy: death by fire. M341.2.7
• Prophecy: sinners to be burnt by fire on Doomsday. M341.2.7.1
• Prophecy: death by poison. M341.2.8
• Prophecy: death from hands of man with one sandal. M341.2.9
• Prophecy: death from bite of stone lion. Man killed by scorpion concealed in the statue. M341.2.10
• Prophecy: death by tiger. Tiger-shaped cake becomes tiger and kills man in spite of all precautions. M341.2.10.1
• Prophecy: death from tiger. Tiger picture comes to life and kills man. M341.2.10.2
• Prophecy: death by lightning. M341.2.11
• Prophecy: death through future husband. M341.2.12
• Prophecy: death through spindle wound. M341.2.13
• Prophecy: death by means of bone. M341.2.14
• Prophecy: death at hands of man bearing a certain name. M341.2.15
• Prophecy: death from thorns in rice. M341.2.16
• Prophecy: king to be slain by certain spear unless it is given when demanded. M341.2.17
• Prophecy: death in battle. M341.2.18
• Hero kept from going to battle lest he be slain. M341.2.18.1
• Prophecy: death at hands of certain person. M341.2.19
• Prophecy: wholesale slaughter to be inflicted by colossal wheel rolling over Europe. M341.2.20
• Prophecy: death from snakebite. M341.2.21
• Prophecy (through dream): death from cobra. M341.2.21.1
• Prophecy: death by calf. M341.2.22
• Prophecy: death by hanging. M341.2.23
• Prophecy: death by alligator (crocodile). M341.2.24
• Prophecy: man to be swallowed up by earth at the foot of his stairs. M341.2.25
• Prophecy: king's son to die for lack of water. M341.2.26
• Prophecy: death in particular place. M341.3
• Prophecy: death in Jerusalem. Man dies in Jerusalem Chamber. M341.3.1
• Prophecy: death between Erin and Alba. Man dies between two hills so named. M341.3.2
• Prophecy: drowning in particular stream. M341.3.3
• Prophecy: death on seashore. M341.3.4
• Prophecy: criminal going to death predicts that his judge (king, prince) shall soon meet him. M341.4
• Prophecy: either youth or mother will die. M341.5
• Prophecy: person foretells own death. M341.6
• Prophecy of downfall of kingdom. M342
• Prophecy of downfall of king (prince). M342.1
• Prophecy: son-to-be to destroy lineage. M342.2
• Parricide prophecy. In spite of all attempts to thwart the fates, the child kills his father. M343
• Parricide prophecy: king's successors will be parricides. M343.0.1
• Prophecy: mother will be killed by children. M343.0.2
• Prophecy: murder by son-in-law. M343.1
• Prophecy: murder by grandson. M343.2
• Prophecy: murder by nephew. M343.3
• Prophecy: wicked couple to be killed by own child. M343.4
• Prophecy: death at hands of parents. M343.5
• Mother-incest prophecy. In spite of all precautions the youth marries his mother. M344
• Father-daughter incest prophecy. M344.1
• Prophecy: daughter shall commit murder and incest and be sentenced to death. M345
• Prophecy: girl shall have a hundred lovers, shall marry her servant and die from spider's bite. This happens. M345.1
• Prophecy: woman will have many lovers. M345.1.1
• Prophecy: man will deceive many women. M345.2
• Prophecy: child to be abducted at certain time. M346
• Murderer warned by God's voice that murder will be avenged. M348
• Prophecy that youth shall abandon his religion and become Christian. (Baarlam and Josaphat.) M351
• Prophecy of particular perils to prince on wedding journey. M352
• Prediction by bird that girl will have dead husband. (She disenchants him from magic sleep). M353
• Prophecy that child will have external soul. M354
• Prophecy of rebirth as monkey. M354.1
• Prophecy: unborn child to be blind, deformed, sickly, etc. M355
• Prophecies concerning destiny of country. M356
• Prophecies concerning outcome of war. M356.1
• Prophecy: loss of battle (combat). M356.1.1
• Prophecies concerning fate of heroes in battle. (Cf. M341.2.18.) M356.1.2
• Prophecy: first side to slay in battle will be defeated. M356.1.3
• Prophecy: destruction of fortress. M356.1.4
• Prophecy of a plague consisting of "a flame of fire" which shall destroy three-fourths of the population of Ireland. Plague can be prevented by fasting, etc. M356.2
• Prophecy: unborn (new-born) child (girl) to bring evil upon land. M356.3
• Prophecy: evil to come to country. M356.4
• Prophecy: end of Round Table for Arthur's knights. M356.5
• Prophecy: world catastrophe. M357
• Prophecy: fiery bolt from a dragon to kill world population. M357.1
• Prophecies connected with journeys. M358
• Evil predictions concerning journeys. M358.1
• Prophecy: death on journey. (Cf. M341.1.) M358.1.1
• Journey to otherworld foretold. M358.2
• Unfavorable prophecies – miscellaneous. M359
• Prophecy: weapons with which man is killed will recount deed to his son. M359.1
• Prophecy: prince's marriage to common woman. M359.2
• Prophecy: unborn child to kill enemy in revenge. M359.3
• Prophecy: torture "with varied tortures." M359.4
• Prophecy: poverty from birth. M359.5
• Prophecy: all flocks will perish and family die. M359.6
• Prophecy: rich man will have a son but the son will marry a poor girl. M359.7
• Deluge prophesied. M359.8
• Prophecy of famine. M359.9
• Thievery a predestined lot. M359.10
• Other prophecies. M360
• Fated hero. Only certain hero will succeed in exploit. M361
• Prophecy: certain hero to achieve Holy Grail. M361.1
• Prophecy: death of ruler to insure victory. M362
• Coming of religious leader prophesied. (Cf. M300.1.) M363
• Coming of Christ (Christianity) prophesied. M363.1
• Coming of Antichrist prophesied. M363.1.1
• Prophecy: coming of Messiah. M363.2
• Prophecy: woman to be ancestress of David and the Messiah. M363.2.1
• Various prophecies connected with saints (or holy men). M364
• Prophecy: saint's monastery will be persecuted. M364.1
• Prophecy: founding of church at certain place by saint. M364.1.1
• Prophecy: remission of tax through endeavor of saint. M364.2
• Prophecy: saint will succeed in conversion. M364.3
• Prophecy: sinners going to heaven are to be numbered by hairs in saint's chasuble. M364.3.1
• Prophecy: great numbers (three) to be saved through virtue of saint. M364.3.2
• Place of saint's resurrection prophesied. M364.4
• Saint's resurrection to take place where chariot breaks down. M364.4.1
• Prophecy: vicinity in which saint lost tooth will be deserted by heathen. M364.5
• Prophecy: rainbow will appear at saint's death. M364.6
• Coming (birth) of saint prophesied. (Cf. M363.1.2.) M364.7
• Coming of saint prophesied by druids. M364.7.1
• Coming of saint (Christianity) prophesied by heathen. M364.7.2
• Bishop foretells birth of saint. M364.7.3