57 motifs match “condemned”  ·  back to the chapters

• Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2255.2
• Wolves and wild pigs condemned to death in lion's court for killing and eating sheep. B275.1.3.2
• Serpent shows condemned man how to save prince's life. Bites the prince and then shows the man the proper remedy (cf. B512). By thus ingratiating himself the man is freed from false accusation. B522.1
• Kite steals jewels and thus saves condemned man. Innocent man in possession of stolen jewels, is about to be apprehended. Kite carries off the jewels and saves him. B522.2
• Eagle carries off condemned child. B522.4
• Transformation to falcon in order to rescue condemned man at the gallows. D643.1
• Soul as black or white spirit over coffin. Black if condemned. Can be seen by peeping between horse's ears. E722.1.1
• Soul as black or white entity. Black if condemned. E722.1.2
• Condemned soul forked from body by Satan. (Cf. E752.2.) E722.2.4
• Virgins condemned to wander at death. E750.1.1
• Condemned soul recovered. E754.1
• Condemned soul saved by prayer. E754.1.1
• Condemned soul saved by Virgin Mary. (Cf. V250.) E754.1.2
• Condemned soul saved by penance. (Cf. Q520.) E754.1.3
• Condemned soul saved by holy person. E754.1.4
• Condemned soul released by God. E754.1.5
• Condemned soul released from hell by Christ. E754.1.6
• Condemned soul released because of tears of living. E754.1.8
• Devil as advocate of falsely condemned men. Carries off the judge. G303.22.11
• Contest in generosity. Ruler vies with minister in generosity. Minister declared loser and condemned to die. Pardoned on acknowledging defeat. H1552.2
• Test of friendship: loyalty to condemned friend. H1558.13
• Witness always to answer "No." Thus gets self condemned. J1141.13
• Robbers' false plea admitted: counteraccusation. Robbers claim a man's knife. In court: "The knife may indeed be theirs. I and my father were attacked yesterday by robbers. I fled. On returning I found my father killed and this knife in his body." Robbers condemned. J1162.2
• Execution escaped by use of special permissions granted the condemned. J1181
• Execution evaded by using three wishes. King ordains that guest who turns his plate shall be executed, but orders that anyone so condemned shall have three wishes granted. One of the wishes: to have all blinded who saw him turn the plate. He is freed. J1181.1
• Condemned man wins pardon by clever remark. Fool is allowed to jump off cliff (balcony) as punishment. Master expresses surprise that in three trials he has failed to hurl himself from the height. The jester offers the prince four trials. Amused prince pardons the jester. J1181.3
• King substitutes for condemned man when he is told that whoever is executed that day is destined to become king in his next birth. J1189.3
• Will lunch with Christ. Priest tells condemned man after confession that he will dine with Christ that evening. Mule that carries him to scaffold goes very fast and criminal says, "At this rate I shall lunch with Christ." J1261.3
• Against his will. A thief condemned to the gallows tells the king, "I do what you do and it is against my will." King: "You shall also be hanged against your will." J1285
• The father of an illegitimate child must walk in front of the cross. Condemned man insists that the priest, who is guilty also, shall lead the way. J1515.1
• Thief condemned when witnesses of theft are able to find the stolen goods. K424
• Concealed confederate as unjust witness. A rascal who has hidden with a simple man a treasure found by them carries it away secretly, trying to have his associate condemned on the witness of a tree in which his father is concealed. K451.3
• Escape by substituting self for another condemned to die. Holy man substitutes self for deacon held by heathen. K528.2
• Escape by false prophecy: if corpses are buried in city, it will become a ruin: king releases condemned man. K575
• Monkey saves condemned birds through feigned dream. K645
• Raja substitutes himself for condemned man. Made to believe that this will take him to heaven. K842.4
• Self-righteous hermit must do penance. He has said of a condemned man that he deserves his punishment. L435.1
• Irrevocable sentence carried out even when innocence is proved. A knight condemned for murdering his comrade is met by the latter on the way to the gallows. A centurion leads them to the emperor, who condemns all three to death: first because he has been sentenced; second for causing by his absence the conviction of his comrade; third for delay in the execution. M12
• Woman wrongly condemned for drunkenness when seen to take one drink. N340.3
• Faithful servant guarding master's wife from danger falsely condemned for betraying his master. N342.1
• Greedy disciple decides to remain in city despite learned teacher's warning and is condemned to take the place of a thief. N347.7
• Sham execution proves fatal. Jester condemned to die on block. Pail of water used instead of axe. He dies. N384.7
• Missing girl reveals identity and saves man condemned for kidnapping her. N692.1
• At execution block condemned man discovered to be king's unknown son. N731.4
• Queen intervenes for condemned courtiers. P21
• Wife more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned man; wife does so. P212
• Husband more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned woman; husband does so. P213
• Man condemned to lose his eye is allowed to choose the instrument. P511.2
• Condemned woman may be freed by marrying a rogue. P512
• Saint requests that on Doomsday he may bring out of hell, for every hair of his chasuble, seven condemned souls. Q174.1.1.1
• Condemned queen exposed in leather on market place. Q483.1
• Villain nemesis. Person condemned to punishment he has suggested for others. Q581
• Executioner miraculously blinded: condemned man saved. R176
• Child condemned to be killed in famine. S110.1.1
• Infant condemned to death saved by a smile. S350.1
• "Beatus" best prayer for saving condemned souls. (Cf. E754.1.1.) V51.5
• Woman who saves suitor from death is later condemned to die by the ingrate. W154.14