23 motifs match “finished”  ·  back to the chapters

• Hill as unfinished tower built in the likeness of Nimrod's tower. A963.8
• Tabu: eating before task is finished. C231.2
• Tabu: sleeping before task is finished. C735.1.2
• Disenchantment when superhuman task is finished. Enchanted person appears every seven years in human form and puts one stitch in a smock. When it is finished, she will be delivered. D791.1.2
• Dead cannot rest until certain work is finished. E415
• Reincarnation to complete unfinished work. E606.2
• Fairies leave work unfinished when overseen. (Cf. F271.2.1, F271.5.) F361.3.1
• Unfinished Tower of Babel sinks into earth. (Cf. F772.1.) F941.3.1
• Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc. G303.14
• Series of quests. One quest can be accomplished when a second is finished, etc. (Cf. H1235.) H1241
• Question (propounded on quest): When can certain structure be finished? Answer: When king's daughter marries. H1292.18
• "Stay at church till mass is finished": counsel proved wise by experience. Delay saves youth from death. J21.17
• Numskull stays till he has finished. As he is making water he hears a brook flowing and mistakes what it is. He waits for a day and a half. J1814
• Sewing contest won by deception: the long thread. The ogre sews with the whole length of the thread. When he returns from the first stitch, the tailor has his task finished. K47.1
• Respite from death granted until prayer is finished. It lasts till rescue comes. K551.1
• Respite from death until prisoner has finished drinking his glass. It is left half finished. K551.2
• Respite from death until visit is finished. K551.13.1
• Alleged idol promises teacher certain payment for his book when finished. Dupe overhears and pays him bargain price for what he is later to receive. K1971.13
• Wager to win or lose according to whether jackal howls or ass brays before game is finished. N92
• Punishment (fine) for not giving benediction on finished work. Q223.13.2
• During rainy spring, farmer wishes that Lord would sleep till harvest time. Farmer himself sleeps until all neighbors have finished harvesting. When he wakes, he finds his crops ruined. (Cf. Q235.) Q585.3
• Workers (builder) killed when secret building or grave is finished. (Cf. W181.2.) W154.21
• Unfinished tales. Just as the interest is aroused the narrator quits. "If the bowl had been stronger my tale had been longer." Z12