30 motifs match “intended”  ·  back to the chapters

• Dragon swallows arrow (thunderbolt) intended for hero. B529.2
• Jewelry intended by groom for prospective bride strangely disappears and a slip of paper alone is left in box. (Cf. D1071.) D1641.14
• Woman tests enduring power of gossip by having a servant ride through streets on a flayed ass. By the third day he has ceased to attract attention. She concludes that it will be the same way in connection with her intended marriage. J1075.1
• Hired man shows in saying grace how better food has resulted from arrival of unexpected guests. Nebraska text: O Lord of Love who art above|Thy blessings have descended:|Biscuits and tea for supper I see|When mush and milk was intended. J1341.12
• Devil cheated by having priest draw a sacred circle about the intended victim. K218.1
• Devil cheated of his promised soul by making the intended victim drunk. The devil may punish the drunk man's body but has no power over his soul. K219.1
• Sham dead man brought in sack by confederate. Is killed by his intended victim. K311.1.1
• Prostitute claims to be intended victim's daughter. Robs him. K347.1
• Stealing the platter for the intended gift. Thief asks for silver platter saying that it is needed for an intended gift of confections. Servant carrying platter is told to wait until it is filled. Thief disappears with it. K362.3.1
• Dupe betrayed by asking him ambiguous questions. They are phrased in such a way that he understands them differently from the way they are intended. K493
• Escape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victim. K525
• Substituted object left in bed while intended victim escapes. K525.1
• Escape by substituting another person in place of the intended victim. K527
• Poisoned food (drink) fed to animal instead of to intended victim. Animal perishes. K527.1
• Escape by substituting brother for intended victim, namely self. K527.2
• Parson deceived into marrying his intended bride to her real lover. The parson thinks it is a mock-wedding, but it turns out to be real. K1371.1.1
• Rat changes name and wins wife intended for leopard. K1371.3
• Substituted string causes ogre to be killed. Intended victim of cannibal is marked by thread around ankle. Changed in night to host. K1611.1
• Message of death fatal to sender. (Gang nach dem Eisenhammer.) A man is sent by the king to burners of a kiln who have been instructed to throw the first arrival into the fire. The intended victim goes elsewhere and the king's son (or the man's accuser), who next arrives, is burned instead. K1612
• Poisoner's own son takes the beverage intended for step-brother. K1613.3
• Ambushed trickster killed by intended victim. K1641
• Boy accidentally drinks "poison" intended for his stepbrother. Doctor had substituted sleeping potion for the requested poison. N332.4
• Youth accidentally takes the poison he intended for his father. N332.4.1
• Poisoned cakes intended for man by his wife eaten by thieves: booty left to man. N659.1
• Two returning brothers unwittingly purchase bird, which is transformed youngest brother, as present intended for him. N733.4
• Intended treachery punished. (Cf. Q210.1, Q552.2.3.4.) Q261.1
• Girl intended for marriage with king cloistered. T381.0.1
• False repentance of the sick, rich man. After his death it was discovered that he had intended to retrieve his money from church if he recovered. U236.1
• Confession of monk who intended to rob monastery brings forgiveness. Eventually elected prior. V21.3
• Envious man sets out to kill one who is noted for his generosity. He is won over by the generosity of his intended victim. W18