23 motifs match “prepared”  ·  back to the chapters

• Creator prepared earth's nucleus as one would a rice cake. A836
• A small animal (hare, bitch) gives timely warnings to the hero about the trap prepared by his enemy. Animal warning about trap killed. B335.6
• Maiden who has been falsely accused apparently dies of sorrow. She revives on being prepared for burial. F1041.1.3.1
• Recognition by unique cookery. Only one person could have prepared the food in this way. H35.2
• Widow prepared for suttee can lift by little finger heavy stone by temple. H479.1
• Account of punishments prepared in hell brings about repentance. J172
• Buffalo refuses tiger's invitation to dinner. He sees fire prepared to cook him. J425.2
• Muddy bath prepared for blemished king. J815.3
• Poor suitor served good supper prepared for rich one. Recites a satirical rhymed grace. J1561.3.1
• Contest in pushing hole in tree: hole prepared beforehand. Hero and ogre to vie in pushing a hole in a tree with their heads. K61
• Deceptive land purchase: as much land as a shawl will cover. An immense shawl prepared. K185.4
• King promises valuable dog to each of two powerful and mutually hostile tribes. At feast prepared by king the two tribes get into fight and king escapes. K234.1
• Trickster discovers adultery: gets food prepared for paramour. K1571.0.1
• Man falls into sacrificial grave prepared for others. Rich man orders poor people to dig a grave in order to bury all in it as sacrifice to avert famine. But a Christian frees them and promises those who become Christian a living. The rich man himself falls in the grave and dies. K1603
• Boiling water meant for cooking hero used for man who has prepared it. K1626.3
• Poisoned bath prepared for another accidentally used by hero. N332.1.1
• Destructive elephant eats poison man has prepared for himself. Man rewarded. N627
• Apparently dead woman revives as she is being prepared for burial. Cf. Type 990. N694
• Rooms in heaven are prepared for good man in heaven. The dead miser asks the living man to give him at least one of them. Q172.4.1
• Punishments being prepared in hell. Q561
• Person drinks poison he prepared for another. Q582.8
• Virgin Mary supplies mead for unprepared hostess of the king. V262
• Shoemaker drinks more than his portion of "drink of lies", which has been prepared for all to partake of equally. X242