25 motifs match “succeeds”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun swallowed and spit out. In theft of sun, the raven (or devil) thus succeeds. A721.2
• Earth Diver. From a raft in the primeval sea, the creator sends down animals to try to bring up earth. After a number of animals have failed, one (often the muskrat) succeeds. The earth is made from the bit brought up. A812
• Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God. A812.1
• Fettered monster's escape at end of world. Giant, or monster, is fettered in depths of the earth. His movement causes earthquakes. When he succeeds in freeing himself from the fetters and escapes, the world will end. A1070
• Devil's unsuccessful attempt to vivify his creations as God has done. Succeeds only in making animal. A1217
• Forgotten fiancée. Young husband visiting his home breaks tabu and forgets his wife. Later she succeeds in reawakening his memory. (For details of the ways in which the memory is lost and regained see D2004 and D2006. D2003
• Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest. H1242
• Unpromising hero succeeds in quest. H1242.1
• Test of sex of man masking as girl: jumping over pit (only man succeeds). H1578.1.4.2
• Fight of lions and bulls. Lion succeeds only when bulls separate. J1022
• Kissing the mother first. Oracle that the first of three sons to kiss his mother will be king. One of them kisses the earth, mother of all. He succeeds. J1652
• Numskull praises his daughter as being pregnant. He tries in vain to sell his cow and succeeds only when he says that she is with calf. When suitors come wooing his daughter, he tries the same plan disastrously. J2427
• The dog refuses to help the wolf. A farmer plans to kill a faithful old dog. The wolf makes a plan to save the dog. The latter is to rescue the farmer's child from the wolf. The plan succeeds and the dog is rewarded. The wolf in return wants to steal the farmer's sheep. The dog refuses his assistance. K231.1.3
• Master thief. Man undertakes to steal various closely guarded things. Succeeds by cleverness. K301
• The taming of the wild prince. Lost in the woods the little prince grows up among wild animals; lets no one come near him. Only a servant girl succeeds in taming him. K1399.1
• Exile returns and succeeds. L111.1
• Unpromising fourth son succeeds. L111.10
• Tardy bird alone succeeds at bird convocation. L147.1
• Daughter succeeds on quest where son fails. L152
• Priest who gives mild penances succeeds where others fail. L361
• Son succeeds father as king. P17.0.2
• Natural son succeeds to the throne. P17.9
• Man unable to persuade wife to confess misdeed to priest succeeds when he makes her drunk. (Cf. J1141.) U181
• The hare's last will. Surrounded by hunters and hounds, the hare considers to whom each of his members will be allotted. Succeeds in escaping. U242.1
• Search for confessor. Great sinner sent from one confessor to another. All say that his sins are too great for forgiveness. Finally he succeeds. V29.1