32 motifs match “successfully”  ·  back to the chapters

• Devil produces animals only in God's name. He tries unsuccessfully without using God's name. A1756
• Two animals learn songs together – one successfully, the other unsuccessfully. (Cf. A2425.) A2283
• Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. D61
• Eyes successfully replaced. E781
• Limbs successfully replaced. E782
• Substituted limbs. Man borrows various limbs and successfully uses them. E782.0.1
• Head cut off and successfully replaced. E783.1
• Heart successfully replaced. E786
• Barber tries unsuccessfully to become a trader. J513.2
• Bought behind the village. Lawyer declares unjustly that stolen horse has been bought and paid for. Angry farmer: "Yes, behind the village he bought and paid for it" (meaning that he stole it from the pasture). Lawyer pleads successfully that it is as well to buy a horse outside as inside the village. J1169.2
• Numskull as thief's assistant wakens owner. Pleads successfully that he was trying to awaken the household and prevent theft. J2136.5.4
• Imitation of miraculous horse-shoeing unsuccessful. Christ takes off a horse's foot to shoe it and then successfully replaces it. (Cf. J2401.) J2411.2
• Thief successfully accuses owner of having stolen property he covets. K401.5
• Thief successfully claims that stolen goods are his own. K405
• Thief successfully claims that stolen image has been given him by the saint himself. K405.3
• Double reward successfully claimed. K441
• Seducer successfully disguised as washerwoman for fifteen years. Finally exposed. K1321.1.2
• Paramour successfully hidden from husband. K1521
• Paramour successfully hidden in chimney (fireplace). K1521.1
• Paramour successfully hidden in chest. K1521.2
• Contest between wind (rain) and sun. Rain also tries unsuccessfully like wind. L351.1
• Fulfillment of prophecy successfully avoided. M391.1
• Prophecy of misfortune for prince avoided successfully in one respect. M391.1.1
• Gold found, concealed in bricks and successfully secured. N518
• Woman successfully prays for disease to repel lover. T327.2
• Man unsuccessfully tempted by woman. (St. Anthony.) T331
• Monk unsuccessfully tempted in nunnery. T331.1
• Knight unsuccessfully tempted by host's wife. T331.2
• Monk unsuccessfully tempted by woman he formerly loved. T331.8
• Ascetic successfully tempted: kills son born in consequence. T338.1
• Animals try unsuccessfully to exchange food. U147
• Man in hollow tree defends himself successfully from leopard and bear. X1854