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Motifs
- Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time. C117
- Periodic transformation. A person or thing is transformed at definite intervals. D620
- Sleeping Beauty. Magic sleep for definite period (e.g., a hundred years). D1960.3
- Return from dead granted for definite time. E166
- Definite number of reincarnations. E604
- Scheherazade: story with indefinite sequels told to stave off execution. J1185.1
- Definite respite from death granted. K551.22
- Slaves released after definite term. P178.2
- Watch continues to run indefinitely when lost (swallowed). X1755.1
- Endless tales. Hundreds of sheep to be carried over stream one at a time, etc. The wording of the tale so arranged as to continue indefinitely. Z11