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Motifs
- Succession of creations and cataclysms. From the ruins of each earlier creation a new one is raised. A632
- Earlier universe opposite of present. Everything in the earlier world was the reverse of the present world. Cf. A855. A633
- Distribution of noses. The earlier comers receive big noses, the later small. A1316.1
- Suitor task: to kill all earlier suitors. H335.4.3
- "Rise earlier": counsel proved wise by experience. Man seeking explanation for being in debt arises earlier and catches his servants stealing. (Cf. H588.1.) J21.23
- Unsuccessful fishermen console themselves that their earlier high hopes balance up their disappointment. J866.1
- Largest part of a prize to go to the guilty man. In order to obtain the prize, he confesses the earlier crime. J1141.1.1
- Man is arrested for drunkenness; he is so drunk that trial must be postponed. When he is tried later, he is told how at the earlier trial he had kept repeating that the judge was a very wise judge. When he hears this he admits that he must have been very drunk. J1289.12
- Man who rises too early. The king in order to correct the habit has him robbed. He says that robbers get up even earlier than he. J1394.2
- Maids must rise even earlier. They have killed the cock for waking them too early, but their mistress punishes them. K1636
- Twins: as twins are reared one born earlier becomes continually weaker, the other stronger. T685.4
Tale types