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Motifs
- Task: bringing something ever-increasing (ambition); something ever-decreasing (life); something which neither increases nor decreases (one's fated lot); and something which both increases and decreases (universe). H1075
- Fated hero. Only certain hero will succeed in exploit. M361
- Delivery of child fated to rule retarded in order to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. M376.4
- Man fated to become king becomes so despite fact he breaks his tooth in which his luck resides. (Cf. N113.2.2.) N101.4
- New-born child with a weapon and a game animal: fated to be hunter. N121.1.2
- Newborn girl fated to be a courtesan. N121.3
- Man not fated to die cannot be killed. (Cf. N101.3.) N146
- Man fated to be rich. N213
- Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time; identical prophecies for both. (Cf. T61.5.) T22.4