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Motifs
- Perfect God. A102.12
- Imperfect god, subject to death and rebirth. A102.18
- Golden age. A former age of perfection. A1101.1
- Perfectly round well contains vari-colored water. F718.2
- In dead of night waters of stream cease flowing and stand perfectly still. F932.6.3
- Recognition because of imperfection of disguise. H151.6.2
- False judgment by judge causes fruit to fall. Just judgment by judge causes fruit to be perfect. H251.3.10
- The prodigy's retort. An old man says of a youthful prodigy: "He will be an idiot in old age because perfection before maturity brings on deterioration of the mind." Youth: "You must have been very wise in your youth!" J1369.2
- Tortoise asks greedy man to give him first ruby it has given him to be sure second one will be perfect match: disappears into water with it. K439.7.1
- Friar adds missing nose (fingers) to unborn child: foetus is imperfect and he will substitute for absent husband. Is praised by the latter on his return. K1363.2
- Prophecy: girl will be perfect in love but will die in a desert overcome by separation from her love. M365.3