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Motifs
- God born after prematurely short pregnancy. A112.7.4
- Tabu: opening gift box prematurely. C321.2
- Saint causes wheat to ripen prematurely in the time of a famine. D2157.2.2
- Failure to resuscitate because of premature disturbance of members to be left in cask for certain time. E37.1
- Journey to land without sky: takes whole life. Premature aging. F126
- Premature darkness. (Cf. F961.1.) F965
- Premature darkness at time of execution of innocent people. F965.1.1
- Foolishness of premature coming out of hiding. J582
- Deer lost through premature celebration. A fool in celebration of the capture of a deer puts his clothes on the bound deer. He throws a knife to cut the deer's throat but the knife cuts the snare and the deer runs away with the clothes. J2173.4
- Contest in seeing sunrise first: sleeper wins. One keeps awake, the other sleeps. The first thinks that he sees the sun and cries out prematurely, thus waking the other, who wins. K52.2
- Wolf announces dawn prematurely to collect debt. The contract is to be fulfilled at daybreak. The wolf imitates the cock and crows, but is caught. K494
- Spies' false report of enemies' weakness brings on premature attack. K2363
- Premature aging as punishment. (Cf. D1890.) Q551.12
- Mother sits on stone to prevent premature birth. T572.1.1
- Child speaks prematurely on first birthday. T585.2.2