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Motifs — first 20 of 504
- Pleiades a princess and six suitors among whom she could not choose. A773.1
- Deity creates princess from prince's body and gives her to him. A1275.1.1
- Origin of a king's family from a fairy prince. A1653.2
- Transformed princess as dragon. B11.1.3.0.1
- Dragon fight in order to free princess. B11.11.4
- Merman demands princess. B82.1.1
- Cobra writes letters on prince's tongue: "Having heard all kinds of creatures talk, you will understand them." B165.1.3
- Abused and pampered horses. Hero is ordered by ogre to feed and care for certain horse and to neglect other horse. Hero disobeys and feeds neglected horse. Latter is enchanted prince and helps hero. (Cf. B181.) B316
- Grateful fish grants mad hero his wish: to impregnate a princess. Later the fish saves the hero and his family from death at sea. B375.1.1
- Cobra grateful to prince for milk. B391.1.1
- Remedy learned from overhearing animal meeting. The hero learns how to cure his own blindness and the sickness of the king (princess). B513
- Prince awakened by fly on his nose in time to save himself from enemy. B521.3.3.1
- Serpent shows condemned man how to save prince's life. Bites the prince and then shows the man the proper remedy (cf. B512). By thus ingratiating himself the man is freed from false accusation. B522.1
- Abandoned prince grows up in eagle's nest. B535.0.5
- Goose brings master sleeping princess. B582.1.1.1
- Animals help hero win princess. B582.2
- Prince invites angel to wedding. Taken to other world. C13.1
- Tabu: drinking palm-drink: only prince allowed to break it. C272.3
- Tabu: looking at princess on public appearance. C312.2.1
- Tabu: princess never to see male person. All men must hide when she goes forth. C313.0.1
Episodes
- Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster · Ch. 15 ADVICE TO A PRINCE
- Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri · THE DOOMED PRINCE THE DOOMED PRINCE
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 68 LXVIII. THE PRINCESS WHO REJECTED
- The Mabinogion · PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED
Tale types
- ATU 301 The Three Stolen Princesses
- ATU 301D* The Princess's Ring (previously Dragons Ravish Princesses)
- ATU 307 The Princess in the Coffin (previously The Princess in the Shroud)
- ATU 329 Hiding from the Princess (previously Hiding from the Devil)
- ATU 402* The Princess who Scorned an Unloved Suitor is turned into a frog (mouse, etc
- ATU 402A* The Princess Transformed into a Toad
- ATU 409A* The Girl as Snake (previously Snake Princess is Disenchanted)
- ATU 432 The Prince as Bird
- ATU 444* Enchanted Prince Disenchanted
- ATU 510B* The Princess in the Chest