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Motifs
- Progressive degeneration to present race of men. A1220.1
- Magic power of seeing Death at head or foot of bed and thus forecasting progress of sickness. D1825.3.1
- Progress in school. A man sends his two sons to schools and later enquires of their progress. One: "I am past Grace." The other: "I am at the devil and all his works." J1487
- "I don't understand." Foreigner asks who owns property, clothing, servants; whose wife an attractive woman is; whose funeral is in progress? Answer to each question is "I don't understand," which foreigner takes to be a person's name. (Cf. J1152, J1741, X111.7.) J1802.1
- Foolish bargain: progressive type. J2081
- Progressive purchase of favors: the anatomical progression. K1361.2
- Ass gets progressively worse masters. Finally the farmer beats him living and will not spare his hide when he is dead. N255.2
- Progressive lucky bargains. (Opposite of J2081.) N421.1
- Lending and repaying: progressively worse (or better) bargain. Z41.5
- Ladder as symbol of upward progress. Z139.7