• Wish for supernatural husband (wife) realized. (Cf. C26.) C15
• Wish for star-husband realized. C15.1
• Wish for star wife realized. C15.1.1
• Wish for tree as husband realized. Tree comes to life. C15.2
• Wish for animal husband realized. Girl says she will marry a certain animal. Latter appears and carries her off. (Cf. C15.) C26
• Wisdom acquired from beating. Incognito prince, beaten for his courtesy, realizes his folly and returns home. J18
• Jackal realizes that the partridge was too clever for him and leaves. J423.1
• The minstrel repays the cobbler. The cobbler learns the minstrel's songs and sings them so that the minstrel loses his trade. He in turn sews the cobbler's leather into crazy shapes. He has done no worse than the cobbler, who marred his songs. When they sing together the people realize the contrast and patronize the minstrel. J1632
• Family do not realize that Lent has arrived until it is Palm Sunday. Then they explain that Lent will be short because it has been a short winter. J1743.2
• Carrying load up hill to roll it down. Fools carry log (millstone) down hill. They realize that they might have rolled it down. They therefore carry it back up hill to roll it down. J2165
• Murder by bleeding: taking more blood than victim realizes. K923
• Incognito prince joins gamblers. He is beaten for showing courtesy. Realizes his folly and returns home. K1812.2.2
• Proud king humbled: realizes that pomp, possessions, power are all of short duration. L410.1
• Wish for exalted husband realized. Girls make wish that they may marry king (prince, etc.). It so happens. N201
• Wishes for good fortune realized. N202
• Wish realized that all women should fall in love with man at sight. N202.1
• Man falls dead when he realizes that he has been riding over frozen sea. N383.1
• Man falls dead when he realizes that he has eaten bread from flour used for abscess plaster. N383.2
• Servant overhearing conversation realizes the misery of his employment. N455.11
• Overheard wish is realized. N699.6

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