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Motifs
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Woman's naiveté proves her fidelity. Man is rebuked for having bad breath. He reproves his wife for never having told him. "I thought that men liked it as I did." He realizes that his wife has not known any other man. T221
- Man becomes hermit when he realizes selfishness of his beloved's love. (Cf. T93.2.) V472.1