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Motifs
- Task: stealing horse when owner has been forewarned. H1151.2.1
- Test of steadfastness of love for God: though warned in dream man refuses to part with sacred stone. H1573.5
- Test of sex of girl masking as man: warned by a parrot, she picks only one flower. H1578.1.6
- Plaintiff in court beats thief since he had not warned him ahead of time to have witnesses to robbery. Judge has refused to inquire for lack of witnesses. J1191.6
- Thief warned what not to steal. The numskull tells the thief where his door-key, his cakes, and his roasts are and warns him not to steal them. J2091
- Boys warned by dogs' names to escape. K649.5
- Sons warned by talk to oaks to hide. K649.6
- Husband beaten by paramour. Husband, dressed in wife's clothing, is beaten by forewarned paramour. The latter says that he is testing the wife's fidelity to her husband. K1514.4.1
- The lisping sisters. The girls have been warned against speaking, but forget and are found out. K1984.1
- Murderer warned by God's voice that murder will be avenged. M348
- Robbers' plans overheard: owner warned. N455.2
- Man warned by wife against stepping on red cloth. T299.2.1
- [First Edition: W125.1. "I commend my family to your care", says the glutton as he begins eating a dish he has been warned will kill him.] W125.1[1st ed.]
- Dreadnaughts. Brothers deliberately seek dangers they have been warned against. Triumph. Z211