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Motifs
- Magic mirror reflects the face of whoever dies. D1323.1.1
- Magic lake: whoever dies in it will have his desires fulfilled in future birth. (Cf. D921.) D1470.1.45
- Blessing reveals seemingly pure stream to be devil's trap which kills whoever drinks from it. G303.16.2.3.5
- Jinn kills whoever tries to occupy house he has chosen to live in. G307.3
- Princess will marry whoever will give her anything she wishes for a month. H313.1
- King substitutes for condemned man when he is told that whoever is executed that day is destined to become king in his next birth. J1189.3
- Whoever gives alms in God's name will receive tenfold: preacher's wife gives sweetmeats away. J1262.5.1
- Numskull convinced that he is a thief. An article is stolen. Declared that whoever does not eat all his cheese is the thief. A stone is put in the numskull's cheese so that he cannot eat it all. He admits the theft. J2318
- Giving half of savings away: "Whoever gives charity gets double in return." J2489.6
- The evil woman in the glass case as the last commodity. The man is to belong to the devil as soon as he has sold his goods. If he has any goods that no one will buy, he is to be free. The man puts an evil old woman in a glass case. When the devil sees her, he recognizes her. "Whoever knows her will refuse to buy her." The man goes free. K216.1
- Magic statue betrays a thief by indirection. He has threatened to smash the head of the magic statue if it betrays him. The statue says, "Whoever would tell the truth now is likely to have his head smashed." K428
- Whoever hears singing snake must die. Killed by deaf man. (Cf. B214.1.10.) K445.2
- Person sends wrong man to sleep with king's daughter. In revenge villain orders whoever first enters temple to be killed. Villain accidentally enters and is slain. K1612.1
- Familiar devours whoever does not keep pact with devil. M219.4
- Whoever eats outside of fruit will become a king and whoever eats the seed will drop gems from his mouth every time he laughs. M312.3.2
- Boy says, "Whoever eats this mushroom is my wife." His own sister eats it and he runs away. N365.3.2
- King to be succeeded by whoever can carry his dead body a certain distance. P17.12