ATU 930A The Predestined Wife [T22

ATU 930A

The Predestined Wife [T22

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Religious Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Magic beautification. 4 variants
Recognition by scar. (Cf. H56.) 4 variants
Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy. (Cf. M341.2.10, M343, M344.) 4 variants
Inexorable fate. 4 variants
Lost ring found in fish. (Polycrates.) 4 variants
Exposed or abandoned child rescued. 4 variants
Murder by stabbing. 4 variants
Murder by sticking needle through head. 4 variants
Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor girl. 2 variants
Prophecy: prince's marriage to common woman. 2 variants
Exposure of infant to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. 2 variants
Abandonment in forest. 2 variants

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.