ATU 934 Tales of the Predestined Death (previously The Prince and the Storm)

ATU 934

Tales of the Predestined Death (previously The Prince and the Storm)

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

Three fates, "norns", prophesy at child's birth. 12 variants
Prophecy: death on wedding day. 12 variants
Prophecy: death by storm. 12 variants
Prophecy: death by drowning. 12 variants
Prophecy: death by wolf. Killed by a wolf claw (or by a cat transformed to wolf). 12 variants
Prophecy: death from snakebite. 12 variants
Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy. (Cf. M341.2.10, M343, M344.) 12 variants
Confinement in tower to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. 12 variants
Prophecy: death at (before, within) certain time. 6 variants
Prophecy: death at certain age. 6 variants
Prophecy: death by particular instrument. In spite of all precautions the prophecy is fulfilled. 6 variants
Prophecy of death fulfilled. 6 variants
Extraordinary threefold death: falling from rock and tree, drowning. 4 variants
Extraordinary threefold death: wounding, burning, drowning. 4 variants
Prophecy: three-fold death. Child to die from hunger, fire, and water. It so happens. 4 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.