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== Fairy Tales ==
* In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20171112142905/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/jacobs/english/fishring.html The Fish and the Ring]", "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130326131857/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/russian/russianwondertales/vasiliiunlucky.html Vasilii the Unlucky]", "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131217180139/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/29devilgoldhairs.html The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs]", "[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/260.htm The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate]", and many other fairy tales, a man who discovers finds his child [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|doomed]] to marry a poor child starts by trying to kill the infant. When he learns that the child has grown up, he tries to kill them with [[Impossible Task]]s, before and after the wedding; in the end, he fails.
* The Queen in "[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (novel)|Snow White]]" may be the most memorable example of this trope. She had little trouble finding the infant Snow White in the first place, but the kindly huntsman who spares Snow White's life and the Queen's ultimate downfall fully adhere to the trope.
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