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* [[Sleeping Beauty]] is cursed to die on her [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday]] until another fairy turned it to merely sleeping a century. (In many variants. In others, she's victim of a Prophecy.)
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131124233722/http://surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/index.html East of the Sun, West of the Moon]'', the hero was cursed into a white bear by day by his [[Wicked Stepmother]]. If the heroine had [[Forbidden Fruit|only not looked at him for a year by night]]. . . .
** Other tales of this type include ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140322063941/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/brownbear.html The Brown Bear of Norway]'', ''[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140401203231/http://surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/hoodiecrow.html The Hoodie Crow]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140322061742/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/ironstov.html The Iron Stove]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140322062349/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/whitewolf.html The White Wolf]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140401221552/http://surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/enchpig.html The Enchanted Pig]'', and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151232/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/norroway.html The Black Bull of Norroway]''.
* The froggy heroes of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718140553/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/frogking/stories/queen.html The Queen Who Sought a Drink From A Certain Well]'' and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130906231232/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/frogking/stories/wellworld.html The Well of the World's End]'' was cursed into that shape. He had to have the heroine obey him for a whole night and then cut his head off to free him.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130708093355/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/crane/snowfirered.html Snow White Fire Red]'', the ogress curses the hero to forget the heroine as soon as his mother kisses him. However, when she sends a magical dove to recite her story, it jogs his memory loose.
** In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131129143022/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/pentamerone/16dove1911.html The Dove]'', any kiss whatever makes him forget the heroine, but she cures it the same way.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131207045416/http://surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/index.html The Six Swans]'', the heroine must not speak for six years and make shirts out of star-flowers to free them, and nearly gets burned as a witch for her strange behavior.
** In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151144/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/stories/twelvewilducks.html The Twelve Wild Ducks]'', their sister must also keep silent and make shirts out of thistledown.
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* In ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' only the kiss from a ''princess'' can break the spell, {{spoiler|all others need not apply.}}
** {{spoiler|Even a princess of [[It's Always Mardi Gras in New Orleans|the Mardi Gras parade]]. Or a princess by marriage.}}
* The spell Queen Grimhilde of ''[[Disney/Snow White A The Seven Dwarfs|Snow White AAnd The Seven Dwarfs]]'' places on the apple. It stipulates that one who suffers from the sleeping death can be cured only by love's first kiss. Grimhilde dismisses the loophole since Snow White will be taken for dead and buried alive. Grimhilde obviously didn't read a lot of fairy tales as a child.
 
 
== Literature ==