During the first meeting(s) between the prince and the princess one of them (sometimes adopting an unusual guise) takes objects (decorations) in possession of another. Either the girl of the boy falls ill. Thanks to the new meeting the sick ones become healthy again, the disappeared objects are recognized and the couple married
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 3.1.2.1 | Arabs of Egypt |
| 3.1.3.5 | Morocco Arabs |
| 3.1.3.6 | Algeria Arabs |
| 3.3.1.2 | Portuguese |
| 3.3.1.3 | Catalan |
| 3.3.2.2 | Sicily |
| 5.2.2.3 | Anatolia Turks |