Woman is pregnant for many years and gives birth not until her enchanted husband who had abandoned her or somebody else let her do it
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 3.3.2.2 | Sicily |
| 3.5.2.2 | Serbs, Monte Negro, |
| 3.5.3.1 | Hungarians |
| 3.5.3.2 | Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians |
| 3.5.4.1 | Gagauz |
| 4.1.1.5 | Slovakians |
| 4.1.2.4 | Rusyns, Hutsuls |