The constellation
N234 Boast of poor boy made good by fate: he boasts to elder brothers he will build a palace on a certain spot; accidentally comes on treasure trove and makes good his boast
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The same sky, in words
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- The good gifts of fortune · N200 entry
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- Wishes for good fortune realized · N202 entry
- Lucky person · N203 entry
- Lost object returns to its owner · N211 entry
- Money cannot be kept from where it is destined to go. Miser told that his hoard is to go to poor man. He hides it in a trunk and throws it into the sea but it drifts to the house of the poor man who tries in vain to restore it to its owner · N212 entry
- Man fated to be rich · N213 entry
- Child borne off by tiger, which is caught by griffin, which is killed by lioness, which rears child with her whelps · N215 entry
- Man granted power of winning at cards · N221 entry
- First objects picked up bring fortune · N222 entry
- Man must have drinking horn; stumble reveals one as he departs on search · N223 entry