The constellation
N261 Train of troubles from sparrow's vengeance. A man runs over the dog, friend of the sparrow. Through the sparrow's vengeance the man loses his horse, his property, and finally his life
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Persistent bad luck · N250 entry
beneath it
carried in tale type
- The Dog and the Sparrow · ATU 248
filed beside
- Bad luck follows man who shoots stork · N250.1 entry
- Persecution by bad luck. Wishing to escape it, the luckless couple build themselves a new home. Scarcely do they establish themselves in the new home, when bad luck addresses them from the hearth: "I have already waited for you here three days." · N250.2 entry
- Persecution by a god so that will of deity can be followed · N250.3 entry
- Bad luck banished and freed. The poor man in some way banishes his bad luck and becomes prosperous. Out of envy his rich brother sets it free; it then follows him · N250.4 entry
- Person pursued by misfortune. (Placidas, Eustacius.) His goods are destroyed, his wife carried off by a ship captain and his children by animals · N251 entry
- Messengers announce successive misfortunes · N252 entry
- Safety in shadow of wall. After many misfortunes the man is apparently safe. The wall falls on him · N253 entry
- Escape from one misfortune into worse · N255 entry
- Unlucky classes · N256 entry
- Train of troubles from lost horseshoe nail. Master tries to go on in spite of the loss · N258 entry