The constellation
N455 Overheard (human) conversation
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Secrets overheard · N450 entry
beneath it
- Overheard boast about hidden money brings about robbery · N455.1 entry
- Robbers' plans overheard: owner warned · N455.2 entry
- Secret formula for opening treasure mountain overheard from robbers (Open Sesame) · N455.3 entry
- King overhears girl's boast as to what she should do as queen. Marries her · N455.4 entry
- Secret remedies learned from green-clad woman · N455.5 entry
- Husband learns of wife's fidelity through conversation overheard · N455.6 entry
- Secret about prince's father learned by eavesdropper from his mother's talking to him · N455.7 entry
- Friend lingering in the kitchen learns of friend's distress and helps him · N455.8 entry
- Location of sought object learned from overheard conversation · N455.9 entry
- By hiding, stupid son overhears conversation and claims magic power for bamboo cup · N455.10 entry
- Servant overhearing conversation realizes the misery of his employment · N455.11 entry
- Men hear father threaten to marry daughters to first comers · N455.12 entry
carried in tale type
- The Maiden in the Tower · ATU 310