The constellation
N545 Man in despair digging own grave finds treasure
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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● on the shelf
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Discovery of treasure · N530 entry
beneath it
filed beside
- Treasure discovered through dream · N531 entry
- Light indicates hidden treasure. (Cf. N511.1.4.) · N532 entry
- Treasure discovered by magic object · N533 entry
- Treasure discovered by accident · N534 entry
- Treasure indicated by statue (stone) with inscription, "Dig here" · N535 entry
- Treasure pointed out by angels · N536 entry
- Speaking bird tells where treasure is buried · N537 entry
- Treasure pointed out by supernatural creature (fairy, etc.) · N538 entry
- Treasure reveals itself only at certain times · N541 entry
- Special conditions for finding treasure · N542 entry