Man thanks earth for saving his life; had he fallen into well he would have blamed Fortune.
Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Nature of luck and fate. · Luck and fate personified. · view the constellation · filed as N111.4.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Italian Novella Rotunda.
- general Wienert FFC LVI 81 (ET 470), 125 (ST 341)
- general Halm Aesop No. 316
Within the index
Filed under Fortune's dealings with men.
Carried in tale types
- Devil Always Blamed · ATU 846 1 recorded variant
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