Man chosen for execution because he is fat — Mythoi

Motif

Man chosen for execution because he is fat.

Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · The capriciousness of luck. · view the constellation · filed as N178.2

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Loss of eye saves man from execution. Man to be buried with king. Gets off because he lacks an eye.

Filed beside it

Broken leg saves man from fatal fight. King has ordered that he be killed in a fight. He breaks his leg and cannot take part. Meantime the king learns of his innocence King's counselor expelled from a court thereby escapes accompanying the king, who is killed by robbers Only crippled cow not driven away by robbers

Carried in tale types

The Innocent Man Condemned to Death (previously The Innocent Man Chosen to Fit the Stake [Noose]) · ATU 1534A 8 recorded variants

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