Safety in shadow of wall. After many misfortunes the man is apparently safe. The wall falls on him — Mythoi

Motif

Safety in shadow of wall. After many misfortunes the man is apparently safe. The wall falls on him.

Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Persistent bad luck. · view the constellation · filed as N253

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller.
general *Type 947
general *BP III 289f.
general Bødker Exempler 277 No. 18

Within the index

Filed under Persistent bad luck.

Filed beside it

Bad luck follows man who shoots stork 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." Persecution by a god so that will of deity can be followed 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 Person pursued by misfortune. (Placidas, Eustacius.) His goods are destroyed, his wife carried off by a ship captain and his children by animals Messengers announce successive misfortunes Escape from one misfortune into worse Unlucky classes Train of troubles from lost horseshoe nail. Master tries to go on in spite of the loss 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 Whether man begs all day or for an hour he gets only a small basket of grain Person brings bad luck to others

Carried in tale types

The Man Followed by Bad Luck · ATU 947 1 recorded variant

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