μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ravens pursue murderer who has killed two children.

Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Crime inevitably comes to light. · view the constellation · filed as N271.3.1

Filed across the traditions
  • England Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under The Cranes of Ibycus. Murdered man calls on cranes, the only witnesses of the murder, to avenge him. The cranes follow the murderer and point him out.

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