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Motif

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.

Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Crime inevitably comes to light. · view the constellation · filed as N271.3

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Scholars’ trail — 10references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. No. 209
  • Jewish*Neuman.
  • general *BP II 532
  • general *Amalfi Zs. f. Vksk. VI 115ff.
  • general *Zachariae ibid. IX 336
  • general Scala Celi 100b No. 539
  • general Hertz Abhandlungen 334
  • general Köhler-Bolte II 563
  • general Chauvin II 123, VII 146
  • general *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 27. England: Baughman
Within the index

Filed under Murder will out.

1 finer motif beneath it
Ravens pursue murderer who has killed two children
Filed beside it
The sun brings all to light. The murderer repeats as he sees the rays of the sun, the last words of the dying man, thus betraying the crimeMurder revealed by unusual names of boys. The dying man leaves message to name his sons "O God" and "O king" (or the like). This arouses the king's curiosity and brings the murder to lightMurder discovered through knowledge of bird languages. Birds point out the murderMurderer through miracle suspected of theft; murder thus discoveredMurder revealed by childMurder discovered on digging foundations of house. House burns. Diggers discover bodyMurderer traced through victim's ringTree follows murdererShip will sink if murderer is aboardMurder will out: murderers quarrel under influence of drink and reveal crime
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