Separation of persons caused by looking for water — Mythoi

Motif

Separation of persons caused by looking for water.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Accidental separations. · view the constellation · filed as N311

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.
general *M. Bloomfield in Penzer VII xxiv ff.

Within the index

Filed under Accidental separations.

Filed beside it

Separation of twins through being carried off by beast Child follows bird and loses its mother Persons fall asleep on rock, which magically shoots upward Separation by being on different banks of stream Separation in jungle (forest) Separation of family by shipwreck Accidental separation of lovers

Carried in tale types

The Magic Bird-Heart and the Separated Brothers · ATU 567A 2 recorded variants

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