μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Accidental separation of lovers.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Accidental separations. · view the constellation · filed as N318

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Filed under Accidental separations.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Man, thinking it an enemy, flees as sweetheart comes after him in pursuit Princess accidentally elopes with wrong man
Filed beside it
Separation of persons caused by looking for water 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

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