μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg. Cf. death of Polonius in Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
Within the index

Filed under Person unwittingly killed.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Eavesdropping man in disguise as devil killed unwittingly by daughter's loverEavesdropping wife hidden in bushes killed unwittingly by husband
Filed beside it
Man unwittingly causes death of daughterSon returning home after long absence unwittingly killed by parents. (Cf. N338.3.)Parricide prophecy unwittingly fulfilledMan unwittingly kills prince. ExiledUnwitting murder because of insane illusion

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