Parricide prophecy unwittingly fulfilled

Motif

Parricide prophecy unwittingly fulfilled.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Person unwittingly killed. · view the constellation · filed as N323

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

Greek*Grote I 206
IndiaThompson-Balys. See all references to M343 (Parricide prophecy).
general *Type 931
general *Krappe Balor 13 n. 45

Within the index

Filed under Person unwittingly killed.

Filed beside it

Man unwittingly causes death of daughter Son returning home after long absence unwittingly killed by parents. (Cf. N338.3.)Eavesdropping person unwittingly killed Man unwittingly kills prince. Exiled Unwitting murder because of insane illusion

Carried in tale types

Oedipus · ATU 9311 recorded variant

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