Children play hog-killing: one killed — Mythoi

Motif

Children play hog-killing: one killed.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Accidental killing or death. · view the constellation · filed as N334.1

Cited in the index

general *Type 2401
general *BP I 202
general Wesselski Archiv Orientální II 431
general England, U.S.: Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Accidental fatal ending of game or joke.

Filed beside it

Hanging in game or jest accidentally proves fatal Practical joker asks doctor to castrate him. Doctor insists on the operation

Carried in tale types

The Children Play at Hog-killing · ATU 1343* 1 recorded variant

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “hog-killing” · wander