μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Practical joker asks doctor to castrate him. Doctor insists on the operation.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Accidental killing or death. · view the constellation · filed as N334.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Accidental fatal ending of game or joke.

Filed beside it
Children play hog-killing: one killed Hanging in game or jest accidentally proves fatal

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