μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Unexpected death at hands of an animal.

1 finer motif beneath it
Attacking animal is killed by another in ambush
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Bird hunter killed by adder just as he is shooting birdBlood bath causes woman to be carried off by bird. A pregnant woman demands a bath of blood: husband substitutes a bath of red dye. A Garuda bird attracted by the dye carries her offDeath by rebounding bow. Ants gnaw a bowstring, so that the bow rebounds and cuts off head of man who is leaning on itAccidental death from flying splinter of bone. Bone being gnawed by animal lets splinter fly and kills young animalsHound strikes unique vulnerable spotTortoise lands on elephant's back so that elephant's back is broken

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